PaRappa battles his way to American PSPs July '07

should be awesome...this along with Tomb Raider II were my first PSOne games ever.

They should just include the inferior Parappa 2 on it as well. This better not be more than $30...and even that is pushing it for a six level game...

EBA is the only music game that interests me.

Nice, only about two years too late. Maybe if Sony had concentrated a game plan on releasing some interesting games for the PSP rather than UMD disks, it wouldn't have been such a universal failure.

This is the first game that makes me think I should possibly get a PSP.

Warlord... so a system that has been selling more than the PS2 in Japan is a failure? So a system that sold over 20 million is a failure? And, incidently, this game is a port. In other words, it would do absolutely nothing to quell the typical fanboy comments. And while all you people were bitching about no games, I had been cranking out Wipeout Pure, Legend of Heroes, DJ Max Portable, Field Commander, Generation of Chaos, and Daxter.

In regards to the topic, wish I could say "Yay!" but I'll reserve that comment for the much better Space Channel 5.

will be the 3rd psp game I buy. Locoroco and Breath of Fire 3 are getting lonely.

just crack crack crack crack crack the egg

Warlord = Hater.

Kick, punch, it's all in the mind.

I've been playing the import version of this for a while (has English language avaiable for menus/options). It was fun to relive one of my favorite PS1 games, but the nostalgia unfortunately didn't last very long. I actually found the game to be much more difficult that I remembered (I swear I'm hitting the buttons right on the beat).

The downloadable remixes are hardly worth the time. They only mix the audio portion, the lyrics remain exactly the same as the normal tracks. It's a neat feature to be able to downloaded the remixes, they just aren't very impressive.

While I was happy to see Parappa again, it would've been nice to receive a brand new offering for the PSP. Perhaps they are 'testing the waters' with this port.

Strangely, I own 12 PSP games that I enjoy, and only 6 DS games some of which I havent gotten around to playing yet. Personally I like my PSP more than my DS. Although the DS is still a great handheld, the capabilities graphically, sound, and screen size wise help me enjoy my PSP more.

I think the error people make is just becasue a console isnt in first place, does not make it a failure. Ask Nintendo and Sega all about that.

How am I a hater? Simply because the PSP has had terrible sales here in the US? This was the system being toted as the final nail in Nintendo's coffin, and instead, it ended up being the first nail in Sony's. Sure, hindsight is always 20/20.

But the fact that Sony massed produced overpriced UMD movies for the PSP rather than focusing on quality games and an overall strategy made it doomed from the start.

Straight facts. And yes, the system is a failure if it's only sold 20 million. Do you have any idea how much more the Nintendo DS has sold? I mean, it's only the competition. And when you don't sell as much as the competition, you're DONE.

Well, as you can see (or probably can't see as detailed by your blind DS fanboydom), the PSP isnt done. If what you said was true the Gamecube would have been "done", it wasn't, and it sold moderately compared to its PS2 counterpart. So move along, theres nothing to see here.

Its spelled PaRappa but I always pronounce it as PaPara

I never played the original but Iwatched a few videos at youtube, and the game has catchy tunes and seems really fun

Anyone else who hasn't palyed the game, here's the Chop Chop Master Onion

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6eZcV1UuUzI

You are one massively misinformed Warlord Luthias. The PSP is and always has been doing great.

Also, the PSP completely outclasses the DS, so you might as well flush that comparison.

My blind DS fanboydom?

More like your blind Sony fanboyism.

Sorry if my facts hurt your feelings :(

Isn't that adorable, little Warlord Luthias is fantasizing about hurting someones feelings betwixt and between playing Elf Bowling on his DS.

"How am I a hater? Simply because the PSP has had terrible sales here in the US? This was the system being toted as the final nail in Nintendo's coffin, and instead, it ended up being the first nail in Sony's. Sure, hindsight is always 20/20."

Actually, the US is PSPs strongest market and Japan being it's weakest. And personally, I don't see how anybody expected it to be a final nail in Nintendos coffin.

"But the fact that Sony massed produced overpriced UMD movies for the PSP rather than focusing on quality games and an overall strategy made it doomed from the start."

Ironic that you mention it FROM THE START. Pretty much because the PSP had the most phenominal launch lineup of games since Dreamcast, and even then it's debatable who was better. Pound per pound, there was NOTHING unwhelming about PSPs launch. You had Twisted Metal... online Day 1. Several sports titles online as well. A 60+ hour RPG. Wipeout Pure (which doubled content with free downloads) and Ridge Racer both not only being graphical powerhouses but managing to be perfectly balanced showcases of gameplay. Not to mention Lumines. And to top it all off, within a few months, second stringers like ATV and Hot Shots Golf filled the gap. The ONLY weakness in PSPs lineup was between May and November of that first year.

And what, pray tell, did Nintendo DS launch with? Shit, Shit, Shit, Shit, Shit, and a shittily controlling Super Mario 64 port. It wasn't until E3 of that year that Nintendo finally started showing signs that they actually figured out what the console does. And their lead, in case you missed it, has more to do with targetting the nongamers rather than the hardcore gamers.

"Straight facts. And yes, the system is a failure if it's only sold 20 million. Do you have any idea how much more the Nintendo DS has sold? I mean, it's only the competition. And when you don't sell as much as the competition, you're DONE."

Well, 30 is a failure too, then. Because PSP has definately outpaced the hell out of 360. Or maybe you could pull your head out and do some research. Like how anytime someone else jumped into the ring with Nintendo, it was a drastic beating. Compare Gameboy to any one of it's contenders. PSP has already surpassed that status by massive amount. For anyone to enter the market and take on not one, by two, Nintendo handhelds is a miracle within itself. But for that company to manage to sell 20 million units, to sell the software that they have, and to stand toe to toe with Nintendo forcing them out of the hardcore gamer market is a miracle. Is PSP being dominated by Nintendo DS? Yes, yes it is. PSP has 20 million, DS has 40. But PSP still has that twenty million in three years shorter than that same milestone took both Xbox and Gamecube.

If that is your idea of a failure, then I pity the sacks of flesh that birthed your ignorance ass.

Also, how the heck am I a fanboy? The only thing I've said concerning the DS was the fact that it has outsold the PSP by a margin of 5 to 1.

It's a FACT.

Nor am I saying that the PSP is a terrible system and Nintendo RULEZ TEH ROWLDS. Calm the hell down, I'm just saying that Sony's strategy for the PSP was completely assinine as an industry leader. And if you can't accept that fact, then you're a blind fanboy.

I'm getting pretty sick and tired of people being blasted as a fanboy for another side just because they express their frustrations at a company. If you can honestly sit at your computer and think that Sony made no mistakes with regards to the PSP, than you have no business calling me out.

Warlord,

Are you daft? Just ignorant maybe?

Your "terrible sales here in the US" are 9 million PSP's to the DS's 11 million.

Now, worldwide, the DS has 40 mil and the PSP has 21. Japan LOVES the DS, no doubt about it.

The PSP has the highest portable console market share of ANY company EVER other than Nintendo. It has a HIGHER market share (for the portable market) than Nintendo and Microsoft did COMBINED for the last gen systems. Soon, it will likely surpass the original XBox and GameCube in total sales. And we all know how Nintendo and Microsoft are nothing but "failures" because they only shipped around 25 million last gen consoles each.

The PSP is the most successful portable not made by Nintedo EVER. AND this is Sony's first crack at the market. AND they've gotten this far even WITH all the mistakes in marketing the machine.

You can call it a disappointment if you like, but "failure" it is not, and will never be.

Sony did a hell of a job with the PSP
Nintendo did a hell of a job with the DS
Both handhelds have some terrific games
Both handhelds have some terrible games

The handheld race would of been a lot closer this handheld gen if the price difference wasn't so huge. At launch, there was a $100 price difference. If the PSP and DS would of been priced the same, who knows where we'd be right now.

As it is, the competition between the two handhelds has been GREAT for us gamers. You both are blind fanboys and you both are ridiculous. Well, all three if you include sheppy, but at least sheppy had some damn interesting points to make, not bullshit like "PSP > DS LOLZ" or "DS SOLD MORE ROFFLEMOW"

that sounded bad. I didn't mean to call sheppy a fanboy of anything, even though thats what it sounds like I was doing.

Nah, I have a DS and I have a PSP. I love em both. I just look at my rack of 30+ PSP games everytime someone tells me the console is a failure or somehow not a games system. I get annoyed because the excuse is every bit as lame as the "kiddy" arguement Nintendo fanboys fight so hard against.

I prefer DS games for the most part (just my own opinion) but PSP has LocoRoco which automatically makes it awesome. Seriously, how can you go wrong with LocoRoco? It's impossible. It's the physical embodiment of pure fun in a little plastic disc.

I still haven't bought LocoRoco... I know, I'm an asshole. I should stop by the Gamestop to see what's up during their buy 2, get one free on used. I was there yesterday and snagged Legend of Heroes 2 and 3 and Astonisha Story. Nothin good in the used DS selection though.

I just went to gamestop to look at their psp selection. Picked up Exit and Me and My Katamari, and got Sega Genesis Collection for PS2.

I don't need any more games, but what can I say, I'm hopelessly addicted.

Kick Punch Block I got the funky flow. M-I-X the flour into the bowl.

Did anyone ever get him to say "M-I-X the crack into the bowl"? I heard it was possible on that level.

Anyways,

Don't get cocky, it's gonna get rocky,
we gonna move down to the next ya jockey now

Wow, just read some the posts here - so much for talking about Parappa, huh?

As far as the PSP being a failure - I honestly could care less about sales numbers, I'm just all about games. The DS and PSP both offer unique gaming experiences, so I bought them both. I go back and forth between the two depending on whatever game I am hooked on at the moment (currently Pokemon Diamond on the DS).

I suppose by definition 'fanboy' equals 'console hostility' but it still cracks me up everytime it rears it's ugly head. My system sold x number of units verses your system's x number of units, therefore I win. I suppose that arguement makes sense when you're selling apples, but in the handhold world you are talking about two very different experiences.

I'm a gamer, not at all a fanboy - and with that said I've found several enjoyable experiences on the PSP (LocoRoco not being one of them however if you can beleive that). The system serves its purpose to me, and in my eyes that makes it a success. Sure, its far from perfect but so is the DS in my opinion.

My point of this ramble is that if someone is enjoying something why come screaming at them that it is a failure? But I digress, because I am well aware that this is the way of the interwebs.

back to work now

This is good news. I only had the free demo that came with a pizza hut pizza back in the day but always wanted the full game. I think this is a good game to counter games for the ds. They should come out with different new games with new rap titles. I can see him dancing to 50cent. G-G-G G-unit

"I can see him dancing to 50cent. G-G-G G-unit"

please dont rape my memories of PaRappa.

wow, about damn time.
the PSP is really picking up it's game these days, even though it took a little while, it's taking off.
While no one expects Sony to take the dominant share from nintendos 15+ year streak, it's nice to see something thats contending.

hell, with the recent price drop, this makes me seriously consider picking one up.

@12. So are you saying that Chevy should stop making cars since Toyota is selling more now. No you idiot they have a customer base regardless if they are number on or not. Im not going to buy a DS because it is selling more. I'll buy what I like. Don't be brainwashed.