New games this week: Patapon edition

38 Comments by Justin McElroy Feb 25th 2008 10:30AM
Filed under: Nintendo DS, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360

No matter which system you prefer, you have to be happy about a release week as beefy as this one. We say "beefy" because we're not really sure about the quality of most of the games on this week's slate with one notable exception: Patapon. We've played it, and it's officially a must-buy for PSP owners. For the uninitiated, it can be best understood as a rhythm RTS which is just as unusual as it sounds.

Check out the full list after the jump.

Xbox 360:

Frontlines: Fuel of War
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
LOST: Via Domus

PS3:

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Lost Planet Extreme Condition
LOST: Via Domus

Nintendo Wii:

Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed
Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
Sega Bass Fishing
Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk
Cocoto Magic Circus

PS2:

Heavenly Guardian
World Championship Cards

PSP:

Patapon
Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship
Puzzle Guzzle

Nintendo DS:

Naruto Ninja Destiny
Spitfire Heroes: Tales of the Royal Air Force
Disney Friends
Brain Assist
Bubble Bobble Double Shot
Petz Wild Animals Tigerz
Bratz: Super Babyz
Fantasy Aquarium

PC Games:

Frontlines: Fuel of War
LOST: Via Domus
Farm Vet
The Sims 2 Free Time
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
Richochet Infinity
Rhem 3: The Secret Library
Powerboat GT

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ThornedVenom (Ludwig Defense Force): Feb 25th 2008; 10:34AM

At this point, I ought to buy mini-bongos to carry everywhere, just to chant Patapon.

Unless they're planning on making a bongo peripheral like for Donkey Konga on Gamecube.

flameofdoom666: Feb 25th 2008; 10:36AM

Pon Pon Pata pon (attack)!

flameofdoom666: Feb 25th 2008; 10:37AM

Pata Pata Pata Pon (march ahead)!

[.sm0ke.]: Feb 25th 2008; 12:35PM

CHAKA CHAKA PATA PON

Joe P: Feb 25th 2008; 2:43PM

FEVER!!!

James: Feb 25th 2008; 6:51PM

DUN . DUNDUN . DUNDUN
PON PON PATAPON PON PON PON

Jesus, I can *not* get that out of my head. I play the tree mini-game through my car's tape deck with one hand while I drive. I have a problem.

FOXHOUND: Feb 25th 2008; 10:43AM

A game called PUZZLE GUZZLE. Hm. Okay.

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!): Feb 25th 2008; 10:48AM

i played the demo.....nothing special. its kinda like Tangrams mixed with Tetris. you have to flip the squares and make closed Tangram like shapes with the triangles on the squares. all the while more blocks are falling. the graphics are really bad and the shapes change size and shit depending on what its touching. really tacky. i think i got the demo from PSPFanboy if you wanna give it a try anyway.

JodyAnthony (death by snoo-snoo): Feb 25th 2008; 10:46AM

I have my patapon and my Brawl all paid off. This is going to be a great couple of weeks.

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!): Feb 25th 2008; 10:49AM

dammit. if only i had some damn money i would do the same thing.

Zertoss: Feb 25th 2008; 10:56AM

I've got Patapon and Brawl preordered too. And I just got Lost Odyssey, Nights, Harvey Birdman and Apollo Justice last week, so I'm a very happy gamer right now.

ViagraFiend: Feb 25th 2008; 11:02AM

Patapon is awesome. Its definitely not easy though.

Mike: Feb 25th 2008; 11:00AM

Power Boat GT baby!! YEAH.

Veko: Feb 25th 2008; 11:10AM

LOST: Via Domus...My Lost fanboyism says yes but every other thought in my brain says no. Does the fact that I'll probably get it make me a bad person?

Four-toed Statue.

FidliousWong: Feb 25th 2008; 11:30AM

Any badness you could do will be wiped away by your Fizzgig avatar...

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School): Feb 25th 2008; 2:08PM

Its the gelfling version of a Chihuahua.

Neil: Feb 25th 2008; 11:10AM

Hey, Beautiful Katamari is out in Europe this week!!!

YAY!

John Z: Feb 25th 2008; 11:11AM

It's too bad Blokus' box art is so godawfully bad that nobody would want to play it. I've played the board game and it seems like it would be a pretty good seller... it's on my list for the week, at any rate. Definitely going to be hiding the case in a dark hole once I get it, but the disc might not leave my PSP for some time.

stewis: Feb 25th 2008; 11:16AM

Humm .... Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed .... that must be the oddest name for a game ever!

Bucket: Feb 25th 2008; 11:18AM

And what exactly is great about the PS3 releases? Come on now.

Fernando Rocker: Feb 25th 2008; 11:24AM

Patience my friend... just wait until Killzone 2, Resistance and MGS4...

Mills and Boom: Feb 25th 2008; 11:35AM

Always with the waiting. It'd be a much smarter move to wait till the PS3 has some more price cuts and when there are worthwhile games.

But isn't Patapon already out? Bought it a few days ago in GAME.

Fernando Rocker: Feb 25th 2008; 11:37AM

@Mills and Boom

Exactly =)

Since 2006 I just keep hearing: "just wait until blah blah blah... "

el serpiente: Feb 25th 2008; 12:32PM

I think the only thing most people here are "just waiting" for is for you to get new material.

daniel: Feb 25th 2008; 12:34PM

@Mills and Boom, it came out in the uk on the 22nd, making us the first place outside of japan to get it, the rest of europe still have 4 days left till release though

Fernando Rocker: Feb 25th 2008; 12:40PM

And it bombed really hard in Japan.

Mills and Boom: Feb 25th 2008; 2:47PM

Wrong.

I'm waiting for good PS3 games to come along. I'm also waiting for excellent (since they already have "good") Wii and 360 games.

Sorry El Sepernte or whatever your name was.

License to ill: Feb 25th 2008; 3:48PM

Who gives a shit what you're waiting for...

Fucking idiot.

hotnutz: Feb 25th 2008; 4:35PM

I would have to agree with the idiot portion of that statement. Maybe tack on "uninformed" and "die hard HDDVD owner" - he sounds pretty jaded to me.

Barbie Fu: Feb 25th 2008; 11:35AM

Yeah, PS3 owners have had to exercise A LOT of patience...............

Mills and Boom: Feb 25th 2008; 11:37AM

Nah, they have that card game to tide them over. You know. The kind of game the people who played the GBC Pokemon Card game got bored with after 20 minutes.

Aberu: Feb 25th 2008; 6:53PM

Yes I've just been crying myself over watching my winning formant Blu-Rays, all of my media streaming over my TVersity server, playing all of the PS1 and PS2 games I have wanted to replay without keeping the old PS2 that broke after ONLY 7 years of gaming. That and upscaling all my dvd's so I don't have any reason to keep my old dvd player. Oh and you know, I really like when I'm not using it, to contribute to medical science with F@H. Eye of Judgement isn't cool or anything. Playing movies off of my Tversity server, to my PS3, then over the internet at the jack in the box to my PSP isn't cool or anything.

Yes us PS3 owners are totally sad people. Features what features?

NeverSage: Feb 25th 2008; 12:43PM

I must be out of the loop. I could have swore all Destroy All Human sequels were canceled...

Michael K.: Feb 25th 2008; 2:25PM

I played the patapon demo and it is easily the worst game I have ever tried, I can't believe that people are looking forward to it.

Mills and Boom: Feb 25th 2008; 2:44PM

They're desperate to see the LocoRoco lightning hit twice?

All this touting of "the next locoroco" have brought on some terrible games. Downstream Panic and Patapon are both piles of cack. Cack.

Aberu: Feb 25th 2008; 6:55PM

Same can be said for the MMO madness. The whole MMO market is unbelievably stale. Not only that, the FPS market as well, every game strives to be the next Halo. How about striving to be the next big game in the genre, or next game to be used as an example to be compared to all other games from then on. These dev's have been aiming low lately. Halo wasn't even that good. [/potentiallyhazardousstatement]

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