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The Patapon Franchise is a series of rhythm based strategy games developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan.

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Overview

Patapon is a revolutionary franchise in the way it combines rhythm and strategy in one game. The player builds an army and then commands it by issuing drum commands with the symbol buttons on the PSP. When pressed in certain order in the game's 4/4 time the army does what it is told while singing the command say Pon-Pon-Pata-Pon for attack.

Games

Patapon (Game) the original game in the series was released Febuary 26, 2008. The press intrest Patapon got before the release was large compared to other titles exclusive to the PSP and Patapon lived up to the hype. It got great reviews from IGN, 1up and Gamespot. It is considered one of the best games currently out on

Patapon is considered one of the best PSP games to date.

the PSP.   Patapon 2 (Game), the sequel to the original, was announced July 9th, 2008. It is said to be in production with a Japan release date set for winter 2008. No North American or European release dates have been announced.

Games

Patapon (Game)

20 December 2007

Platforms/PlayStation PortablePlatforms/PlayStation Network PSPPlatforms/PlayStation 4Platforms/PlayStation Network Vita

Patapon 2 (Game)

27 November 2008

Platforms/PlayStation PortablePlatforms/PlayStation Network PSPPlatforms/PlayStation 4

Patapon 2: Art of War

4 March 2009

Platforms/Browser

Patapon 3 (Game)

12 April 2011

Platforms/PlayStation PortablePlatforms/PlayStation Network PSPPlatforms/PlayStation Network Vita

Patapon 1+2 Replay

11 July 2025

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Nintendo SwitchPlatforms/PlayStation 5

Franchise details

Name

Patapon

Features

6 games

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First game

Patapon (Game)

Aliases

Characters

• Has characters: Rah Gashapon (Character), Cioking (Character), Dodonga (Character), Gaeen (Character), Gong the Hawkeye (Character), Zaknel (Character), Fah Zakpon (Character), Hatapon (Character), Kon Kimipon (Character), Pan the Pakapon (Character), Priestess Meden (Character), Gorl (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Swamp (Location), Desert (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Combo (Concept), Fire (Concept), Weather (Concept), Anthropomorphism (Concept), Respawn (Concept), Sprite (Concept), 4 Player Co-op (Concept), Post-Credits Plot Twist (Concept), Heads Up Display (Concept), Boss Fight (Concept), Currency (Concept), Minigame (Concept), Vore (Concept), Boss (Concept), Hero Unit (Concept), Side-Scrolling (Concept), Finish Line (Concept), Eavesdropping (Concept), Dinosaur (Concept), Loading Screen Advice (Concept), Infinite Ammo (Concept), God (Concept), Hit Points (Concept), Loot Gathering (Concept), Rain (Concept), Experience Points (Concept), Health (Concept), Transformation (Concept), Text Bubble (Concept), 2D (Concept), Destructible Environment (Concept), Level Selection (Concept), Loading Screen (Concept), Cooking (Concept), Singing (Concept), Gravity (Concept), Character Import (Concept), Unit Formations (Concept), Level Up (Concept), Cyclops (Concept), Death (Concept), Tutorial (Concept), Non-Humanoid Protagonist (Concept), Digital Distribution (Concept), Giant Enemy Crab (Concept), Skill Tree (Concept), Cooperative Play (Concept), Enemy Health Indicator (Concept), Difficulty Level (Concept), E3 2010 (Concept), Cross Genre (Concept), Easy Mode (Concept), Consolation Game (Concept), Capture the Flag (Concept), Damage Numbers (Concept), Day/Night Cycle (Concept), E3 2007 (Concept), E3 2008 (Concept), Fictional Currencies (Concept), Game Sharing (Concept), Original Soundtrack Release (Concept), PAX Prime 2010 (Concept), Silhouetted 2D (Concept), Tokyo Game Show 2010 (Concept), Fever Mode (Concept), No Game Pause (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Mask (Object), Spear (Object), Bow (Object), Helmet (Object), Hat (Object), Drums (Object), Axe (Object), Sword (Object), Egg (Object), Hammer (Object), Shield (Object), Stone (Object), Meat (Object), Lance (Object), Bone (Object), Wood (Object)

People

• Has people: Peter Dille (Person), Phil Harrison (Person), Scott A. Steinberg (Person), Hironori Komiya (Person), Hiroyuki Kotani (Person), Jack Tretton (Person), Jim Wallace (Person), Eric Ippolito (Person), People/Tim Vanlaw, Buzz Burrowes (Person), Atsushi Ii (Person), Atsushi Inoue (Person), Chuck Doud (Person), Daisuke Miyake (Person), Hayato Ikeda (Person), Hiroki Sonoda (Person), Jeff Rubenstein (Person), Junichi Kashiwagi (Person), Kemmei Adachi (Person), Kiyochika Watanabe (Person), Masaaki Somaki (Person), Philip Rosenberg (Person), Quinn Pham Le (Person), Sebastien Giuli (Person), Shinichi Shibazaki (Person), Shinya Yamauchi (Person), Shoji Masuda (Person), Takashi Kanai (Person), Yuichi Imamura (Person), Yuichiro Shinozaki (Person), Yuu Ogata (Person)