[PSP] PaRappa the Rapper PSP

Further strenghtening the "port" in "Portable", Sony is working on a remake of another PS1 cult classic, but that's okay since this is actually great news!

Everyone knows Parappa, the lovable original rythm action hero, and soon (this winter) everyone will be able to enjoy his charms on a PSP near you.

Standard PSP extras such as wireless multiplayer are bound to be included, but looking at the screenshots, everything looks like it should. Not surprisingly, no word as of yet of a US/European release, but we shall wait and see.

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

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Perhaps it's time for an update in the form of an omega special exclusive preview.

Preview code of the game arrived at the office yesterday and while I'd rather wait for the promo copies, I couldn't resist still giving it a try and played up to Cheep Cheep. So far so good, it's pretty much identical with the PS1 original, apart from slightly sharper graphics and of course everything being 16:9. The videos look to be moved directly from the original game, with compression artefacts and everything. Though I personally can't remember the cutscene videos having framing like the one here.

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Anyway, the new stuff can be found from Options at least. It'll give you an option between 4:3 and 16:9, which probably means the 16:9 mode is just 4:3 with bits cut off. You have ad-hoc for what could mean multiplayer, but I'm not sure yet, gamesharing for probably sending minigames to another PSP, like with LocoRoco, and more interestingly, song downloads. I have no idea what kinda of songs they'll be putting up and what quality they'll be, but the mind boggles at the possibilities. Lammy tracks? Parappa 2? Original songs? Fan created songs? D:

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Either way, the main game works fine and the replay data saving function is nice, even if it stupidly only works in the main game and not when you select to play an individual level to better your score =/



There's nowhere I can't reach.