Yes, that’s right, we’re now publishing reader reviews here on Kotaku. This is your chance to deliver sensible game purchasing advice to the rest of the Kotaku community. First up, it’s PSP puzzler LocoRoco 2.
We’ve bemoaned the lack of LocoRoco merchandise previously. For a franchise so steeped in cuteness, it’s a mystery as to why we aren’t drowning in plushies and other assorted pieces of licensed crap.
The original LocoRoco was probably as close as to a killer app the PSP has; exclusive, unique, reasonably innovative — a great game. Wasn’t a perfect game, however, as it had a few problems.
If the thought of waiting until next week for LocoRoco 2 is making you feel all wobbly, help is at hand.
LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, LocoRoco 2 (And More) Dated For Europe – A buncha games have been given European release dates overnight. Which ones? LittleBigPlanet will be out November 5. Resistance 2 will be out November 28. MotorStorm 2 will be out November 7. SingStar Disney on November 7. And LocoRoco 2 on November 21, though that last one comes with a “to be confirmed” sticker.
LocoRoco 2 is an awful lot like LocoRoco. Sure it has a German blob and swimming and a rhythm game, but all of that is just a few more cherries on what I’ve always felt was a wonderful sundae of a Playstation Portable game.
So, yeah, we went and said hi to the LocoRoco 2 guys today. And did we leave empty-handed? Nope. We got a bunch of screenshots to look at. You want to look too? They’re in the gallery below. Knock yourselves out! galleryPost('lc2tgs', 3, 'LocoRoco 2');
LocoRoco designer Tsutomu Kouno knows better than to mess with a good thing and LocoRoco was most certainly that. Taking direct control away from gamers, the light-hearted gelatinous-filled title instead had gamers shifting the world around the characters to move them.
Busy day Tuesday. Ash and Mike headed out to meet with the developers behind Ninja Blade and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts while Luke and I headed out to meet with the developers behind LocoRoco 2 and Patapon 2.
