Finally, after years of looking around I’ve found it. A rhythm game I really like. And not only that, my 25th game that I’ve given 5 stars to. And oh man what a deserving game. Patapon 2 is the sequel to patapon, a little rhythm game originally released on the psp. However, when the developers realised that the first game didn’t have the best replay value they decided to create a sequel. Well, I guess it’s a sequel? I’ll try and explain why it confuses me a bit later on.

The plot picks up right after the first game…and then proceeds to go through most things from the first game once again. But that’s not a problem, trust me it isn’t. So after the patapons set sail to find new lands, they got into a crash and had to somehow get together and fight off a new enemy known as karmen and later on even more different enemy tribes. This makes it a little more varied from the first game where you were fighting the same type of enemy most of the time.

Gameplay is highly improved from the first game. For starters, you can get into fever mode a hell of a lot easier. And you can keep it easier. You see when you start to flail a tiny bit and miss the beat, instead of putting you out of fever, it’ll give you a warning. This helps a lot more as you’re now more likely to hold onto fever for a longer amount of time and decimate the enemies. Making allies is now much different, you get a certain amount of slots for the type of pons you want and you can develop them into looking like the different types from the first game. And that reminds me, THERE ARE NEW UNITS TO MESS WITH!!! These include the robopon, mahopon, and the hero patapon. The hero patapon allows you to use an online feature known as the patagate. You can connect with your friends and try to bring a boss egg to the finish whilst battling those same bosses. You can get lots of cool stuff by doing these.

So, what do I think of patapon 2? It definitely feels more like a finished product then the first game did. Whilst the first game felt like a very simple first draft, the second felt like a much more finished and all out smoothed package that just doesn’t disappoint. Even though this has been the only rhythm game I’ve enjoyed so far, I’ll definitely try to get into others. As much as I would love to play patapon 3, from the things I’ve heard, I probably won’t be able to enjoy it as much as this game which is honestly a real shame. But oh well, here’s to the eventual success of the kickstarter game ratatan.

Much better gameplay, story is basically the same, music is still excellent, new hero character is cool, pon pon pata pon!