Video: Kick, chop, and turn with PaRappa the Rapper

Posted May 3, 2007 at 1:44PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PSP Tags: Masaya Matsuura, NaNaOn-Sha, Sony
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PaRappa the Rapper will begin kicking and chopping North American shelves this July as Sony Computer Entertainment America finally decided to import the video game. Seeing that the title's gameplay is heavily dependent on rhythm, we reckon that you should be familiar first with how PaRappa the Rapper is played.

Here's a video trailer titled Kick Punch Gameplay. It involves one of the few "lessons" in the game. All you have to do to make the rap sound and look good is perform some kicks, punches, and turn around every now and then. Miss a move and you will be sure to notice the change in the beat.

PaRappa the Rapper was created by musician Masaya Matsuura and graphic artist Rodney Grenblat under the development studio NanaOn-Sha.



 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Chip - 2007-05-03 08:46
» coming to North America shelves ?

i may be wrong but i bought this game like 8-10 years ago when it came out. am i not understanding this post or did i some how stumble across an imported copy when i bought it? and i thought imports would not play on a non-modchiped ps1.

by Act II - 2007-05-03 08:59
» haha omg

a long long time ago i used t play this game on a ps1 demo disc!! omg i loved it but i never bought it though, oh i loved the music

by Ole - 2007-05-03 09:51
» Ole

As you know, this was originally released for the PSX worldwide. Last year, Sony ported the game to the PSP, but only released it in Japan, and now the PSP version is coming to North America, too.

by * This name has been stolen * - 2007-05-03 10:29
» same as me

i got it in the PS1 demo when i bought it it was kind of lame but fun at the same time.

by Crazydud76 - 2007-05-03 10:48
» Please put an answer in your post!

True of false - you will download this game when it come out?

Write true or false in your comment.

by Not logged in - 2007-05-03 11:16
» Haha!

The guy playing this really sucked, he barely got through with a score of 14! Lol



Also, the Japanese version has the English language already supported. You just had to navigate to options and click on English. The singing was in English already even in the Japanese version.



So basically, North America got screwed.

by AssyrianBLOOD - 2007-05-03 12:31
» lmaoo

yeah man i had the demo too, i cant believe we thought this game was amazing compared to games today

by Same person - 2007-05-03 13:35
» Edit

Go to options, then Language.

by goemon4 - 2007-05-03 14:24
» horrible

i loved the psx version, but my friend imported a japanese copy of this, and it was horrible... the timing is off, the bars at the top arent full screen, and because of that, when you play further on (to the end) its increadably hard to play cause he bars wrap around and throw off your timing which kills the fun of it....



idk why they have the option to make it full screen, or with like a 3:4 ration but its retarded, it makes the game unplayable.... tho i wouldnt buy it again, cause when i borrowed it from my friend for the day, i beat it... tho it was a good trip down memory lane....



(i mean really how hard would it be to port this?! idk how anyone f**ked it up, but it seems to me most (like 65, 70%) of the commercial psp dev's are retarded and dont even test the game to see if its playable, this is a clear example of it... )

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