LocoRoco
LocoRoco is my newest videogame crush—if they bring it stateside, it may be the game that gets me to buy a PSP. The game’s controls are simple: you use the L and R shoulder buttons on the top edge of the PSP to tilt the entire game world left and right, in order to roll your adorable little orange blob to the end of the stage. The main character moves with convincing blobby physics; it clearly owes a debt to Gish. Here’s an interview with the designer, who unsurprisingly worked on Ico (possibly my favorite game of all time). And if you want a clearer version of the video, you can grab it here.
April 22nd, 2006 at 7:39 am
OMG!!! That’s cute!!!!
May 5th, 2006 at 8:46 am
I thought I would enjoy this game. it’s cute, but playing it in demo form, I found it pretty frustrating, especially when the character gets fat and has to be downsized into a bunch of little ones. when you press the L+R to jump, they all jump at the same time, making it impossible to accurately point them all in the right direction. I guess that’s the point, but I could never get to the end with more than 3 out of the 20 intact. I won’t be buying it – I prefer katamari to locos.