The Kickstarter marketing campaign of the Patapon non secular successor Ratatan simply ended, and followers of the rhythm style definitely got here collectively to assist the mission.
The marketing campaign earned 219,314,335 yen in pledges from its 14,598 backers, translating roughly into $1.5 million, which is certainly flattering.
Which means that one other stretch objective has been unlocked, playable Darkish Ratatans. The stretch objectives introduced earlier this week, that includes collaborations with Keiichiro Toyama and Tsutomu Kono of Sony Japan Studio fame have additionally been cleared.
If you have not heard about Ratatan simply but, the sport was initially teased over a 12 months in the past with the code-name “Undertaking Jabberwocky” after which formally revealed at Bitsummit Let’s Go in Kyoto final month. It is designed by Patapon creator Hiroyuki Kotani alongside extra veteran of the franchise and from Sony’s Japan Studio, together with Toshiyuki Yasui as director and Kazuto Sakajiri as producer.
Patapon and LocoRoco veteran Kenmei Adachi will compose the music.
The launch of the Kickstarter marketing campaign occurred initially of August and it reached its preliminary funding objective in a lightning-fast 48 minutes.
The sport is deliberate to launch on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Change in 2025, and if you wish to see extra, you’ll be able to try a gameplay trailer and a few completely joyous music tracks. Ratatan is all about that, in any case.
For the sake of full disclosure, the author of this text has backed Ratatan. He is completely horrible at Rhythm video games, however regardless of that, he completely beloved the Patapon franchise and the work of Japan Studio earlier than Sony regrettably gutted it.