PaRappa the Rapper is Getting Remastered in 2017

<p><em>PaRappa the Rapper<&sol;em>&comma; the charming PlayStation One rhythm game is coming to the PS4 in 2017&comma; in a glorious HD remaster&period; At the PlayStation Experience&comma; it was announced that the remaster would be coming&comma; alongside PSP classics <em>LocoRoco<&sol;em> and <em>Patapon<&sol;em>&period; The game is celebrating its 20th anniversary and what better way to celebrate than with a beautiful remake&period; <em>PaRappa<&sol;em> will be remastered in HD&comma; and will also feature native 4K support on PS4 Pro&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"Z7380&lowbar;YgbV8" title&equals;"PaRappa The Rapper Remastered - PlayStation Experience 2016 Trailer &vert; PS4"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;Z7380&lowbar;YgbV8"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;Z7380&lowbar;YgbV8&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"PaRappa The Rapper Remastered - PlayStation Experience 2016 Trailer &vert; PS4"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game will also feature a number of other improvements&period; One of which is entitled &&num;8220&semi;Feel the Beat&&num;8221&semi;&comma; which uses the Dualshock 4 controller to provide a metronome that helps signal to the player when they need to rap in response to the other characters in the level&period; &&num;8220&semi;See the Beat&&num;8221&semi; enlarges the player icon when they are rapping&comma; to help give visual feedback while they are playing&period; There is a demo available now on the Playstation Store&comma; so players can give the first level of <em>PaRappa<&sol;em> a try&comma; and experience the upgrades themselves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;116046" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-116046" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-116046" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;06084957&sol;maxresdefault1-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"LocoRoco&comma; Sony" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-116046" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">LocoRoco&comma; Sony<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The other two games that will be available potentially came as a shock to many&comma; as <em>Patapon<&sol;em> and <em>LocoRoco<&sol;em> have been titles that have been dormant the last few years&period; Other than being available as downloads on the PlayStation Vita as PSP Classics&comma; the games have not been a priority for Sony it seems&period; With the remake of <em>PaRappa the Rapper<&sol;em> however&comma; it makes sense that Sony remasters the other two titles&comma; as both have similar vibrant&comma; 2d styles&period; <em>LocoRoco<&sol;em> is a sidescroller where you manipulate the level by using the shoulder buttons instead of directly controlling your LocoRoco&period; <em>Patapon<&sol;em> is a rhythm game primarily&comma; where the player acts as a deity&comma; controlling an army of patapon and using rhythm gameplay to combat enemies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans of Sony&&num;8217&semi;s quirkier games are definitely in for a treat in 2017&comma; and hopefully as long as <em>PaRappa the Rapper<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Patapon<&sol;em> and <em>LocoRoco<&sol;em> sell well&comma; we may see some more welcome remasters from Sony&&num;8217&semi;s catalogue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;us&period;playstation&period;com&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;03&sol;parappa-patapon-locoroco-remasters-coming-to-ps4&sol;">PlayStation Blog<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;