LBP 1.01 patch doesn't update song

By Tom Bramwell Published 23 October, 2008

Tapha Niang unchanged, jetpack tweaked.

Sony has patched LittleBigPlanet to version 1.01, but this isn't the patch that removes controversial lyrics from Tourmani Diabat's song "Tapha Niang".

Eurogamer downloaded the patch this morning, but the controversial lyrics identified since the game's worldwide recall last Friday can still be heard.

So what does the patch do? We're waiting to hear back from Sony for the official line, but posters on the PlayStation.com forum noticed that the jetpack can now be turned off with the circle button. Previously you had to shake the Sixaxis or DualShock3.

(UPDATE: We've since been told by a source close to the developer that this patch concerns certain online functions and adds more costumes, and that the music will be patched in a second update at a later date. So that's that.)

(UPDATE #2: It's all over. Patch 1.02 arrived hot on the other one's heels and now all is well.)

By the time the game comes out, these updates - including the revised song - will be on the disc in the box, so all of this pre-release patchery will be irrelevant.

For more on the LittleBigPlanet recall fiasco, check out our LittleBigPlanet gamepage, which is also host to our review. Dramas aside, it's an amazing game.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Kill_Crazy #1 4 years ago

    Little Big Patch

  • optimusprym8 #2 4 years ago

    the next patch will probably sort it out, I would imagine this patch was already going through the certification process before the song hoohaa blew up.

  • Mugwum Verified Operations Director, Eurogamer Network #3 4 years ago

    Bizarrely, Sony is now telling me that the song *has* been changed in the patch. But I can still hear the specific lyrics in the game. Will update again once we all figure out what's going on...

  • Tomo #4 4 years ago

    Erm. I thought the whole point of this affair was that they're making a new disc image without the songs on?

    You guys have an older version which will be worth mega bucks in the future.

  • Mugwum Verified Operations Director, Eurogamer Network #5 4 years ago

    Right, I've got to the bottom of it - as speculated, the next patch fixes the song, whereas this one appears to have been planned for a while.

  • MrDurandPierre #6 4 years ago

    I got the game early here in the states and it's a shame they're removing that song as it's my favorite song in the game so far (from the 9 levels I've played of story mode).

    The game is quite good, but not quite as great as I was expecting. As Oli noted, the controls are bit finicky at times and the 3 levels of depth thing has a mind of its own and can occasionally misread your intentions. Still fun though, but honestly I'm having more just plain fun with the new Castlevania. LBP will probably last quite a bit longer though.

  • Garulon #7 4 years ago

    Can they patch religious hair-trigger wackjobs instead?

  • X201 #8 4 years ago

    Another case solved by Mugwum P.I.
    ;)

  • Stuz359 #9 4 years ago

    A patch for a game that hasn't been released yet.

  • Les #10 4 years ago

    "I got the game early here in the states and it's a shame they're removing that song as it's my favorite song in the game so far (from the 9 levels I've played of story mode)."

    Making the song-removing patch compulsory is stretching it a bit IMO. I mean it’s rather insignificant given that the song is available online, via music stores, etc. Then again, religious people aren’t exactly known for their reasonableness so it’s probably the only way to appease the fanatics. A very, very sorry thing indeed.

  • Ranger101 #11 4 years ago

    Les, enough with this stuff dude. Relax, let it go.

  • Beano #12 4 years ago

    "For more on the LittleBigPlanet recall fiasco..."

    Fiasco?... it's a HUGE PR success... LBP being talked about in the mainstream press :)

  • KreyAtiv #13 4 years ago

    Not bad a patch that adds some new costumes. :D

  • Les #14 4 years ago

    "Les, enough with this stuff dude. Relax, let it go."

    I don't think censorship is something to relax about.

  • BobsUncle #15 4 years ago

    "You guys have an older version which will be worth mega bucks in the future."

    Only to idiots.

  • Les #16 4 years ago

    "Only to idiots."

    Thank god there will never be a shortage of those...

  • Garulon #17 4 years ago

    "Thank god there will never be a shortage of those... "

    Give it a couple of years and take one of the "tainted" copies to a bunch of Imams in Saudi Arabia, you'll easily get another few hundred knuckleheads burning stuff. Just like the cartoons, eh, sky-fairy fans?