Sony quiet on LocoRoco PS3

By Robert Purchese Published 10 April, 2007

New evidence pipes up.

More evidence has reared its blobby baldy singing face this afternoon supporting rumours that LocoRoco is on its way to PS3.

The signs all seem to point in the right direction, despite Sony adopting the usual "can't comment on rumour and speculation" standpoint.

You see, first there was game creator Tsutomu Kouno, who dropped all sorts of hints at the recent Game Developer Conference about a PS3 outing - promising it wouldn't "betray" fans expectations after skirting around whether it would use Sixaxis tilt controls.

Then you should take into account the advert in the recent Edge magazine (helpfully Internetted by Kotaku), which blatantly suggests we'll be seeing the game on the new console.

And last but not least is supposed leaked information from PS3 Fanboy, which claims the Sony Trade Marketing extranet actually lists LocoRoco for PS3, with a release date of 23rd June.

Which all leaves us rather confident that something is in the pipeline.

LocoRoco is a roly-puzzle musical that was released last summer for PSP. It tasks you with guiding blobs of singing stuff around a level by titling the handheld, presenting all sorts of conundrums at every turn.

We found it to be an absolutely essential title - a glorious example independent thinking and charm. Unlike that sentence, which was me borrowing what Tom and Kristan said. You can find our LocoRoco review elsewhere on the site.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • JediMasterMalik #1 5 years ago

    It was definitely great while it lasted. If the PS3 version is new enough, with good motion controls this may be a buy!

  • kangarootoo #2 5 years ago

    Have you guys got a headline generator running or something? Everyone seems "quiet on" or "shy on" stuff today.

    Kangarootoo cagey on animal love

  • NewYork #3 5 years ago

    Mmm... HD graphics.

    /salivates

  • AOFanboi #4 5 years ago

    My guess: A download title with paid expansions/maps like Lemmings and Rub-a-Dub.

  • JediMasterMalik #5 5 years ago

    Probably, like a demo level or two, with more being paid for. Or like flow with the whole game paid. Could go either way really.

  • brooza #6 5 years ago

    Don't forget the LocoRoco trophy in the PSHome demo

  • DanC89 #7 5 years ago

    Worth a PS3 alone! :p

  • Steroyd #8 5 years ago

    I sympathise with EG between Nintendo announcing everything which won't be available for some time, MS practically announcing everything (or some leak that ends up true) and Sony that says fuck all for ages it must be hard finding something truely news worthy to report from console manufacturers so instead of my usual non-news snide remark, I will just nod in acknowledgement at EG's even-amatuers-can-add-two-plus-two sleuthing skills.

    /nods in acknowledgement

  • Hughes. #9 5 years ago

    I loved all the Halloween and Christmas demos that came out after the game was released, and none of them are in the original game. These guys clearly have great imaginations, and have a brilliant feel for level design, and plenty of ideas left for a new game. This was just begging for real tilt control.

  • smelly #10 5 years ago

    "Sony leaks information then refuses to talk about it, so games site post it as news" shocker

  • Mattb90 #11 5 years ago

    I'd be a bit suspicious about the 23rd June date for two reasons: firstly that's the date the LocoRoco arrived on the PSP here in Europe last year (so could be a simple platform error), and that date is also a Saturday. Like disc-based titles (and Wii Euro VC releases), PS Store downloadable titles tend to appear on Fridays.

  • JediMasterMalik #12 5 years ago

    PS Store is updated thursdays no?

  • Garibaldi #13 5 years ago

    They can stay quiet as far as I'm concerned, Loco Roco near bored me to death.

    Yes, I probably have no soul, etc etc.

  • Steroyd #14 5 years ago

    Come on Garibaldi the LocoRoco's at least make you smile?

    If not you really don't have a soul.

  • Freek #15 5 years ago

    Not doing a Loco Roco game for PS3 would be like not doing a lightsaber game for Wii!...oh right...

  • dominalien #16 5 years ago

    "It tasks you with guiding blobs of singing stuff around a level by titling the handheld, presenting all sorts of conundrums at every turn."

    Am I the only one who sees this sentence as blatant proof of EG's lack of professionalism? ;-)

  • Arwin #17 5 years ago

    Yeah, you definitely don't tilt the handheld.

    I never doubted the PS3 would see a Loco Roco. Hopefully it'll be good!