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LocoRoco sequel planned for PSP

Some of you have heard that LocoRoco will be making its way to the PS3, but this is not billed as a true sequel to the first game. Fans are wondering if there will be a LocoRoco 2, and director Tsutomu Kouno confirmed there will be one for the PSP.
Last December, Sony's Phil Harrison said they'd "bring LocoRoco back in a couple of new ways with some new friends in the future." Then, at the PlayStation Premier event in Tokyo this month, they showed off Buu Buu Cocoreccho! by LocoRoco, a sequel that is "LocoRoco, but it's not ... a peculiar extra chapter." So that takes care of PS3, and we have our suspicions about a mobile version, but what about the most obvious platform of all, the PSP? We had a chance to speak with Loco Roco's director Tsutomu Kouno at the Develop conference and, when asked if there will be a Loco Roco 2 for the PSP, he responded, "Yes, there will. I'm thinking about a sequel for the PSP right now. I got a lot of feedback from players that they bought a PSP just to play Loco Roco so I feel like I have to make a sequel for them.

Though we don't have any fancy video footage of the PSP-bound sequel, there is some footage of the PS3 release from Develop, tucked away after the break. And check back later in the week for our full interview with Kouno-san.

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    Synergized | July 30, 2007
    That's a surprise since LocoRoco always just gives out demos to advertise new PSP firmware.
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    tidus04 | July 31, 2007
    This was nothing special for me in the first one so I dont think it will do much else either.
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    sten mk II | August 02, 2007
    If somebody made me play this, I probably wouldn't mind, but I'm not dying to get this game.

    Although lots of people like it.

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