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Punch! Kick! It's all on the Wii! (also, new Parappa the Rapper?) photo

Oh, happy day. For those of you who adored Parappa the Rapper as deeply as I did, this will come as thrilling news. Majesco has made an annoucement that they have formed a partnership with New York artist Rodney Alan Greenblat and game designer Masaya Matsuura (the peeps behind the original Parappa) to create a new Wii exclusive rhythm title.

Jesse Sutton, Majesco's CEO, seemed very enthusiastic about the project, saying:

"Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Alan Greenblat are industry visionaries whose legacy was built on crafting groundbreaking, genre-defining entertainment experiences that everyone can enjoy. We are incredibly excited to be working with talent of this caliber and believe our game shares the same broad mass market appeal as successful music-based products like Activision’s Guitar Hero and MTV’s Rock Band ."

I can't blame him for being excited. Games like Rhythm Tengoku and Taiko no Tatsujin have addicted me to the rhythm genre for life, and Parappa was also a favorite back in the early Playstation days. The game is slated for release in late 2008, so as soon as we find out more we'll slap it all over the Destructoid homepage like butter on a grilled cheese.

[Via Comic Book Bin, Thanks to Jonathan and MadNinja!]








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king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 11:29
king3vbo
GREAT! I love Parappa, and the prospect of a new game by the creators is sw33t
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 11:32
AgentMOO
Yes! Parappa was a great game... It was one of the few I played before I killed my ps1 with a failed modchip install. Tiny little resistors FTL.
SkaGoblin's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 11:39
SkaGoblin
Thank you, now I'll have the song stuck in my head all day.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 11:44
Aaron Mxy Yost
I gotta believe!
Brandon Undead's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 11:48
Brandon Undead
I'm going to enjoy flicking my wrists in time!

Hope it's better than


AND

(ZACK AND WIKI minigame for which I can't find a graphic)
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 11:48
galagabug
so your telling me this here pump comes with a truck?
9to5's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 11:53
9to5
How Parappa survived the mid-nineties East Coast VS West Coast beef unscathed is beyond me. Maybe he was hiding in a basement with Vanilla Ice all that time(or in witness protection). Welcome back, snitch.
snotrocket's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 11:57
snotrocket
People call me crazy for loving this series, but it's so amazing. More than happy to hear even a rumor of this coming back.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 12:11
Jonathan Holmes
Did I tell you about this? Must be another Jonathan, right?

It's funny because just know as I was driving home for lunch, I was thinking about how awesome this game could be. I was a big fan of Rodney Alan Greenblatt back in my art school days. He's the only contemporary American artist I know of to make it big in Japa, with video games, toys, fine art, album covers, tv shows and all that other stuff.

We exchanged a few emails years ago. He was a really nice guy, sort of confused at his own success, very into his nutty little worlds he makes.

I'd love to hear what he's thinking these days. Maybe I'll write him, see if he remembers me.
glipe's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 12:14
glipe
One of the all time great PS1 games, I loved it. I think my skills have started to degrade though; I went back to Elite Beat Agents after playing GHII for a while and all of a sudden I'm pants! =(
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 12:21
Colette Bennett
@Jonathan - You didn't. I haven't had the pleasure of chatting with you yet ^___^
Your moms new boyfriend's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 12:45
Your moms new boyfriend
Awesome! Now I can flail my arms around to decide who gets to take a crap first!

In the rain or in the snow, I got the funky flow, but now, I really gotta go.
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 13:43
Shin Oni
now wasn't it "Kick punch?"

whateva. It's all in the mind and it better be all on the movement.

Those skills he teached me, sure did beat him.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 14:18
brad drac
Wii? Rhythm game? Matsuura attached? Want hard and fast in every available orifice.
grrza's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 14:59
grrza
Wait, so will this or won't this actually be featuring parappa??
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 15:10
AgentMOO
if memory serves me correct:


kick punch, it's all in the mind
if you wanna test me i'm sure you'll find
the things I teach ya are sure to beat ya
nevertheless you'll get a lesson from teacher
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 17:55
Bob Muir
So I figure I should go and pick up the original game sometime, hm?
LarkOhiya's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/11/2007 21:11
LarkOhiya
I'll strap the wii-mote to my dick and swing it in time...
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/12/2007 05:50
Fading Star
Sweet. Parappa the Rapper!
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/12/2007 09:32
Holyetheline
This is going to be great fun.
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