This is a very fun game, and if you are out looking for a PSP game at Walmart in that area with the older games and "Greatest Hits" and all that other stuff that costs like $20, do not stray away from this game because of it's bright, happy colors. In it, you play as the earth, moving little singing fun blobs across the planet using L and R, destroying them and fusing them when the time calls for it, destroying Moja and looking for MuiMui who give you pieces to a LocoHouse. A LocoHouse is a place where either you can relax with your LR or try and get even more pieces to the loco house so you can get even more pieces to your locohouse and so on. That brings me to Minigames. Here, you can spend your bug things that you should have been collecting, called Pickories, to play games that, when you win, you get (OMG) loco house parts!
Overall this game is very good when it comes to gameplay, but the plot is very hard to understand, but honestly, I don't really think anyone cares. The graphics are pretty much nonexistent, due to the fact that everything looks hand-drawn. This game is a must buy for sure!
Media > Games > PlayStation Portable > LocoRoco > All Reviews
The Earth Moves With You - 30 January 2009
overall: 9 fun: 10graphics: 7plot: 6
LocoRoco (PSP) - Skambu - 6 December 2008
overall: 8 fun: 9graphics: 7plot: 6
LocoRoco was released in 2006, yet it's still one of the best games available for the PSP. You can decide whether that's good or bad, but considering how awesome the game is, it'd be pretty hard to beat.
The gameplay is insanely simple. You use the L and R buttons to tilt the level, press them both at the same time, you hold in 'O' to fuse your LocoRoco's together, and you tap 'O' to defuse them. That's it, that's all you do. It's really simple, but it's pretty hard to master.
The PSP is a system that is known for it's graphical capabilities, right? But then along came LocoRoco, a game that's really cool, and doesn't require insane graphics. The game could easily have been ported to any Current-Gen system, but I'm glad that they chose the PSP. Think about it, the Wii would've implemented forced motion-sensing controls, the 360/PS3 versions would try to add new features that ruin the gameplay, and the DS would use lame touchscreen controls.
This game is almost completely physics-based, and they actually work well! They're pretty realistic, like you don't get insane jumps or landings, it's all stuff that looks like it could happen in real life.
I'm only up to World 2 right now, but I've promised myself that I'll eventually finish the game. According to Wikipedia, there are 5 worlds, and they all include 8 levels. Altogether making it 40 levels.
I have got absolutely no idea what to do with the Loco House. I mean, I can't even place the stairs anywhere on the house. I don't even see the point of it, I have no idea how to work it. It should've been way simpler, and you should've been able to put your LocoRoco inside the house and explore it, that would've been awesome.
BUY OR NOT TO BUY: Buy it! It's fun, cute, lengthy, and really easy to pick up and play! Also, if you end up loving it, there's a few other LocoRoco games to play, a PSP sequel and a PS3 spin-off too.
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