PaRappa the Rapper

PaRappa the Rapper (Japaneseパラッパラッパー, Parapparappa ), also known as " PaRappaRappa " and " PaRappa the Rappa " is a rhythm video game for the Sony PlayStation. It was developed by Masaya Matsuura and his company NanaOn - Sha. It was released in Europe on 6 December 1996 in Japan on 31 October 1997 in North America and September 1998. It was one of the first rhythm video games. While the gameplay in some levels is very simple, the game mainly by its special graphics, its sound and the bizarre story is remarkable. Although the game was developed in Japan, are all the songs and dialogues in English. The game is named after the name of the protagonist Parappa, a rapping dog with the motto " I gotta believe! ".

Followed in 1999, a spin-off called UmJammer Lammy for the PlayStation in 2001 and the sequel PaRappa the Rapper 2 for PlayStation 2 An implementation of the game for the portable game console PlayStation Portable was released in Japan in 2006. In addition, an eponymous 30 - episode anime series was produced by JCStaff, which aired in 2001 on Fuji Television.

Action

The player takes on the role of Parappa, a paper-thin rapping dog. He tries the heart of Sunny Funny, a win like a flower girl. He will be ( with great relish a thick teddy bear DJ) supported by his friends Katy Kat ( an enthusiastic female cat ) and PJ Berri. The opponent of Parappa is Joe Chin, a rich and narcissistic dog who is also interested in Sunny Funny. To impress Sunny Funny, Parappa learns to fight in kung-fu dojo, and takes one hour's drive to get his license. He destroys his father's car and need to earn at the flea market the money for the repair. At Sunny's birthday Parappa makes cake, but ruined him after an encounter with Joe. Then he makes a new cake in a cooking show, but eating too much of it. After that he is some time alone with Sunny, but urgently needs to use the toilet. Parappa must now against his teacher rapping for the first place in line to get. Then one night, Parappa is invited to the Fun Club and asks Sunny to go with it. She agrees. Parappa raps then by all on stage and expresses his feelings with the song of Sunny from.

Reception

At the first annual award of the Interactive Achievement Awards the game in 1998 by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, each with a price in the categories of Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Design and Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music Award and was also in the top category Interactive Title of the Year nomination. The US-based online games Gamespot took the game in 2006 as a genre -forming on his list of top 10 rhythm games.