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Patapon 3

Patapon 3 is a rhythm game for the PlayStation Portable and sequel to Patapon 2. Gameplay is mostly unchanged from previous titles, but has a greater focus on multiplayer than Patapon 2. Like its predecessors…

70 12 March 2011

Patapon 3 is an adventure developed by Pyramid, released 12 March 2011 on PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.

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What Patapon 3 is

Patapon 3 is an adventure game developed by Pyramid and released in 2011. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Patapon 3 is a 2011 rhythm video game developed by Pyramid and Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. It is the final installment in the Patapon series and a sequel to Patapon 2 (2008). Gameplay is similar to previous titles, but has a greater focus on multiplayer than Patapon 2. Like its predecessors, Patapon 3 is presented in a cartoonish, silhouetted two-dimensional environment designed by French artist Rolito, now with more detailed backgrounds.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Patapon 3 holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Patapon 3 launched on 12 March 2011, within three weeks of Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm and Total War: Shogun 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Total War: Shogun 2.

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When did Patapon 3 come out?
Patapon 3 was released on 12 March 2011 for PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable.

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