Patapon Successor Ratatan Earns Over 10 Times Its Goal in Booming Kickstarter Campaign | Push Square

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It turns out people want a new Patapon — or at least something close to it. The very promising project Ratatan looks great in the early trailers we've seen so far, but it'll be a while before the full game is out; a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds has just concluded, and it's been a grand success.

Backers of Ratatan have forked over about ¥240 million, which translates to roughly £1.2 million. That's more than 10 times the initial goal of ¥20 million. It's safe to say this has been a big win for developer Ratata Arts.

Almost every stretch goal has been reached, which means console versions are on the way, as well as additional features like online play, a minigame, various language localisations, orchestrated music, and more.

Obviously this is a great step forward for the game, but there's still a ways to go. In its FAQ, the dev team says it's «quite far along in the production cycle» and is targeting April 2025 to get everything into the game. So, it'll be a bit of a wait before this is in our hands, but hopefully it'll be worth it.

Are you looking forward to Ratatan? Did you back it on Kickstarter? Let us know in the comments section below.

Having grown up alongside PlayStation, Stephen has developed an eclectic taste in video games and a wide knowledge of the medium, from small indie gems to the biggest AAA blockbusters. Ever hopeful that the Burnout series makes a miraculous return.

I'm glad to see this do really well on Kickstarter. The chance of us getting a new Patapon is pretty much zero so why not have fans make a successor.

Patapon never clicked with me and kickstarters are iffy. Hopefully this one changes my mind, but either way happy for fans

@Deadlyblack It's not the fans making it, the developers are