151w ago - SCEA Producer Kumi Yuasa has revealed today that a new LocoRoco Midnight Carnival PSP strategy guide hits the PlayStation Store today for $1.99.

To quote: We released LocoRoco Midnight Carnival last year, introducing the craziest most challenging Loco adventure yet.

For those who found the game rather difficult to clear, or those who want to find out more about the game, we've just released the digital strategy guide for LocoRoco Midnight Carnival!

The guide has just been released yesterday on the PlayStation Store for $1.99. It's a digital interactive strategy guide, not only to guide you through the levels, but also include many more features as shown below.

• Explore full detailed maps of all levels AND replay movies
• Zoom-in on details and information
• All pages include in-game music for your viewing pleasure
• Refresh your memory on basic controls, as well as tips and techniques
• Additional artwork and music lyrics also included

We also have great news for new players! LocoRoco Midnight Carnival is now on sale for $7.49! Perfect timing for those of you who want to get Loco for the up coming summer season!

But wait, there is more! New players to LocoRoco Midnight Carnival can also find the full game...

152w ago - Sony European Product Manager Cristina Giuliano has revealed a new LocoRoco Midnight Carnival 'Bui Bui' Pack for PSP today which is coming to PSN this summer.

To quote: It's been a long while, I know, but fear not: we have new content!

We are releasing three brand new levels via PlayStation Store. The Bui Bui Pack will be available from 23 June and costs € 2.99/£2.39.

Perfect timing for those of you who want to get Loco for summer!

The level pack includes three additional levels:

• Shamplin 3
• BungaBongo 1
• BuiBui Fort 3

Full of new challenges to navigate, we are sure these new levels will keep players of all skill levels busy for a while.

LocoRoco Midnight Carnival Official Strategy Guide: Want to find out more about LocoRoco Midnight Carnival? Then why not try out our guide, available at the same time at a price of € 1.99/£1.59?

You will be lead through the levels and given a brief background to the team... New players to LocoRoco Midnight carnival can also find this guide bundled in with the full game.

We will have The LocoRoco Midnight Carnival ULTIMATE EDITION - a Promotional Bundle which includes the full game, the Bui Bui pack and the official strategy guide at the...

178w ago - Today SCEE European Producer Florence Kum has made available a few LocoRoco Midnight Carnival festive wallpapers for the PSP and PC, as follows:

Hope you are all looking forward to the holiday season? We've been pretty busy over here but we have a holiday wallpaper to keep you in the festive mood. Enjoy!!

For the PSP version simply download to your memory stick, and set it as your default wallpaper!

Keep safe and most of all keep warm! Try a bit of bouncing?

Those interested can grab both a 480x272 PSP and a 1024x768 PC LocoRoco Midnight Carnival wallpaper below.

186w ago - SCEA Santa Monica Producer Tsubasa Inaba has announced that LocoRoco Midnight Carnival launches on PSP via PSN today.

To quote: Today is a grand day in Loco history as LocoRoco Midnight Carnival hits the PSN! As I've stated in my last few blog posts, Midnight Carnival is full of great new features to satisfy your "tilt and roll" needs! But one of the biggest things this game brings is... competition.

Now I'm not just talking about the multiplayer feature we went over on Monday where I took Kumi out. I'm talking about competition on a global scale! With Midnight Carnival, you can finally test your skills against the best in the world via the new online Global Leaderboard.





For those of you who can't find a LocoRoco opponents locally, check out the Global Leaderboard (accessible via Infrastructure mode) to compete with the top players from around the globe.

The top five players will be given the option to upload their replay save for bragging rights. Those who don't rank in the top 5 can download those replays for possible tips on improving their game. Talk about showing your LocoRoco supremacy!

For those of you who are sitting the fence, not to worry. We are releasing a Demo today, and a new PSP...

186w ago - Today SCEA Santa Monica Producer Tsubasa Inaba has announced that LocoRoco Midnight Carnival PSP is coming to PSN this week.

To quote: Have you all decided on your Halloween costumes yet?
Have you stocked up on candy for the Trick or Treating kids in the neighborhood?

Have you charged your wallets up in preparation for LocoRoco Midnight Carnival for PSP, available this Thursday on PSN for $14.99?

Well, thankfully you have a few more days to get ready! In this week's blog post, we'd like to share a little more on the features, specifically multiplayer!

For the first time in Loco history, you can now race friends through levels! Via Ad Hoc, connect with up to four players and see who can get to the end first. Each player controls their own tilt and bounce action, but you can see their position on your screen so you know when you are neck and neck. To show you how this works, I challenged Kumi, my LocoRoco partner-in-crime here, to a race and we recorded it.





Many of you regular readers may recall a blog post for LocoRoco 2 when we first introduced Ad Hoc competition LocoRoco Minigame called LocoRider. Kumi and I played head to head and she ended up beating me. So this is our rematch!

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