LocoRoco 2 Demo flash game

I owned a demo of the first LocoRoco game even before I owned a PSP to play it on! Eventually I bought a PSP, then played the demo, and didn't understand why people liked the game.

So it was a long while before I bought a full copy of LocoRoco to play - only when it had come down in price to about £6 or something.

And... I really like the full game! It's basically a really cute 2D platform game, which you mainly play with the shoulder buttons (it's a bit strange at first but becomes comfortable and tactile). And it sings to you. In some mysterious made-up language. ^_^

I even bought the soundtrack (and it cost more than the game!)

So yeah. LocoRoco 2 comes out on the 21st of November, and I can see it's available as a pre-order for £17.99 on play.com which is a reasonable enough price for me to preorder a copy.

The demo of the first game really put me off it! And the graphical style made me think "this looks like a Flash game!" :/

So what do we have for the 2nd game? A playable demo in flash!

LocoRoco 2 demo

It's quite fun! And it sings cutely at you (songs reused from the 1st game). And is.... oh it's frustrating sometimes! But too cute for you to stay mad at it. Haha!

I wonder how representative of the full game this is...

Quick comparison of the 2nd game demo with the 1st game:
* Rather than rolling around looking for budding flowers, you have to run over the wilted flowers with the right colour LocoRocos.
* The demo levels are very short and the music is annoyingly repetitive.
* There are also purple LocoRocos.
* There's no "split into loads of little LocoRocos" button.
* Black spiky things don't harm you.
* There is a clock counting *down* instead of up.

Momoi Halko - more and more quality albums!

Momoi Halko is releasing 2 albums in December:

more&more Quality White -Self song cover- and more&more Quality Red -Anime song cover-.

I thought I'd have a look for the expected track listing for the Anime Song cover album on the internet, to see what she'll be covering. I really like her anime songs, video game songs and anime song covers (I listen to the Famison albums and Wonder Momo-i and Tenbatsu Angel Rabbie and the Akahori Gedou Hour LoveGe songs most). I found this page, so here's what's listed:

more&more quality RED ～Anime song cover～



Release Date: 3rd December 2009
Catalogue Number: AVCA-26991
Price: 3,000 yen (including tax)

1. Give A Reason
Originally the opening theme to "Slayers Next", performed by Hayashibara Megumi

2. Ai Oboeteimasuka
Originally from the SDF Macross film Do You Remember Love?, perfomed by Iijima Mari

3. STEP
Originally the opening theme to Mashin Eiyuden Wataru, performed by a・chi-a・chi

4. Happy☆Material
Originally an opening to Mahou Sensei Negima, performed by the series cast (Mahoragakuen Chutobu 2-A)

5. Butter-Fly
Originally the opening song to Digimon Adventure, performed by Wada Kouji

6. Gamble Rumble
Originally the opening song to Initial D: Third Stage, performed by m.o.v.e

7. Soldier Dream
Originally the 2nd Opening theme to Saint Seiya, performed by Hironobu Kageyama

8. INVOKE
Originally the opening theme to Gundam Seed, performed by T.M. Revolution

9. Romance no Kamisama
Performed by Hirose Kohmi. Here's the video, was this in an anime?

10. [unconfirmed song; an original song?]



Well, that's my take on the tracklisting. I might be incorrect, I don't recognise some of the songs. At the moment, I am especially interested in hearing her sing Butter-Fly. ^_^ It could be fantastic, but it could go horribly wrong! XD

(I would have done the self cover album as well but this one took ages!)