Review: Ratatan (Switch 2) - Patapon-Style Rhythm-Action Strategy Returns, With A Roguelite Twist | Switch Plaza News

Review: Ratatan (Switch 2) - Patapon-Style Rhythm-Action Strategy Returns, With A Roguelite Twist | Switch Plaza News

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Review: Ratatan (Switch 2) - Patapon-Style Rhythm-Action Strategy Returns, With A Roguelite Twist

Nintendo Life · 13 October 2026

Ratamatazz. Released at the height of the rhythm-action boom and following the march of peripheral-based music games, Patapon was a visually unique treat. The result of a collaboration between game designer Hiroyuki Kotani and French artist Rolito Giuli, this curio had you control a tribe of tiny eyeball creatures by tapping out rhythms on face buttons. The original game and its sequel received a Switch release last year, and it was a perfect fit for the console, given the series' roots on Sony's beloved PSP. Now Kotani returns with Ratatan, a crowdfunded spiritual successor that ramps up the …

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