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[Tempy]

MiniPato PSP new screenshots at IGN. Seems very faithful to the MiniPato shorts which are based on the Patlabor anime franchise. The shorts were released in R1-land in the Patlabor WXIII DVD set, and not included in the single Patlabor WXIII DVD release.

Chances of the PSP game coming over to the west? I'm thinking "not a chance", but I'd like to be proven wrong about that. If not, it's import time.

http://media.psp.ign.com/media/759/759346/imgs_1.html

 

[ziran]

i really like the style

 

[Shaheed79]

Looks pretty interesting I like the artstyle like a mix of VJ and Paper Mario. Any movies of how this plays?

 

[Andy787]

I have no fucking idea what that is, but I like it.

 

[Timen]

Too bad the PSP doesn't support PNG graphics alot of jaggies going on in those shots.

looks like a cool game nonetheless, I like the style too

 

[radioheadrule83]

Characters on a stick! It looks awesome

 

[DECK'ARD]

I like!

You can just see a circular target, so a sort of target shooting game?

 

[mr2mike]

Awesome! I'm one of those thata actually bought the WXIII ox set, and I looooooved minipato, I think the 3rd episode, with SV2's dark secret, is the best. Shinobu's narration is hilarious ^_^

 

[acklame]

what is this anime about?

 

[Father_Brain]

I know nothing about the license, but that looks pretty sweet.

 

[neptunes]

The patlabor movies rocked.

They used to run that movie all the time when teletoon just came out. (that and ninja scroll)

 

[mrklaw]

is MiniPato the series coming out in the west? If not, are there any fansubs available? I have the patlabor TV series on DVD, and the three movies, but not this (even though it looked great)

 

[distantmantra]

is MiniPato the series coming out in the west? If not, are there any fansubs available? I have the patlabor TV series on DVD, and the three movies, but not this (even though it looked great)

Taken from the first post:

The shorts were released in R1-land in the Patlabor WXIII DVD set, and not included in the single Patlabor WXIII DVD release.

 

[Tempy]

Though the Patlabor franchise consists of a long tv series, several OVA episodes, and 3 movies - MiniPato was only 3 episodes, each about 10 minutes long. It parodied the events and characters of the patlabor universe. The DVD even comes with a making-of, which reveals that cardboard figures on sticks were motion-captured.

 

[CamHostage]

IGN has a story about Mini Pato's PSP gameplay, sort of a shooting game as Nash suggested. Too bad you can't get fansubs of a videogame, but if the play is fun, it'd be a nice collectible on import.

 

[mrklaw]

Taken from the first post:

The shorts were released in R1-land in the Patlabor WXIII DVD set, and not included in the single Patlabor WXIII DVD release.

so someone who bought the Japanese WXIII would be shit out of luck. Are they available...elsewhere?

 

[Tempy]

so someone who bought the Japanese WXIII would be shit out of luck. Are they available...elsewhere?

Eh. I was only referring to availability in R1-land. MiniPato was released separately in Japan of course: http://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/goods/01_/01_08_/index.html