(Credit: Majesco Entertainment) Long ago, in the age of the Sony Playstation, a strange rhythm game appeared. It was called PaRappa the Rapper, and told the story about a flat, cartoon puppy who wanted badly to be a rap star. The game wasn't especially popular against titles like Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy 7, but its charming humor and bizarrely infectious music garnered it a cult following and eventually saw a sequel on the Playstation 2 and, more recently, a remake on the Playstation Portable. To this day, a stuffed, singing PaRappa doll sits on a shelf in one of our editors' offices.
For the first time in over half a decade, the team behind PaRappa is working on a new game. Majesco Entertainment just announced Major Minor's Majestic March, a rhythm game for the Nintendo Wii. Like its name implies, the game turns the Wiimote into a bandleader's baton, which players shake and wave through over two dozen marching band songs. It could very well be one of the first games that involves leading a marching band.
Major Minor's Majestic March will feature the work of both developer/musician Masaya Matsuura, and graffiti artist Rodney Greenblat. Greenblat designed PaRappa's signature, quirky graphical style, while Matsuura designed PaRappa's gameplay and produced its soundtrack. This marks the first time since 2001's PaRappa the Rapper 2 that Greenblat and Matsuura have worked together, and could mean that MMMM will feature the same strange, entertaining style that made PaRappa so endearing. Major Minor's Majestic March is scheduled to release in late 2008 for the Nintendo Wii.
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