LocoRoco

LocoRoco
European cover art
Developer(s)	Japan Studio
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Director(s)	Tsutomu Kouno
Designer(s)	Tsutomu Kouno
Artist(s)	Keigo Tsuchiya
Composer(s)	Nobuyuki Shimizu Kemmei Adachi
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4
Release	PlayStation Portable EU: June 23, 2006 AU: June 29, 2006 JP: July 13, 2006 NA: September 5, 2006 PlayStation 4 WW: May 8, 2017
Genre(s)	Platform, puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player

LocoRoco (Japanese: ロコロコ, Romaji: Rokoroko) is a platform video game developed by Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, which was released worldwide in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game console. The game was developed by Tsutomu Kouno, striving to create a game that was different from other titles being released for the PSP at the time. After demonstrating a prototype of the core gameplay to his management, Kouno was able to complete development over the course of a year and a half. In LocoRoco, the player must tilt the environment by using the shoulder buttons on the PSP in order to maneuver the LocoRoco, multi-colored jelly-like characters, through each level, being aided by other odd residents while avoiding hazards and the deadly Moja Troop, to reach an end goal.

Along the way, the LocoRoco can grow in size by eating special berries, and then can be split and rejoined to pass the LocoRoco through narrow spaces. The game's bright and colorful visuals and dynamic music soundtrack were hallmarks of the game, earning it several awards from the gaming press in 2006. While the game did not sell high volumes, its success led to the development of four other LocoRoco titles – two sequels for the PSP (PlayStation Portable)/PSP Go, a spin-off for the PlayStation 3 and a mobile version (called LocoRoco Mobile and LocoRoco Hi, depending on the market) for cellular (mobile) telephones.^[1]

A remastered version of the game was released in 2017 for the PlayStation 4.^[2]