Bust a Groove remake & Parappa the Rapper

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Is everyone interested in bringing back Bust a Groove?

I miss there gameplay for dancing and distractions to miss a beat on the opponent.

That includes Parappa the Rapper.

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Parappa defiinitely … think it is being remade for phones.

Bust a Groove is fun, whether i put time into a remake rhythm-game or not would depend on my so called girl.

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Sure, why not so you can count me in now :slight_smile:

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Dance fighting coming back?

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/lOxDjjSYKoM

Yes please!

But I’d only want Parappa back if the songs were good like the original game and Um Jammer Lammy, I didn’t like the sequel much because there wasn’t enough emphasis on mad quirkiness, nor songs that had batpoop crazy lyrics which were as catchy as they were funny.

More this:-

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/6TsqCNy6UU0

Less of this:-

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/YTEAvb0sPNU

Also I’m hoping that since this happened:-

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/eq90FPMoR7M

There’s at least the slightest slither of hope that we’ll get more Space Channel 5 one day, maybe.

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How would you all bring back Bust a Groove? In the dance game systems of now?

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When I heard the classic PaRappa scratch sample in the Yooka Laylee vid, I KNEW in my heart-of-hearts that it was returning one way or another. Bust-A-Groove, I was not expecting, but am/would be pleasantly surprised.

I am confused though - are you speculating, or passing along news? If the latter (if these are confirmed), could you post source links?

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After a quick tootle round the internet, all I dug up was a Kotaku article from December about a PaRappa hi-res remake, so I’m guessing there’s nothing actually “new” in the pipeline, link is here, though:-

http://kotaku.com/parappa-the-rapper-is-looking-really-sharp-on-ps4-1789681906

As for Bust-A-Move/Groove, it’s looking pretty unlikely since Enix is part of Square Enix these days and I have no idea who owns the rights to it at the current time, though it did technically get a sequel entitled Dance Summit 2001:- Bust-A-Move in Japan for the PS2 that pretty much no-one knows about. If you want a fix of BAM/G style action though, there’s always Audition (Online) which is on Steam these days and looks like this:-

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yPNTuYchu8k

Be wary that it’s filled with micro transactions and a lot of Korean weirdness that can be difficult to understand. :joy:

I’d be sceptical about true sequels, though, the rhythm action genre tends to trend for a while once some new, unique play style has been created (DDR, Rock Band/Guitar Hero, to a lesser extent Just Dance) and them promptly die again every few years.

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Parappa there’s a remastered version coming.

Bust a Groove? Well I just asked if everyone is interested in bringing it back and how they can? That includes new characters as well.

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Nope. I’m personally done with remade games after the Crash Bandicoot remake. Let us see some new video game franchises and/or sequels to the current ones.