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PaRappa And Gitaroo Man Creators Reveal New Rhythm-Action Game

Check out that giant frog.

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Hot on the heels of the recent PS4 remaster of PaRappa The Rapper, the creators of PaRappa and Gitaroo Man have teamed up to make a new rhythm game called Project Rap Rabbit.

Masaya Matsuura and Keiichi Yano, the makers of PaRappa and Gitaroo Man, respectively, are working on the new game, which is described as a "rhythm-action adventure." They have launched a website and accounts on Twitter and Facebook to tease the game, but have yet to reveal any more details. You can see a short teaser video for Rap Rabbit below.

Although the developer didn't show off any gameplay, the music in the video is definitely reminiscent of PaRappa. I'm also a big fan of the giant frog in the background.

PaRappa The Rapper originally launched in 1997 for the PlayStation 1, and Gitaroo Man in 2002 for the PS2. PaRappa was recently remastered and released on PS4, and you can read our updated review here.

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I look forward to hearing more information on this, but I was still hoping for a cross-over game on both PaRappa and Gitaroo Man

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Nice.

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Will the button presses actually coincide with the actual rap lyrics this time?

Also Gitaroo Man is the best game no one has played.

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Please remaster Gitaroo Man!

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Rap Rabbit? cus Hip Hop Rabbit is too much of a pun lolz

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I hope they're able to fix the issues they had with PaRappa.

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Another exclusive game ps4 killing with exclusives.

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@playstationzone: "Rap rabbit". Ooh I bet those mean Xbox owners are frothing are the mouth for missing out on this one..lol...

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@playstationzone:

Another PlayStation Exclusive that i'll buy when its under 5 dollars. I was burned with PaRappa remastered so i'll wait

Edit: funny though though it doesn't say PlayStation exclusive anywhere who knows it might be on PlayStation AND switch or PlayStation and Xbox or PlayStation and PC or all of the above. By the way we all know that that Crash Remaster isn't exclusive

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@trueassassin86x: Yah, agree on the remaster. To be fair though, it wasn't done by the OG creator Masaya Matsuura or that dev team, but instead was a port by SIE Studio (ugh).

The OG Parappa on PS1 was excellent.

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