Chris Hinojosa-Miranda, Associate Producer of Patapon, writes on the PlayStation.Blog:

"On the eve of holiday break¿and the launch of Patapon in Japan, we here at Patapon Central (aka Pon-SCEA) have been very excited over a few little Pata-tidbits that are currently circulating in the media, both locally and overseas.

First, great Pata-News came to me from Japan: Famitsu, one of Japan's leading gaming publications, has awarded Patapon a Platinum Review award."

In this post Chris Hinojosa-Miranda clears up the confusion on who-did-what-where between Patapon and LocoRoco.
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The numbers in square brackets are shipments. All numbers are estimates:

¿ Final Fantasy IV (DS): 180,000 [400,000]
¿ Naruto: Shippuuden N-Ultimate Accelerator 2 (PS2): 45,000
¿ Card Hero DS (DS): 30,000k [50,000~60,000]
¿ Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri: Kakera Asobi (PS2): 23,000
¿ Dora Base (DS): about 20,000 [40,000]
¿ Powerful Pro Baseball 14 Final Edition (PS2): 17,000
¿ Time Crisis 4 (PS3): 10,000
¿ Myself; Yourself (PS2): 6,000 [10,000]
¿ Hajime no Ippo (PSP): 6,000
¿ The Prince of Tennis (DS): 6,000
¿ Patapon (PSP): 5,000
¿ Powerful Baseball Final Edition (Wii): 4,000
¿ Survival Kids (DS): 3,000
¿ Medal of Honour: Airborne (PS3): 2,500
¿ The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki Complete Edition (PSP): 1,000 [3,000]

Source: Sinobi
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All of the details for this week's little PS3/PS2/PSP event.

New screenshots, release dates and details for a number of upcoming 1st party published titles, including MLB 08, Patapon, Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition, Wipeout Pulse and more.
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Sony today announced that its unique handheld 2D platform-action hybrid known as Patapon is coming to North American shores February 2008.
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The new issue of HGZine has a complete rundown of 130 games set for release next year with the latest details and screens on the Top 50 picked to be the "ones to watch" for PSP and DS.
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This past week in Tokyo's Akihabara district, an entertainment festival was held by the name of Akiba Enta-Matsuri. While most of the festivities involved were anime and comic related, Sony did set up an area over the weekend exhibiting just a few of their new and upcoming games.
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According to Team ICO Gamers, Japanese message boards and blogs are claiming that the mysterious drum puzzle game Patapon, inspired by the work of artist Rolito and to be released on PSP this winter, is being developed by staff from Team ICO and the Locoroco Studio and is being directed by Fumito Ueda.

Visual flourishes like the owly drums, totems and horned horseriders, which are very similar to the artwork in the previous works of the designer (ICO, Shadow of the Colossus) suggest this could be likely.
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Famitsu has a few more details on this game of little fighting eyeballs marching towards the end of the world. The player's rhythmic accuracy is what keeps these little spear-wielding eyeballs going; the better the beat sounds, the more fierce the fighting. Button presses determine how the fighters react, with each acting as a command of sorts: attack, defend, advance, and so on.
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PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

These game cards have now have had enough time to trickle into retailers nationwide, and Sony is already showing major support at a retail level with a variety of PlayStation Network Game Cards.
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The PSP has seen a number of revisions over the course of its existance, and the PSPgo is the latest evolution of the system that's hitting retail in less than two weeks. With the system's launch right around the corner, Sony sent IGN a small note that detailed a few pieces of juicy information that PSP fans might find interesting.
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