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Parappa the Rapper voice actor Dred Foxx is leading a social media campaign to pressure Sony into commissioning a new game in the rhythm action series. You an join the movement on Facebook; it’s been around for about a year, but was brought to light by a recent interview with JunkieMonkeys. Let’s see if a surge of popularity catches Sony’s attention; it remain committed to the PSOne-era character, giving him a role in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. Developer NanaOn-sha’s latest effort was theKinect-exclusive Haunt.

Thanks, Lengendaryboss.

Plan on buying Superbot’s upcoming brawler PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale? Want to be good at it? Then you’ll probably want to take a look at the new strategy video the developer has released over on the PlayStation Blog.

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Lots of shorts below, along with news about ladies and gents dressing in a silly manner. We salute them.

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Parappa The Rapper could make a return either through new business models or on PlayStation Vita, series creator Masaya Matsuura has said.

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Masaya Matsuura thinks Natal would be a great platform to create new styles of music games.

Creator of PaRappa The Rapper, Matsuura told attendees at Develop that NanaOn-Sha is currently thinking up ways to make use of Microsoft’s latest gadget.

“It’s very interesting. We are thinking about ideas. I think any kind of interaction with a camera will be good for music games, but the important thing will be how we can find the new breed of gameplay,” he said. “That will be a very important thing.

“Guitar Hero and Rock Band and The Beatles: Rock Band, is just taking traditional rock music. Of course there are so many rock fans on the earth, so they will have a huge impact for the market. But there is other attractive music, so please try to find another style, another interaction, another gameplay with another type of music.”

Agreed. Because we all want to use Natal to play Paganini on a virtual Theremin as soon as possible.

Via D’toid.

Publisher Majesco’s just confirmed Major Minor’s Majestic March for Wii. The rhythm action game’s being developed by PaRappa the Rapper outfit NanaOn-Sha.

From the press release:

“Major Minor’s Majestic March turns the Wii Remote(TM) into a “special” baton that the bandleader, Major Minor, uses to keep tempo, recruit new band members and pick up valuable items. While marching through eight whimsical locations that contain various hair-raising events, Major Minor strives to create the most impressive parade ever. Players can add up to 15 different instruments to their dynamic procession — including brass, woodwinds, and percussion — to alter its composition and resulting performance. Players are scored on how well their band maintains its rhythm and manages obstacles that could otherwise throw the procession into disarray. The band keeps tempo to more than 25 popular marching band songs from around the world, composed into original medleys for each stage.”

The game ships at the end of the 2008 in the US and early 2009 in Europe. More here.