The Ratatan Kickstarter was funded inside an hour, so it was clear that it was going to hit a ton of its stretch targets. And now that the marketing campaign has closed, Ratatan has are available in at over 10 occasions its preliminary objective.
Ratatan raised a complete of $1,504,439
This complete has allowed the venture to hit 22 stretch targets, one thing the group thanked backers for on Twitter. These targets, a few of which aren’t completely defined, embrace:
an internet mode
ports for PS4, PS5, Nintendo Swap, and Xbox Collection X|S
minigames
a collaboration with famed Uncommon composer David Sensible
chiptunes
assist for French, Italian, German, and Spanish
an extra rarity stage
the involvement of Blico, the voice of the Patapon in Patapon
a secret ending
orchestrated music
the flexibility to customise Fortrun, the ship that follows characters
a tough mode
“fireworks”
a “collectopedia”
Chinese language and Korean languages
customizable Cobuns (the little eyeball characters) and Ratata (the named important items)
Darkish Ratatans
a “backer vote”
a collaboration with Tsutomu Kouno, the one who designed LocoRoco
a collaboration with Keiichiro Toyama, identified for guiding Silent Hill, Siren, and Gravity Rush
base and room customization
playable Darkish Ratatans
It didn’t hit its objective to have Darkish Ratatan pets, because it completed simply shy of the $1,543,442 wanted. Ratata Arts additionally gave no replace on its launch window, because the group nonetheless aiming for an April 2025 launch.
Nonetheless, it did put out a roadmap detailing the journey to 2025. Most of it’s behind-the-scenes work, nevertheless it does present what Ratata Arts can be to this point that the Ratatan Kickstarter has wrapped up.
This profitable marketing campaign stands in stark distinction with Mission Rap Rabbit, which hit Kickstarter in Might 2017 and was designed to be a contemporary model of fellow Sony franchise PaRappa the Rapper. It even featured a number of the creators of PaRappa, in addition to Gitaroo Man. Nonetheless, not like Ratatan, its marketing campaign failed and solely raised $207,605 of its $1,098,700 objective.