History YMMV / Patapon

* FanNickname: The Dark Ones from ''2'' are frequently referred to by the fanbase and even on the fan wiki as "Akumapons" as a portmanteau of the Japanese word for "dark" and "patapon," since there's already a character called the Dark One(who is actually just [[spoiler:Makoton]]). The actual suffix for the Dark Ones appears to be "-tan", as in "Kuwagat''tan''."

** Goruru/Garuru in their beast form have an incredibly annoying habit of shuffling back and forth almost randomly, meaning often you can try a charged attack and suddely miss completely.

** The game puts you in charge of cutesy eye-looking critters, who you control by pressing either of 4 buttons in a certain order, with commands being mostly advance/attack/defence. Sounds easy? Desert levels, {{Escort Mission}}s and most bosses will really test your ability to concentrate on the rhythm and also to plan your army composition and equimpent.

** The Evilmass of Adamance in ''Patapon 3'', for having a puzzle which is [[FakeDifficulty completely incogruous to the game's mechanics]]. The first floor is no problem; the OneHitKill guillotines only drop on a timer which is handily displayed at the top of the screen, meaning you just have to not be stupid to get past them. The second floor is where the stupidity arises; in order to pass the guillotine ''there'', you have to [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption deliberately step on the pressure plate that activates it]] and then stay on it to prevent it from acting again[[note]]The intended trick is that you're supposed to bait an enemy into stepping on it and then quickly get on the pressure plate while the guillotines are resetting, but even this is infuriatingly difficult for the reasons explained below[[/note]]. Needless to say, in a game where inputting the command to move forward and moving forward takes a combined total of around four seconds, the level of precision required here is almost impossible to actually avoid the guillotines ''and'' hold the pressure plate down simultaneously without one of your party members getting instantly killed. And guess what? Even though this floor has a Revive potion so you can restore your fallen party members, it also has respawning kibatans, meaning if you lost your shield classes to the guillotine then it almost guarantees [[KeystoneArmy Hatapon's death]] since virtually nothing can protect him from a kibatan's lance at close range. To clear this dungeon, you will either have to be super lucky or super careful at this part.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Many players became doubtful if helping Patapons on their quest was really worth it. They initially live in Zigotons' isolation camp, so it's not like they're on a brink of extinction or the world is in danger. Once the Kamipon takes the charge, Patapons grow from a small settlement to, in order: [[spoiler:kill fan-favorite {{Hero Antagonist}}s like Makoton and Gong who are JustFollowingOrders and genuinely believe Patapons will destroy the world (with Makoton being sent to eternal demonic servitude); destory a highly advanced Zigoton Empire; turn Queen Kharma over DespairEventHorizon and make her sacrifice her people, living or dead, to summon a powerful demon in a desparate attempt to stop you; do the same to though-less-sympathetic Karmen and shatter the World Egg despite knowing it's a SealedEvilInACan (thankfully was a SealedGoodInACan the second time). Then in ''Patapon 3'', it's mentioned offhandedly that they apparently ''genocided the Ah-Ooh tribe'', [[CreateYourOwnVillain leading the surviving King Ighl to release the Seven Archfiends and become Miss Covet-Hiss]]]]. All for the sake of restoring Patapon's glory and fullfilling a vague prophecy of reaching ThePromisedLand, which Patapon misidentify twice and just look for it elsewhere. On the bright side, the defeated tribes went through DefeatMeansFriendship and [[GreaterScopeVillain Ormen Karmen]] was responsible for the current state of the world to begin with.

** "At Ground Zero" is usually among the top of players' lists of hardest levels. For starters, the deadly combo of General Kuwagattan brutalizing your army every two seconds and Matango perpetually throwing spores which make them fall asleep make it very difficult to consistently do damage to either of them, but Kuwagattan ''also'' has a ShockwaveStomp attack which he can use to incapacitate them momentarily. This means that you'll be frantically inputting the PATA PON DON CHAKA command to rid yourself of status effects while waiting for any tiny opening in Kuwagattan's offense that you can exploit to get some damage in, hoping your army will survive long enough. [[CheeseStrategy Or you could just use the Tatepon hero ability to make your whole army invulnerable and immune to status effects and essentially bypass the level that way]], but more hardcore players will look down on you if you do.

* FridgeBrilliance: At first, the fact that "Pata Pata Pata Pon" is the command for marching forward may seem a bit random, but if you pay attention, you'll notice it has the same rhythm as the cadence "I don't know but I've been told!"

*** You encounter Cyclopes early on, and they're easy enough to deal with -- retreat when they tap the ground, advance or guard when they grab at the ground. But the Purple Cyclopes have a habit of smacking you around multiple times per command, and can even outlast a Defense Command, dealing heavy damage to your Shield and/or Spear unit(s). They also have more health and higher offense than normal Cyclopes.

* FanNickname: The Dark Ones from ''2'' are frequently referred to by the fanbase and even on the [[TheWikiRule fan wiki]] as "Akumapons" as a portmanteau of the Japanese word for "dark" and "patapon," since there's already a character called the Dark One(who is actually just [[spoiler:Makoton]]). The actual suffix for the Dark Ones appears to be "-tan", as in "Kuwagat''tan''."

** The Evilmass of Adamance in ''Patapon 3'', for having a puzzle which is [[FakeDifficulty completely incogruous to the game's mechanics]]. The first floor is no problem; the OneHitKill guillotines only drop on a timer which is handily displayed at the top of the screen, meaning you just have to not be stupid to get past them. The second floor is where the stupidity arises; in order to pass the guillotine ''there'', you have to [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption deliberately step on the pressure plate that activates it]] and then stay on it to prevent it from acting again. Needless to say, in a game where inputting the command to move forward and moving forward takes a combined total of around four seconds, the level of precision required here is almost impossible to actually avoid the guillotines ''and'' hold the pressure plate down simultaneously without one of your party members getting instantly killed. And guess what? Even though this floor has a Revive potion so you can restore your fallen party members, it also has respawning kibatans, meaning if you lost your shield classes to the guillotine then it almost guarantees [[KeystoneArmy Hatapon's death]] since virtually nothing can protect him from a kibatan's lance at close range. To clear this dungeon, you will either have to be super lucky or super careful at this part.

* FanNickname: The Dark Ones from ''2'' are frequently referred to by the fanbase and even on the [[TheWikiRule fan wiki]] as "Akumapons" as a portmanteau of the Japanese word for "dark" and "patapon," since they're never directly named in-game and there's already a character called the Dark One(who is actually just [[spoiler:Makoton]]). The actual suffix for the Dark Ones appears to be "-tan", as in "Kuwagat''tan''."

* AwesomeMusic: [[AwesomeMusic/{{Patapon}} Has its own page]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: Patapons aren't an invention of Creator/SonyComputerEntertainment and were around for years before the game. They are one of many assorted characters by the flash animator Rolito Giuli in his Rolitoland series, before Hioyuki Kotani invited him to work on a game using his minimalistic designs.

*** Reapers are irritating in that they keep flying in and out of range, but that just makes them GoddamnedBats, right? Wrong. They have a breath attack that lasts an entire Action and Command phase. Not only does it deal constant damage, but it ''will'' cause your 'Pons to fall asleep or get the Poison status, which really should be dispelled. Because without fail, the Reaper will follow up with its slash attack. If it's not defended against, it WILL cause critical damage and you may well lose a crucial unit. When you only have four units max, this can end a level in a hurry.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Many players became doubtful if helping Patapons on their quest was really worth it. They initially live in Zigotons' isolation camp, so it's not like they're on a brink of extinction or the world is in danger. Once the Kamipon takes the charge, Patapons grow from a small settlement to, in order: [[spoiler:kill fan-favorite {{Hero Antagonist}}s like Makoton and Gong who are JustFollowingOrders and genuinely believe Patapons will destroy the world (with Makoton being sent to eternal demonic servitude); destory a highly advanced Zigoton Empire; turn Queen Kharma over DespairEventHorizon and make her sacrifice her people, living or dead, to summon a powerful demon in a desparate attempt to stop you; do the same to though-less-sympathetic Karmen and shatter the World Egg despite knowing it's a SealedEvilInACan (thankfully was a SealedGoodInACan the second time); and then release seven more [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evils In A Obviously Evil Can]], petrifying the world in the process]]. All for the sake of restoring Patapon's glory and fullfilling a vague prophecy of reaching ThePromisedLand, which Patapon misidentify three times and just look for it elsewhere. On the bright side, the defeated tribes went through DefeatMeansFriendship and [[GreaterScopeVillain Ormen Karmen]] was responsible for the current state of the world to begin with.

** Destrobo falls off ''hard'' after a certain point, as while it's an effective damage dealer it is primarily meant to be used against buildings, and there are better choices for clearing dungeons and fighting other Uberheroes.

* {{Narm}}: The Patapons in your command will usually say pretty warlike and threatening stuff during battle, but they will occasionally say [[BigStupidDooDooHead "''Spank them bottoms!''"]] with the same exact amount of seriousness.

** If you're playing online in ''Patapon 3'', expect other heroes to almost always be A) Grenburr (deals ridiculous amounts of damage) B) Cannasault (deals ridiculous amounts of damage) C) Cannogabang (deals ridiculous amounts of damage) D) Tondenga (though slow, deals great damage and has decent HP, and is one of the earliest classes unlocked). There's a surprising decent number of the two mage classes though, both the healer and the ranged attacker. But other classes such as Wooyari and Pyokorider are seldom seen.