Sackboy lands on PSP with a full level editor and online sharing; a small technical miracle. The side-scrolling felt-and-cardboard levels keep every ounce of charm, perfect for creative types on the go.
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Platformer4 players7+
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Sackboy explores a world of felt and cardboard, collecting creative bubbles and unlocking costumes. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment, released in Asia in November 2008. Side-scrolling platform levels, full level editor, online creation sharing, ad hoc co-operative and versus. Available in Asian, Chinese and Korean editions.
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
A universe made of fabric, cardboard and tinkered objects: everything evokes a sewing workshop turned playground, of irresistible tactility. The handmade charm of the settings and the roundness of Sackboy overflow with tenderness. This art direction, warm and inventive, makes the game a visual object apart.
A portable port of Sony's platform-and-creation game, adapting the series' community-and-tinkering spirit to PSP. Printed widely, it stays accessible and lightly priced, its level-sharing servers now closed. Its collector interest lies in its status as an emblematic in-house exclusive on handheld, more than in manufacturing scarcity.
Better with friends
A platforming-and-invention sandbox, designed for solo play yet built for community: you craft devious levels before sharing them and tackling others'. The fun is social by ricochet — daring a friend to clear your creation, comparing your tinkering, marveling at everyone's ideas. The era's online sharing has closed, yet the creative, playful spirit it instills stays contagious.
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LittleBigPlanet on PSP, known as LittleBigPlanet Portable in Japan, is a small technical miracle. Sackboy arrives with a complete level editor and online sharing, and the felt-and-cardboard level scrolling keeps all the PS3 charm. The Media Molecule title ported by Sony Cambridge respects the original's spirit deeply while adapting it intelligently to portable. Perfect for creatives on the go.
