{"id":1235,"date":"2026-03-04T05:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/ratatan-is-marching-its-way-into-your-console-library-on-july-16\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:45:40","slug":"ratatan-is-marching-its-way-into-your-console-library-on-july-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/ratatan-is-marching-its-way-into-your-console-library-on-july-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratatan is marching its way into your console library on July 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The indie gaming news has been <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/blue-prince-is-out-on-switch-2-today-complete-with-mouse-control-162242506.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\">flying<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/two-fantastic-indie-games-not-named-blue-prince-also-just-arrived-on-switch-182648197.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\">out<\/a> of Nintendo&#8217;s event today at a rapid-fire pace. One of the announcements came from rhythm game <em>Ratatan<\/em>, which will release on July 16. The title will be arriving that day on the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S. It&#8217;s already been available on PC <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pc\/ratatan-a-spiritual-successor-to-patapon-hits-early-access-on-september-19-171119266.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\">since September<\/a> as an early access game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, readers may notice that the original Switch isn&#8217;t on that list, which is not an oversight. &#8220;At this time, we have determined that the multiplayer experience on Nintendo Switch has not yet reached the quality level we aim to deliver,&#8221; the team said in a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/2949320\/view\/496095786926343291?l=english\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\">post<\/a> on Steam. &#8220;As a result, we have decided not to proceed with a Nintendo Switch version for now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We first <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/ratatan-demands-your-attention-rhythmically-160048067.html\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\">got our hands on<\/a> <em>Ratatan<\/em> during Summer Games Fest 2025. Although the studio of Ratata Arts may not sound familiar, this group includes several devs from team that created the Patapon games, a series that began in 2007. That lineage is clear in the core concept and in the slightly brain-breaking level of attention required to keep your little army of Cobuns in sync and on beat. <em>Ratatan<\/em> brings some roguelite and RPG customization into the mix along with the familiar rhythm mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/ratatan-is-marching-its-way-into-your-console-library-on-july-16-214540775.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/ratatan-is-marching-its-way-into-your-console-library-on-july-16\/\">Ratatan is marching its way into your console library on July 16<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The indie gaming news has been flying out of Nintendo&#8217;s event today at a rapid-fire pace. One of the announcements came from rhythm game Ratatan, which will release on July 16. The title will be arriving that day on the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X\/S. It&#8217;s already been available on PC since September as an early access game.\u00a0 Unfortunately, readers may notice that the original Switch isn&#8217;t on that list, which is not an oversight. &#8220;At this time, we have determined that the multiplayer experience on Nintendo Switch has not yet reached the quality level we aim to deliver,&#8221; the team said in a post on Steam. &#8220;As a result, we have decided not to proceed with a Nintendo Switch version [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}