LocoRoco Midnight Carnival is the last game in the LocoRoco

LocoRoco

is a platform video game released worldwide in 2006 for the PlayStation Portable handheld game console, and developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was developed by Tsutomu Kouno, striving to create a game that was different than other titles being released for the PSP at...

 series for the PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

 that was released on October 29, 2009 for Halloween as a PlayStation Network exclusive. The game is a spin-off

Spin-off (media)

In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...

 that continues the story of LocoRoco 2

LocoRoco 2

LocoRoco 2 is a platformer developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the sequel to 2006's LocoRoco and was released for the PSP handheld game console...

 and features a new move called "Boing!". This was released for Halloween.
In PlayStation Home

PlayStation Home

PlayStation Home is a virtual 3D social gaming network developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's London Studio for the PlayStation 3 on the PlayStation Network . It is available directly from the PlayStation 3 XrossMediaBar under PlayStation Network. Membership is free, and only requires a PSN...

, an apartment space has been released based on LocoRoco on November 19, 2009 in the Japanese version of Home. The apartment space is called "Loco Island" and features different LocoRocos on the island and a shop where users can purchase different LocoRoco themed virtual items. There's also a video screen advertising LocoRoco. This space was released to the Asian version on December 3, 2009.

Plot

LocoRoco Midnight Carnival is based on a secret carnival-like base, created by the BuiBui, a red, mischievous version of the MuiMui. The title shows that the LocoRoco were quietly sleeping, while in the background, a BuiBui pulls on a nearby star (cleverly designed to just look like a star), opening a trapdoor under the LocoRoco, sending them into a chute, taking them into a cannon, which shows the LocoRoco "Boing!" power. The cannon sends the LocoRoco into the BuiBui's secret base, the midnight carnival.