May 5th is the release date for Patapon 2 on the PSP. You've probably already got it marked on your calendar with a red pen and you might have even drawn little hearts around the date. I'm not saying I've done that. But I'm not saying I haven't.

May 5th is still a long way off. In the meantime, how about some Patapon goodies? Sony's Playstation blog (which does a much better job of being the face of the Playstation than the equivalent for the Xbox 360) notes that Patapon Sackboys are in the works for Little Big Planet. For those of us who don't play Little Big Planet, one of Sony's product managers posted in the comments section a link to these Patapon figures. They're apparently the charms Koreans are fond of dangling from their cell phones (a habit that never seemed to catch on in the US, as far as I can tell). The product manager also hinted that Patapon plushies like the guy pictured above, who's currently only available in Japan, will soon be more widely available.