parappa the rapper is a rhythm video game created by rodney greenblat, masaya matsuura and his company, nanaon-sha, in 1996. the game is named after a beanie-wearing dog in the game, parappa, with his motto "i gotta believe!", rapping his way to win the heart of his crush, sunny funny, a flower. a psp port of the original game was released in japan in december 2006 in north america and europe in july 2007.