Skills

Here are the special skills that the LocoRoco learn in order to help them defeat the evil Moja. NOTE: Some skills in LocoRoco 2 are unlocked throughout the course of the game.

Tilting
Using the L and R buttons, the planet will tilt in order to make the LocoRoco move left or right.

Jumping
Pressing and letting go of one or both L and R will make the LocoRoco jump in order to reach places they couldn't roll toward. LocoRoco can jump by themselves but not always as high as they could manually.

Break apart
Tapping the O button will create a lightning strike. Doing this will suprise the LocoRoco and make them split into individual LocoRoco depending on how many fruits you had collected beforehand. When they are split apart it makes them much harder to control.

Combining
Holding the O button down when LocoRoco are apart will create an earthquake. When this happens the LocoRoco will cry out "Noi!" and join together again.

Swimming
In LocoRoco, the LocoRoco will only float above the waterline and need to be moved by tilting the world. In LocoRoco 2, holding down the O button whilst on water will make the LocoRoco sink underwater. When this happens LocoRoco will be difficult to control but, will still be able move around easy. Jumping will make the LocoRoco float higher to the surface and doing nothing will make them sink. Most of the Tropuca levels in LocoRoco 2 are underwater.

High Jump
In certain areas of LocoRoco 2, LocoRoco will count to 4 in thier strange, but understandable, language and on 4 you will need to make them jump. Making them jump at the same time they make themselves jump will make them jump extra high. You can tell when they are in one of these areas because the camera will zoom out and up and the LocoRoco will begin counting.

Vine Jumping
When they reach a vine, LocoRoco will hang on with their mouths. Making them jump when hanging on will make them jump from one vine to the next.

Doonga Doonga
If you see a small little hair poking out from the ground above you, that's probably a Doonga Doonga. Make LocoRoco jump and grab his head then repeatedly tap L and R and different times and the Doonga Doonga will be pulled out, he will then drop an item.

Singing
Singing does appear in LocoRoco 1, but in LocoRoco 2 you will be able to press O in time with the notes on screen which appear in a sort of drum beat to the acapella version of the LocoRocos' songs. The order differs between which LocoRoco you are playing as and whether you have 5, 10 or 15 LocoRoco.

Boing!
Boing! is a special skill learned in LocoRoco Midnight Carnival where continuesly jumping one after another will allow LocoRoco to jump higher, reach special places and score more points.