We Love Katamari: the best game ever made?

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Focus on getting bigger instead of getting to the kindling. That should help.

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 14 October 2005 19:01 (twenty years ago)

I need to pierce my ears and buy those!! xxxpost

Laura H. (laurah), Friday, 14 October 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

so many boxes of text to click through!! such repetitive mediocre jokes!

s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 16 October 2005 05:53 (twenty years ago)

press one start button

zappi (joni), Sunday, 16 October 2005 07:34 (twenty years ago)

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20051013/kata02.jpg

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 16 October 2005 11:04 (twenty years ago)

Saturday was a nonstop Katamari day; I'm short about four cousins and two presents.
3067 Meters on the world map! Can you roll up the King?

Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Sunday, 16 October 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

What is that picture??

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 16 October 2005 18:22 (twenty years ago)

King's sportin' quite a package, there

kingfish neopolitan sundae (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 16 October 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

http://craphound.com/images/katamarimillionroses.jpg

I was CRYING when Huell Howser's head exploded in a local feed store (dr g), Sunday, 16 October 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

it's a poster celebrating the 50th (?!) anniversary of namco, apparently

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 16 October 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

and I want it SO bad!!

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 16 October 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

the story behind dean's pic:

Some enterprising gamer rigged up a Goldbergian cheat in order to collect one million roses in the We Love Katamari game, sequel to the sleeper hit Katamari Damacy. Once he had collected his one millionth rose, he got a special thank you from the King of All Cosmos, pictured at right. Here’s a description of the trick:

”On Friday night I hooked up a PS2 controller to a sturdy wooden chair with some string so it is immobile. I then taped the left analog stick in the forward direction. Then I put an oscilating fan in front of the controler-chair setup. To the fan, I attached a string with a loop on the end of it. I put this loop around the other analog controller so that when the fan oscilates, it pulls the stick in different directions.”

[Here’s a video of the cheat in action.]

PC gamers would have just rustled up a special script to perform the repetitive action, but console gamers have to be much more creative.

via joystiq

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 16 October 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

http://www.zestuff.com/product_image.php?imageid=143

cozen (Cozen), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:31 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://home.comcast.net/~jandmflores/24Cousins.jpg

cozen (Cozen), Monday, 17 October 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

http://homepage.mac.com/tcherna/iblog/C498653361/E1278377533/Media/katamari_blockacy_800.bmp

cozen (Cozen), Monday, 17 October 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

My PS2 was retrieved from New Orleans this weekend. So I FINALLY GOT IT and am VERY HAPPY INDEED.

adam (adam), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:11 (twenty years ago)

Though I miss the BLEAAAAAAH rainbow.

adam (adam), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:11 (twenty years ago)

How do you dodge the laser eyes?

jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 18 October 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

with the analog sticks. he aways gets you though.

teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 19 October 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

this is not the best game ever made, i think.

s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 20 October 2005 03:53 (twenty years ago)

Results 1 - 10 of about 32 for "i hate katamari". (0.69 seconds)

32!! and most of them didn't even mean it

s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 20 October 2005 03:54 (twenty years ago)

i don't hate it though (just to clarify)

s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 20 October 2005 03:55 (twenty years ago)

"katamari damacy sucks" gets quite a bit more

allenalenelnalenelnae (allenriley), Thursday, 20 October 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

Results 1 - 10 of about 982 for "no way s1ocki!!". (0.69 seconds)

cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 20 October 2005 06:56 (twenty years ago)

is it not available in uk? what system is it for?

Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 20 October 2005 09:00 (twenty years ago)

my stereotype of people who hate katamari

jw (ex machina), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

what year is this? who is the president?

Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Will i ever be able to get this in the uk?? it sounds great!

Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 20 October 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

hahaha Jon you should have put "My Slashdot User # is under 11,000" on your resume

TOMBOT, Thursday, 20 October 2005 14:40 (twenty years ago)

It would be under like 5000 but I couldn't be arsed to register.

jw (ex machina), Thursday, 20 October 2005 15:21 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...
For Halloween, my brother Dave went as King Of All Cosmos.

http://static.flickr.com/27/59548278_c317482c55.jpg

elmo (allocryptic), Friday, 4 November 2005 02:46 (twenty years ago)

haha awesome

discus (dr g), Friday, 4 November 2005 07:51 (twenty years ago)

awww, how many people got it?

teeny (teeny), Friday, 4 November 2005 13:56 (twenty years ago)

no one besides me, i think

elmo (allocryptic), Friday, 4 November 2005 14:57 (twenty years ago)

NO CODPIECE? SURELY YOUR FAMILY HAS PLENTY OF ATHLETIC CUPS

Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Friday, 4 November 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

http://katamari.namco.com/wlkbuddy/install.exe

katamari desktop buddy

Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:11 (twenty years ago)

You have to register for the KD website.... and it seems like there is a way to unlock cousins and presents for it.

Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)


COUSINS
We love the Prince of All Cosmos, but sometimes it’s fun to play with the Cousins! WLK members will be able to unlock new cousins by logging into the website!

PRESENTS
The King of All Cosmos will be hiding presents around the We Love Katamari website to dress up your Buddy! Be sure to log in when you visit, because you don’t want to miss these special items!

Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

http://whatomatic.mspencer.net/what/emotes/katamari.gif

Alex in Novosibirsk (ex machina), Friday, 4 November 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

from joystiq:

Keita Takahashi, the creator of Katamari Damacy, recently told the BBC that he plans to leave the gaming industry to pursue a career in playground design: “In 10 years time, I am not going to be making games any more… I would like to create a playground for children… an undulating one, with bumps.” Takahashi holds a degree in sculpture design and believes that children should spend more time playing in the physical (read: outside) world. His presence in the “virtual” world will be sorely missed.

allen riley (allenriley), Thursday, 10 November 2005 17:23 (twenty years ago)

And also, in that article, he says of the sequel that "There are fun things are in the game, though I am not happy with all of it." Aparently he was happier with the original, and didn't even want to make a follow up.

JimD (JimD), Thursday, 10 November 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

I just played Katamari for the first time yesterday. Fun.

Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 13 November 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

I want to play this game! Do I have to have a PS2?

Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)

Yes. It's worth it.

jeffrey (johnson), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 23:33 (twenty years ago)

Thanks jeffrey! I just found PS2 Essentials too.

Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

Jaq on ILG! This board has everything now.

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

Oh GP, I am lame at games, though there are some I truly love. I think I would love a giant sticky ball rolling around picking things up.

Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 01:14 (twenty years ago)

Katamari Damacy will change your life.

jeffrey (johnson), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 01:18 (twenty years ago)


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zappi (joni), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 04:12 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ewtoo.org/~matt/avatar_kd_anim.gif

I thought the first one was the most amazing thing ever, and for that reason have delayed playing the second game. Not really sure why - maybe I'll play it over Christmas holiday?

Matt Sephton (emsef), Friday, 18 November 2005 01:13 (twenty years ago)

No. I still think Baseball Stars for the NES is the best game ever made.

YES YOU ARE CORRECT!!!

David R., Tuesday, 8 May 2007 15:00 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

Would anyone have a decent or working PAL copy of the original Katamari Damacy to sell? I can't seem to find one anywhere!!

kv_nol, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 11:33 (eighteen years ago)

Crap. Just checked wikipedia:

The original game did not get a release in PAL territories such as Europe and Australia, since publishers thought it was too "quirky" for these markets

FU marketing!

kv_nol, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 11:37 (eighteen years ago)

I like the implication there that the U.S. is more into quirky than Europe or Australia!

Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 12:51 (eighteen years ago)

I don't because it means that I don't get to play the first Katamari!

kv_nol, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 13:01 (eighteen years ago)

Please convince me that Beautiful Katamari may somehow make it to Europe.

There's no release date and the "EU TBA" notice on gamefaqs has been quietly dropped :(

V, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 14:32 (eighteen years ago)

Now THIS is exciting (from ign)...

PlayStation Premier: Katamari Damacy Creator Delivers New PS3 Game
First artwork for Nobi Nobi Boy
by Anoop Gantayat

US, July 17, 2007 - Bandai Namco Games unleashed a big surprise at Sony's PlayStation Premier event today in Tokyo with the announcement of an all new game from Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi.

Titled Nobi Nobi Boy, all we have on this PlayStation 3 title are just a couple of pieces of artwork. The artwork and name ("Nobi" can mean "to stretch" in Japanese) suggests that the game will center around a flexible wormlike creature of some form.

We expect more details to surface shortly, so be sure and check back soon!

Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 16:01 (eighteen years ago)

http://uk.media.ps3.ign.com/articles/805/805606/imgs_1.html

Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 16:12 (eighteen years ago)

ps3 purchase validated

webber, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 04:17 (eighteen years ago)

It does look very much like snake on the old Nokia!

I'm going to hold off until GTA IV is released and then decide.

kv_nol, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:04 (eighteen years ago)

Is €23.00 a lot to spend on t shirt to make up for lack of first katamari game y/n?

kv_nol, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 10:31 (eighteen years ago)

Too late!

kv_nol, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 11:15 (eighteen years ago)

A truck just honked outside my window and I instantly thought: "Someone has rolled up a green bus"

kv_nol, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 11:41 (eighteen years ago)

haha

Ste, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 13:19 (eighteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

http://lebowski.ytmnd.com/

stupid

chaki, Wednesday, 15 August 2007 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

"The Wonderful End Of The World"

katamari for the PC, available through Steam. but reports suggest it's way too easy and nowhere near as good as the katamari games. Anyone played it here?

Ste, Sunday, 20 July 2008 11:38 (seventeen years ago)

does anyone ever want to play or think about or make crafts based on this game again?

s1ocki, Sunday, 20 July 2008 13:37 (seventeen years ago)

I loved it, but no.

Tracer Hand, Monday, 21 July 2008 11:39 (seventeen years ago)

eleven years pass...

okay so Wattam is out tomorrow. i don't think i understand what it is.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/16/21021203/wattam-review-ps4-pc-katamari

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 16 December 2019 20:22 (six years ago)

That follows, as I was never able to figure out what the hell Noby Noby Boy was.

Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Monday, 16 December 2019 20:26 (six years ago)

i don't plan to learn what wattam is before playing it

ciderpress, Tuesday, 17 December 2019 06:00 (six years ago)

https://lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=36292

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 30 December 2019 21:17 (six years ago)

one year passes...

Just got Katamari Reroll for the Switch. It’s real cheap so if you like the series I’d recommend it. All the music is from the first game but I think the levels are new. Controls are more unwieldy than I remembered them being but the game is still a lot of fun. Nothing like the satisfaction of rolling up something you thought was a bit too big or getting to that giant size where you can get pretty much everything. Also I admire this games commitment to never having anything make any goddamn sense at all.

frogbs, Thursday, 16 December 2021 17:17 (four years ago)

It's the original game remastered isn't it? I've been stuck a while on it. First time playing. But i don't mind. Could listen to the soundtrack forever.

maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 16 December 2021 17:23 (four years ago)


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