KATAMARI DAMACY, YOU ARE A TREAT!!!!1!

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― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:28 (nineteen years ago) link

better than Parappa?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Whoa.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, haha, I didn't know you guys liked these games! You will love the original Taiko No Tatsujin.

http://katamaridamacy.jp/game_e/13.gif

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

filthy.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link

I swear I saw something about a game coming out that's like a war game but also a pinball game and also a two-player game and the second player uses the conga things from Donkey Konga to do rhythmic things and rally yr troops or something. If this game really exists, I am totally getting it.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:36 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.crunkgames.com/previews/ds/kimishine/

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link

It arrived today! I have been playing it non-stop! Some of the soundtrack reminds me of CORNELIUS, but then I am low on JAPANESE points of reference. My little prince is rolling some huge katamaris and YOU cannot stop him!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 04:06 (nineteen years ago) link

It reminds of CORNELIUS? Hmmm... It's pretty straight up J-Pop/J-Dance for the most part.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:53 (nineteen years ago) link

It is not a culture I am familair with. perhaps you could tell me more.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:57 (nineteen years ago) link

"perhaps"

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:00 (nineteen years ago) link

DEAN GULBERRY, YOU WILL ENJOY THIS GAME (IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT YET)

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link

BEING A TRENDY LITTLE PRINCE I AM IN TO THE MINIMALIST CULTURE

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link

both of you give me $25 and I will tell you all there is to tell.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:03 (nineteen years ago) link

$31 with shipping!!!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:05 (nineteen years ago) link

I haven't received mine yet. I hope it comes while I am still sick so I can play it while hibernating at home.

― why do old people and old users of ILX such bastardos (deangulberry), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link

It messes with your head a bit. The guy who I bought it from sent me a note that said "Thanks! Now I can afford a lobotomy!".

This really happened!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link

CULTURE VULTURES

― YOFX (ddb), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link

$31 with shipping! Oy vey. You could've got 2 at Best Buy 3 weeks ago when it was released!

What countries have you been to yet? How many constellations have you made?

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Countries? I have made Cancer and Gemini and Cygnus so far.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link

Is Best Buy usually cheap 4 games? Maybe I will browse on my lunch break.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:21 (nineteen years ago) link

Each "Make A Star" screen takes place in a different country... I think the first ones are:

Thailand
Phillipines
Portugal
Spain
Holland
... I can't remember the other ones.

Best Buy = ROCK BOTTOM PRICES on day/week of release games and also major label CDs.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh, like when the King Of All Cosmos says hello in different languages?

I have been to

all of the countries you mention above EXCEPT Thailand. I can't wait to get home and play it! Only I might have to gov over to these lame people's house and waych AMERICAN PIE of all things. plz help me! ;'(

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh, like when the King Of All Cosmos says hello in different languages?

I have been to all of the countries you mention above EXCEPT Thailand. I can't wait to get home and play it!

well you know adam, the earth is a globe and each star represents a new country!

What are your records?

Make a star 1: 15.2cm
Make a star 2: 35.0cm

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 17 October 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link

gygax, do you know what the game cover looks like? it will make my next trip to the video game store not take three hours.

― Laura E (laurae55), Sunday, 17 October 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

http://katamaridamacy.jp/download/wp_jacket/wp_jacket_s.jpg

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 17 October 2004 19:32 (nineteen years ago) link

oh my god.

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 17 October 2004 19:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Make a Star 7 is fucking ridiculous. Kill me.

― adam (adam), Sunday, 17 October 2004 19:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Make The Moon = 652m (ie, bigger than the pic on the cover, I can go on if you don't mind spoilers).

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 18 October 2004 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link

I just got this in the mail. *excited*

― dubya's emo army of compassion and guns (deangulberry), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link

keep us updated.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link

FUCK YOU VIDEO GAME STUDIO FOR NOT RELEASING THIS FOR GAMECUBE ASSHOLES.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm going to post a webcam feed of my progress, just for you Adam.

― dubya's emo army of compassion and guns (deangulberry), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Ian Johnson must play this game because he told me he rolled up a huge one the other day.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link

is there a version that runs on perl?

* cries!
m.

― msp (msp), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link

it's giving me a headache ;..(

― experimental grandma (deangulberry), Thursday, 21 October 2004 03:13 (nineteen years ago) link

I bought it an hour ago and I willing cede my life to it now.

I really hope there wasn't anything important I missed in the introduction when the floated head talked to me for like 20 minutes.

― Laura E (laurae55), Thursday, 21 October 2004 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link

You mean the King Of All Cosmos? That guy is a BASTARD.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 21 October 2004 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link

KOAC reminds me of you, Adam. He talks in RHYMES and RIDDLES. Also, after Make a Star 9, you find out that he's a Scot.

― experimental grandma (deangulberry), Thursday, 21 October 2004 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link

You're already at MAKE A STAR 9???????

I got Stretch Panic too. Japanese games are WEIRD (like WILCO).

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link

I made an amazing star 3 (SUGOOOOOOOOOI) but now I'm stuck on star 4.

Seriously, does KOAC say anything relevant to gameplay ever? I can only translate about 1/16 of what he says.

― Laura E (laurae55), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link

It's not terribly relevant but it's pretty funny. In the English version, it seems to me like it's 50% deliberate aloofness / 50% awkward translation.

― experimental grandma (deangulberry), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link

KOAC says out loud the things that most of us only THINK.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link

It's true. It's pretty damn funny in certain parts, but that SCREEN OF FAILURE with the POURING RAIN OF REGRET is soulcrushing ;(

― experimental grandma (deangulberry), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link

He gets genuinely stoked if you like collect like 80%+ of all maximum objects... like if you double+ what the suggested size or if you get to the suggested size fast (and then you get a "shooting star").

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:36 (nineteen years ago) link

http://namco-ch.net/katamari_damacy/stage/img/chr_ouji.jpg

― experimental grandma (deangulberry), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Is there any significance to the presents that he recieves? I see that he can wear them in the monitor while you're rolling the katamari, but does it help in any way?

― experimental grandma (deangulberry), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link

The prince is awesome. I like how he flies from planet to planet.

The two-player mode is a little disappointing, though. I wish they didn't have arena-style levels like that, it gets repetitive.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 21 October 2004 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link

the presents are just bonus. i can't figure out the cousins purpose (for 1 player mode).

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 21 October 2004 17:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Isn't the cousins/mushroom mode for two player only? I figured that it was only showing up for me because I had both controllers plugged in. Does it still show up when you've only one controller plugged in?

― experimental grandma (deangulberry), Thursday, 21 October 2004 17:16 (nineteen years ago) link

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― charleston charge (chaki), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:07 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG PARTY AT GYGAX'S

― Who did release magic family out from the base of $499 (deangulberry), Friday, 4 March 2005 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.livejournal.com/users/imomus/2005/03/15/

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3138803

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/03/11/news_6120232.html

― TOMBOT 64 (TOMBOT 64), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:23 (nineteen years ago) link

>he offered only the briefest glimpse of the sequel to his surprise hit: A game over screen which provided a tantalizing suggestion that Katamari 2 will incorporate two-player gameplay into the story mode.

― milton parker (Jon L), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

http://namco-ch.net/katamari_damacy_ps2/stage/index.php

i read boingboing too.
m.

― msp (mspa), Friday, 1 April 2005 13:52 (nineteen years ago) link

looks good

― Poundstretcher (nordicskilla), Friday, 1 April 2005 15:34 (nineteen years ago) link

two months pass...

http://i3.yesasia.com/assets/51/156/l_p1004015651.jpg

Mine shipped today, even though the street date is next week!

http://katamaridamacy.jp/cd07.gif

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 30 June 2005 23:55 (eighteen years ago) link

WHERE DID U ORDER IT FROM...I WANT ONE TOO!!!!

― MELVINS + BREWS = YR NEIGHBOR (ddb), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:05 (eighteen years ago) link

YESASIA.COM

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:11 (eighteen years ago) link

But you need a Japanese PS2 or make yours regionless...

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:12 (eighteen years ago) link

BAAAHHHHH!!

IS THERE A PS2 HACK/CHIP????

― MELVINS + BREWS = YR NEIGHBOR (ddb), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.allmodchip.com/

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 1 July 2005 00:36 (eighteen years ago) link

please invite me over

― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 1 July 2005 04:29 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.livejournal.com/users/duffey/310650.html

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 8 July 2005 22:05 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/02/katamari_designer_gi.html

― Fushigina Blobby: Blobania no Kiki (ex machina), Friday, 2 September 2005 14:13 (eighteen years ago) link

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 2 September 2005 14:15 (eighteen years ago) link

why did they delay the release again

― Stormy Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Friday, 2 September 2005 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm camping in front of the store starting on the 12th

― sleep (sleep), Friday, 2 September 2005 15:54 (eighteen years ago) link

http://tinypic.com/bj7s5t.png

― PHOIOEI (blastocyst), Friday, 2 September 2005 21:04 (eighteen years ago) link

http://nokatamaricleanup.ytmnd.com/

― BROEL HUNT (ddb), Sunday, 4 September 2005 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link

haha omg

― don't be jerk, this is china (FE7), Sunday, 4 September 2005 20:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Thu Sep 01 2005 23:57:29 [fezaffe] i keep misreading katrina as katamari

― don't be jerk, this is china (FE7), Sunday, 4 September 2005 20:48 (eighteen years ago) link

do you guys already have the soundtrack for this? (i still have yet to play the game)

www.bluemonka.com/audio/__full/KATAMARI%20DAMACY%20Original%20Game%20Audio/

― Jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link

i've been downloading the soundtrack from slsk tonight!

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 16 September 2005 05:36 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

YAY @ BG

― Jdubz (ex machina), Friday, 11 November 2005 01:25 (eighteen years ago) link

WHAT'SUP W I HEART DAMACY?

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 11 November 2005 16:05 (eighteen years ago) link

IT RULES; IF YOU WANNA COME PLAY VIDEOGAMES, HOLLA @ US

― Jdubz (ex machina), Friday, 11 November 2005 16:16 (eighteen years ago) link

NITNENDO THUMBZ

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 11 November 2005 16:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Takahashi says he will stop making games (eventually) to make UNDULATING PLAYGROUNDS.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 11 November 2005 17:59 (eighteen years ago) link

HI YESTERDAY@BOINGBOING.NET

― Jdubz (ex machina), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link

I DON'T READ BOING BOING, JON.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 11 November 2005 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link

http://64.211.46.141/postcard/pictures/p1646.gif

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Jocelyn I think an even better response would be SO WHAT

― Laura H. (laurah), Friday, 11 November 2005 20:13 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

look at the freaky commercial
http://www.transbuddha.com/index.php/buddha/medecins_sans_frontieres_human_ball/p/buddha/medecins_sans_frontieres_human_ball

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link

blah blah, i read metafilter too

― jaxon (jaxon), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/images/katamari.jpg

― jaxon (jaxon), Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link

tighter pants

― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 12 January 2006 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link

You people smoke too much weed.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link

well thats a given.

HOW DO I MAKE MY LAWN RIPPLE LIKE THAT

― Yawn (Wintermute), Thursday, 12 January 2006 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Wintermute, that lawn ripple can be found right here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=westlake+village,+ca&t=k&ll=34.143661,-118.801593&spn=0.005141,0.011373&t=h

where Park Terrace Drive t-bones into Oak Crest Drive.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:11 (eighteen years ago) link

zoom in and you can see it kind of blurrily.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:12 (eighteen years ago) link

hey thats by where im working RIGHT NOW!!

― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link

go there and take a pic! don't ever say that Steve Shasta never helped you find a quasi-modern industrial park with grass ripplage and a sick fat rock dudes!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:15 (eighteen years ago) link

will do. i have to test like 30 games first though.

― howell huser (chaki), Thursday, 12 January 2006 21:39 (eighteen years ago) link

eleven months pass...

http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-PROMO-Katamari-PSP-Pouch-new-in-plastic-NR_W0QQitemZ260074337004QQihZ016QQcategoryZ49230QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 05:52 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

http://www.destructoid.com/elephant//ul/29516-kdonline.jpg

― the kwisatz bacharach (sanskrit), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link

nine months pass...

http://www.jenniemaneri.com/images/kata5-small.jpg
http://jenniemaneri.com/

― jaxon, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 06:46 (sixteen years ago) link

three years pass...

http://kathack.com/

― c sharp major, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

Giant red ball from an art installation broke free in Toledo https://t.co/ycBb45lJVe pic.twitter.com/OIX48u1nj7
— RΛMIN NΛSIBOV (@RaminNasibov) September 9, 2018

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 9 September 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link

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