Beautiful Katamari - 360

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This comes out in 11 days and no one's talking about it? Am I the only that was excited by the demo?
 
nope. I'm excited. 11 days? I thought it was next tuesday though?
 
nope. I'm excited. 11 days? I thought it was next tuesday though?

wikipedia told me Oct. 16th... it might be wrong though. Next Tuesday? I'm all over that. I might actually take a break from guitar hero ;)
 
Nope looks like Ebgames and Best Buy are listing it as 16th (well best buy says they will have it in store on the 17 and eb will ship it on the 15th)
 
It's shown as an XBL game. Anyone know if plans for a PSN release?
 
So is the point of this "game" really just to roll around and pick up everything? Or is there more to it?

Sounds like 52 card pick up to me...
 
So is the point of this "game" really just to roll around and pick up everything? Or is there more to it?

Sounds like 52 card pick up to me...

if we described it to you, you'd think it's the most retarded sounding game. You just have to try it. :D

It's very addictive
 
Katamari Damacy sounded retarded to me too. It looked even more retarded when I saw the video.

I bought it because people wouldn't shut up about how fun and unique it was. Then I found out that it they were right.

I'll be snagging this as well!
 
Need to know if it's coming out to PSN! Work firewalls aren't very forgiving to seeking gaming knowledge.
 
if we described it to you, you'd think it's the most retarded sounding game. You just have to try it. :D

It's very addictive

When I watched my buddy play on a ps2 a few years back, I thought it was the dumbest thing. He was quite adamant that the game was awesome though. So when the demo released on live, I tried it out and became instantly addicted to a DEMO. That's never happened to me before. I must've played that 3 minutes demo through 15 or 20 times.
 
Need to know if it's coming out to PSN! Work firewalls aren't very forgiving to seeking gaming knowledge.

They basically dropped development for the PS3 and are ramping up work on the Wii. They had trouble porting it to the PS3 and combine that with poor sales means no, it isn't coming to PS3.

On a positive note, they are focusing more on getting a Wii version out. :cool:

Here is a quote for you. I've seen this elsewhere too, but Wikipedia is just the easiest to find.

Wikipedia said:
On June 29, 2007, IGN Nintendo editor-in-chief Matt Casamassina reported that according to unnamed sources close to Namco Bandai, the PlayStation 3 version of Beautiful Katamari had been cancelled due to porting issues and stalled PlayStation 3 sales, with resources being redirected towards the development of a Wii version. Namco Bandai was contacted for comment, but a statement was not returned in time for the publishing of the report.[15] On July 5, 2007 Namco revealed their E3 2007 lineup, listing Beautiful Katamari as Xbox 360 only. [1] On the same day, Famitsu reported that Beautiful Katamari has been cancelled for the PS3 and is currently in development for the Wii and Xbox 360.[16][17][18]
 
I downloaded the demo and played.

To be honest, I just don't get it at all... I was bored in 5 min.
 
They basically dropped development for the PS3 and are ramping up work on the Wii. They had trouble porting it to the PS3 and combine that with poor sales means no, it isn't coming to PS3.

:(

The game was fun.
 
I dont even own a 360, and I'm excited about this game.
Is this really going to have online multiplayer? The cover art seems to imply it and the Live logo at the top.
That makes me more excited. Sweet.
 
Addicted to the original Katamari, I am so excited for this game. Yes! There is indeed multiplayer, which from what they've described it sounds insane. I think there is both a head-on-head up to several players on rolling up the most of an object or the biggest ball or something. There is also a coop mode, which sounds very hard, both of you only get to use one stick for the same ball.

And I admit when I first saw this game I thought it was stupid. When somebody handed me the controller though, I didn't want to give it up.
 
My wife LOVES this game, so I'll be snagging a copy for her. Personally I just like to watch people play. It's fun just to see all of the wacky things you can pick up.
 
I dont even own a 360, and I'm excited about this game.
Is this really going to have online multiplayer? The cover art seems to imply it and the Live logo at the top.
That makes me more excited. Sweet.

Yes, there is indeed online multiplayer. It is worth mentioning, however, that every Xbox 360 game has the Xbox live logo at the top.
 
Addicted to the original Katamari, I am so excited for this game. Yes! There is indeed multiplayer, which from what they've described it sounds insane. I think there is both a head-on-head up to several players on rolling up the most of an object or the biggest ball or something. There is also a coop mode, which sounds very hard, both of you only get to use one stick for the same ball.

And I admit when I first saw this game I thought it was stupid. When somebody handed me the controller though, I didn't want to give it up.

Two separate sticks to control one ball sounds incredibly frustrating. Probably a secret mode for achievements i'm guessing.

8 more days...
 
Two separate sticks to control one ball sounds incredibly frustrating. Probably a secret mode for achievements i'm guessing.

8 more days...

No, it's not really that frustrating, just like how two sticks to control a character in an FPS isn't frustrating. The original PS2 games were like this too. However, if co-op indeed means only one stick per person, that indeed could be frustrating.

Guess we'll see when it comes out. I have to finish the Halo 3 campaign soon since my mom is probably going to be hogging the Xbox with Katamari for like two months. :(
 
So the game should be out now. Any feedback you guys can give me on it? It received decent ratings at IGN, I think a 7.8. I would have purchased it already (especially because of the low low price of $39.99!) but I have some tendonitis in my left wrist and would rather not be tempted to exacerbate that swelling. I'll probably pick it up in the next couple weeks though.
 
I'll be picking it up tomorrow and playing it for a good portion of the day. I hope to have a review on my site sometime on Thursday (damn, this game schedule is killing me; I've barely played Orange Box).
 
I went and bought the original, and the new copy was cheaper than the used because it's out of production or something.
 
So the game should be out now. Any feedback you guys can give me on it? It received decent ratings at IGN, I think a 7.8. I would have purchased it already (especially because of the low low price of $39.99!) but I have some tendonitis in my left wrist and would rather not be tempted to exacerbate that swelling. I'll probably pick it up in the next couple weeks though.
That has "masturbation injury" written all over it. :p
 
That has "masturbation injury" written all over it. :p

lol

It's on my left hand, and I am right handed... so probably not. :D

I stopped by Walmart & Target tonight just to see if they had it in. Both places told me Thursday.
 
I'm having a blast with this game. Picked it up at BB yesterday. They had 14 copies all in the back. I just checked my achievements and I have 120 out of 1250. Lots of points for a $40 game.
 
If you like the other katamari's, this one is just as good.

And the King of the Cosmos IS a good tennis player.
 
I got it for my wife last Friday. The graphics are great although the King of the Cosmos won't shut up in this one. Half the time your screen is obscured by his babble. It's honestly a little annoying when you can't see what you're doing because of it.
I typically just watch rather than play, but my wife said it's much harder than the previous ones. Most of the time she makes the time limit by a few seconds, while in #1 and #2 the last minute or two was just free time to hunt for hidden/rare items.
 
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