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Katamari Damacy 2 Due In July
A sequel to the ball rolling simulator Katamari Damacy is due out in July of this year, according to a Gamespot news blurb. From the article: "In Minna Daisuki Katamari Damacy, gamers once again assume the role of the diminutive hero known as the Prince of All Cosmos. And, once again, the prince must save the universe by rolling around a giant snowballing mass of sticky debris (katamari) to pick up various objects." Update: 04/08 06:02 GMT by Z : If it's okay with everyone, I'm just going to retcon this one and pretend that I know how to read.
*skritcha-skritcha skratchitta-rachitta skOOOWP-a skritch skratch skratchitta-skritchitty-skritchitta skewww scratch skritchitta-sratcha-ratch sritch*
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Well, quite a bit of effort went into ironing out the mechanics of the new card-based rolling system. I mean, is 6 cards in a hand enough? What level of deck customization should be allowed? What about resources? I think the ~$50 price is justified.
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And by June, they actually mean June 38th, in that The Powers That Be have declared an extension of June into the domains previously granted to July.
Yeah--the worst part is that giant robotic arm that comes out of nowhere, grabs you by the waist, carries you to the nearest game retailer, and forces you to buy it.
The injustice of it all, I tell you! If only there were some way of not buying these horribly overpriced games!
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> WTF. The first game was 20 bucks.
;)
Well, as any smart provider of addictive substances knows, you *always* discount the first dose.
Microsoft cheerleader, blue flag waving, you got a problem with that?
to pick this up in June. Like that's possible....
More sugar!
if it's going to be released in japan in early july, then you might be able to download it off the intarweb in late june. maybe that's what he meant by "out"
and finding actual news IS hard. i tried it once. the headlines i came up with were:
- davez0r has pizza for lunch...again!
- it's raining
- the weird dude hanging outside of gamestop says that star wars: galactic battlegrounds is the game of the year
You're thinking of the Calamari Damacy.
~~~~~ BigLig2? You mean there's another one of me?
I disagree. It's much more than an "Average" game.
:)
I have other ball-rolling games. Most notably - and most horribly - Fusion Frenzy for the xbox. You know, the game they have to GIVE away cause nobody in their right mind would buy it.
But Katamari is the only ball rolling game that's horribly addictive. It's because I love to see the world from different perspectives, and I love the whole klep-o-mania aspect of being able to reach out and steal everything into my big ball.
The soundtrack is adorable. It's the only one nobody asks me to turn down or turn off when I play video games. I sometimes find myself whistling the "roll you up into my life" song while doing housework. The opening title, with the psychadelic mushrooms, is so happy and peaceful. In fact, there's nothing violent in this whole game... and yet it's still fun. Well, you can pick up people, but they're still alive when you do that, and don't seem to be harmed that much.
The king's dialog is hysterical. That's another big part of the charm. The king is massively high on drugs, I think, and his inane comments really perk up the game. "155 maidens! The sky will be so lovely! Still, I am far, far, prettier than them..."
I've played a good number of games this year, but usually once I finish the game, that's it. I don't play it again. With Katamari, I often pick it up for a few minutes of happy ball rolling, constantly trying to beat my old scores and unlock the eternity levels on stars 4, 8, and the moon. Or find all the presents. Or finish my collections of objects. The replay value is incredible.
I can't wait for the next version. I only wish they'd announce a date so I could get my pre-order in. I worry that NAMCO will underestimate the demand and not make enough copies... it's very hard to get a hold of the original Katamari Damacy, due to NAMCO not wanting to flood the market, so I've been unable to give copies of this game away as presents to my relatives. I just want to make sure I get my order in early so I don't have to wait.
Tepp
Alack, my evil half-brother, Minna Daisuki, has somehow survived our last confrontation and returned to bedevil me again! Shall I never be rid of that meddling do-gooder?
You mean it happens in places that are not under a Robocracy? OH NOES, THE ROBOTS WILL CONTROL US ALL!
"Do you suppose that's why God lives in the Heavens? Because he lives in fear of His creations?" - Steve Buscemi
> You don't pick up the cows
Gads, you should have my girlfriend playing on the Taurus level. She barrels around a corner and I scream "LOOK OUT, A COW! ARGH!"
And she restarts for the 20th time, she's hell bent on getting that cousin. When she finally finds him, she's gently "sneaking" around the cows guarding him in a way that'd put Solid Snake to shame.
Finally did it. Don't think she got the gift though, so we'll be dodging cows for a while yet.
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AC: You roll stuff up using the least intuitive controls I've ever used.
Games require a certain amount of difficulty to be engaging and fun.
The classical example is Doom, a game about killing monsters. The easiest, intuitive interface would be to have a 2d overhead map where you can click on each monster to explode it with an orbital laser... but that way is slightly less entertaining.
AC: I mean, no one has ever done a ball rolling game before using just one directional control, obviously you need two.
Yeah, but somehow none of those make rolling even half as fun...