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Roll up stars next-gen style with Beautiful Katamari (PS3/Xbox 360) photo
"Ball it up and roll it around, I love you, always smile for you! You're my only Love Moon, so we've gotta hang in there!" - translated lyrics from Katamari Damacy theme, "Katamari on the Rocks"

Yeah, so I don't know what the hell they're talking about either. But who cares? Katamari Damacy was a breath of quirky and fun fresh air. Its follow ups, We Love Katamari and (the disasterous PSP title) Me & My Katamari left fans of the Prince and the King demanding more.

Good news! The rumors of a new Katamari game for next-gen consoles is coming true. Namco Bandai have revealed Beautiful Katamari for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. While these scans don't show a huge visual difference, there is one big addition that is going to have fans rolling up their couch and cat in preparation: online play on both platforms.

Additionally, the game is said to have larger areas of play with little to no loading times. There is no announced release date, but the game is roughly 50% complete.

Our Japanese translating bear, Tanaka Blackfoot-san, is on vacation, but I've faxed him the images to gather some more intel. This post will be updated accordingly.

[Update: Thanks to a translation by our very own DMV, we can confirm that not only will the game have little to no loading times, but will be gigantic. 10,000 kilometers gigantic. Yowzers.]

 


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DarkestOmen's Avatar
DarkestOmen at 04/18/2007 09:53
I loved the old PS2 game!
Making that sumo eat all the pies was a great level…actually he ate people
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 04/18/2007 10:03
Too bad Keita Takahashi has abandoned this series. Hopefully they can recapture the magic. I love rolling shit up into giant balls.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 04/18/2007 10:08
@Mxyzptlk

So do dung beetles. Weird, huh?



(on knees)

Dear Zombie Jesu-Buddh-Yeshu-llah,

Thank you for this game. Thank you for the 360 port.
Thank you (in advance) for the soundtrack that will surely accompany this game and will rock harder (in KD terms) than any Katamari Damacy title has before it.
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BahamutZero at 04/18/2007 10:10
wow the graphics look exactly the same. what about cel shading or cool lighting effects or something with all that HD power around? I'm just bitter about no wii version, although I bet the wii is getting it's own KD. and whatever happened to the rumored DS katamari?
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 04/18/2007 10:24
I buy these games for the soundtrack alone :)
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OutrageousToob at 04/18/2007 10:27
Hmmm... I hope there's still a chance this is coming to the Wii.
TheBrain's Avatar
TheBrain at 04/18/2007 10:27
I hope the inevitable Wii version isn't just a port of the first two games. Those evil publishers need to stop with that kinda thing.
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BluDesign at 04/18/2007 10:27
Bahamut,

I can see the difference. The art style is identical, but there's a lot more detail in the shadowing of the models and on the textures themselves. The photo at the top of the page shows boxes of stuff, and the labels on the boxes look far more detailed on the label than they ever did on the PS2.

I would imagine the true beauty of this sucker will be in the scale of the world (one of the screenshots shows you rolling up the planet, I'd bet you have to start that level at a fairly small size...) and the draw distance. Anything to make the world you're slowly rolling up is even MORE alive than the previous titles.

I've loved the overall look of the game. They treat humans as if they were Kubrick toys and I'm glad they're keeping that way, from the looks of things.
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xtofuconsumerx at 04/18/2007 10:30
I love this series. This makes me happy.
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waynethepain at 04/18/2007 10:49
Aha, it's on XB360!
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 04/18/2007 10:57
OMFGYAY!!!!!
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A New Challenger at 04/18/2007 11:21
Dammit, no Wii version. At least I don't feel as dicked over as when Burnout 3 didn't come to Gamecube despite the first two being available on it.
TheBrain's Avatar
TheBrain at 04/18/2007 11:29
Speaking of Burnout, I want a Burnout on Wii where your remote explodes when you crash. Not really, but that idea popped into my head and I thought it was awesome.
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galagabug at 04/18/2007 11:41
i'm with niero.

let me roll things up and listen to catchy jpoop and i'm a happy camper.

nick, the psp version wasn't that godawful, the controls were just a little different, i really didn't mind it all that much. i think they did a good job with the hadware they had to work with.
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atheistium at 04/18/2007 11:55
cant fucking wait!!!!
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relik at 04/18/2007 12:28
Can't wait for the king to twist out my head again with his bizzare speak!

DAAAA D DA DA DAA DA DA DAAAA DAAA etc etc :)
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Magesx at 04/18/2007 13:02
The DS version got cancelled, whoever wanted to know earlier. Honestly, I can't see this really working on the Wii, or at least, in a way that I would like, but hey, more good PS3 games is just what the system needs. It's shaping up to be a good 07/08 season for it. The Wii, well, not so much, it seems.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 04/18/2007 13:27
@ dvddesign:

Well, I was bitten by that radioactive dung beetle back in high school...
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 04/18/2007 13:56
Let's roll up to beeeeeeeeeee
Dennen's Avatar
Dennen at 04/18/2007 14:37
Ah good ole Katamari... The first time I loaded it, the starting song automatically latched onto my brain and hasn't given up the strength to release ever since.

dun-duku-dun-duku-dun-duku-dun-dun.
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 04/18/2007 17:29
It is coming out for the Wii. Qouteth the new Katamari Guy.

"The Wii is also one of our platform choices. We would like to challenge with different interfaces such as the keyboard on a PC, or the touch pad on the DS. However, the controller for Wii is quite unique so being able to overcome the different issues will be the key."

So, it's one of their platform choices. Therfore, it is coming to the Wii. And occording to old news, it's coming out one month later.

It's also been rumored that it's coming to the Wii a month later than other consoles.

http://www.rumorreporter.com/?p=216

So, maybe this is Namco's way of explaining the month delay.
Mabec's Avatar
Mabec at 04/18/2007 19:59
Yeay, sticky balls in High def!!
Colette Bennett's Avatar
Colette Bennett at 04/18/2007 22:56
la la la la la la la la katamari damancyyyyyy
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 04/19/2007 02:22
The weird thing is, I SWEAR I played Burnout 3 on a Gamecube. Wait what were we talking about?
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar
michiyoyoshiku at 04/19/2007 12:13
Only Katamari I played was on PSP

I didn't like it but why is pretty obvious.
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neohx_7 at 04/19/2007 12:42
I thought the PSP version was great. The control wasn't as easy, but after a few hours of playing it I was just as good as on the dualshock. The PSP version definately had its own charm and held its own with the other games. It also had the superior pixelated 2D side-scrolling levels.
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wario67 at 04/19/2007 20:18
DarkestOmen,
the king would aslo blow up the sumo guy ( the one you beat ) if you click star dust O_o
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 04/26/2007 14:49
(in a higher octave)

la la la la la la la la katamari damancyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
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