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Katamari Damacy REROLL |OT| Now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
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Youtube's got 'em. I find myself checking there for thoughts and footage of games, versus the old method of websites.
Bought it on Switch and I'm really loving this game (only played a demo of it back in the day, not sure when).
It's addictive as fuck too.
It's addictive as fuck too.
I hate when people say this about games. As if Nintendo is the only publisher that has released creative games.
There's a lot of weird inconsistencies in the cousins from KD to what they are in KDR.
Marcy is WLK rainbow instead of KD purple.
Fujio has his WLK moustache.
Nickel looks completely different.
Lalala is WLK brown instead of KD pale.
Dipp appears to have his WLK stars instead of dots.
Jungle is the active camo instead of the traditional green camo.
Colombo looks solid instead of furry.
Miso has soup in her head.
Shikao has his WLK head.
June sort of looks like part WLK and part TMK.
Peso has his WLK head as well.
Foomin looks like a sort of blue instead of that teal/aqua color.
There might be more, but that's all I saw for now.
Marcy is WLK rainbow instead of KD purple.
Fujio has his WLK moustache.
Nickel looks completely different.
Lalala is WLK brown instead of KD pale.
Dipp appears to have his WLK stars instead of dots.
Jungle is the active camo instead of the traditional green camo.
Colombo looks solid instead of furry.
Miso has soup in her head.
Shikao has his WLK head.
June sort of looks like part WLK and part TMK.
Peso has his WLK head as well.
Foomin looks like a sort of blue instead of that teal/aqua color.
There might be more, but that's all I saw for now.
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I see it too often and it's annoying. Gravity Rush and Tearaway are others that I've seen people say the same thing about.
Oh no!! That explains why my trip to the cousins felt so unfamiliar. I saw Lalala and a few others.
How did this happen? ;_;
I just saw Steam added a 22 MB update, any idea what it changes?
Still no cloud saves or trading cards? :-|
Still no cloud saves or trading cards? :-|
Katamari Damacy REROLLED is an absolute breath of fresh air in 2018. It's brilliant on so many levels and reminds why I fell in love with video games in the first place.
The look, the sound and the concept are all so charming even if in places (camera control) the execution isn't up to modern standards. I love it now as much as I loved it then. Maybe even more given the context of my life now and my life then.
Ah, hello, Prince. This is the King. Long time no see. We thought today would be a good day for rolling.
The King was most definitely right. Today, nay everyday, is a good day for rolling.. we feel a swoon coming on.
The look, the sound and the concept are all so charming even if in places (camera control) the execution isn't up to modern standards. I love it now as much as I loved it then. Maybe even more given the context of my life now and my life then.
Ah, hello, Prince. This is the King. Long time no see. We thought today would be a good day for rolling.
The King was most definitely right. Today, nay everyday, is a good day for rolling.. we feel a swoon coming on.
Yep, this is exactly how I feel. I was worried before buying it that I had rose tinted glasses or that the originality and feeling would be lost, but it's just as great, or even more so, than it was when it first came out. I'm very happy I bought it and I can't wait to play some more tonight.
Also, the King is a super terrible father! Like, awful. But I love him.
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he's terrible, always humiliating his son every chance he gets, expecting way too much from him and then taking credit when he does it, one of the biggest assholes ever in a video game. i love him.
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I'm impressed with the price. I played through the demo 4 times and it's just a super fun game. I played the PS2 version on PS3, but maybe I should just buy it again.
Loved this when it released in 2004 and can't believe it's here again for me to love all over in 2018. Beat it in a couple of sittings and will be playing this for years ahead now that it is portable.
Question for you guys as I haven't tested it yet: but how does co-op work?
Question for you guys as I haven't tested it yet: but how does co-op work?
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you play with another player in split screen, to see who can roll the biggest katamari.
Reminder that the soundtrack exists on Vinyl from Mondo. I got a first pressing at twice the original cost because it came out (and was already sold out) right when I started my current job so I ended up having to get it new from Discogs for extra like a month or so later.
Worth it.
Worth it.
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new review
Nintendo Insider (9/10)
Nintendo Insider (9/10)
this is so weird, why would they make these changes? i can't think of any reason.
While it surely is a shining example of "gameplay is king (of the cosmos)" I really find the story and narration extremely endearing.
The rolling though- it's such a genius concept executed so well, it's insanely fun.
The rolling though- it's such a genius concept executed so well, it's insanely fun.
Yeah, it's really bizarre. Is it prep for a WLK Reroll? Is it just continuity issues? I just know it's annoying me. Heh.
I beat the game! It was a really fun ride and a (mostly) excellent port.
Admittedly, it felt really difficult to do the dash, but I can't remember if it was hard to do on the PS2. Is it just harder to pull off the dash on the Switch? I remember being able to do it pretty easily in We <3 Katamari, but I don't know if that's due to the PS2 controller having better/more lined up analog sticks, or the dash being more easily activated in that game. Either way, it doesn't matter that much, since I'm still able to clear most of the stages fast enough to get the comets.
I only noticed lag in one level, Make a Star 8. The Make The Moon level is surprisingly free of lag considering that it's the largest stage in the game. Still somewhat sad I can't play as any of the cousins in single player mode, even though they're only cosmetic changes. And dang am I glad that the option to quickly restart a stage was added in the sequel; it doesn't take long at all to get from Home Planet to Earth, but sometimes it's annoying to find which Make A Star I was trying to master since the icons for those levels are the same (at least the Constellation stages have differing icons).
In any case, love the game despite my quibbles. I want to track down Forever Katamari now, even if it isn't as good as We <3 Katamari. If nothing else, it apparently has Eternal modes you can unlock for several of the stages.
Admittedly, it felt really difficult to do the dash, but I can't remember if it was hard to do on the PS2. Is it just harder to pull off the dash on the Switch? I remember being able to do it pretty easily in We <3 Katamari, but I don't know if that's due to the PS2 controller having better/more lined up analog sticks, or the dash being more easily activated in that game. Either way, it doesn't matter that much, since I'm still able to clear most of the stages fast enough to get the comets.
I only noticed lag in one level, Make a Star 8. The Make The Moon level is surprisingly free of lag considering that it's the largest stage in the game. Still somewhat sad I can't play as any of the cousins in single player mode, even though they're only cosmetic changes. And dang am I glad that the option to quickly restart a stage was added in the sequel; it doesn't take long at all to get from Home Planet to Earth, but sometimes it's annoying to find which Make A Star I was trying to master since the icons for those levels are the same (at least the Constellation stages have differing icons).
In any case, love the game despite my quibbles. I want to track down Forever Katamari now, even if it isn't as good as We <3 Katamari. If nothing else, it apparently has Eternal modes you can unlock for several of the stages.
It's not out until the 20th, but Play-Asia lists the languages of the JP physical release as "Japanese, English, Spanish, French, German, Italian". Probably the same cart worldwide, I have that version pre-ordered and will post an update if the info on Play-Asia was wrong.
Not sure how representative this is, but I downloaded the demo from the JP store and as installed on my english-language switch there is no way to tell that it is the JP version at all. Icon, menus, dialogue/etc are all in english.
Yep, the rose tinted specs thing was my biggest worry but as soon as the intro music started playing I was right back to humming along and rolling my katamari with a silly grin on my face!
It was well worth the purchase and I hope it does well on both platforms it released on (and releases on more in the future).
We were in all Nature's embrace. We felt the beauty of all things, and felt love for all.
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My daughter wanted to get me this for Christmas. I didn't realize it was GameStop exclusive! It sold out all over my area, but luckily my closest store just got restocked today.
Phew! I'd be fine with a digital copy, but this is going to be one of those sought after games down the road when it's out of print.
Phew! I'd be fine with a digital copy, but this is going to be one of those sought after games down the road when it's out of print.
Finished it up tonight, what a beautiful game. I've only done one or two of the constellations and not done great at either of them so I'm sure I'll return for those soon, this has been a nice game to play just before going to sleep.
I hope a lot of people play this and it does well! I can't see them necessarily doing HD rereleases of the other Katamari games, but I really think that strange smallish games still doing well can show publishers that stuff like this is worth investing in. Of course there are independent developers doing stuff much wilder than this all the time, but still, it would be wonderful for larger publishers to put money behind smaller and wackier games again....
I hope a lot of people play this and it does well! I can't see them necessarily doing HD rereleases of the other Katamari games, but I really think that strange smallish games still doing well can show publishers that stuff like this is worth investing in. Of course there are independent developers doing stuff much wilder than this all the time, but still, it would be wonderful for larger publishers to put money behind smaller and wackier games again....
Finished it today. Still just as amazing as in PS2. The final level always gives me a smile.
Hope the others get remasters
Hope the others get remasters
The constellations are mostly pretty hard compared to the main stages! Outside of the Bear and Cow stages (I think it's common knowledge that they're bullshit at this point), I think Cygnus is the hardest one. Gemini's no picnic, either.
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I really hope We Love Katamari eventually gets the same treatment as this game did. There's a lot more there that I kept pining for while playing the original game.
I honestly wouldn't mind seeing Beautiful Katamari get a modern port either. I could be wrong but isn't it the only Katamari game that can actually achieve 60 FPS during gameplay? Here's some footage that seems to affirm that. I think Katamari Forever was 30 FPS by contrast but it's been years since I last played it (and I'd be remiss if i didn't mention the vast majority of Forever's levels are recycled anyway; Beautiful was 'original' content in both levels and music for what it's worth). Forever was the first time Bandai Namco outsourced a core Katamari game to a different company than Now Production for better or worse—development was handled by Genki, of all people.
I honestly wouldn't mind seeing Beautiful Katamari get a modern port either. I could be wrong but isn't it the only Katamari game that can actually achieve 60 FPS during gameplay? Here's some footage that seems to affirm that. I think Katamari Forever was 30 FPS by contrast but it's been years since I last played it (and I'd be remiss if i didn't mention the vast majority of Forever's levels are recycled anyway; Beautiful was 'original' content in both levels and music for what it's worth). Forever was the first time Bandai Namco outsourced a core Katamari game to a different company than Now Production for better or worse—development was handled by Genki, of all people.
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i really hope that was their plan all along, because if they were only going to remaster one game, it should have been WLK. i'll just assume a remastered version of WLK is coming in late 2019 until proven otherwise.
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Cubed3 (6/10) weird review. repetitive? the game is 5 hours long. awkward phase of 3D games? it's from 2004, not 1995.
Nintendo Life (9/10)
IGN Italia (9/10), google translation
Vandal (7.7/10), google translation
The Digital Fix (8/10)
Nintendo Life (9/10)
IGN Italia (9/10), google translation
Vandal (7.7/10), google translation
The Digital Fix (8/10)
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As someone who has always been aware of the Katamari series and was always interested to dive in, can someone explain me exactly what changed between this and the original when it comes to content?
I am aware of the english dub being out, but I've seen some comments here describing changes that I can't for the life of me understand haha, things like those cousin changes that poster "vix" mentioned above.
Always curious about the tiny changes that go into any remaster. Anyone mind helping me making sense out of all that jibberish?
I am aware of the english dub being out, but I've seen some comments here describing changes that I can't for the life of me understand haha, things like those cousin changes that poster "vix" mentioned above.
Always curious about the tiny changes that go into any remaster. Anyone mind helping me making sense out of all that jibberish?
Nothing. It's basically just an upressed version available on modern platforms in terms of valuable content. The only differences are mechanical, for the PC version you get HDR and 60 fps, for the Switch version you get added motion control options and HD Rumble.
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as far as content that you play goes, basically nothing has changed. there's about 10 minutes of cutscenes in the game with voice acting, and those are now only in japanese. if you get the PC version, then the english VA can be modded back in.
the game has a multiplayer mode, and there are some unexplainable cosmetic changes to the avatars you play as in that mode.
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the king of all cosmos didn't and doesn't have voice acting. there were several very short scenes showing a family (mother and two kids) on the way to meet the astronaut father. plus a very small clip after beating each of the constellation challenges showing the daughter of the family. those have voice acting.
Ahh so that stuff I was asking about was multiplayer related, that clears up a lot of my doubts. Still weird they made those changes though... Anything that might be considered offensive by today's standards, maybe?
Nice OT title... I just got it. lol
I loved the original and wil be grabbing Reroll at some point in the new year. Its gonna feel weird with split analogue sticks though.
I loved the original and wil be grabbing Reroll at some point in the new year. Its gonna feel weird with split analogue sticks though.