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Katamari Game
A hit game
If you?ve never played a Katamari game before, it?s difficult to explain
its all-around awesomness. Imagine a magical avalanche (that would be your
Katamari) that sucks up everything in its path, starting with tiny objects
like toothpicks and gumballs. As it grows, it begins to devour cats,
shopping carts and eventually humans. But it doesn?t stop there. Soon it
eats buildings, entire cities, and continents. Next is the planet Earth and
the rest of the universe. Only then will the King of the Cosmos be satisfied.
Who the heck is that? He?s the one sending you, the Prince, on this wacky
trip. See, after sustaining blunt force trauma to the head from a flying
meteor, the King lost all of his memories. (This might be his best excuse
yet ? in an earlier game, he destroyed the entire universe in a drunken
rage.) The only logical thing for the Prince to do was create a RoboKing in
the meantime while the King recovered. Against a soundtrack of Japanese pop
songs, the Prince helps roll up every single item in the universe to help
the King recover his memory and turn said items into new planets and
constellations. You can rest assured that there is an afterlife in the
world of Katamari, albeit a strange and messy one.
If you?ve played any of the previous Katamari titles (Katamari Damacy, We
Love Katamari and Beautiful Katamari), you?ll notice that very little has
changed. You?ll recognize the Under the Sea level, the Sumo Wrestler food
level, the dreaded Cows and Bears level, and so on. As far as gameplay
goes, for the first time you have the ability to jump. The SixAxis
controller would like you to believe that a simple flick will allow you to
do this, but it doesn?t always work out that way and can get pretty
frustrating. A better solution is using the R2 button to jump, a function
that becomes very useful when you?re pressed for time. Another thing to
look out for is the King?s Heart, which is hidden in every level and acts
as a magnet to attract all the objects surrounding you ? as long as you?re
big enough to fit them in, that is.
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