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Katamari Damacy |  | From: Namco
Category: Video Games
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  282 reviews
Sales Rank: 2271
Platform: PlayStation2
Genre: Action Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: PlayStation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 7.5 x 0.6
MPN: 10024
Model: P2NAMC 722674100243
UPC: 722674100243
EAN: 0722674100243
ASIN: B0002Y2XXQ
Publication Date: September 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Play is controlled with the analog sticks only. No buttons to press. No combos to cause distress. Featuring ball-rolling and object-collecting gameplay mechanics of mesmerizing fluidity, reduced to Pac-Man simplicity, through pure absurdity. | | • | Dimensions change drastically as your clump grows from a fraction of an inch to a monstrous freak of nature. Go from rolling along a tabletop to ravaging through city streets, picking up momentum and skyscrapers along the way. | | • | Two-player battle mode lets you compete in a race to grow the biggest ball of stuff. Even the competition can be picked up, if your opponent is unfortunate enough to get in your way. | | • | Enjoy quirky, infectious humor throughout—from the insanely cosmic animations, to the wacky and wonderful musical stylings, to the royally contagious storyline that's undoubtedly like no other. |
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Product Description
Katamari Damacy is a silly, colorful and occasionally hysterical game that's become a hit in Japan. Now it's arrived here and it's unusual gameplay and one-of-a-kind design will make gamers laugh and play for hours! When the King of All Cosmos accidentally destroys the stars in the sky, he orders his pint-sized princely son, to put the twinkle back in the heavens. He decides to do this by rolling everything and anything on earth into clumps, so he can replace what's missing in space.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Cover the sky in star! August 30, 2010
Kathleen Johnson (USA)
I've been dying to get my hands on this game for a long time and jumped when I saw Amazon had it. Just as I expected its similar to the Munchables on the wii.
Gameplay: When you start the game you are placed in a training level that allows you to get used to the controls and using the Katamari. Trust me you'll need it. It took me awhile to get used to controlling the Katamari and even though i finished the game it still fills a bit akward at times. You move by tilting both anologue sticks in the same direction. The anologue sticks are gonna be used for just about everything and will take time to get used to. It can get annoying becaise as the Katamari gets bigger it gets harder to control depending on the Princes stamina. Running into objects you can't pick up causes you to loose items. The quick turn will become your best friend for levels where there are tons of huge objects. Another thing that annoyed me is when I got big I ended up getting stuck in narrow spots making navigation a b**** expecially in the city levels. After awhile I learned how to avoid these problems. It does take time to get used and some level of skills. Once used to it the controls became pretty simple.
Story: The story of the game basically goes like this. You play as the Prince who is sent to earth to roll up objects in a speare like object called a Katamari. You're doing this because your father, the king of the cosmos, accidently destroyed them all. The big ball of objects you pick up will becaome either Stardust, a Star, or even a constellation. You're given a time limit in just about every level to pick up as many objects as you can or as many of a particular object. Its pretty straight foward. The levels I had the most trouble with, and I'm happy theres only two of them, are the Ursa Mijor and Tarus levels. I hate these levels because you have to pick up just one of a particular object. You get the best score you to pick a huge version of the object, but the world is scatter with them of different sizes. If you pick up one you don't want by accident it automatically ends. That is a pain in ass.
Graphics: The graphics are nothing special, but thier not bad either. Everything in the game look like toys. I wouldn't say legos, but some type of toys similar to legos. I actually enjoyed checking out the scenario. I never played anything that looked the way this game looks.
Music: The music is actually good. I found myself relaxed and humming to the jazzy tunes it played. Nothing too special though.
Length: The game is really, really short. You could finish it within a few hours, but theres alot of replayability if you want to find all the presents, objects, make the biggest star you can, and unlock other things. Theres also a two player mode, but i can't say much about it because I currently have noone to play it with (I'm the last child in the house).
It has its flaws, but Katamari Damacy is a really addicting and fun game once you get into it. Thier were even moments where I laughed because there are some amusing objects and peaple in the game you collect. the King himself served as some good comic relief too. I just wish it was longer. Its not for hardcore players but its good if you just want to sit back and casually play a game. I highly recommend it.
 Awesome July 5, 2010
Emma
This game was a lot of fun. It was easy to pick up and put down and you can keep playing on and on even after you complete the story.
Great Family Fun! June 5, 2010
DRocK (Denver, CO)
This game is plenty of fun and is especially good for the non-traditional gamer as it isn't difficult at all to catch onto. It is quirky, weird, very unique and has this strange Japanese vibe going on, as stated in other reviews, but it is appropriate for all ages and fun for all in my opinion.
My wife who never plays any video games got pretty into this game and played very often for a good while and we have enjoyed hours of this game together. The two-player mode unfortunately isn't all that great, but it's fun enough to just take turns. Even my 4 year-old son enjoyed this game a great deal. While I don't think it's one of the best 'kids games' out there, it can be fun for young kids if they enjoy gaming and is age appropriate. There isn't a ton of replay value and I got through the game relatively quickly, but I do find myself picking it up and putting it into the PS2 from time to time and it's surely worth the $[...] Amazon offers it for. Give it a try!
Where have I been all my life? Fantastically Fun Game! May 10, 2010
Y. Mao (NY)
Feeling destructive or just wishing to vent? This game might just be your solution. I realize it is a game that has got a few years, but I just happened to have picked up a copy recently and it far exceeded my expectations. The picture on the front cover is so ridiculous that you cannot help but wonder just what on earth this game is. Maybe that was only the case with me, I hadn't heard of it before playing it just recently.
This game is one of those wonderful games that claim to be extremely user-friendly and it actually is! You can play the entire game without punching any buttons during game play. You can use a few buttons to your advantage, but they are hardly required. Otherwise, you just use the two analog sticks to navigate around the house, the city, or the world. For me, the only extra buttons I use are the L3+R3 combination that essentially gives you a stationary U-turn.
My only problem with this game is that the time limits set on most of the levels makes everything seem so rushed. I would have loved to just start the game and then take my time to roll around in each level without a time restraint. So all in all, this game turned out to be a bit more stressful than I had originally anticipated.
But I did unlock all of the eternal levels, and now I can just waltz around the three environments and roll up anything and everything in my way. This game is such a wonderful release of tension, especially now when I play, I just go around the eternal levels and try to collect the Katamari to be as big as I can get it.
This game was crafted so brilliantly (idea, design, and just color on the surface). I wish I had heard of it sooner, but I am glad I was able to try it out. It is definitely worth your time and money and some frustrating moments because you just couldn't quite complete the level on time. Practice makes perfect, and I loved just going around, learning the geography in the game, and seeing just what bizarre things I could pick up.
I also have to comment on a string of animated shorts that are done so well that I couldn't stop my chuckle at the end of each segment. They are dispersed throughout the entire game and are fun to watch. I also think it was a brilliant move on the developers' part to allow the players to view all of the clips after having completed the game once.
I still haven't unlocked all of the secrets of this game--the comets. But I am working on it, and I am enjoying every minute of playing this game. I hope for those of you who have yet to join us in loving Katamari to please give this game a chance to win your heart.
Great game! February 18, 2010
Nicholas Burgess
This game is so much fun! My wife and I have spent countless hours playing it both individually and against each other, and it doesn't lose any value in the replay. The only reason I gave it 4 stars for overall review is that I would like to have seen a few more multiplayer stages, either in the battle arena or included in The World (though I don't know if The World opens up for multiplayer at all yet). Absolutely worth buying, even at retail price.
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