a sad day for lil ball rollers everywhere

HKK · Post by **HKK** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:46 pm

http://www.psxextreme.com/scripts/news2 ... newID=3663

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:58 pm

Poor prince. But I'm glad I got the psp, I'll own the greatest trilogy of this gen.

PS: I just hope this will have sparked originality in some devs.

mz · Post by mz » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:07 pm

Good. They were milking it anyways. Glad the creator had the balls to put a stop to it.

Apparently, he was pretty much opposed to I <3 Katamari in the first place.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:14 pm

well, he was not opposed to we <3 katamari. He was opposed to the original sequel, which was basically Katamari in Xmas town. Then he got involved and made it better. I figure that after two sequels he didn't want, but yet made relunctantly, he got his point accross. Good thing they stopped before it was too late.

Too bad he won't be making games anymore though.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 10:16 pm

If that means these people can work on something new instead I guess it's a good thing?

Surely they can come up with other great original ideas

Sephira · Post by **Sephira** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:00 am

D:

Oh well. At least I have all three games, and a Prince head PSP case.

Patchingko · Post by **Patchingko** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:47 am

Sephira wrote:D:

Oh well. At least I have all three games, and a Prince head PSP case.

Got it.

Stylishna prince.

Sephira · Post by **Sephira** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:48 am

Brody · Post by **Brody** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:12 pm

That is so ghey.

Endless-Rain · Post by **Endless-Rain** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:30 pm

Im actually quite glad they gave it a proper send off, rather then letting it go stale.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:55 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICs8U8qe5y0

omg that's what katamari DS would've been! But the PSP gets it! I'm picking this up alongside Oblivion this week.

!

mz · Post by mz » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:37 am

Ward wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICs8U8qe5y0

omg that's what katamari DS would've been! But the PSP gets it! I'm picking this up alongside Oblivion this week. !

You can keep trolling DS, but you know damn well that it's starting to get kickass games.

Ravin · Post by **Ravin** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:35 am

Ward wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICs8U8qe5y0

omg that's what katamari DS would've been! But the PSP gets it! I'm picking this up alongside Oblivion this week. !

Wow, that looks really fun, kinda like mario with a katamari mod

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:23 am

Ward wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICs8U8qe5y0

omg that's what katamari DS would've been! But the PSP gets it! I'm picking this up alongside Oblivion this week. !

I would actually love to play that version, it looks awesome to me

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:07 pm

mz wrote:
Ward wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICs8U8qe5y0

omg that's what katamari DS would've been! But the PSP gets it! I'm picking this up alongside Oblivion this week. !
You can keep trolling DS, but you know damn well that it's starting to get kickass games.

I'm not denying it. I even said that if I used portables like I did a couple of years back, I would probably get a DS Lite. That being said, I also acknowledge that two screens are fucking stupid and that the touch screen isn't that interesting.

But then again, I'm not denying that the psp doesn't have great games either.

Sephira · Post by **Sephira** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:49 am

I got Me and My Katamari today.

I'm just waiting for my smelly PSP to recharge, so I can update, and then I will play! And play and play! And play some more, to get my mind off KH2!

brace · Post by **brace** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:44 am

Too bad my fingers hurt after playing for an hour. Awesome game, though. It's a perfect on the go game. I'm sad that we won't get any more Katamari games because it's so much fun, but *shrugs* All good things must come to an end, non? It's the bad things that just won't go away. Like Uwe Boll...

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:07 pm

I'm pretty sure the series will be brought back in 10-or-so years time when it's considered retro.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:27 pm

If you ask me, it kind of feels retro to begin with.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:15 pm

Lord Golbez wrote:If you ask me, it kind of feels retro to begin with.

There's the retro feel then there's it actually being an old game... I meant the latter..
When people look back at it and think of how great a game it was and how games were so much better back then, Namcock will see the $$$s and bring it back for yet another last roll.

brace · Post by **brace** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 8:33 am

*sits patiently and waits for the Katamari comeback* ...

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:38 pm

Didn't I see Sajuta on wandering flame make a comment about the maker of Katamari kind of being a well known douchebag and a kind of hater of games in general and Katamari was just kind of a fluke success to begin with?

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:14 pm

Is he your source for gaming expertise?

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:11 pm

haha no

I just mentioned that in case someone knew more about that being true.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:27 pm

He once said he thought kids should play outside more. And that he'd like to design parks because of that. That's it really.

Asaroth Larot · Post by **Asaroth Larot** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:43 pm

Well I decided to try and see what I could find on the subject

Though there's no conrete evidence of him actually being a douchebag. I could see how someone could think that from his comments in interviews

He seemed really uninterested in the gaming world and even said "most games are boring" and well since he planned to leave the industry to go work on playgrounds it doesn't seem like he has a real passion for the work.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:22 am

It doesn't make him a douchebag. Lots of people work in jobs they consider less than ideal, and they're not all douches.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:54 pm

Another sad day:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... story=8952

Maybe he is a douche afterall. Only douches hate on innovation. Surprising that it came from him though. He seems into innovation.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:08 pm

I agree with him!

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:10 pm

Well my GF rented katamari last night, stayed up all night beating it. Is there a sequel out in the US?

GiZMO · Post by **GiZMO** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:13 pm

You beat Katamari Damacy? I think "We love (heart) Katamari" is the sequel. On the cover of the game it's "We *heart* Katamari" with a heart, but the text says "We Love Katamari"

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:31 pm

It's got a really strange cover that will stand out like hell if you happen to walk past it in a shop

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Tue May 09, 2006 6:58 am

I think I'm gonna give in and get a PSP just for that and DJ Max tbh

Undine · Post by **Undine** » Tue May 09, 2006 11:26 am

DJ Max ftw

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:03 pm

ooooh I didn't expect anyone on SG to have it

Do you have the PSP version or do you play it on your computer?

I'm really tempted by the PSP one as I spent 4263556 hours commuting to work every week...

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:09 pm

Surely there are other ways to piss people off on the tube.
I can't imagine playing a music game on a packed tube. What will happen to your arms? :O

Undine · Post by **Undine** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:37 pm

I don't have it, but a couple of my friends do... I played the PSP version, it's damn hard.

Calbrena · Post by **Calbrena** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:30 pm

Damien wrote:Surely there are other ways to piss people off on the tube.
I can't imagine playing a music game on a packed tube. What will happen to your arms? :O

Surely I could just be as sad as Tau and play with earphones?

And I've only tried it in 4 buttons mode but yes, it looked hard

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue May 09, 2006 10:37 pm

I'm guessing a IIDX controller hooked up to a PC is a much easier (and even cheaper) way of playing.

We should do that anyway as then I could play you over intArnet

fire2ash · Post by **fire2ash** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:53 am

Thanks ward.

Why do I hear the music to Katamari everywhere I go? Seriously, I can't get the main theme song out of my head, no matter what I'm doing. Those frickin' Royal Horns are just so in-your-face, I can't get that damn song out of my head. Also Lonely Rolling Star is killing me, I'm having sex and I can't get it out of my head. AAHGHH Katamari is eating me alive! Must..play....sequel...

Seirously, my GF never plays video games. Yesterday, she stayed up all day playing 10 hrs straight.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Wed May 10, 2006 9:39 am

fire2ash wrote:Thanks ward.

Why do I hear the music to Katamari everywhere I go? Seriously, I can't get the main theme song out of my head, no matter what I'm doing.

... because you haven't seen trapped in the closet

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:28 pm

Damien wrote:I'm pretty sure the series will be brought back in 10-or-so years time when it's considered retro.

They didn't even wait that long before they started dragging it through the mud while Takahashi could do nothing but despair, distance himself and reiterate that he has had nothing to do with the series since the second game.
At least we have NOBY NOBY BOY and WATTAM now.
They did re-release the original game a bit after 10 years later though!

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 1:26 pm

The important thing is now there’s even a horrible F2P endless tapping game on mobile LOL!

I like how ludicrously negative Ward is about DS during this era

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:51 pm

I tweeted a screenshot of a popup about premium currency to Keita Takahashi the day that came out and he responded with ":("

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:34 pm

That guy is a mensch

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:51 pm

Probably the 50th time I've heard this story but I'll always laugh remembering the day I woke up to find out he'd friend requested me on Facebook (probably because I posted a lot on the NOBY NOBY BOY page). Was "friends" with him on there for a few years and he'd sometimes like and comment on my photos and posts. He's since deleted his Facebook account and even mentioned on Twitter a few weeks back he doesn't use Facebook. A man of honour!