| Product Summary | | Manufacturer: Namco Hometech | | Format: PlayStation 2 | | UPC: 00722674100243 | | Buy.com Sku: 50018860 | | Item#: G22595 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 7786 | | See more in Action |
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| | | THE ROLLING, STICKING, NEVER-STOPPING, EVER-SWELLING CLUMP OF STUFF THAT MAKES A STAR OUT OF EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING!|The Stop-at-Nothing Pushing Prince is Coming! Here's the idea - You control a little green guy as he rolls a ball of stuff across multiple levels. As the stuff sticks to the ball, it grows bigger and bigger : Manipulate the balls' growth so that larger and larger objects can be picked up -- from trees & lamp posts to buildings and islands : Bombastic soundtrack that's sure to get stuck in your head
"One of the greatest video games ever made." Ferrago
"More than just a novelty, it's outrageously entertaining." Game Chronicles
"...so simple that it almost sounds boring, yet is nearly impossible to put down once you've picked it up." netjak
"One of the greatest video games ever made." Ben Parfitt, Ferrago
"More than just a novelty, it's outrageously entertaining." Cliff O'Neill, Game Chronicles
"...so simple that it almost sounds boring, yet is nearly impossible to put down once you've picked it up." Steve Lubitz, NetJak
| | Features |  | 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. | | 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. | | 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. | | 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. |
| Bombastic soundtrack that's sure to get stuck in your head | | Here's the idea - You control a little green guy as he rolls a ball of stuff across multiple levels. As the stuff sticks to the ball, it grows bigger and bigger | | Manipulate the balls' growth so that larger and larger objects can be picked up -- from trees & lamp posts to buildings and islands |
| | Professional Reviews | Game Over Online 9 of 10
Simple, addictive, colorful, and cheap; twenty dollars gets you about ten hours of entertainment, an
Game Revolution 9 of 10
There's really nothing else out there remotely like it, and if strange Japanese things are your bag,
IGN 9 of 10
It's something that's fun, something that's happy, and something that's so well put together and so
Game Revolution 9 of 10
Katamari Damacy is simply oozing with a bizarre, Japanese schoolgirl style that?s at once endearing, creative and insane. The intro movie is filled with cows, fish, and rainbows. Cut-scenes of a blockheaded family traveling across the world to visit their father as he blasts off for the moon break up the levels. The front end menu has the Prince running about on his home planet, then zipping through space to choose a level on Earth or to visit the giant space mushroom to play some decent split-screen multiplayer. Mmm. Space mushroom. Fitting...There's really nothing else out there remotely like it, and if strange Japanese things are your bag, you simply cannot do any better than Katamari Damacy. It's fun, weird and fabulous - a sickness certainly worth catching. - Ben Silverman
IGN 9 of 10
It's an astonishing, simple, outrageous embodiment of creativity and style. It controls like a nimble tank, requires the use of exactly no buttons (but keeping your finger over a couple helps from time to time), and is all about one little star guy pushing an ever expanding -- er, sphere-thing around the world. He rolls on and picks up whatever happens to be there. It's a box of hilarious, clever joy, and at the same time it happens to be so enchanting it's nearly impossible to look past, even if you're just idly walking by. Everyone giggles when you praise it until they see it. Everyone scoffs and gawks when they read about it until they play it. Amazingly, all this game offers is the Katamari, a time limit, and a complete lack of restraint. Roll on!...It's something that's fun, something that's happy, and something that's so well put together and so enjoyable, whatever faults it may have fade behind the laughter and smiles it so effortlessly creates. - Ivan Sulic
Game Over Online 9 of 10
Simple, addictive, colorful, and cheap; twenty dollars gets you about ten hours of entertainment, and more if you're a completionist. It's also difficult to describe in any way that makes any sort of sense, since it's one of those uniquely Japanese games that seems to have been conceptualized in the depths of a fever dream...In a way, this is like playing a monster movie from the monster's perspective. Something about that katamari changes a man, or a woman; it turns perfectly innocent pacifists into bloodthirsty demons who crave only destruction. The moment the game told her that it was possible to pick up people, a good friend of mine began to hone her skills like a knife, plotting and preparing for the day when she could rampage through the streets and scoop up children. When she finally did, she let out a lunatic's mad laugh that chilled my bones. - Thomas Wilde
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| Customer Reviews |  | | Gameplay |  5 | | Graphics |  4 | | Difficulty |  2 | | Overall | 5 |
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5 of 5 best game ever Friday, July 15, 2005
sam from portland, or
i played this game at a friend's house a couple of weeks ago and my wife and i are still talking about it. we are actually going to buy a ps2 so we can play it at our house (we've been nintendo people for the longest time). it's fun, simple, addictive and the music is great. the sequal just came out in japan on july 7, 2005 so it should be here soon too. can't wait. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Surprisingly addictive fun Monday, June 13, 2005
CD from Lawrence, KS
This is perhaps one of the most unique games created in recent years, and challenges genre placement. There's not much complexity in the game: you roll around as a ball using only the analog sticks and try to make your ball larger to try to recreate the stars. Yet still, there's a strange sort of addictive fun in rolling up things, becoming larger until you can eventually roll up humans, trees, and even entire islands. The music that goes along with the game is surprisingly nice, and after awhile you'll likely be singing to yourself the game's main theme. It won't last you long, but this is a game you'll likely pick up again. And for less than $20, this game is a must-have. Was this review helpful?
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