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Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese

10 January, 2008

Atari has said it will be dishing Beautiful Katamari out across Europe in February.

By now you should know this is the first next-this-current-generation version of the cult PS2, er, roly-puzzle-action-collect-'em-up. So it boasts more things to collect on screen, as well as crisper, more vibrant graphics. You also get online and offline co-operative fun.

Unfortunately this doesn't add up to it being a better game than its predecessors. Not only does it offer a much smaller step forwards in the series than We Love Katamari did to the original, but it is also less creative, ambitious and fun.

However, its transition onto new hardware is still a welcome one for those fresh to its charms, and recommended to rent or pick up on the cheap.

Stuff your head into our Beautiful Katamari review to for a much more detailed picking-apart of the US version from last year.

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10/01/08 @ 12:19
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Bit late to the party in my book. There's actually some pretty great games on the way in feb.
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10/01/08 @ 12:40
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Woohoo! I've never owned the Playstation games unless you count the PSP one so I don't care if this doesn't really add much to the series, it's the first version on a home console I'll be able to play so I'll be picking it up :)
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10/01/08 @ 14:12
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philistines!

/pre-orders
spongebob
10/01/08 @ 14:59
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Yay! I am buying this the instant it hits the shops!
GuitarWolf
10/01/08 @ 16:14
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Never got to play Katamari before downloading the US demo for this. Can't wait. Hope it's priced right though I have alot of new games to buy in February now.
Ninja_Cop
10/01/08 @ 20:00
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Any word on price?
Rubzo
11/01/08 @ 05:03
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Any Katamari is good Katamari!
Baronen
11/01/08 @ 05:22
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it was full price in the states, wasn't it? not a chance it'll be cheaper over here ...
Darren
11/01/08 @ 08:10
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The Beautiful Katamari demo was good but this isn't a game that will sell at a £40-£50 price point, it needs to be £20-£30 ideally but I bet it isn't.
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11/01/08 @ 11:24
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Is it the exact same game as the JAP/US-version? Nothing added to it?
Why did we have to wait then?
barnard666
11/01/08 @ 11:40
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for European language translations
brainbird
11/01/08 @ 11:43
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It's not that text-heavy, is it? But then, there are a lot of collectable items to translate. Say "Man with head of a cow" in 5 different languages.
By the way: It's listed as slightly-less-than-normal-price here in Switzerland.
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11/01/08 @ 14:49
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it's a lot of work coming up with similarly funny sayings in EU languages that make sense whilst keeping the tone of the title, direct translations usually miss the point / humour. But still, having imported the first one on PS2 and it all being in Japanese, have got used to just skipping the dialogue anyway.

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