MS quiet on Katamari demo
Europeans left out, again.
European gamers will have to wait a bit longer before the Beautiful Katamari Live demo appears on Xbox Live, it seems.
The roll-'em-up taster launched onto the service yesterday in Canada, Mexico and the US, but Microsoft was unable to confirm if or when it would be, ahem, rolled out elsewhere.
It bounces in at lightweight 432 MB, and gives those of you lucky enough to live in other parts of the world a chance to try out one level with a three-minute timer.
Beautiful Katamari is the fourth game in the action puzzle series, which challenges you to roll a sticky ball around a map, picking up increasingly bigger items thanks to a snowball effect. Eventually you'll be able to reach thousands of kilometres in diameter and rampage over the world.
It has a number of new features, too. There's various online modes based around collecting certain items before your friends, or you can work together to achieve co-operative goals.
You'll also have numerous leaderboards to compare your achievements through, and contribute to increasing the size of a cow that reflects everyone on Xbox Live's progress.
Namco Bandai is publishing the game across the US, although we're still waiting for someone to take charge of it for Europe. Anyone?
Me & My Katamari designer Jun Moriwaki will be overseeing development of the game, as original creator Keita Takahasi continues work on his PS3 exclusive Nobi Nobi Boy.
Pop over to our Beautiful Katamari gamepage to find out a little more.
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It's erm.. I dunno.. rolly I guess. Not played any of the others. Not sure I can see it being fun for long, also it is MEGA CRAZY SUPER LOVE YO BANANA psychadellic trip fest.
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I loved the soundtrack from the other ones, listened to it in the car for months.
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I also ahem... accidentally... downloaded it and played it last night.
Its seems more dense than the PS2 versions (more stuff all over), and its still great fun.
New music too - and its good - yay!
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TWO MONTHS AGO
state that they can't comment on 360 exclusivity until they've announced a European publisher for the game, 9 out of 10 cats are convinced is an XBLA release, and launch details in this territory, which still aren't forthcoming. How convenient?
Not that I currently have a 360 anyway, mind. Still its an atrocious way to promote the game.
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I downloaded it using a US Live ID and it worked fine.
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The graphics seemed completely rubbish to me, though. I guess that's the style of the game, but I couldn't help but notice how bad they were after playing the Bioshock demo.
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It's Katamari in HD. Which makes it even more awesome. I'm buying, especially since it has online multiplayer. If I don't, the King of all cosmos won't be satisfied.