Takahashi not involved in PS3 Katamari

By Tom Bramwell Published 31 March, 2009

But the game's "in good hands".

Although it probably won't come as much surprise to series followers, Namco Bandai has confirmed to Eurogamer that Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi is "not involved" in production of the upcoming PS3 version.

Announced last week in Famitsu, Katamari Damacy Tribute is a 1080p version of the classic roll-everything-up game that made its cultish name on PS2 before limping rather feebly onto Xbox 360 after its creator departed to do other things.

Speaking at GDC last week, Takahashi said that the original Katamari Damacy was a comment on consumerism, and that his current game, the downloadable Noby Noby Boy, was deliberately designed without objectives and with little intention of making money.

"People who are high up were very very angry with me, and sometimes if I look at them they will really glare at me," he said.

We do love Keita Takahashi.

We'll let you know more about Katamari Damacy Tribute when we do. According to Namco, the game's "in good hands".

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Comments (11) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Oli Verified Reviews Editor, Eurogamer.net #1 3 years ago

    Actually, We Love Katamari was better than the first game. Fact. No matter how much Takahashi himself would want that to be untrue.

    The rest of them have been disappointing though, it's true.

    I'd be quite happy with an unchanged PS3 remake of the two PS2 games, just because my PS2's in storage now.

  • Razz #2 3 years ago

    Oh God why? :(

    In my opinion Katamari Damacy is unique fun oddity. Its uniqueness was intrinsic to its success and critical acclaim.

    Sequels have not done this game a favor.

  • Toothball #3 3 years ago

    @Oli:

    Definitely. We Love Katamari was the best possible sequel they could have made. I played all of it and have no need to play another Katamari game ever again.

  • Waffleaber #4 3 years ago

    I disagree Oli. We Love Katamari just didn't have as much charm as the original and some of the levels were just dull (fireflies and snowman stand out for me.) The music wasn't as good either.

    Don't get me wrong it's still a great game, and it actually got released here which is always a plus, but not better than the original.

  • Meho #5 3 years ago

    I'm with Wafflebear: the first game is just perfect in its simple concept and complex implementation. The sequel is an excellent game, but never felt as fresh and liberating as the first one to me.

  • Meho #6 3 years ago

    Also, note my smart play on words there.

  • BillyBrush #7 3 years ago

    First two were great, i rather liked beautiful too, but it seems that's just moi

  • Daikon #8 3 years ago

    I'm in the "second one is better" camp. Especially love the music in that one.

    The XBox game is a weak copy of the PS2 games, with no heart and terrible controls.

  • FenderMaster #9 3 years ago

    Takahashi is surely turning in his grave...

    at least he would be if he was dead: a man, a legend!

  • Arwin #10 3 years ago

    I'm lucky enough to have never played this yet. I do really hope that it will come with sixaxis controls, as this game should work just great with them imho.

  • Scimarad #11 3 years ago

    "Actually, We Love Katamari was better than the first game. Fact. No matter how much Takahashi himself would want that to be untrue."

    I disagree with this utterly. WLK had more content and some decent ideas but seemed to be to be rather lacking the charm of the orignal IMO - It did all it needed to do and we didn't really 'need' a second game.