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PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell
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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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. |
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Waffleaber
31/03/09 @ 09:58
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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. |
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BillyBrush
31/03/09 @ 10:13
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First two were great, i rather liked beautiful too, but it seems that's just moi
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designerheadache
31/03/09 @ 10:13
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so long as this is a decent remake, without too many liberties taken, it will keep me happy!
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FenderMaster
31/03/09 @ 14:55
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Takahashi is surely turning in his grave...
at least he would be if he was dead: a man, a legend! |
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"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. |
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