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We Love Katamari |  | From: Namco
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 1784
Platform: PlayStation2
Genre: action-games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: PlayStation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5
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MPN: 100730
Model: 722674100380
UPC: 722674100380
EAN: 0722674100380
ASIN: B000A5K5MI
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Players must roll Katamari around so any object in their paths will stick to their snowballing masses | | • | Brand new two-player co-op mode | | • | 1/2Hx5-1/3Wx7-1/2L"; 0.4 lb. |
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Product Description
We Love Katamari brings back the award-winnig gameplay of Katamari Damacy! The quirky gameplay that captivated the gaming world returns as you contine to roll up anything and everything that gets in your way! The King of All Cosmos grew to stardom after taking all of the Prince's Katamaris and replacing the stars. His fans knew no bounds and wished to see more Katamaris fill the sky. The king of all Cosmos desired to appease all of their requests and recruited the Prince and his cousins to help. Now they are tasked with rolling up even more clumps, each larger and more different than the one before.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 93
 How did they do it? September 22, 2005
J. Roberts
92 out of 93 found this review helpful
With "We Love Katamari," the good and crazy folks at Namco managed to produce a game that keeps almost everything from the original, alters things just a trifle, and yet created a sequel that feels a whole lot richer than the original.
For those who don't know, in Katamari games you control a super-sticky orb (a katamari) that rolls throughout a world packed with stuff. Roll up enough caramels and you'll be big enough to roll up a mouse. Roll up enough mice and you can roll up cats. And so on, until you're rolling up clouds, islands and thunder gods. All this is built up over the course of a few levels, but it can be disorienting to roll up cookies under a car at the beginning of a level and roll up the car itself in the end.
With each level a new star is added to the sky (replacing the ones your monolithic and rather drunken father, the King of All Cosmos, accidentally destroyed).
The original is still one of my favourite titles, but as innovative as it was, it was a bit on the short side and there were really only four kinds of levels:
1. Build to a certain size, and then as big as you can get.
2. Build to as close to a certain size as possible.
3. Gather as many of a particular thing as you can.
4. Gather the largest of a class of thing as you can.
Not so with the new one. In some levels, you have to build yourself as large as possible with a limited number of objects, in others you're self-propelled and have to control the katamari to maximize what you get, in others you have to move quickly or snow gums up your katamari, making it difficult to move - the variations are all of a similar kind to the types listed above, but different enough that each level plays differently.
Getting the levels is different as well, with as many as half a new dozen levels available at a time. The final level is actually accessible early on, but you don't have a hope of winning it for a very, very long time. The King of All Cosmos is back, and with all the popularity of a rock star, people clamour him with requests to have particular stars created. And, of course, it falls to you to do his work for him.
Gameplay and controls are identical to the original, and fans of that one will love the added complexity to the levels while newcomers will have no trouble picking up on the way things work. Recommended for all ages and levels of play, at least by me.
Loved It!!! September 29, 2005
Bookworm Danny (http://www.bookwormdanny.blogspot.com)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
Played through this game with my fiance (who doesn't really play video games), we both had a great time. They've given you all the classic Katimari gameplay plus they've added a few new things like rolling in the sky (rolling clouds), rolling up the countries of the world (to prevent a meteor strike) and rolling up plants and stardust (so you can get something big enough to roll up the sun). Plus there was a really funny Sumo level where you roll around a skinny Sumo Wrestler over food and he slowly gets fatter, and a snowman level where your rolling around a ball of snow.
Also, the cinematic story clips between levels are way better than the last game (as off the wall as the story is).
We were singing the theme song for days ("na na na Katimari Damacy")
It's just fun!
~Danny
I <3 Katamari September 21, 2005
nihil (Chicago/NW Indiana, USA)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
I have recently had the oppertunity to play the Japanese version of this game. I am looking forward to playing the American one. The game's format remains mostly the same with a few changes. The cute objects and lanscapes are mostly the same except this time you are rolling up planets. (No, I do not know story details as I do not speak Japanese and could only gather what I could from inferences.) Game play seems smoother this go around as far as controlling your Katamari and general level rendering. Some of the environment changes include an underwater level and a classroom level. Katamari rolling has now turned into a quest to help people. One level is actually a race where you guide your self propelled Katamari around an island to collect objects. My favorite new aspect of the game is a change from the blocked view when you roll behind an object such as a desk or wall. Instead of a grey circle you now get a cut out view of where you are rolling your Katamari. Failing a stage will ensure you not only a psychological belittling by the king but also a physical one as he shoots lasers at his son. You can try to dodge them, but it can be rather tricky. Each time one hits the poor little prince he shinks in size. The music is catchy and unique blend of JPop and techno as well as an orchestral score during one stage. Stage objectives for some stages has also been redone. At some points you have to beat your old score or personal best. The game seems like it is longer then the first one as well because stages are played more than once. Plenty more new and exciting changes are included and I don't want to give them all away here. If you were a fan of the first one you will certainly enjoy this one.
How could you NOT love Katamari? November 7, 2005
Avery (Springfield, VA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Over the years, Japan has given us some really great rolled things. Sushi. Legendary scrolls. Pocky brand cookies. Uh, m... marijuana. From Japan. And believe me, the people who created this thing were on a lot of it.
In keeping with the great Japanese rolling-things tradition, we are given 'We Love Katamari!', the sequel to 'Katamari Damacy', by the land of the Rising Sun, a game in which you roll a giant sticky ball over stuff and try to make it bigger!
I won't mince words with you people: This game is insane. The cutscenes which serve to forward the already slightly incomprehensible story are completely nuts, the soundtrack is giddy and crazy, and the concept... well, you get to roll a ball around and pick up stuff with it. Not exactly 'Asteroids', this game. But I suppose even 'Asteroids' was considered odd in its heyday, and hey, that's why we now consider it great. The thing that makes those classic games really fun are their simple structure, which progressively becomes more difficult as time wears on. And I'd like to think that the 'Katamari' series is an effective attempt at recapturing that simple playability of the early video games. Story-based games are fun and everything, but the "story" as it stands here is a lot more 'Ms. Pac-Man' than 'Final Fantasy VII'.
Colorful and chipper, the game is a surefire pick-me-up in a sea of bleak atmosphere'd games featuring world weary soldiers in the midst of combat. If you've been obsessing over some survival horror title for too long or need a well deserved break from the likes of "Halo" and "World of Warcraft", look no further than this vibrant original. You might just remember what fun is!
A favorite comedian of mine once mentioned in his act that by the time this generation's kids are grandparents, they will sound completely insane talking to their grandkids about the games they used to play. They will have elaborate virtual reality sets right in their own living rooms, and the old folks will meanwhile be screeching, "well, in my day, we had a yellow circle that ate dots and fruit. And it was chased by ghosts! And then there was this other one where a monkey would throw barrels at you--" ("Whatever, grandpa.") "Wait, wait, I didn't tell you about the frog that tried to cross the street yet!"
Hopefully one day we can also tell our befuddled offspring about the glory that was rolling a ball over stuff and having it stick. I don't think they'll get it, but at that point, they won't need to. We'll know that something like that once existed, and we'll also be able to remember when something like that was enough.
Wowees! September 26, 2005
ivorynetsuke (Jacksonville, FL USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have heard so much about the original (Katamary Damacy) that I bought a copy on an online auction. While waiting for it to arrive in the mail, I discovered that the sequel, We Love Katamari, had been released. I immediately went out and purchased it.
If the game manual by itself makes me laugh and feel good, there is much promise for the game. And the game is absolutely fun! I can't wait for KD to arrive to compare the two, but for now, We Love Katamari is just a plain old fun game. You use the two analog sticks like "two hands", and basically roll the katamari collecting stuff. The underwater part is especially fun, especially with the snorkeling cat!
Overall, the quirky humor, great music, and insanity makes We Love Katamari one of my favorite all-time games. It's a great game for us folks who remember the good ol' days of video gaming (when Atari first came out), when the purpose of a game was to have *fun* and not beat the snot out of your opponent with complimentary 3-D blood and gore. I highly recommend this to anyone who isn't afraid of some far-out fun!
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