Thread 723954067

It's coming out today? Are you ready to play the sequel to We <3 Katamari? Did you pay the extra 20 to get the series soundtrack?

>>723954067 (OP)
why are we pretending Katamari Forever doesn't exist? It's kino
not as good as love, but still this feels spiteful

Getting the base version, as much as I love the music I'm not paying that much more for them

Very excited though

>>723954067 (OP)
>It's coming out today?
I don't know if it's coming out today
>Are you ready to play the sequel to We <3 Katamari?
Maybe if feel like it, but I thought they made lots of katamari games after that one
>Did you pay the extra 20 to get the series soundtrack?
No, not interested in soundtracks

>>723954067 (OP)
A lot of reviews said the OST was just as good as previous games so I'm fine having a new one. They're probably the easiest thing to mod regardless

>>723954131
Damacy, We Love and Forever are the trifecta, they really should rerelease that one, they don't need to change the visuals or anything, it was already a very pretty and colorful game.

>>723954131
>why are we pretending Katamari Forever doesn't exist?
Katamari Forever is literally a shameless rehash.

>>723954131
It only has one new stage, but that stage is fucking amazing

>>723954358
And this one isn't?

>>723954347
Katamari Forever is just Damacy+<3 with some extra levels.

>>723954464
No because the levels are actually new, retard. Forever only had 3 new levels while the other 30 something were just pulled from the other games.

>>723954464
No? They make a point to say it's all new content unlike Forever which reuses most of them from the first two games but with a new story. This may as well be the real Katamari 3. I think there was a Vita game or something at some point but never played it though.

>>723954492
With the good content from Beautiful, kind of an apology for their stupid mistake.

>>723954492
I thought Forever was basically a port of Beautiful Katamari with some throwback levels added in.

>>723954563
most of its levels were from <3
The new stage where you roll so big you roll off the planet into space was the best thing about it

>>723954545
Of course there is a Vita port, it's Touch my Katamari, it was the last original game that kind of killed the series for a while because it was very mediocre and short, the game had incredibly empty stages even though the psp game managed to have much more stuff on screen.

>>723954464
It's completely original. Katamari games used to be unique.

>>723954612
>Final stage of <3 is rolling up the universe
>Final stage of the new game makes you roll up the multiverse
They're going to try to one-up it, aren't they?

>>723954612
That was not from Beautiful? That's the only major game that I've haven't played

>>723954730
it was specifically for Forever because the goal was to roll big enough to wake up the King

>>723954067 (OP)
I'm not excited.
I recently played Touch My Katamari (bad) and this seems to be the same developers.

>>723954897
You do it in Beautiful Katamari too, and that game came out before Forever.

>>723954684
They don't.
It's just rolling up planets and stars again to fill the hole in the scroll.

>>723954847
You do it in Beautiful Katamari too, and that game came out years before Forever.

>>723954612
>The new stage where you roll so big you roll off the planet into space was the best thing about it
That's the main map from Beautiful.

>finally a new decent Katamari comes out
>creator is making slop like To a T
Really crazy.

>Touch my Katamari devs made a new game
How bad are the gimmicks this time?
If it's got "candy" to collect like TMK, I'm not buying it.

>>723955260
>How bad are the gimmicks this time?
There are a few items you can roll up and use during levels like power ups (pause time, go fast, pull in more stuff) and then there's a few levels that utilize the shitty multiplayer mode where you play against AI and get X to take it to Y. Kind of like Pikmin. Not too bad.

>>723955439
Is there local co-op?
I tried playing the co-op in Switch remake of We <3 Katamari and it was awful (2 people controlling one Katamari, not fun).

>>723955597
New mode is online with 3 other players, offline with bots
No co-op in this one

>>723955798
>online only multiplayer
This is getting worse and worse...

What are the odds this gets a switch 2 patch?
its already confirmed to run at 30fps and im a physicalfag but only for switch games now.

>>723954067 (OP)
im honestly tempted to get this because the first game was what propelled me to make my own cheats.

>>723958012
The original developer isn't involved and most of the original team are gone too, so it won't be as good as the original 2.

>>723954067 (OP)
Bump for interest.

Redpill me folks
Is once upon a katamari worth bothering with? Not really hyped about playing diminishing returns katamari sequels

>>723959435
It's not out yet, so idk.
But the original devs aren't involved in any way, shape, or form, so it's likely gonna be souless, like Touch My Katamari was.

>>723959518
oh it's a new game, I assumed it was another remaster

>>723959079
ah fuck well then its a pass for me ill play the originals or the pc ports.

>>723959585
>>723959690
Yeah it's a brand new game. Shame none of the original devs are involved anymore, they made a few good Katamari games without the creator, because they still had the rest of the team together. But now...

why even release this on Switch 1 still, instead of 2?

>>723959835
it's just roll a ball game. god damn. you don't need some ancient fricking boozers to make it "good"

>>723960292
>game with very simple visuals that can basically run on anything
>why release it on the platform with 150,000,000 install base instead of the new platform with less than 10,000,000 that would run it slightly better

>>723960702
Then why have all the new Katamari games been shit?

>>723961454
What new Katamari games? The last real game was Touch My, which was 14 years ago, besides Rolling Live (which I presume no one has played for being an Apple Arcade exclusive, but I think it has the same issue of Touch My, where you're kind of made to grind the game to unlock shit in a freemium way). We'll have to see with OUAK, but it seems like it might be at least as good as Forever/Beautiful and better than Me & My, while not having the freemium shit that dragged down Touch My.

>>723961454
Only Touch sucks, and maybe Me & My Katamari, but that one is much better than Touch

>>723961454
Because they barely even bothered to make new levels to the game. That's all Katamari needs, a bunch of levels with a bunch of new songs, that's it. Frankly I'm not sure it even needs that, the PS2 games are enough for me. How much Katamari do you really need.

>>723962659
Touch my Katamari was shit.
The remakes were bad.
The iOS games were god awful.

It's out in Japan and they seem to be enjoying it. Honestly I'm excited to have a brand new Katamari
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4M_0uybMhY

>>723963753
>It's out in Japan and they seem to be enjoying it
Where are you getting that info from? Would love to see some possitive reviews or something.

>>723954067 (OP)
Katamari Holliday is the best song in the series and my opinion is correct

>>723963980
JP Twitter
https://x.com/search?q=%E5%A1%8A%E9%AD%82%2C&src=typed_query&f=live

>>723964051
Post some screenshots, can't view. Don't have a twitter account.

>>723954067 (OP)
My cousins and I are ready

I dont think Monkeycraft (Now Rengame) made Touch My Katamari unless they branched off from an internal Bamco studio
They did handle the remakes of 1 and We Love though

For how bizarre the premise of the original game is, to me the two first games feel very grounded. All the environments are typical Japanese locations with typical Japanese objects. The later games get more exotic and fantastical, which I think makes them lose a bit of that realistic streak.

>>723962814
This but starfox 64

>>723954067 (OP)
>>723954131
>>723954492

??? Beautiful Katamari is so far the peak of the series. especially if you count it with the dlc levels.