Beautiful Katamari to 360 Live Arcade?
by Zac Shipley, filed in Games, Namco, Xbox 360, Xbox Live on Jun.17, 2007
Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal dropped a bomb this week, that the next gen sequel to Katamari Damacy would be exclusive to Xbox 360. Gamespot ups the ante a bit more, announcing that it will hit Xbox Live Arcade. Namco announced nothing.
One look at the above video, and a download title makes sense. Katamari was never a graphically intensive game, since so much stuff had to be on screen at once, detail remainded low. A Xbox 360, PS3, or even Wii release would be more detailed. The first footage clearly looks no better than the PS2 is capable of, meaning the game is likely limited by size for a download. There will be 4 Player online multiplayer and new levels, which all anyone wanted anyway.
And to think only 6 short months ago, Xbox Live’s Ross Erickson called the rumor of Katamari on XBLA “total crap“
June 17th, 2007 on 1:57 pm
Am I the only one that wants a level that starts on the atomic scale?
June 17th, 2007 on 3:21 pm
No you are NOT. I have long dreamed of an unbroken level (no load times) that goes all the way from the subatomic level to the intergalactic level. I think it could be done if Namco could be as clever and artistic as they were when the franchise started, and this is the technology generation that should be able to deliver it.
Now, I’m torn! Do I get a PS3 for Tekken, or a 360 for Katamari?! Argh!!
June 17th, 2007 on 5:03 pm
Namco has handed over a half dozen exclusives to Microsoft already. If Tekken 6 doesn’t at least get ported to 360, I’ll be SHOCKED.
but you should totally get PS3 anyway so I can come over and play.