[Let's Play] Katamari Damacy (update 06/08) THE END

Kaseius

He's still making LPs? Well, I'm Kaseius, punk. Don't you know me? Believe it!



You probably all know this game. If not, shame on you and were you hiding in a cave when this came out?

Katamari Damacy (塊魂 ,Katamari Damashii, lit. "Clump Spirit") is a third-person puzzle-action video game that is published and developed by Namco for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was first released in Japan, and then later in South Korea and North America. The game resulted from a school project from the Namco Digital Hollywood Game Laboratory, and was developed for less than $1 million. In designing Katamari Damacy, the development team aimed to maintain four key points: novelty, ease of understanding, enjoyment, and humor.

The game's plot concerns a diminutive prince on a mission to rebuild the stars, constellations and Moon, which were accidentally destroyed by his father, the King of All Cosmos. This is achieved by rolling a magical, highly adhesive ball called a katamari around various locations, collecting increasingly larger objects, ranging from thumbtacks to people to mountains, until the ball has grown large enough to become a star. Katamari Damacy's story, characters, and settings are bizarre and heavily stylized, rarely attempting any semblance of realism, though the brands and items used are based on those current in Japan during the game's production.

Let's get this ball rollin' already.

Set01: ROYAL RAINBOW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSTCifSAxUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gacduJhQm2A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExsqytHKeX0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuT9_bCIm5U

Set02: Better grab everything I can!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIjLVl6A7DQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lISm9qPpSoM

Set03: So simple, so ANNOYING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWr6I3dwHeA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUBSqk_8tlk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldxlroWBKYQ

Set04: Nice break!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW7uNkA3bOU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sP65DtPWVU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mQ7vdMrp_Q

Set05: Furry Convention?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR9Ni8VWfQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZQUz-QA9BU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQlH5sGM4L0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr7WtPEn5Mo

Set09: At Long Last..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MseaZ8C5i2c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pjrfQoImMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbDGarLPUCY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvaH9vOxRic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T4eoo1UFaQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06nVSEIv-4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHLhAMrR60s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHCK3kpRGhw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7XVCmsK1Ok

BeenieWeenie

I was totally wanting to make my own LP of this but I was like "Meh, it can't be that fun to watch."

But it is. It is.

Basil

Kas, you are a gem.

Adellios

Hurray! Katamari Damacy LP!

Also, please wear the Chef Hat at least once.

Xtarath

You never cease to amaze me.

I love your videos because when they first come out all of the videos have the same views, so you can see the whole cycle.

It's also good to see you are firmly against cancer in all forms.

BeenieWeenie

Well, I only watched the first vid so far. I'm totally microwaving some KFC so I can sit and watch this.

Thanks for stealing my life again, Kas.

randombattle

Man the first Katamari was so much better then the rest of the games. And Kaseius maybe by the time you are done with Katamari you will own ZOE2 and you can play that.

Because you must play it.



And Way of the Samurai.

Kaseius

Too much stuff to quote here, you guys are the best

randombattle

You need a new picture in your sig though.

BeenieWeenie

I sort of liked the second one the best.

I only own the first one and the one on 360 right now. Beautiful Katamari is okay but... I dunno. They lost something.

But the MUSIC, the music in the first is far superior to any other.

Scotty

Katamari Damacy Tribute looks like it'll be good for PS3.
Have to wait and see I guess, but if it's a kind of collection of all the games mashed into one, I'm all over it.:^:
I really enjoyed the first 2.

Kaseius

Scotty wrote: »

Katamari Damacy Tribute looks like it'll be good for PS3.
Have to wait and see I guess, but if it's a kind of collection of all the games mashed into one, I'm all over it.:^:
I really enjoyed the first 2.

I'm definitely going to pick it up unless it comes out for more than 39.99; you just can't say no to an HD Katamari with remixes. At least, I can't.

BlitzAce1981

So... you like getting crabs on your cancerous balls? *is shot, repeatedly, and without mercy*

This makes me want to play through the second one again... then I remember the words 'campfire level' and think "to hell with that." Have to say that I grabbed probably the best planet name ever in that one though; "Thimble Uranus."

BeenieWeenie

Unless you're me and you don't have a PS3.

Then you say no.

elliotw2

Man, I really should get this game, or at least one of the sequels. All I played is Me and My Katamari, which was pretty fun despite some minor control problems

Lagnar

Man I cant belive I forgot about this game, its been too long. Wathcing this for sure.

Sir Platypus

I wish they would just make HD versions of the first 2, bundle them, and throw them on PSN for around 15 bucks. It would be just lovely.

Nappuccino

I noticed you removed cowboy samurai from your sig....

Kaseius

Nappuccino wrote: »

I noticed you removed cowboy samurai from your sig....

And Blood Will Tell -- the limit on image size in signature limits me to those four unless I want to shrink the width a bit more, but I like the squares.

Icemopper

Yes yes yes, this is awesome sounding.

I must find a PS2 so I can play Katamari again.

Kaseius

New one's kind of short.

Set02: Better grab everything I can!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIjLVl6A7DQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lISm9qPpSoM

Xtarath

Hoorah! Keep them coming Kase!

Man, I'm hankering for some Katamari myself, does anyone know if Beautiful Katamari for the 360 is any good?

guar

I can guarantee that I have played this game more than anyone here. I had my collection nearly complete; I think I was missing no less than 10 items. Without the use of any guides, mind you.

ed: I also had most of the constellation challenges complete, and had unlocked all eternal modes. i.e. I Katamari Damacy

SoulGate

I missed your ZOE lets play, but this one, I like. I only regret not playing this game when I had a chance. It looks crazy and fun.

Curse-Ten

Dear lord look what you have done. I love Katamari Damacy so much that my parents think I have a rolling problem.

I do.

Maybe when your done you can do We Love Katamari?

Am I the only one who would think Katamari Damacy would be less crazy if you were on LSd while playing it? There is no way anything could make that game even crazier.

Kaseius

I actually don't have the 2nd one..

(same with ZOE, curse you people suggesting it)

And Xtarath, I had it before (bought it for like 12 bucks maybe?) and enjoyed what I played of it. If you're hankering for some rollin' action, it should suffice.

Curse-Ten

I got the copy used off of Ebay, then promptly lost the instruction booklet. Then again I played the first one so I knew what I was up agaisnt.

I hope the prince grows up to look just like his father.

elliotw2

Ok, I'm going to go dig up my copy of Me & My Katamari again. These games are great, and good job Kaseius

guar

Curse-Ten wrote: »

I got the copy used off of Ebay, then promptly lost the instruction booklet. Then again I played the first one so I knew what I was up agaisnt.

I hope the prince grows up to look just like his father.

There's an instruction booklet?

I kid; I know there's a booklet, the tutorial at the beginning is pretty much all you need though.

Curse-Ten

If you look up during the tutorial you see the kig's huge head staring down at you. I think that's in the first. I'd have to check again in I Love Katamari.

BeenieWeenie

Xtarath wrote: »

Hoorah! Keep them coming Kase!

Man, I'm hankering for some Katamari myself, does anyone know if Beautiful Katamari for the 360 is any good?

It's pretty good. You get to roll up some pretty epic stuff at the end. Biggest new thing is that instead of "Make the Katamari this big", it's "Make the katamari this big, and make it mostly playthings" for each level. Much harder to get high scores and eternal modes. AND no more loading screens between parts of levels... it's all loaded at the beginning. Sweet.

guar wrote: »

I can guarantee that I have played this game more than anyone here.

I contest you. I used to be a security guard out in the woods, and for twelve hours a day, twice a week, Katamari all day long. I'd take my PS2 to work and jam on it all day.

Icemopper

I am brought to tears by the quality of this!

BeenieWeenie

I never thought of the king having a deep manly SNAAAAAAKE voice. I always thought it would be...

fabulous.

BlitzAce1981

Curse-Ten wrote: »

If you look up during the tutorial you see the kig's huge head staring down at you. I think that's in the first. I'd have to check again in I Love Katamari.

In the second one, the tutorial stage is actually ON his head.

Kaseius

BeenieWeenie wrote: »

I never thought of the king having a deep manly SNAAAAAAKE voice. I always thought it would be...

fabulous.

Well, the King is pretty manly.. right?

Right?

guar

BeenieWeenie wrote: »

guar wrote: »

I can guarantee that I have played this game more than anyone here.

I contest you. I used to be a security guard out in the woods, and for twelve hours a day, twice a week, Katamari all day long. I'd take my PS2 to work and jam on it all day.

All my free time for entire semester in college was dedicated to Katamari. The advent of Shadow of the Colossus was the only thing to pull me away.

Basil

Kaseius wrote: »

BeenieWeenie wrote: »

I never thought of the king having a deep manly SNAAAAAAKE voice. I always thought it would be...

fabulous.

Well, the King is pretty manly.. right?

Right?

The king is so manly that he smokes rainbows and sleeps atop a candy cane dolphin.

BeenieWeenie

guar wrote: »

BeenieWeenie wrote: »

guar wrote: »

I can guarantee that I have played this game more than anyone here.

I contest you. I used to be a security guard out in the woods, and for twelve hours a day, twice a week, Katamari all day long. I'd take my PS2 to work and jam on it all day.

All my free time for entire semester in college was dedicated to Katamari. The advent of Shadow of the Colossus was the only thing to pull me away.

Heh. We should have a KATAMARI TOURNAMENT!

It'd be a Japanophile Fab-fest.

...and awesome.

Kas, great job, just watched the second set. If I was doing this, I'd get too addicted and post, like, the entire game in one night.

When you get to the last level you'll probably have to use three videos for it, heh. It's a long level.

Basil wrote: »

The king is so manly that he smokes rainbows and sleeps atop a candy cane dolphin.

He also seems to have a problem with child abuse... in Beautiful Katamari, if you fail a Katamari he puts you on a pool table and slams you into the walls with pool balls. I think in the first one he throws lightning bolts at you.

Pretty harsh punishment.

elliotw2

BeenieWeenie wrote: »

guar wrote: »

BeenieWeenie wrote: »

guar wrote: »

I can guarantee that I have played this game more than anyone here.

I contest you. I used to be a security guard out in the woods, and for twelve hours a day, twice a week, Katamari all day long. I'd take my PS2 to work and jam on it all day.

All my free time for entire semester in college was dedicated to Katamari. The advent of Shadow of the Colossus was the only thing to pull me away.

Heh. We should have a KATAMARI TOURNAMENT!

It'd be a Japanophile Fab-fest.

...and awesome.

Kas, great job, just watched the second set. If I was doing this, I'd get too addicted and post, like, the entire game in one night.

When you get to the last level you'll probably have to use three videos for it, heh. It's a long level.

Basil wrote: »

The king is so manly that he smokes rainbows and sleeps atop a candy cane dolphin.

He also seems to have a problem with child abuse... in Beautiful Katamari, if you fail a Katamari he puts you on a pool table and slams you into the walls with pool balls. I think in the first one he throws lightning bolts at you.

Pretty harsh punishment.

In Me and My Katamari, he ties you up by a string and throws boxing gloves at you. You can dodge them, but I have to wonder if you get something special for avoiding all (if there is an end) of them

YamiNoSenshi

Sure, it's all sunshine and rolling and rainbows. But then you try the two player co-op. Nothing, and I mean nothing on this planet is better than that at reducing the best of friends into mindless, spitting, uncontrollable rage. I think if we tried playing for more than a minute, my girlfriend and I would have broken up. This is the girl I'm engaged to now. It's that bad.

Kaseius

YamiNoSenshi wrote: »

Sure, it's all sunshine and rolling and rainbows. But then you try the two player co-op. Nothing, and I mean nothing on this planet is better than that at reducing the best of friends into mindless, spitting, uncontrollable rage. I think if we tried playing for more than a minute, my girlfriend and I would have broken up. This is the girl I'm engaged to now. It's that bad.

The best part is when you spam drop pots on their head while mocking them when they lose..

Mm, victory is a delicious meal.. truly, it is the delicacy of life.