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Noby Noby Hitting PSN on February 19th -- So Awesome

BamelinBamelin Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Games and Technology
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So ... Nobi Nobi from the creators of Kamamari Decency. Going to cost 5 bucks.

The game is an insta purchase for me just based on the hilarity of the screens I've seen so far. Apparently there is some sort of persistant MMO concept as well ... "GIRL" Noby grows depending on the efforts of all players playing the game. GIRL Noby eventually leaves earth, the solarsystem to unlock new levels based on the combined efforts of all players:

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Seriously ... Only 5 bucks!!!!!


Trophy List:
The Prince Silver Trophy
Take the Prince for a ride.

Secret Trophies

10 Bronze Trophy
Take 10 inhabitants for a ride.
20 Bronze Trophy
Eat 20 inhabitants.
100 Bronze Trophy
Stretch BOY to a length of 100m.
Bye-Bye BOY Bronze Trophy
Meet up with Bye-Bye BOY.
The BOY House Bronze Trophy
Rotate the roof of the BOY House.
The Space Squirrel Bronze Trophy
Find the Space Squirrel.
BOY Quiz Expert Bronze Trophy
Answer all questions correctly in the BOY Quiz.
765 Silver Trophy
Report a length of exactly 765m to GIRL.
Unproportional Silver Trophy
Make BOY's body grow thicker while keeping his head small.
Combined Character Silver Trophy
Create a combined character by eating an animal and a human or a fruit and a human.
Eat Your Words! Gold Trophy
Eat the words NOBY NOBY BOY within the manual or in the staff credi

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  • MacGuffinMacGuffin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    That looks awesome. And it's good to hear that the Katamari team is trying something new while keeping there craziness.

    Am I the only one who sees a giant wang in the last picture?

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Sold. Period

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  • Ah_PookAh_Pook Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    those screens are so good, i have no idea what the hell is happening in any of them. so buying this.

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    PSN may not have as many games as XBLA, but they sure do have some wierd shit.

    Hope the music is good.

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  • prfntbtrprfntbtr Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Oh, awesome, this is so much smarter than a full retail release. For a measly $5, this is an unquestionable purchase. I somehow doubt that this game will bring more than a few hours of laughs and confusion, but that is easily justified by its low, low price.

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  • CrashmoCrashmo Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I...what?

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  • MonkeydryeMonkeydrye Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    THIS! This is why i love the PSN. They do some really cool and weird stuff.

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    +1 to reasons for me to buy a PS3.

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  • BamelinBamelin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I would have to agree that while I do like XBLA, PSN has provided me with some truly unique gaming experiences.

    I find myself coming back to PSN titles alot more than XBLA (with the exception of stellar titles like Catan and Pac Man Championship Edition).

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    This game looks so unbelievably retarded.... I can't wait.

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  • Descendant XDescendant X Skyrim is my god now. Outpost 31Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Hopefully this game will give me a reason to stop hating Namco for not releasing Beautiful Katamari on the PS3.

    Bastards.

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    So what exactly is this game about?

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  • BlueDestinyBlueDestiny Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Behemoth wrote: »
    So what exactly is this game about?

    I recall reading something about eating things to make yourself longer.

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  • Captain KCaptain K Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    BlueDestiny wrote: »
    Behemoth wrote: »
    So what exactly is this game about?

    I recall reading something about eating things to make yourself longer.

    In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only Nibbles.

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  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What the hell?!?!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEjwzr5QRJs

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  • BehemothBehemoth Compulsive Seashell Collector Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    chamberlain wrote: »
    What the hell?!?!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEjwzr5QRJs

    I don't... know.

    But I find myself intrigued.

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  • John ZoidbergJohn Zoidberg Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Dude...

    I am freaking out...

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  • donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    What the fuck!?!?

    bought day 1

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  • ArkadyArkady Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    So bought.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I will buy this two times.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    First game to actually make me want one of your silly HD systems.

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  • Yellow RangerYellow Ranger Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    oh that is goddamn awesome

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  • elevatureelevature Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    what the fuck is even going on in those screens

    I want this. First game that actually makes me wish I had a PS3.

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  • BamelinBamelin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Best part was when the guy in the car bought it to the nibble of DOOM.

    I had a mental flash of myself driving my Focus to work and then all of the sudden everything ending in a rainbow flash as the red maw opens up.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Having played Katamari and loved it I have to say I don't see what the fuss is about. It's the same sort of gameplay with the same style in a smaller, less interesting world. I don't hate it but I wouldn't call it awesome either. However it is right at that perfect threshold where I think I would buy it for $5.

    I could see someone calling it amazing if they had never experienced Katamari before.

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  • Yellow RangerYellow Ranger Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    UncleSporky wrote: »
    Having played Katamari and loved it I have to say I don't see what the fuss is about. It's the same sort of gameplay with the same style in a smaller, less interesting world. I don't hate it but I wouldn't call it awesome either. However it is right at that perfect threshold where I think I would buy it for $5.

    I could see someone calling it amazing if they had never experienced Katamari before.

    Same sort of gameplay? Really? I think that might be going a little to far. It does share a lot of the unique visual style from the Katamari games, but it's not like a remix or something. It's its own idea. It reminds me more of the snake game than Katamari.

    I think a lot of people are excited because just looking at the pictures feels like a breath of fresh air. Or maybe that's just me.

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I... what... what is going on in those screens? D:

    I want to find out, I want to buy several copies, day dot purchase!

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Yellow Ranger wrote: »
    UncleSporky wrote: »
    Having played Katamari and loved it I have to say I don't see what the fuss is about. It's the same sort of gameplay with the same style in a smaller, less interesting world. I don't hate it but I wouldn't call it awesome either. However it is right at that perfect threshold where I think I would buy it for $5.

    I could see someone calling it amazing if they had never experienced Katamari before.

    Same sort of gameplay? Really? I think that might be going a little to far. It does share a lot of the unique visual style from the Katamari games, but it's not like a remix or something. It's its own idea. It reminds me more of the snake game than Katamari.

    I think a lot of people are excited because just looking at the pictures feels like a breath of fresh air. Or maybe that's just me.

    I just think there are other interesting concepts out there besides "consume things that aren't normally consumed in order to grow larger," that's all.

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  • Forever ZefiroForever Zefiro cloaked in the midnight glory of an event horizonRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Yeah, I don't really understand what was all going on, but it seemed to be basically instead of getting a bigger ball, you get a longer... noby.

    Just doesn't seem too different, yet. Still, I would buy it for $5 if I had a PS3.

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  • carmofincarmofin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    to me it seems like this is nothing but a techdemo.
    it gets released in this state for 5 bucks means its been cancelled and they are trying to earn some money back by trying this new form of release.
    of course, we all have bought stuff for 5 bucks there were a lot less then this game, im just saying.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    carmofin wrote: »
    to me it seems like this is nothing but a techdemo.
    it gets released in this state for 5 bucks means its been cancelled and they are trying to earn some money back by trying this new form of release.
    of course, we all have bought stuff for 5 bucks there were a lot less then this game, im just saying.
    I think they're putting it out to see if it sells like Katamari and if it does (it probably won't, Katamari was a huge anomaly) they'll try to do the same thing with sequels. Probably have a full console release.

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  • xWonderboyxxWonderboyx Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    5 bux is enough to get me to buy this. Thanks for the heads up!

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  • Yellow RangerYellow Ranger Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    UncleSporky wrote:
    I just think there are other interesting concepts out there besides "consume things that aren't normally consumed in order to grow larger," that's all.

    I know what you mean. I think it really is more of a 3D remake of the classic snake game. But eh. I'll still be there day one. The visual awesome is what sets it apart from other games, and boy howdy does it ever.

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  • carmofincarmofin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    UncleSporky wrote: »
    carmofin wrote: »
    to me it seems like this is nothing but a techdemo.
    it gets released in this state for 5 bucks means its been cancelled and they are trying to earn some money back by trying this new form of release.
    of course, we all have bought stuff for 5 bucks there were a lot less then this game, im just saying.
    I think they're putting it out to see if it sells like Katamari and if it does (it probably won't, Katamari was a huge anomaly) they'll try to do the same thing with sequels. Probably have a full console release.

    yeah, but that doesnt challenge my assumption that this isnt more then a techdemo.
    but of coruse, dont we leave in exciting times? a few years back this would have just been canned and we never even would have heard of it at all.

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  • SAW776SAW776 Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The aspect where new levels are opened up by the global playerbase is what seems really cool to me--it seems like that could be something really taken somewhere in different sorts of games as well.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    carmofin wrote: »
    yeah, but that doesnt challenge my assumption that this isnt more then a techdemo.
    but of coruse, dont we leave in exciting times? a few years back this would have just been canned and we never even would have heard of it at all.

    I know, I wasn't arguing. :) I think the idea could be more fleshed out, however I am also hesitant to call anything a tech demo without having tried it. You could call Crayon Physics a tech demo, or you could call it awesome. We'll see.

    And I do think it is neat that ideas like this can survive...except this idea is only a survivor because its creator, like Will Wright, miraculously released something gold and has been given free reign ever since. There's so much more we'll never see.

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  • Yellow RangerYellow Ranger Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The real proof here is how fun it is. If it's a neat distraction for only a day or two (a tech demo), or if it can deliver a quality, focused experience that keep you coming back (or, better yet, wanting more). Even if it uses the same underlying them of eating things to get bigger/longer, if it's a fun game more power to them.

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  • CherrnCherrn Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    IIRC, eating everything actually impedes your "progress", as growing fat means you can't grow as long. I have no idea what kind of implications this has within the game, but I assume you have to balance eating and stretching in order to attain a maximum length in any given world.

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  • donhonkdonhonk Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Why is no one talking about this? I'm having a ton of fun messing with this.

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  • Unco-ordinatedUnco-ordinated NZRegistered User regular
    edited February 2009
    We talked about it a bit in the PSN thread. It's a pretty awesome game for the price. I made Boy's ass explode.

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