#Katamari rarities

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Great news! A member from the Katamari Discord kindly dumped and sent the .P3T files for the two Noby Noby BOY X Katamari Forever PS3 themes! I extracted the backgrounds and buttons, but this post only has the themes that feature characters. If you would like to view the other backgrounds, check out the PlayStation 3 Themes page on the Katamari Wiki!

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taking an extra half an amfexa before I leave work bc [redacted] (popular artist) is playing my city tn and I'll need it to cope with how awful the traffics gonna be when I'm on the bus 💀

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My Little Katamarity by AssasinMonkey

My Little Katamarity [Animated] 

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Do you have any recommendations for good mouse only controlled games? No other constraints, I'm willing to try most anything.

Sure thing. I’m going to try to include a variety of genres, or else this post would just be a list of about hundred point-and-click adventure games:

Black Closet - A VN/virtual board game hybrid where you play as the president of one of those ridiculously powerful anime style student councils. VN-style relationship play is interspersed with cards-and-dice strategising as you attempt to solve mysteries and cover up scandals that could jeopardise your position, hindered by the fact that one of your minions – randomly determined each time you play – is a traitor.

cityglitch - It’s hard to describe this one… it’s sort of a neonpunk chess puzzler, I guess? Each puzzle takes place on a small grid, and each enemy and obstacle has very strict rules governing when it will move and how; your challenge is to figure out the winning sequence of moves for each board. For something with similar gameplay, but a bit easier on the eyes, you could try Beglitched, a self-described “cyberpink” puzzler that’s basically a strange hybrid of match-three and Battleship being played on the same board at the same time.

Dandara - Here we have a real rarity: a Metroidvania that supports a one-handed, mouse-only control scheme. The gimmick is that the protagonist is an angel who can only stand on holy ground, so movement is all click and drag: you hop from patch to patch with the left mouse button, while controlling your attacks with the right mouse button and swapping equipment via the scroll wheel. As far as personal preferences go, I’m more inclined to use the gamepad control scheme because it’s what I’m used to, but the mouse controls are totally playable.

Donut County - This one’s not even slightly subtle about taking its cues from Katamari Damacy – not that that’s a bad thing! Here you play as a raccoon with a remote-controlled hole (it makes sense in context, eventually), and your goal is to make stuff fall down the hole. There are some simple inventory puzzles, but mostly it’s a matter of put stuff in the hole > hole gets bigger > put bigger stuff in the hole. The mouse controls are slightly incomplete, as you need to use the keyboard to access the menu, if having to occasionally hit the ESC key is a deal-breaker.

Ghosts of Miami - This murder-mystery VN is quite possibly the most 1980s game ever made. Gameplay obliges you to balance dating-sim relationship management against Phoenix Wright style investigative play, with consequences for prioritising one over the other. If you’re a fan of the aesthetic, but you’d prefer to ditch the relationship sim in favour of pure investigative play, you might instead have a look at 2064: Read Only Memories, an updated homage to late 1980s PC Engine graphical adventures like Snatcher.

Heroine’s Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok - Sort of a cross between a point-and-click adventure game and an old-school D&D-inspired CRPG, this one features puzzles whose solutions vary depending on the class and skills you picked during character creation. Also includes light survival elements (e.g., exposure and starvation), though those can be toggled off via the difficulty options. 100% free to play – no episodes, no microtransactions.

Her Tears Were My Light - I had to throw in at least one romantic VN, being the total sap that I am. This one’s a cute little love story about the anthropomorphic personification of time courting the anthropomorphic personification of space. Has a neat gimmick whereby the “Undo” button is diegetically positioned as Time’s ability to experience the whole of history simultaneously; you’ll be abusing this a lot if you want the true ending. If you’d prefer your supernatural lesbians without a side of metatextual brainfuck, you could check out Heart of the Woods instead; conversely, if you want all the brainfuck (in multiple senses of the word!), definitely look up Heaven Will Be Mine.

Open Sorcery - Probably the most oddball game on this list (which is saying something!), this is a piece of choice-driven interactive fiction with light investigative puzzle elements that casts you in the role of a fire elemental bound to serve as a spiritual antivirus program for a small network of humans. Purely text-based, with occasional sound effects to punctuate certain events – you play by clicking links of various sorts. You might recognise the author from her previous work, 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds, which can be played for free via her website.

Please Don’t Touch Anything - Arguably more of a toy than a game, this one plunks you down in front of mysterious control panel without instructions or preamble and lets you experiment. See how many ways you can find to destroy the world by pressing buttons that ought not be pressed – there are at least a couple dozen!

She and The Light Bearer - I’ll allow myself one pure point-and-click adventure game. This one came out earlier this year, and is of a rather more modern style than the retro pixel graphics that characterise the bulk of the genre. The puzzles aren’t tough, but if you’re a genre newbie that’s probably a good thing – no moon logic here! If this one grabs you stylewise but you find you’d prefer something a little more brain-teaserly, also check out NAIRI: Tower of Shirin. (Okay, I lied – I’ll allow myself two pure point-and-click adventure games.)

She Remembered Caterpillars - A routing-based logic puzzler where you control a bunch of weird little mushroom critters whose ability to cross bridges and pass through gates is determined by what colour they are. Beautiful cel animation paired with amazing background paintings  – it’s one of the rare games that manages to be trippy without being hard on the eyes. Link Twin is another logic puzzler where the solutions are similarly based on routing, though in this case the challenge is devising a route for two characters who both respond to the same inputs without dumping either of them off the level, while LYNE brings the routing down to pure symbol-matching abstraction.

SteamWorld Heist - The third game in the SteamWorld series, this one blends pseudo-roguelike run-and-gun heists with tactical RPG mechanics and a novel combat system whereby individual attacks are resolved using a simple physics engine, letting you set up ridiculous shots that ricohet your bullets off of walls and ceilings to shoot your target in the back while standing in front of them. If you’d prefer a purer roguelike heist experience, you could also check out Invisible, Inc., while if you’d rather your turn-based tactics without the roguelike stuff, Children of Zodiarcs may be just the ticket.

Ticket to Earth - If casual RPGs with puzzle-based combat are your thing, you could do worse than Ticket to Earth. It’s sort of a simple match-three derivative, where your attack power each round is determined by the length of your movement path along matching symbols, while the colour of the symbols provides resources to power special attacks. Along similar lines, Shadowhand is also very good, though admittedly a bit more RNG-dependent than I prefer in an RPG; its combat system is based on 54-card solitaire, of all things!

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Rules: List ten of your favorite characters from ten different fandoms and tag ten others.

tagged by @hikarifulz , thank you sweetheart!  Though I’m gonna have to dig deep for some of these fandoms XD

Rayman (Rayman)

Inspector Cabanela (Ghost Trick)

Rarity (MLP:FIM)

Scarf Lady (Sarah & Duck)

Danger Moth (Danger Mouse)

Drossel (Fireball Charming)

Thursday Next (Thursday Next series)

Death (The Discworld)

Cousin Mu (katamari Damacy)

Brewster (Animal Crossing)

And I taaaaaag:

 @chrissignore , @laughingpinecone , @doctorbluesmanreturns, @princess-skitty , @britterbee , @siverwrites , @kinkyray , @emssik-la , @musekicker aaaaand @indiana-indy-viola!!!!

WORK YOUR MAGIC

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The 10 Greatest Mobile Games of 2018 (That You Absolutely Need for 2019!)

Pako 2

Pako 2 feels like what would happen if you took the very end of every mission of Grand Theft Auto

Pako 2 is the perfect sort of game for every fan of crazy 80’s car chases and chaotic physics games. A melding of everything great about hot pursuits with slick controls leads to what can only be described as truly wonderful madness. It’s got great retro visuals and loads of additional content to unlock, keeping your latest getaway as refreshingly unpredictable as your first. Pako 2‘s breakneck run absolutely worth your time. See our full review here.

Alphabear 2

Words are a powerful thing, especially when they assemble Voltron-like bears to save history. Confused? It’s okay, we all are, but that doesn’t stop Alphabear 2 from being one of the best puzzle games of this year. Going beyond the limits of Scrabble, Alphabear 2 offers wordplay combinations that reward the most astute and swift linguistic aficionados. Whether you want quirky humor or deep puzzles, Alphabear 2 has you covered. See our full review here.

Mouse Bot

MouseBot is one of those games that catches you unassumingly.

Few games were as unexpected as Vector Unit’s Mouse Bot. Who would expect the mobile racing masters would dive into the 3D platforming genre, let alone inject their racing sensibilities into such a quirky new IP. Where many mobile platforming games struggle, Mouse Bot flourishes thanks to a wealth of clever traps to evade, adorable story, and cute as a button graphics that keep you earning cheese for that sweet new robo-mouse skin. A delight for older fans of Crash Bandicoot and young gaming enthusiast alike! See our full review here.

Nishan Shaman

At its surface, Nishan Shaman is a simple musical rhythm game; drum along with the music based on the arrival of the monsters and sit back and relax.

Who expected the year’s best rhythm game to be based on an ancient Chinese myth? Either way you spin it, Nishan Shaman stunned us with its arresting style as we tapped along to the beat, cleansing the world of evil spirits. If your 2018 was a rough year, start off 2019 right to the beat of Nishan Shaman‘s drum. See our full review here.

Infinite West

Pavilion is marvelous, and I’d be neglect in my review to delay even a moment to convey this to you.

Infinite West is the turn-based strategy must-have of 2018. Pitch-perfect design, fantastic balancing, a rogue-like structure, slick controls, and endless replayability allow you to live out your cowboy/girl dreams. It’s a simple game, with depth lurking under the surface to always leave you begging for one more run.  See our full review here.

See / Saw

See / Saw is everything you could possibly want in a physics-based murder simulator.

Do you have an itch to see tiny geometric test subjects fling themselves through all manner of hilarious, physics based deathtraps? Well, first of all, you should probably join Sam’s Murderous Gamers Anonymous group, and secondly, download See / Saw this instant! While far less gory than the titular franchise referenced in its name, See / Saw is the perfect mix of Super Meat Boy and Portal you’ve been waiting for. With easy controls yet fiendish challenges awaiting, it’s time to tilt your perspective with See / Saw! See our full review here.

Donut County

Like a delicious donut, Donut County's gone so fast that you'll mourn its exit, only to start again.

Donut County is simultaneously one of the most engaging AND relaxing games of 2018. A nominee for the 2018 VGA’s, it stands tall as one of our favorite mobile games of the year thanks to its reverse-Katamari Damacy, town-swallowing shenanigans. Brimming with wondrous scenarios as goofy as they are brain-teasing, it’s hard to not dive back in and replay it as we write this list. It’s more fun than a barrel full of raccoons, and absolutely worth the asking price. See our full review here.

Pavilion

Pavilion is marvelous, and I’d be neglect in my review to delay even a moment to convey this to you.

Few games capture the mysterious beauty of Myst as spectacularly as Pavilion. Presenting players with a 4th-person perspective, nudging the protagonist along through a surrealist landscape, Pavilion is one of the most artistically stunning mobile games of this year. Fans of Monument Valley take note – you will fall in love with Pavilion. Perhaps the most acquired taste of our list this year, but still so enrapturing it’s impossible to pass it up. See our full review here.

Hero Hunters

If you had told me someone was going to create hybrid of Overwatch and Cover Fire, I would’ve called you mad.

For those interested in something less introspective, but just as excellently executed, you’d be hard pressed to find a better mobile shooter than Hero Hunters. Boasting not only slick cover-shooting, but a swath of unique heroes that serve you in both its extensive campaign mode and addictive online multiplayer, Hero Hunters is quite the package. While many a “hero shooter” game has fallen flat in the aim to mimic the subgenre’s best, Hero Hunters rises above to achieve true frenetic, action-packed glory you’ll want to have in your pocket.  See our full review here.

Bacon: The Game

Bacon: The Game is perhaps one of the strangest, most freakishly wonderful games to have ever existed.

Yes, a game about bacon released in 2018. Indeed, that game was stupefyingly better than it has any right to be. To describe it is like solving a riddle, as it contains hidden depths amid one of the simplest mechanics in games – the mere act of flipping a piece of bacon. It’s free, it’s amazing, you’ll put bacon on everything, and you’ll be laughing along with us soon enough. See our full review here.

Game of the Year: Card Thief

Card Thief is your new gaming addiction, melding deep stealth tactics with accessible card play.

To be the best mobile game of the year, an app must be accessible yet deep, vividly detailed and engrossing, content filled but not requiring more time than a three minute bus trip to get the full experience. Card Thief encapsulates all of these ideals, evoking the core tenets of Thief and its stealth contemporaries, all in the span of a deck of cards. Easily one of the most refined, replayable, and downright amazing games of this year on any platform, earning a 10 out of 10 from Elijah (a rarity, to be sure), we are proud to name Card Thief as our Game of the Year! See our full review here.

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Another fruitful deep dive...Exhausted but sooooo happy!

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New Katamari Damacy Online campaign dump

Please enjoy this previously lost media! More is coming soon...

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Extremely low quality image of the Prince mascot at World Hobby Fair (I think?)

Might be at TGS, but I am not too sure... Found it here!

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Bandai Namco Studios Website Katamari Assets

Sourced from here. Not all of the assets were posted, but these might be of interest!

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Some pictures of Katamari Damacy Online's installation to get people searching

Recent discovery: (The file containing KDO's data is titled kddata.pak)

2009 installer screen

2010 installer screens

I really feel like we are closer to finding the game's files! Please help if you can!

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This was just uploaded to the Katamari wiki and it’s so Queenpilled. I need a Queen matryoshka set ASAP

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The prophecy is true...

...The Queen has met the Near creature! A looong time ago, I drew the Queen with the Near creature because the Queen is my favorite character and the Near creature is so cute and catlike! Well, SanekOgon recently found a lot of Touch My Katamari icons from the PlayStation Store. I will upload them all soon!

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Oi Katamari Damacy-Kun cousin sprites ripped by me, part four

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Katamari Damacy Online Royal Family renders

I have no clue why I just found these, but I am still very happy!

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Explanation below:

2004

Katamari Wiki summary (written by me):

“An umbrella was designed and distributed Sony Computer Entertainment Korea for the Korean release of Katamari Damacy. Unfortunately, those who had preordered the game didn't receive the umbrella in time (or at all). An official stated: "It is the distributor's responsibility to fail to protect the rights of pre-order buyers and to have problems such as supplying supplies to offline stores before the official release date," said an official. A sincere apology to the pre-order buyers who have seen the show should be preceded, and proper measures will be needed to prevent this from happening in the future.” The umbrellas ended up becoming incredibly rare, being labeled as "ultra miracle super rare umbrellas" by the King in an announcement.”

Game Mecca:

“Sony Korea held a pre-sale event for “Katamari Damacy” from the 3rd to the 8th, and those who purchased the game through pre-order were given the privilege of receiving the game ahead of the official release date on the 12th, as well as an umbrella with the Prince on it. It was announced that it would be paid as a free gift.

However, Katamari Damacy did not arrive until the 12th, 10 days (at the latest 11 days) after the original delivery date, and even the special umbrella mentioned as a reservation bonus was not delivered.”

2024

In 2024, Graniph collaborated with Bandai Namco to produce merchandise based on various Namco IPs, including Katamari. Included in this collection is an umbrella, which has not been a product concept for 20 years. One can only hope that the production of this item will not be as chaotic as the previous one.