Katamari Damacy | 
 enlarge | From: Namco
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $12.64
You Save: $7.35 (37%)
New (34) Used (21) from $12.49
Avg. Customer Rating:  240 reviews
Sales Rank: 525
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 10024
Model: P2NAMC 722674100243
UPC: 722674100243
EAN: 0722674100243
ASIN: B0002Y2XXQ
Release Date: August 8, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Here's the idea - You control a little green guy as he rolls a ball of stuff across multiple levels. As the stuff sticks to the ball, it grows bigger and bigger | | • | Manipulate the balls' growth so that larger and larger objects can be picked up -- from trees & lamp posts to buildings and islands | | • | Bombastic soundtrack that's sure to get stuck in your head |
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Product Description
Katamari Damacy is a silly, colorful and occasionally hysterical game that's become a hit in Japan. Now it's arrived here and it's unusual gameplay and one-of-a-kind design will make gamers laugh and play for hours! When the King of All Cosmos accidentally destroys the stars in the sky, he orders his pint-sized princely son, to put the twinkle back in the heavens. He decides to do this by rolling everything and anything on earth into clumps, so he can replace what's missing in space.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 235 more reviews...
 Most innovative game EVER July 5, 2008
I had more fun playing through this game a few times than I have had in a long time with the PS2. With extremely innovative controls, goals, and even backstory and graphics, this is a pleasant surprise and break from other high-stress PS2 games from the same era.
I am not an anime or japanimation fan, but as soon as I saw a preview for this game I had to have it! I was not disappointed! The $20 price point when it was brand new was a total deviation from the norm, and now it is even cheaper.
Buy this title for your wife, girlfriend, kids, or yourself. You won't be disappointed!
never would have guessed June 10, 2008
This sounds so dumb. roll a ball into items and pick them up. as your ball snowballs into just the right size when you can pick up children, it gets good. It is hypnotizing and so damn simple it is actually remarkable. I LOVE it.
Katamari is awesome May 19, 2008
I have played all of the Katamari games and the original is still my favorite. The controls and boards are simple and similar throughout the gaming systems, but the music is what makes this version of Japanese stylized ball of garbage exciting and entertaining. I recommend to anyone, even if you're not terribly video game savy.
Great Game, but A Bit of a Trip... April 24, 2008
Hold your horses, kids! Once you get past the sheer weirdness of the intro with the flying rainbows, singing geese, and wide-headed "King of All Cosmos", you're in the middle of a very entertaining, if not completely bizzare game concept. The basic premise of making the biggest ball of "stuff" as you can in a limited timeframe is both simple and genius. Execution of this game has been done very well -- excellent music, solid gameplay, and acceptable graphics add to the entertainment value. Yes, even the strange characters, and odd, head-scratching, broken-english/translated Japanese dialogue can be entertaining (for what that's worth). The tunes stay with you, as well, as the amusing play of the game, rolling around the ball to be as big as you can make it. I'd recommend it!
Fun for kids and grownups! April 21, 2008
I am not much of video games fan, but I like this game. I can see how it can get addictive, as you just want to play one more round to see if you can build a bigger katamari or another katamari. Our son loves the game.
All the talking from the "King" between games, if you will, gets a bit tiring, but you can skip most of the talk (press X). One part of the game seems complicated (where you view your playing history among other things), yet our 6-yr-old doesn't seemed bothered by it and navigates the game much faster than Mom and Dad.
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