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Beautiful Katamari | 
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| From: Namco
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $13.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 679
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 21007
Model: 21007
UPC: 722674210072
EAN: 0722674210072
ASIN: B000P297JI
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Rolling in 720P Katamari leaps into the next generation with an upgrade into the HD era with increased visual depth and seamless Katamari growth All new soundtrack New levels and objects present the player with more craziness to conquer | | • | New Characters New cousins join the fun to bring the total to over 50 playable characters each with their own quirky animations and style | | • | Offline Multiplayer Share the experience with another player as you race to collect more objects than each other Tired of battling it out Make peace and work together in co op mode to roll the same katamari | | • | Online Multiplayer for the first time Compete with your friends to roll up everything or as many specific objects as possible As you wait for more online players take part in the mini games that populate the lobby and spread the world of Katamari Damacy | | • | Downloadable Content The world's ever changing as your game will continue to give you joy through downloadable content ready to give you a fresh experience very time you fire up your system |
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Product Description
The King of All Cosmos and the Prince have returned in their newest video game adventure for the insanely popular Katamari series - this time rolling into your Xbox 360! All your favorite relatives from the previous games have come along with you, as well as brand new cousins you've yet to meet! Play as the Prince or one of the cousins to roll up objects in all-new stages and missions as you explore this brand new creative exploration. All the gorgeous, psychadelic graphics you've enjoyed are even better than ever in HD with increased visual depth. Beautiful Katamari features an all-new set of presents to find in the different levels (now they're animated!) as well as a completely new soundtrack to keep you rocking while you roll. In addition to the original, challenging offline game modes, there's now online play too! Challenge and roll against players around the world, as well as play enchanting minigames and download additional content for your game. What are you waiting for? Pick up a copy and get rolling! Share the experience with another player as you race to collect more objects than each other. Tired of battling it out? Make peace and work together in CO-OP mode to roll the same katamari! For the first time ever, the Katamari franchise rolls into the online world. Compete with your friends to roll up everything or as many specific objects as possible. As you are waiting for more online players, also take part in lively mini-games that populate the lobby. The world's ever changing, as your game will continue to give you joy through downloadable content for a fresh experience every time you fire up your system. ESRB Rated E for E for Everyone
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
 overlooked Katamari title on your favorite next-gen console August 13, 2008
Beautiful Katamari is the only Katamari title available for next-gen consoles and luckily (for me at least) it's exclusively on the 360.
Graphics are HD sensory overload in the most wonderful, cohesive way you can possible imagine. Lots of cultural winks for those of us obsessed with Japan or familiar with their popular culture.
Level design is dope with plenty of places to explore and keep coming back for more~!
Its all-new soundtrack is worth the admission price alone. Tons of cameos from 80's J-Pop stars coupled with that really nice beat production that we've come to expect from the Katamari series.
Great intro for those of you who never played Katamari before and a great new addi(c)tion for anyone who's already played the series.
Get it. You won't regret it.
And that rhymed.
Great Game July 28, 2008
Katamari is a good series and this title allows you to play it on the xbox. For those of you who havent played previous titles picking this up will be a good thing. First off you will be able to enjoy a game that is unique and addictive.In the process you will be gaining points for your gamerscore, if you care about things like that. Overall it is very entertaining and easy to get into. You will find that the premise of rolling the ball around is much more fun than you think. Adding to the experience are the characters, the KING, being the most enjoyable. Only downside is that it is short and can be beaten very quick.
 Squeezing the last drop of profitability out of a future classic July 28, 2008
Namco must have fired their innovators & replaced them with the laziest programmers on the planet. Beautiful Katamari feels like a quick port to a new platform without much thought or creativity put into the effort. The levels, the graphics, the story; they all seem like contrived reincarnations of what has to be one of the more entertaining game titles in the console world.
I absolutely LOVE Katamari Damacy - it's the only reason my PS2 is still plugged in. This one, however, lost my interest fast. It's difficult to explain, but the magic is gone. The controls are a little more cumbersome, the motion a little more difficult, the graphics seem no better (in fact, they seem a little less interesting for some reason - maybe frame rate? maybe depth blur?), and the experience has not bested its predecessor in any way whatsoever. I would forgive it if it did *anything* better than the original, but it doesn't.
I would only recommend this to people who can't play the original because they don't have an appropriate console; otherwise, it gets a thumbs down from me.
beautiful katamari July 17, 2008
after a day of dealing with desperate adults who are mean to kids and hurt them this game is a wonderful fun mindless escape which requires only a moderate amount of dexterity. also it is pretty and filled with things that i don't know what they are; and that allows me to be even more mindless. :) love it.
 Adorable, but really for a niche audience July 8, 2008
Beautiful Katamari is a really cute game with bright graphics and droll, sometimes amusingly insulting dialogue. The Japanes lyrics are zippy and interesting. I really wanted to like it. I really wanted to be able to play it, and actually progress in the game without repeating levels over and over and over and over. But, it seems by ability to roll up katamari is very inadequate. Maybe I should have started with the first one in the series, but at this point, I don't think I'll plunk down any appreciable money to get another game like this....
I have to agree with another reviewer that the frame rate sometimes slowing down and getting choppy seems to make a diference, especially when seconds count in the timed trials. It's already not very smooth, and I kept losing my direction, pushing too hard or going in the wrong direction. The controls just didn't seem right. I played over and over and I couldn't really raise my score, and my hands hurt!
My son, who is 12, also had trouble with this game, he has a faster reaction time. He gave up almost immediately, but I persisted, as I was the one who forked out $49.99. Yikes, what a waste of money!
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