New screens of Katamari PSP

OK this is pissy why the hell isnt there Katamari on ds!!!!!

that's what i was thinking...

control for the psp will suck, because there's only one analog stick and it's kind of shitty.

"control for the psp will suck, because there's only one analog stick and it's kind of shitty."

Same thing with the DS. What's your point?

But with the DS you can actually use the pointer, which is pretty neat...

What a stupid comment!

On PSP you have constant access to the D-Pad, the analog stick, the X Square Circle and Triangle, and the shoulder buttons.

On the DS, if you are holding the stylus, you have the D-Pad left, that's all.

Sounds like some DS players are getting a little jealous lol. I'm glad to hear this, and agree with metalgearjello, how would the DS with it's SINGLE psuedo analog be any better than the PSP with its SINGLE analog?

ive never played the ps2 game.. but it seems to me that the game could have a similar play mechanic on the DS that pac and roll does (bottom touch screen spins the ball where you want it)

what other controls are there for the game? i mean, it doesnt seem like its that complicated other then moving that ball thingy around.

I'm kind of curious as to why many of those pics look like low-res scans of screenshots from We Love Katamari. I recognize alot of those levels.

At least with this scan, there are enough sentence particles to have this make a tiny amount of sense. Even if the title still translates out to "My My Katamari Damacy (temporary title)".

Cool, hey footsteps, can you translate the rest of the scanned page? I'm really curious about what else it has to say.

my personal(own) Katamari Damacy

I would assume that the PSP version is probably just a port, perhaps with a few enhancements. Rumors indicate a 2-up wi-fi play mode, and my guess is that that's where most of the development energy went to the PSP version. Other than that, I think that those who have played this on the PS2 are going to be disappointed with the PSP version as it will offer nothing significantly different.

I really don't know why it's so surprising to people that this is showing up on the PSP. It was a big hit - at least in some circles - on the PS2 and it seems only natural that Sony would have reached some arrangement to make sure that this perfect little puzzler that crosses culture and gender lines would only appear on their platform. Not that I'm saying that the PSP has an exclusive, but at the moment, that's the way it looks.

It's always the same story with the PSP detractors. They constantly groan that PSP has no good games coming out for it, as if to justify their questionable decision to purchase a competing handheld instead. Then, when some third-party publisher announces some exciting new game is coming to PSP (Katamari Damacy, GTA, Ghouls 'n Ghosts), these people get all huffy and say, "They should make this for my system instead."

The envy of those people is proof positive that the PSP is attracting all of the top handheld games that everyone wants.

Katamari Damacy would make a great handheld game, with its quick-fix gameplay that's satisfying even in short bursts. With regard to the controls, no existing handheld (that I know of) could perfectly replicate the dual thumbstick controls of the PS2 game, but I have confidence that Namco can devise a good control scheme for the PSP.

Yeah... Probably isn't that crazy of controls to grasp. Either A)You control it with one thumbstick(Crazy, i know =P), or B) you use the face buttons as another Dpad setup, then R to 180, L to jump. You guys make it sound like they're porting a MMO to the PSP. I mean, you a roll a fucking ball. A control scheme is not that hard to conjure up.

n8 -- did you read the article? Storywise it sounds pretty different from I [Heart] Katamari.

erm... doesn't the graphic say "boku no watashi no katamari damashii?"

I am going to have to give this one to Sony. They were able to pull it off and get their very first half-decent PSP game. As I am disappointed it is most likely not going to be on the DS, I look behind me and notice my stack of games. So it is all good. 33+ games coming out in November, WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' KATAMARI!

Is the full console version of this game any good? Will the PSP version be any different? I don't care WHAT system it comes out for, as long as it is good.

If the PS2 version is good, will this be better or worse? Who not pick up the PS2 version if it is better than this one?

Hey Badison,

In regards to your first comment, the PSP analog stick isn't actually analog either, that's just Sony's name for it. It's digital, not analog. In fact, none of the analog sticks which have been used on consoles since the N64 popularized them have been analog. A touch screen being used to emulate a digital-analog stick is sending the exact same information as a stick would, it's just a different interface being used to do it. The PSP analog stick is actually not sending information in the same way, due to the fact that it doesn't sit in a pot & rather moves flat along the surface of the controller. Sure, the DS "analog" interface is flat too, but it's a larger interface than the area provided by the PSP stick, and so it can fully reproduce the range of motion found on console controllers.

I work on PSP games for a living & I'll say right now that, based on my hand-crippling day-to-day experiences with it's lousy controls, I don't want to lose all of my enjoyment of Katamari by struggling to maneuver the ball with that uncomfortable & unresponsive little slider that Sony markets as an analog stick.

Your comments: Hey bary, thanks for the reply on that. Just curious, what do you work on with PSP? do you develop? or test? or review? or what?

As far as the functional foundation of the 'analog disc' what makes it worse/better than DS? I'm not sure other than there is no feedback, no limit other than a square screen, no way to set yourself to the origin point on a DS. So I prefer PSP's controlling set up. My best friend since grade school prefers DS, I don't, difference of opinion. So what lol.

I posted my comment hoping to hear what was the convincing difference between the two. Not that it would change my mind, just because neither is as good as a dreamcast/xbox/ps2 controller. That's all I was trying to do.

Oh, I didnt mention this before, but DS doesn't have very good graphics, I'd rather see the game on PSP also (- .-). Thumb nubs are weak.

Most addictive game ever is now portable? OH NO!

dfd - yep, I read the article. But I never played the original game so I couldn't compare the storyline with the original to tell the difference, and one of the comments on the article said something about the screenshots being very similar to the PS2 version, so I just assyoume'd.

I'm glad it'll have an original story line - that'll make it more popular for sure with those who have already played it, which means more people will be around for heads-up play on the subway.

Anyway, I'm very excited about My Me Katamari, especially because I've never played any KD game. I did not mean to imply otherwise.

I'll concede that this would be a game I'd get for PSP. That brings the total to one. And it's not worth $300 for me to play this.

The advantage the DS would have is that the touhscreen could emulate a trackball. You'd only need two other buttons - one for the 180 degree turn and one to start the katamari charge.

And the title is still stupid.

Hell, you don't even need another button for the 180 degree move. You can just tap the screen.