Rumorang: Gamefly says Beautiful Katamari this fall
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Mar 26th 2007 at 10:46PM }
Gamefly, the online game rental service, has never been the harbinger of new releases; but unless they're getting into the habit of offering up officially unannounced games, expect Beautiful Katamari to release in October for PS3 and Xbox 360. The Wii version supposedly comes out one month later. Although October and November look like placeholders at this point, maybe spurred by previous rumors, the fact that the game is even listed is a good sign that the King of all Cosmos will send his son to roll balls on the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii this fall.Like the ESRB database, Gamefly might become a nice source for future, and especially in this case, unannounced games. If this becomes a habit for the service, we wonder what other treasures Gamefly may accidentally tell us in the future. We will certainly laugh if they end up making the Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII announcements for Xbox 360 before anyone else.
In related news, OrangeLoungeRadio, who originally reported the rumor of Beautiful Katamari, wrote last week their Katamari "story has been removed by request from Namco Bandai." A nice strong-arm tactic by Namco Bandai that does nothing but show OrangeLoungeRadio was on the money the whole time. We've contacted Namco for a statement about Beautiful Katamari. The Prince's cosmic Leo is certainly out of the bag.
[Thanks DPCough]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
XxThE-HeReTiCxX @ Mar 26th 2007 11:03PM
Yay!!! this game was like crack on the ps2 I can only imagine how much fun this will be on the 360 with achievments.
Toholio @ Mar 26th 2007 11:06PM
Nice! Katamari Damacy should be a perfect fit for the Wii.
Slaziman @ Mar 26th 2007 11:09PM
Let's hope they don't tack on some motion controls, but actually put some effort into it :)
Ghost @ Mar 26th 2007 11:19PM
Why would Namco let them continue reporting facts about their games that aren't true??
Rubang B @ Mar 26th 2007 11:27PM
The remote and the nunchuck can correspond perfectly to the 2 analog sticks. Any other controls on top of that would be for the camera (the analog on the nunchuck mayhaps?) or for some wacky special moves they throw in.
But what I'd really really prefer for a new Katamari game, is that instead of wasting a second on upgrading the graphics, because this game does not need graphics, they should pour all the resources into the number of objects in the game, the size of the maps, the number of objects on the screen at once, more subtle size variations between items, and then... A LEVEL EDITOR. Happiness: achieved. Runon sentence: out.
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 26th 2007 11:56PM
Wii game good. Steal the level editor from Elebits.
john @ Mar 27th 2007 1:07AM
4.
Did Namco say it wasn't true? It sound like they just asked them to pull the story. Usually when that happens without a denial from the company, that means that the story is true.
It's at the top of my Gamefly list.
Ghost @ Mar 27th 2007 1:47AM
If the story weren't true, Namco wouldn't want them reporting facts/games that weren't true.
If the story were true, Namco would want the game to get coverage and publicity. Why would a company go around saying "Hey you, stop telling the truth about our future products."
Rubang B @ Mar 27th 2007 3:22AM
I don't know. Ask Sony why they freaked out on Kotaku for reporting Home before it was officially announced.
PhrawzT @ Mar 27th 2007 7:25AM
Katamari Damacy games are great! I love the other 3 games. I am torn between getting this for Xbox 360 or Wii.
White Rose Duelist @ Mar 27th 2007 8:31AM
What does Keita Takahashi have to say about this? I know that Namco Bandai would be just as happy to make the game without him (they announced We ♥ Katamari before he joined the team), but I wonder if it will be any good without him?
Anonymous @ Mar 27th 2007 5:18PM
As someone who played the original Katamari Damashii (Not DamaCY ya yanks =P) I can honestly say that I am thrilled to be getting a new one. The created of Katamari is one of the biggest morons alive; Having created a could-be star franchise, he's suddenly too good for it and doesn't want to do it anymore. Good, because Katamari doesn't need him, we don't need him, and we are all better off without him.
As far as graphics go, I think if you just put on some simple anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering etc, and get rid of the jaggies, that is all the graphical polish Katamari needs. Now, that isn't to say that I wouldn't enjoy Katamari with a realistic sky (Ala Oblivion, Halo 3) or realistic ground (Ala Crysis) but it just doesn't seem reasonable.
Thank you Namco. My only other request from your joint venture with Bandai is a decent Gundam game this century. Please? Please? PLEASE?!?!?!?
H-Dog @ May 13th 2007 8:49PM
Oh dear, no... I once played We