Rumor: Beautiful Katamari drops PS3, picks up Wii

*Shoots Blatant Annoying Fanboy*

I'm sorry you had to see that folks. One of our crazies got out again. Nothing to see here, move along.

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*Shoots again for good measure*

@Blatant Annoying Fanboy
You are mistaken. The DS prints money. The wii automatically beams money to nintendo's bank account.

Is Jody on break or something?

Fernando is our resident Pro-Nintendo troll, which (to Nintendo fanboys at least) is a bit refreshing, even if his persistence is annoying

But i've never found sheppy to be in bed with tobias (tehbias), at least not as much as others around here, his only fault is a lack of tolerance for all the asses around here

But this is good news, never got around to Katamari because i've never properly owned a Sony system...

Please provide the classic controller as a control option for the Wii. I think a motion control version would be nice, but the dual analog sticks of the PS2 versions really is the way to go...

"Fernando is our resident Pro-Nintendo troll"

And Kye. Don't forget about Kye. He's the official bell-ringer to warn of trolls.

It's interesting how there are so many diehard Nintendo fans and diehard Sony fans... but you don't see many diehard Microsoft fans. At least not on here.

i WANT this wii game. i'd considered buying a PS2 last year specifically for it, i'll be pumped if it makes its way to the wii

"Look, Prince. They're all down there talking about us. It makes me feel ... happy, I suppose. They all deserve a pony. Yes. A pretty pony.

Now, go do your best."

I think it's safe to say bm won this thread when he said "shooty guns."

dont worry kids, teh internetz will be a battleground for fanboys for many years to come

blogs ftl :(

"It's interesting how there are so many diehard Nintendo fans and diehard Sony fans... but you don't see many diehard Microsoft fans. At least not on here."

No, they're here. They only rear their ugly heads when it comes time to bash Nintendo, though.

The 360 fanboys won't openly defend MS, though. Maybe Microsoft is just too evil?


Ahh, I love categorizing people!

@Koopaknight29

I always catch flak, until I learn and just stay away from the jets. I'm much better with a flamethrower anyway...

@Mr. Kahn

Nah, I'm biased. Sony is my preferred of the three. Doesn't mean I don't buy games on the others.

Considering that the creator of the game wanted to stop making Katamari games after the FIRST one, I have not bothered with any of them since. Looks like I can continue to.

Seriously. Did we need more than one Katamari game? I think not. I especially don't see any reason to play a game in a series that the creator has said he doesn't really have interest in anymore. Let the dude go design playgrounds, already.

This is sort of like Ninja Gaiden Sigma coming to ps3; people who didn't play it on the ps2 will have a chance to play a prettier, shinier, princier version of the same thing other people got over a few years ago. It's a great game, but hasn't exactly changed a whole lot since it first showed up on the ps2.
Not saying that I wouldn't be happy to have some ps3 katamari, but it's not exactly the sort of title that is going to make/break a system.

Why Katamari would be better on PS3 than Wii:

The game was developed for 2 analog sticks. Unless you can "virtually roll a ball" with the motion sensors, motion sensors is NOT the way to go. Tilting is NOT a valid replacement of the rolling controls, becasue it takes away the aspect of rolling, replacing it with just moving.

The next step of controls over 2 analog sticks would be a trackball. Until we get one, 2 analog sticks is still the way to go. I would go as far to say that the original creator would agree with me.

Frankly, that only makes a little sense, but there are two things to consider.

first off, Wii has a classical controller that has dual joysticks. Totally feasible.

second of all, just treat the nunchuck and wiimote as if they were giant joysticks and you don't even need to use the classical controller.

third of all, the motion controls are even more feasable, since you can actually emulate ROLLING the ball, not just pushing it. Just use a circular motion in front of you, nunchuck and wiimote moving in same direction, in order to push. To turn, the nunchuck goes counter to the wiimote(down when the wiimote goes up, up when the wiimote goes down)
To actually rotate yourself around the ball, just tilt both wiimote and nunchuck in the desired direction. doing that boost thing can be done through moving the nunchuck in and out from each other.

I'm honestly not a huge fan of Katamari myself, but to say it wouldn't work well on the Wii is really nothing more than accusing the designer of the game of sucking, as it pretty much rests entirely on him whether it is actually done well or not.

The fact Namco has all but officially canned both the PS3 and Wii versions of the game stinks of the MS money hat. Call me a fanboy, tell me that's cliche, but what other explanation exists for both cancellations?

Unless this is an Assassin's Creed move.

to #66 Grey Acumen

1) So far, AFAIK, there's NO Wii non-download game which uses the classic controls for the main controls. Even SSBM uses the motion controls as one of the 4 feasable control systems.

2) There's a difference between pushing two objects (which has force feedback) forward, as opposed to mocing two objects in a null-feedback field. (the feedback being the natural tendency of the joysticks to reset their position)

3) Misintepretion of rolling a ball, and doing the rolling: you roll a ball by pushing, not cycling. Without the force feedback/friction, there's no sensation of actual pushing, which beats the purpose.

4) If you're just going to use the classic controls, there's no reason other than reproduction costs to transfer assets to the PS2/PS3. After all, they still have all the PS2 libraries necessary.

"Back then the ps2 had more complicated and inferior hardware to the dreamcast"

Stop...stop right there..you just made yourself look like a tard...

If you know anything....ahh nevermind..go to school then feel free to comment.

You ever see that crappy Episode One movie? Think podracing. You hold the nunchuck and remote straight up as if they are your throttles, and you tilt them in directions as if they are gigantic analog sticks. That is all. And you can use your left thumb on the analog stick for camera controls, and A and B for whatever else.

I don't even care about the game anymore. I just need the music to come out of my Wii.

Psaakyrn:
Actually, it hasn't been confirmed if Brawl will use waggle or not. Just that Wii Remote + Nunchuk is a confirmed control mode (it may still only use buttons).

sheppy:
Really? You have a Sony bias? You always seemed like one of the more level-headed, unbiased people here.
(Seriously, that's not sarcasm)
Then again, I have a Nintendo bias, and still own all of Sega's systems, NeoGeo Pocket Color, FREAKIN' GAME.COM (was I stupid as a kid?), WonderSwan, PS and PS2, and will soon get PSP and 360. And I'll defend Sony when they're in the right (like that deal with the Manchester cathedral? Completely stupid, and they shouldn't have been sued).

to #70 BPM

Quoting from http://www.smashbros.com/en_uk/gamemode/various/various01.html

"Hmm? How do you do smashes and dashes with just the Wii Remote?
If I get the chance to tell you, I will."

It's not the remote + nunchuck combo that is key here, it's the remote-only control system that should catch your attention. Considering that it's the only control system which hints that there's a unique system specific for smashes/dashes.

I have a title:

Wii Love Katamari

@Psaakyrn:
That's been explained:
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/howto/basic/basic04.html

@Jonathan Tran:
Made a YTMND of that a while back:
http://wiilovekatamari.ytmnd.com/

to #73 BPM

Nope, that only explains 1/2 of the puzzle. Dashes?

Maybe like how a lot of games dash?
HOLD L/R = Walk
TAP L/R, THEN HOLD = DASH

BulletToothTony Your kidding right? This game has been on the news as a top hit since PS2!!! I has consistantly been in most wanted list especially in Japan. But I guess if you see it and take a quick look at it and dont like you you would completely forget it. I tried the demo and filt like you. Maybe it can become addicting but I didnt give it a long enough of a chance for me to like it.

sony is dead...simply put. id love to hear killzone 2 come to x360 ;) and haze. and lair. and heavenly sword. AND metal gear 4. i used to be a sony fan but with them sucking so much i think it is time for them to say good nite...its been fun sony...HALO 3 FTW