Cassandra

Okay, so after reading all the comments, everything sounds pretty ridiculous. It's a game! It's not like we're electing it to be the ruler of the world or something; it's just a game. I don't know about how it did globally or anything, but I know that when I bought the game for my friend for his birthday, we were in awe.

The opening song came on with the crazy trippy opening video and we were already hooked. Plus, the music is so addicting. Despite the fact that the goal of the game is a bit different, it was an awesome game and anyone that was there went and bought the game.

I think the reason it hasn't sold well is that there haven't been any commercials in America. I've looked on Youtube and found Japanese commercials, but never anything in English. Plus, half the time, even if there is press in a magazine or something, people only read about what they recognize. New Mario game, new Zelda game, new Grand Theft Auto getting in trouble because parents don't agree with it, etc. Those are the things people want to read about: something they recognize. Katamari Damacy hasn't been around long enough to get some long-lasting fandom and they haven't gotten any advertising that the mass gamers know about because most of it is in Japan. People mentioned all this press, press I've never heard of. My friend that I bought the game for had heard of it on GameSpot. Which reviews many games, but out of all the games the site reviews, my friend chose KD.

So why is there so much arguing over one little article, especially if you don't even care about the game?