• Publisher: Namco
  • Release Date: Sep 21, 2004
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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 55 Critic Reviews

User Score
8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 148 Ratings

Summary: (Also known as "Katamari Damashii" ) In Katamari Damacy, players take on the role of Prince of the Cosmos, whose father ­ the great King ­ managed to inadvertently knock the stars out of the sky. As the prince, a player's duty is to clean up the King's mess and re-create the starry skies by rolling around the cleverly designed locations to collect objects and build up their 'katamari' -- a Japanese word for clump or large mass. The catch is that it's not the quality or the actual number of objects gathered that is most critical to the player's success, but instead the sheer size of the player's 'katamari' that is most important. Along the way, players can roll over hundreds of unusual objects of all sizes and shapes including cookies, cars, mermaids, planes, clouds and even people. The larger the player's 'katamari' grows, the more objects the player can amass along the way -- thus proving if you want to succeed in Katamari Damacy -- size does matter. Katamari Damacy features a single-player story mode and a two-player battle mode. The simple game play mechanics allow for optimal ball rolling and object collecting fun. [Namco]
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Rating: E
Developer: Namco
Genre(s): Action, General
Number of Players:1-2 Players
ESRB Descriptors:Mild Fantasy Violence
Offline Modes:Competitive
Split Screen Offline Players:2 Players
Cast Credit
Noriko Wada Project Supervisor
Asuka Sakai Music Composer
Asuka Sakai Sound Designer
Lindsay Gray Localization Producer (Namco Ltd)
Masaki Kaneko Sound Effects
Mike Peterson Quality Assurance Testers
Daryle Tumacder Quality Assurance Supervisor
Jeff Lujan Special Thanks
Matt Peterson Quality Assurance Testers
Miki Ito Sound Effects
Mitsumasa Fujita Producer
Toshiya Hara Localization Producer (Namco Ltd)
Ko Kimura Localization Specialists (Namco Ltd)
Naotaka Higashiyama Localization Specialists (Namco Ltd)
Yoko Nakao Product Marketing Manager
Wayne Shiu Marketing Specialist
Kristin Calcagno Public Relations Manager
Glen Cureton Senior Quality Assurance Manager
Chris Stanley Quality Assurance Lead
Kelley Davis Quality Assurance Testers
Danelle Sears Quality Assurance Testers
Thomas Yang Quality Assurance Testers
Chris Chen Quality Assurance Testers
Brandon Voytoski Quality Assurance Testers
Ryan Lecha Quality Assurance Testers
Brian Meyers Quality Assurance Testers
Kenrick Mah Quality Assurance Testers
Chris Morgan Quality Assurance Testers
Sang Lee Quality Assurance Testers
Gene Bang Quality Assurance Testers
Ryan Chennault Quality Assurance Testers
Mika Kelley Special Thanks
Nobuhiro Kasahara Special Thanks
Robert Ennis Special Thanks
Rod Nakamoto Special Thanks
Yoshi Niki Special Thanks
Ryota Toyama Special Thanks
Minako Takahashi Special Thanks
John Hickey Special Thanks
Jennifer Teresigni Special Thanks
Charmaine Morena Special Thanks
Moto Aida Special Thanks
Yano Yoshihito Music Composer
Charlie Kosei Vocal Artist
Kabata Saki Vocal Artist
Masatoshi Ogita Lead Game Designer
Shinsuke Kimura Game Designer
Minori Kubota Object & Map Director
Minori Kubota Object & Map Director
Kazumi Yamabe Lead Programmer
Noriyoshi Tsujimoto Screen & Animation Programmer
Noriyoshi Tsujimoto Screen & Animation Programmer
Hiroyuki Nakama Object Programmer
Takashi Yoshida Lead Artist
Hizuru Uchida Presents & Character Designer
Hizuru Uchida Presents & Character Designer
Takashi Kurihara Movie & Character Designer
Takashi Kurihara Movie & Character Designer
Moe Miura 2d Artist/Screen Designer
Toshimasa Suzuki Map Designer
Shunsuke Komori Map Designer
Yu Miyake Sound Director
Akitaka Toyama Sound Designer
Hideki Tobeta Sound Designer
Yuri Misumi Sound Designer
Keita Takahashi Director
Hideki Tomida Producer
Gary Cole Special Thanks
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