Katamari Damacy REROLL |OT| Now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

JonathanEx · Dec 26, 2018

First time I've played this game properly, loving it.

The demo was a bit of a misfire - as it had no tutorial. If they threw the one from the game in there that'd be great. But I googled them, and my GF played it, then kept replaying it a few times and pretty much bought it immediately. And a great price for it too.

Great fun to play it so far, so much fun and character to it. Particularly the logic of what's twins in the gemini one, unnecessary fun touches.

zigg · Dec 26, 2018

Dangit. I missed the physical release, didn't I? Me and my eminently reasonable M.O. of "oh, I shouldn't buy another game right this minute, I still have some others to play." 🤷‍♀️

Deleted member 2317 · Dec 26, 2018

Brock Reiher said:
This... may be a perfect game.

Agreed! Could stand to be twice as long though.

HustleBun · Dec 26, 2018

There is little I wouldn't do for a remake of We ❤️ Katamari.

Remaking that game would probably be more involved so I hope sales justify it.

Possum Armada · Dec 26, 2018

zigg said:
Dangit. I missed the physical release, didn't I? Me and my eminently reasonable M.O. of "oh, I shouldn't buy another game right this minute, I still have some others to play." 🤷‍♀️

It is getting hard to find as it was a gamestop exclusive in the US. I'd look around now.

Blackie · Dec 26, 2018

Enjoying this game quite a bit! Love the atmosphere/humour/style. Still having trouble with the controls at akward moments but getting better all the time :)

Shift Breaker · Dec 26, 2018

First time with the series, this game is insane. I love it.

mute · Dec 27, 2018

Got the credits. Good times.

Hope to be much more thorough with the collecting extra stuff this time around. It being on Switch should make it easier to pick up every now and then.

Unfortunately I had a lot of levels in my head that I must have remembered from the second game, like the race track level. Really would be nice to see it here next to this game.

logan_cadfgs · Dec 29, 2018

Having a good time, but all it's really doing is making me want a We Love Katamari remaster!

Also Ursa Major can FUCK right off 🔥

julian · Dec 30, 2018

Made the moon tonight. Now onto making the constellations and 100%ing everything cause it's just so joyful.

Is there a music player somewhere in the game? It really needs one.

Carnby · Dec 30, 2018

julian said:
Made the moon tonight. Now onto making the constellations and 100%ing everything cause it's just so joyful.

Is there a music player somewhere in the game? It really needs one.

You might be interested to know Mondo sells this soundtrack on vinyl.

julian · Dec 30, 2018

Carnby said:
You might be interested to know Mondo sells this soundtrack on vinyl.

You got me sooo excited, but looks like it's out of stock.

GestaltGaz · Dec 30, 2018

julian said:
Made the moon tonight. Now onto making the constellations and 100%ing everything cause it's just so joyful.

Is there a music player somewhere in the game? It really needs one.

It has one, but I can't remember how I unlocked it.

inpHilltr8r · Dec 30, 2018

Music for Make a Star 7 is my eternal jam.

Dash Kappei · Dec 30, 2018

Do you guys ever use the jump button?
Maybe to figure out where you are standing in the world's level ?

julian · Dec 30, 2018

Dash Kappei said:
Do you guys ever use the jump button?
Maybe to figure out where you are standing in the world's level ?

I used it a few times last night....completely by accident. Didn't even remember the feature existed.

Dash Kappei · Dec 30, 2018

julian said:
I used it a few times last night....completely by accident. Didn't even remember the feature existed.

lol gotcha

Acetown · Dec 30, 2018

I recently tried out the demo and I find it surprisingly hard to control even though I've played the original a fair bit. It feels like the logic behind the control system kind of breaks since the thumbsticks on the Switch controller are positioned asymmetrically. Am I the only one who feels this way?

Carnby · Dec 30, 2018

julian said:
You got me sooo excited, but looks like it's out of stock.

Waoh. I didn't realize it sold out. It's been available for 4 months or so. It must have sold out during the Christmas season.

Deleted member 10737 · Dec 30, 2018

Acetown said:
I recently tried out the demo and I find it surprisingly hard to control even though I've played the original a fair bit. It feels like the logic behind the control system kind of breaks since the thumbsticks on the Switch controller are positioned asymmetrically. Am I the only one who feels this way?

it does initially feel weird if you're used to the dual shock sticks, but it starts becoming normal pretty soon after starting the game.

inner-G · Dec 30, 2018

Acetown said:
I recently tried out the demo and I find it surprisingly hard to control even though I've played the original a fair bit. It feels like the logic behind the control system kind of breaks since the thumbsticks on the Switch controller are positioned asymmetrically. Am I the only one who feels this way?

If you have a PC, you can use a DS4 on there. It's the way to go imo

Dash Kappei · Dec 30, 2018

Acetown said:
I recently tried out the demo and I find it surprisingly hard to control even though I've played the original a fair bit. It feels like the logic behind the control system kind of breaks since the thumbsticks on the Switch controller are positioned asymmetrically. Am I the only one who feels this way?

No you're not.
But believe me it goes away after half an hour with the game, or at least it did for me. I was dead set on playing it with my Magic NS adapter and Dualshock 4 but in the end I haven't felt the need at all to do so after giving it a bit of time to see if I could get accustomed to the Switch's asymmetrical analogs. Honestly I might even prefer it now for changing directions because it feels like you actually have one palm on the front and another on the side of the Katamari.

nachum00 · Dec 30, 2018

Acetown said:
I recently tried out the demo and I find it surprisingly hard to control even though I've played the original a fair bit. It feels like the logic behind the control system kind of breaks since the thumbsticks on the Switch controller are positioned asymmetrically. Am I the only one who feels this way?

ehh haven't played Reroll yet but I got used to playing Beautiful Katamari on the 360 controller pretty quickly

Goddo Hando · Dec 30, 2018

loved this game. i was surprised how quickly i got to credits, especially for the price point, however i'll have fun coming back to this.

game is great to just vibe out to

Troll_Brah · Dec 31, 2018

Could someone explain the coop? Is it a separate mode from the campaign? Do you control one ball or two balls? Was thinking of getting this to play with my wife but wanted to make sure the coop was a full feature. Thanks!

Dash Kappei · Dec 31, 2018

Fuckin hell I hate how ancient the save system is and how it goes against everything the Switch represents.
I've lost 5 stars worth of (good scores) progress twice now, simply because I fell asleep and didn't manually save. Then the next evening I forget and load another game wiping all the progress I had made since the last save. Ugh. Not the end of the world but goddamn they could've update it a bit, considering the pick up and play nature of Nintendo's console

Deleted member 10737 · Dec 31, 2018

Troll_Brah said:
Could someone explain the coop? Is it a separate mode from the campaign? Do you control one ball or two balls? Was thinking of getting this to play with my wife but wanted to make sure the coop was a full feature. Thanks!

i haven't bothered with any of the multi in the game, but as far as i know there's no actual co-op mode. there's a competitive multi mode where two players play in split screen to see who can make the biggest katamari, each using a joycon.

Dash Kappei said:
Fuckin hell I hate how ancient the save system is and how it goes against everything the Switch represents.
I've lost 5 stars worth of (good scores) progress twice now, simply because I fell asleep and didn't manually save. Then the next evening I forget and load another game wiping all the progress I had made since the last save. Ugh. Not the end of the world but goddamn they could've update it a bit, considering the pick up and play nature of Nintendo's console

yeah, that's one of the things they should have changed about the game to make it more modern, without really messing with the game itself. sometimes ports shouldn't be this faithful to the original.

inner-G · Dec 31, 2018

Goddo Hando said:
loved this game. i was surprised how quickly i got to credits, especially for the price point, however i'll have fun coming back to this.

game is great to just vibe out to

That's one great thing about all the katamari games, they're fun to pop back into any time to replay some levels, and it not like you forget where you are in the story or what you're supposed to do.

logan_cadfgs · Jan 3, 2019

Ok so I picked up Touch My Katamari yesterday, and discovered that it has a MUCH better "simple" control scheme. Tilting the right stick left and right actually turns you left and right, unlike the up/down nonsense that ReRoll's Simple scheme has.

So weird that they didn't do it this way in ReRoll. It feels a lot better (to me, anyway)

Dynamite Cop · Jan 3, 2019

I'm playing much better on my Xbox One controller than I did on my DualShock 2 back when these games came out.

I've played them all... and I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the first two games(which Keita Takahashi worked on) were the only really good ones. Everything after sort of felt like an imitation/'best of' game. And we all know how Namco loves milking a hit new IP..

KingDrool · Jan 3, 2019

Dynamite Cop said:
I've played them all... and I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the first two games(which Keita Takahashi worked on) were the only really good ones. Everything after sort of felt like an imitation/'best of' game. And we all know how Namco loves milking a hit new IP..

I'm not sure how unpopular of an opinion that is. In fact, I think that's the opinion held by most fans of the game. I know it's how I feel.

Deleted member 2317 · Jan 3, 2019

Deleted member 19742 · Jan 3, 2019

KingDrool said:
I'm not sure how unpopular of an opinion that is. In fact, I think that's the opinion held by most fans of the game. I know it's how I feel.

I'll be a bit different. I think We <3 Katamari is the best game, but I also really enjoy Katamari Forever, even more than the original Katamari Damacy.

I do love the original game, but it really feels like your items get knocked off MUCH more easily in that game than any of the other ones. I still get super great scores and times in the Make A Star levels (the Constellation ones are a bit trickier), but it feels like my Katamari is constantly losing items because I bump into stuff frequently. It's kind of frustrating to see items constantly falling off. And not being able to play as the other cousins in single player is a bit of a downer, even if the difference is only cosmetic.

Although Katamari Forever is pretty much a "Best Of" game (and, admittedly, I never played Beautiful Katamari, so a third of Katamari Forever is new to me), I do like how most of the levels have a Drive and Eternal mode (and Classic, if you want to skip Broken Hearts and lose the Prince Jump). and there are certainly a lot of levels drawn from the previous Katamari games that are almost all* fun to play. Definitely don't have Katamari Forever as your first Katamari game, though: the time limits can be pretty strict if you haven't had much experience with the series.

*The Campfire, Hot Stuff, and Cowbear levels are naturally frustrating, but a special shout-out to the Animals level, especially on Classic mode. It is really fucking hard to get all the animals.

Deleted member 10737 · Jan 4, 2019

Video Chums (7.9/10)

Katamari Damacy Reroll is basically the same game that came out in 2004 but it looks a lot better and can be played portably. So, if you've never played it before and you want to experience something truly off-the-wall then it's a must-buy game.

Dynamite Cop said:
I've played them all... and I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the first two games(which Keita Takahashi worked on) were the only really good ones

um... duh. the other ones are just trying to imitate his style and failing. the gameplay may be good, but everything else is inferior to takahashi's games.
which is why i really hope they also reroll the second game (hopefully this year), after that i couldn't care less if they remaster the other games or not.

Euman · Jan 4, 2019

I grabbed a physical copy for my brother earlier in December for Christmas and just went go get one for myself but can't find a US copy anywhere for a decent price. Grabbed a JP one of amazon jp instead, seems appropriate.

sn00zer · Jan 4, 2019

Dynamite Cop said:
I'm playing much better on my Xbox One controller than I did on my DualShock 2 back when these games came out.

I've played them all... and I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the first two games(which Keita Takahashi worked on) were the only really good ones. Everything after sort of felt like an imitation/'best of' game. And we all know how Namco loves milking a hit new IP..

PS3 one is fine and an easy recommendation if ppl don't have access to a PS2

logan_cadfgs · Jan 4, 2019

Dynamite Cop said:
I've played them all... and I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the first two games(which Keita Takahashi worked on) were the only really good ones.

I took a screencap of the Vita game yesterday, and I think it sums up the general consensus quite succinctly:

Phil32 · Jan 6, 2019

Euman said:
I grabbed a physical copy for my brother earlier in December for Christmas and just went go get one for myself but can't find a US copy anywhere for a decent price. Grabbed a JP one of amazon jp instead, seems appropriate.

That might be my only option, as GameStop is all sold out online and no stores have it in my area. :(

Deleted member 176 · Jan 18, 2019

I finished it. That was wonderful.

My only complaint is that the cracks start to show when you get too big. For example the Moon level starts off at such a high with the theme song blaring in when you know you're about to start some shit, but then on my very first try I got basically everything with three minutes to spare. It ended up just being me rolling slowly around an empty world to find like the handful of clouds I hadn't rolled up yet.

Rukes · Jan 26, 2019

Just a bump, seems like the physical edition is back in stock on gamestop.com!

Deleted member 10737 · Jan 27, 2019

Rukes said:
Just a bump, seems like the physical edition is back in stock on gamestop.com!

that's great news! seemed like a lot of people wanted but couldn't get their hands on a physical copy.

maximumzero · Sep 26, 2019

Spotted this in Best Buy today. Already have the physical release but I'm tempted to get this anyway.

Uncivilized Elk · Apr 14, 2020

Anybody wanna give me tips on the gyro controls? I'm only just now trying them out for the first time.

My Katamari seems to spazz out often when I'm trying to turn, and I have the hardest time moving around the circumference of my Katamari without ZL or ZR.

KingDrool · Apr 14, 2020

Uncivilized Elk said:
Anybody wanna give me tips on the gyro controls? I'm only just now trying them out for the first time.

My Katamari seems to spazz out often when I'm trying to turn, and I have the hardest time moving around the circumference of my Katamari without ZL or ZR.

My suggestion is don't use gyro, honestly. I never did. It controls just fine without them.

Uncivilized Elk · Apr 14, 2020

KingDrool said:
My suggestion is don't use gyro, honestly. I never did. It controls just fine without them.

I'm using them cause they're fun (I just suck at the moment and tips would be nice. Found out mashing ZL and ZR allows for even faster dashes without the need for waggle which is kinda neat).

Game already disables them in handheld, I'll get plenty of the classic Katamari experience from my childhood regardless.

Edit: After further practice consistently and continuously moving directly sideways with motion controls seems like it's just not gonna happen. Especially a problem if I wanna go side to side. Unless something is not clicking with me in regards to joycons orientation, I might have to ditch the gyro stuff, which is a damn shame. Sigh.

KingDrool · Apr 14, 2020

Whew...sorry! Didn't mean to offend. (Sheesh)

Polioliolio · Nov 16, 2020

Just got this on Switch.
Does anyone else feel what seems like large input delay?
I don't remember it feeling like this on PS2.

nachum00 · Nov 16, 2020

Polioliolio said:
Just got this on Switch.
Does anyone else feel what seems like large input delay?
I don't remember it feeling like this on PS2.

Yeah I bought it the year it came out and it immediately felt off to me. And I replay the PS2 games once a year so it's not just my memory playing tricks on me.

Polioliolio · Nov 16, 2020

nachum00 said:
Yeah I bought it the year it came out and it immediately felt off to me. And I replay the PS2 games once a year so it's not just my memory playing tricks on me.

Yeah, I thought so, thanks.
Any idea if the steam version suffers from the same thing? I'm almost tempted to just buy the ps2 games again instead. The amount of lag really is too much. I can only imagine what it must be like for certain casual players, who already struggled with the katamari controls concept.

nachum00 · Nov 16, 2020

Polioliolio said:
Yeah, I thought so, thanks.
Any idea if the steam version suffers from the same thing? I'm almost tempted to just buy the ps2 games again instead. The amount of lag really is too much. I can only imagine what it must be like for certain casual players, who already struggled with the katamari controls concept.

I have no clue

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