Katamari Damacy

An action puzzle game released by Namco for the PlayStation 2 in 2004. Players roll a sticky ball, a katamari, that picks up objects and grows ever larger. It was directed by Keita Takahashi.

It originated in the Namco Digital Hollywood Game Laboratory, with a budget of about ¥100 million and a development period of 1.5 years, including 8 months of prototyping.

Developer

Namco

Publisher

Namco, Namco Hometek (NA)

Using both analog sticks, players roll the katamari to collect objects and reach a target size within a time limit.

Platform

PlayStation 2

CPU

Emotion Engine @ 294.912 MHz

Media

DVD-ROM / CD-ROM

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

18 Mar 2004[1]

North America

21 Sep 2004[1]

Director

Keita Takahashi

Producer

Hideki Tomida, Mitsumasa Fujita

Designer

Masatoshi Ogita

Composer

Yuu Miyake, Asuka Sakai, Akitaka Tohyama, Hideki Tobeta, Yoshihito Yano, Yuri Misumi

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME2001

  PlayStation 2

  Ico

  ICO

  Release

  JP 2001.12.06

  Dev

  Sony Computer Entertainment Japan

  Genre

  Action-adventure

It sold over 155,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2004 and became a sleeper hit in North America (English Wikipedia).

Series: Katamari

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