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 Hello friends, this is Let's Play We ❤ Katamari. We ❤ Katamari is the sequel to Katamari Damacy, a PS2 game released in 2004. I haven't played Katamari Damacy, but from what I hear the gameplay is essentially identical. It's a fun, cutesy game, with lots of humourous and well designed levels. We're going to go in and rescue all of our cousins, and please all of our fans. If time allows we'll also see if we can finish the secret rose level at the end of the game! What is a Katamari? Wikipedia has this to say: quote:To gather material, the Prince pushes around his katamari, a magical, highly adhesive ball capable of grabbing anything smaller than itself. Initially, the katamari can only pick up smaller items like loose change and discarded pencils. As more items accumulate, the katamari’s power grows, allowing it to pick up “vaulting boxes, pencils, erasers, postcards, ramen, robots, cows, sheep, this girl, that boy, moms and dads, bicycles, motorbikes, homes, buildings, rainbows, clouds, islands, hopes and dreams”. Once the level is successfully completed, the katamari and the Prince (or cousin) are judged by the King, who launches the katamari into space for it to become a planet, satellite, or other celestial object, if deemed acceptable. If the planet has already been created, the katamari can replace it or be shattered into “stardust”. If the King does not approve of the katamari, he punishes the Prince by scolding him and shooting him with lasers. Who are all these cousins? Fret no more, here is a description of the Prince and all of his cousins we've met so far. The Prince  The Prince is growing stronger and more mature every day. Still very small though. Ace  A cousin who switched butts to a spikier model. It hasn't been generating much buzz. Slip  A second cousin who can move through the air on windy days. His presence is slight. Macho  The upside-down triangle look of this second cousin has been with him since birth. He looks strong, but he's a pacifist who hates fighting. Can-Can  A stubborn second cousin. When he disagrees with something, he rotates his head so fiercely that it catches fire. Marny  We don't know who this is, but he's good at scuba diving. He pretends to be a shell at the bottoms of the sea on a daily basis. Ichigo  A cousin with a strawberry figure. She's in the habit of eating only the strawberries in her strawberry shortcake. L'Amour  This second cousin is like Cupid. The hearts on her body change whenever she gets a couple together. Johnson  A cousin who looks a lot like the Prince from certain angles. Apparently, he was once so surprised that his face jumped out of his body. Kinoko  A slightly annoying second cousin who kicks up lots of dust whenever she moves. So she doesn't move much, out of courtesy. Odeko  A vain cousin. He's proud of his height, but he doesn't realize that his vantage point is still the same. Foomin  A cousin with two heads. Her left and right brains are completely separate, but she isn't particularly smart. Dipp  A cousin who sparkles a lot and gets carried away with things. We wish he knew the difference between sticking out and just being a nuisance. Lalala  A slightly sunburnt cousin who enjoys going out stark naked.  Videos Episode 1: Cosmos w Carl Sagan Episode 2: Our first roll! Episode 3: Big Katamari, Small Pond Episode 4: Ikebana, Youkebana Episode 5: Unfuck your habitat Episode 6: Trainsquashing Episode 7: 120 Naughty Boys Episode 8: F1 Schmef 1 Episode 9: Ferris Rollin' Episode 10: The Socialist Republic Of Katamari Damacy Episode 11: gently caress Cowbears bell jar fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Jul 16, 2018 |
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Jun 9, 2018 12:42
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The tutorial alone was enough to show how much better the game is over the prequel. All those minor bumps and no need to pick up stuff that fell off.
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Jun 9, 2018 20:46
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Oh? A new bell jar LP just after I finished watching Red Dead Redemption? Don't mind if I do! Katamari is a series I never played and only experienced through cultural osmosis, so I'll be interested in seeing how much stuff you can roll up and turn into stars.
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Jun 10, 2018 00:32
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IBlameRoadSuess posted:Oh? A new bell jar LP just after I finished watching Red Dead Redemption? Don't mind if I do! Katamari is a series I never played and only experienced through cultural osmosis, so I'll be interested in seeing how much stuff you can roll up and turn into stars. Thanks for watching! I can't believe anyone remembers that old thing. We're gonna have a lot of fun rolling up a bunch of stuff, some of the categories are gonna get weird.
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Jun 10, 2018 02:37
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Episode 2: Our first roll!
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Jun 10, 2018 05:59
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Oh boy! This looks pretty great so far, I remember playing the everloving wonder out of the first one when I was a kid, though I couldn't ever get past the "Make the Moon!" level. The music was great, the aesthetics were neat, and it was a silly, whimsical sort of feel just about the time where mainstream games seemed to get darker, grimier, and ever more brown. I'm looking forward to following this LP, jamming out to the music and watching the magic.
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Jun 10, 2018 21:01
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That music is something else. A number of them play the same but they change it up enough. I saw a rose and got a little nervous.
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Jun 11, 2018 00:12
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It's time to go deep Episode 3: Big Katamari, Small Pond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2nGYcvf9TU
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Jun 12, 2018 10:47
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 Episode 4: Ikebana, Youkebana
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Jun 12, 2018 22:26
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Flowers are pretty  Thanks for playing this! You're making me want to dust off my PS2 and play again, and that's never a bad thing.
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Jun 12, 2018 23:02
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I think the bikini is split when you put it on your female cousins. I am pretty sure there are objects in maps that are just too large to pick up no matter how fast you are, just to get you to replay the maps. What emulator are you using?
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Jun 13, 2018 00:44
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Scalding Coffee posted:I think the bikini is split when you put it on your female cousins. From playing it looks like it varies from cousin to cousin! You'll see it a bit in the next couple videos. I'm running this one on PCSX2 which is pretty good except for the occasional glitch or stutter.
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Jun 13, 2018 11:03
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why does a dog want to see the sun, dogs can't look up Episode 5: Unfuck your habitat
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Jun 13, 2018 11:06
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Doesn't look like it will be that long to roll up the sun.
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Jun 13, 2018 18:41
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It's time to get swole Episode 6: Trainsquashing
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Jun 16, 2018 03:12
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If that train hit you in the last game, you would have exploded into a bunch of junk.
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Jun 16, 2018 05:30
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That soundclip of the guy saying "Akawa~! ...Kinda feels good." is my Windows critical error sound. 
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Jun 16, 2018 14:36
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You know what else kinda feels good? A new episode. Please enjoy! Episode 7: 120 Naughty Boys
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Jun 21, 2018 10:36
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Didn't even get to fight that bear.
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Jun 21, 2018 18:13
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Scalding Coffee posted:Didn't even get to fight that bear. One day I will roll up that bear 
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Jun 23, 2018 08:19
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It's been a long time because Episode 8: F1 Schmef 1
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Jul 8, 2018 01:10
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I once managed to fall through this level by wedging myself into a corner somewhere and ended up in the rainbow swirl outside the level geometry. The King popped his head in and said that I'd entered the Rainbow Vortex or something like that and put me back in the level. It's neat when game designers take error conditions into account and create an in-game fix for them.
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Jul 8, 2018 02:39
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I like that feature as well. Sure beats having your Katamari explode until you get unstuck. I think there is an easter egg that also activates it.
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Jul 8, 2018 05:12
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Nidoking posted:I once managed to fall through this level by wedging myself into a corner somewhere and ended up in the rainbow swirl outside the level geometry. The King popped his head in and said that I'd entered the Rainbow Vortex or something like that and put me back in the level. It's neat when game designers take error conditions into account and create an in-game fix for them. That sounds cool as hell. I'm gonna have to see if I can give it a go 
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Jul 9, 2018 00:24
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It's time to roll up a small town and shoot it into space! Episode 9: Ferris Rollin'
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Jul 10, 2018 10:17
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A game where you roll up people and cars. Dogs, cats, and cows sing songs, and meteors are made out of weed.
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Jul 10, 2018 18:08
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It truly is a dream world. In this episode we get to roll up some fireflies! Zoom zoom! Episode 10: The Socialist Republic Of Katamari Damacy
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Jul 14, 2018 04:05
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I hated the level because it is so boring. Still no bear.
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Jul 14, 2018 05:59
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Scalding Coffee posted:I hated the level because it is so boring. Still no bear. boy are you going to LOVE the next episode
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Jul 14, 2018 08:17
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i HATE this episode Episode 11: gently caress Cowbears
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Jul 16, 2018 08:33
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You can tell it's an awful level when you have to use that many save states to get through it. On the bright side, there's just one of them in this game. But I was a bit confused when I started watching the video, thinking you may have posted the wrong one. How could anyone hate the snowman level?
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Jul 16, 2018 11:54
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Nidoking posted:You can tell it's an awful level when you have to use that many save states to get through it. On the bright side, there's just one of them in this game. But I was a bit confused when I started watching the video, thinking you may have posted the wrong one. How could anyone hate the snowman level? I tried to do one without save states and its an exercise in frustration. Beating Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy was a cakewalk in comparison. I needed the little boost of snowman joy before descending into cowbear hell 
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Jul 16, 2018 12:08
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This is the one I've been waiting for - I was never able to nab the cowbear after trying for most of a day.
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Jul 16, 2018 13:29
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The worst part was that flying rear end in a top hat who is holding something that says bear. He follows you around as well.
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Jul 17, 2018 00:23
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didn't roll up the mammoth, 0/10 
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Jul 17, 2018 00:38
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You absolutely cannot roll it up in that stage.
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Jul 17, 2018 05:30
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gently caress that cowbear level, it was what broke my will to ever get one of all the item types in the game, because there's SEVERAL uniques in there that show up in no other level. It is easily one of the most hostile game design choices I've ever seen, and most of the others on its level are kaizo romhacks. gently caress it and gently caress whoever came up with it with a rusty cowbear rake. Scalding Coffee posted:You absolutely cannot roll it up in that stage. It's possible to roll the mammoth, but I think not on the first time through the level. Even when you can, it requires a CRAZY amount of rolling around the stage to get the snow you need to start rolling the stuff like the trees so you can hit it too, and makes a really ugly snowman. Faylone fucked around with this message at 11:53 on Jul 17, 2018 |
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Jul 17, 2018 11:44
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Sorry about the delay in updates, folks. I had a problem where I smartly only used save states and not memory cards, and since moving to a new pc,  cowbears again. Should be back soonish.
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You can't transfer the save state files to a new save state folder?
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