Katamari Damacy

[Mzo]

I wish beating the game would unlock a stage that started you off with a tiny Katamari and removed the time limit =(

Anyway, I was thinking of starting a Score Attack thread, with a high score for each stage (depending on the stage requirements)... there really aren't that many.

If no one does it by the time I get home, I'll probably do it.

[SoldatoJ]

Can anyone tell me if there is a choice of language (is that J track still intact), or just engrish?

[Dolemite]

VF4:Evo says hi. (Then again, I could be just a Sega fanboy, or loony in the head.)

Tell VF4:Evo I said hi back. And that I said Katamari Damacy pwns it.

I'm not really a VF fan, but still, I have to admit all the extra shit they packed into VF4:Evo was great for a $20 title (Just not a VF fan, tho). However, it's not like VF4:Evo was a full-blown sequel, it was just a re-release. They couldn't (or at least shouldn't) charge full-price for it anyway.

Namco still deserves a ton of credit for bringing this out in the US. That took some sack on their part (or maybe not, after seeing the reaction it got at E3 this year).

Agreed.

I am suprised no one mentioned the dubbing over of the cutscenes though -- that and the text were about the only things that changed from the Japanese release. I am curious as to why they bothered to re-dub the cutscenes

Because English is the official language of this country.


Seriously, I love how little they changed for the U.S. release. I was wondering, though...I know they re-dubbed the cutscenes (I agree with ChaoofNee, the way they're dubbed makes them even funnier than they would have been if they spoke in Japanese), but what about the in-game voices? All the humans you roll over cry out in English ("What's happening?!?!?"), were they English in the Japanese version or did Namco re-dub them as well?

One other question I have (and this pertains to budget titles in general) is how publishers will be able to keep this up. Could the practice of selling a game in Japan at ~$50 and then turning around and selling it for $20 be considered dumping?

I don't know...the cost of the translation was probably minimal, and the game itself doesn't appear to have had the biggest development budget in the world. Since Namco's working on a sequel, I assume it sold well to it's initial target audience (Japanese people...I mean, no one made this with Americans in mind). I assume U.S. budget sales of games like this are just gravy.

[Cheebs]

I don't really know because I rolled by it so quickly...but I think I saw a TG-16/PC Engine Hucard game waiting to be rolled up! That's awesome.

[Bacon McShig]

Yup, that's exactly what it was.

[Promophile]

So is there no J track for the game? Suckage if there isn't.

[Mzo]

So is there no J track for the game? Suckage if there isn't.

Not really. I don't see why you care so much about what... 10 lines of dialogue that you wouldn't be able to understand?

[Dolemite]

I couldn't give a shit about a J-track. English dub's fine, since that's the language I can actually understand.

NO DUB/SUB DEBATES OR I WILL SET YOUR GENITALS ON FIRE. THANK YOU.

[epmode]

but what about the in-game voices? All the humans you roll over cry out in English ("What's happening?!?!?"), were they English in the Japanese version or did Namco re-dub them as well?

i'd imagine they were in english, considering that i hear all sorts of japanese being spoken as well.

[Chux]

Dole laid it down. The english track adds to the camp value, and I love it. Not only that, but stop trying to act sooooo hardcore Mr. No J Track, no Purchase (I'm looking at Both of you) Just let it go, I used to be like you, until I realized that there are far more important things to bother with, than worrying about the language of a video game.

Oh, the music is in Japanese, you party pooping dicks.