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Even Noby Noby Boy's Creator Can't Explain It

At least we'll all have a shot at clarification this coming Thursday.

DUDE WHAT IS GOING ON
DUDE WHAT IS GOING ON
I still haven't figured out what kind of game Noby Noby Boy is, but at this point, I don't really care. Namco Bandai had my money at "$4.99" and "guy who made Katamari Damacy."

Regardless, now I feel better, knowing that I'm not alone in my bafflement at this next PlayStation Network release due out the 19th. Even the aforementioned creator guy, Keita Takahashi, is weighing in on the PlayStation.Blog in advance of the game's release with some interesting new information--and a mea culpa on the nebulous origins of the game.

Here's my favorite quote.

One big question most people have asked is, “Why did you want to make such a game?” Seriously, I don’t know. When I figure it out, I’ll share it on this blog.

Dude, if you don't know, what do you expect us to do?! However, I'm suddenly very excited for the communal way that everybody playing the game will contribute to the unlocking of new levels. Another quote.

Basically players can control and stretch Boy, the main character of the game. As players stretch Boy, the lengths to which he grows are uploaded to a persistent character known as Girl, who grows at the same rate as the combined length of all the players in the world. Girl starts at Earth and expands around the solar system. When Girl reaches a new milestone in the solar system, new areas are unlocked as playable stages for everyone around the world.

OK, I might have to buy this game twice now. That sounds wild. Speaking of wild, here's a new video.


  


Look for Noby Noby Boy on the PlayStation Store this coming Thursday. Apparently, we're all in this together!
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there is a bird in the left corner. WTF?
why is there a bird there? Random seems to be the hardest word now, bitch!

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I am so scared.

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WTFuck was that?

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Mindblowing. The more I see of this game the less I understand...yet the more I see, the more I want to play it! And since not even the creator knows why this game exists it would be even more difficult for me to explain why I want it.

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Noby Noby LSD Trip

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The answer lies with the startled parakeet.

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What has been seen cannot be unseen.

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I still have no freaking idea what this is exactly, but I am willing to pay $5 to find out!

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Killroycantkill said:
"Calling it right now. Noby Noby Boy = game that will be more confusing than the Metal Gear Solid 2 story."
MGS2 wasn't that complicated. It only felt like that because there were so many cliff hangers.

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Why did "boy" leave the screen?  Isn't that who you're in control of?  How are you suppose to control what you can't even see?

People will probably figure out how to do some pretty cool stuff with this though.
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I don't care at all for this game. I can't even understand it.

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Is this supposed to be a drug hallucination simulator?

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Calling it right now. Noby Noby Boy = game that will be more confusing than the Metal Gear Solid 2 story.

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looks like the greatest game ever made. they just don't know it yet.

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That lovebird is staring into my soul...

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"Killzone 2?  Nah.  Resistance 2?  Nah.  Metal Gear Solid 4?  Nah.  God of War III?  Nah. "

"So why exactly are you getting a PS3?"
"Noby Noby Boy!  Gah, why else would you get the system?!"
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OSTARIDGEEE!!!!!!!

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One of the most deeply disturbing things I've ever seen.

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GAME OF THE YEAR x 10

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So.. each thumbstick controls each side of your Boy, and you move them apart to stretch, but eventually you become so long that the play field cant support you moving apart any further so you need to weigh down your Boy at the ends or all along its length or use techniques that require thinking outside the box to stretch it further. At least that's what I'm seeing. Oh, and hello innuendo!

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Definitely still have no idea what the fuck this game is about or what its creator was on when developing it, but the whole idea of unlocking levels as a community is RAD.

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I'm buying it just to see how crazy it is and how Sony allows weird s*** like this on their network.  Indie games unite!

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So...

Random shit bounces around in levels, you eat it, and poop hearts everywhere while gradually growing longer and insane music plays in the background?

I'm in.

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Jesus balls.

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I won't be a complete person until I find out what this is all about.
I'd be so happy if the game really didn't make any sense, and what you see in the above video is actually what playing the game feels like.
You've got my $4.99, Sony.

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How can people program it without knowing what goes on? Baffiling!
This is PSNs Space Giraffe.

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I really don't get how this is all being controlled, it looks like chaos. Still, definitely getting it. That makes two intriguing PSN titles in a row. Kudos to you Sony.

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This looks like the greatest game ever made.

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"am i high or something?"
Yes, but that's besides the point.

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am i high or something?

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What the hell is happening...?

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Oh... My brain...

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Why wouldn't you want to make this game?!

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Just like when Joe Biden had an acid trip~~~

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So basically you wobble around to extend yourself, and it could be done into infinity? That's my guess at least.

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Basically players can control and stretch Boy, the main character of the game.
Uh huh?
As players stretch Boy, the lengths to which he grows are uploaded
Okay, that sounds kinda cool.
As players stretch Boy, the lengths to which he grows are uploaded to a persistent character known as Girl
Wait. What?
the lengths to which he grows are uploaded to a persistent character known as Girl, who grows at the same rate as the combined length of all the players in the world.
What the hell did he just say!?
Girl starts at Earth and expands around the solar system. When Girl reaches a new milestone in the solar system, new areas are unlocked as playable stages for everyone around the world.
I DIDN'T EVEN READ THIS IT'S SO INSANE!
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Thankfully, we can all rest easy knowing that the rest of the world has no idea what the fuck this game is either.

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what... the fuck? well, that's it then. we're all going to die.

ps. that tune is almost as epic as the fat people tuba tune.

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God help us all.

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I have a headache.

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IT LOOKS SO GOOD AND I DON'T KNOW WHY

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skip to :40 to see a man with a snazz haircut.

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Oh, I get it.  It's a video game.

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My brain just melted

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If this is considered a game, then I've got a ton of ideas for the next big blockbuster game titles.

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i already spent money on Flower, i don''t think i'll spend anymore money on games till Killzone 2 comes out. but i like how whacky this game is

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My original question still has not been answered! Where is the game in this game?

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physics never looked so good lol

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huh? huh?!?!? HUH?!?!?!?!?!?

I DON'T UNDERSTAAAAAAAANNDD!