Beautiful Katamari

Beautiful Katamari is a video game that consists of 4 releases

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Namco's popular collect-a-thon returns for another outing exclusively on the Xbox 360.

Overview

Beautiful Katamari is an Xbox 360 exclusive developed by Namco Bandai. This is a significant change of pace in the

The smaller katamari early on in the game.

Katamari franchise, as the previous three games were released exclusively for Sony platforms.

The premise of the game is simple: You roll the equivalent of a ball, called a "katamari," around each level, the ball picks up objects as you go. The more you pick up, the bigger the ball can get. However, the ball will only pick up any object the same size or smaller than the current ball. The more your roll over, the larger items you can pick up. There is usually a time limit in which you are required to get the ball to a certain diameter. In an effort to vary the gameplay, you might be required to pick up only hot objects in one level while avoiding the cold (as the cold will reduce your score), or having the goal set before you of collecting a bunch of rich casino objects. It is a very addictive, if repetitive, style of gameplay.

You might be wondering why you are required to roll a ball to pick things up. It's simple, really: you have to rebuild the universe from the ground up! You play as the Prince, and your father, the King, accidentally ripped a hole in the universe while playing tennis. He has a mighty powerful serve, you know. Subsequently everything in the galaxy was sucked into a black hole.

Rolling the katamari through cities.

At least the developer isn't scared to be different, right? As you collect these giant masses of objects on your katamari, the King takes your wad of stuff at the end of each successfully completed level and turns it back into a star or a planet or a number of spacey things. This is what the entire game revolves around. No pun intended.

Though it has some kinks and bugs, the addictive quality of this quirky game cannot be denied.

Downloadable Content

Beautiful Katamari was the first game in the series to offer the option of downloading extra content via the Xbox Live Marketplace. Four levels are available for download for 200 Microsoft Points each. The stages are "Milky Way Constellations," "The Weaver Girl," "Shopping Spree," and "High-calorie Katamari".

Players also have the ability to pay for downloads of some of the secret items in the game, including cousins and presents, instead of having to find them during gameplay.

Controversy erupted around the downloads, however, when it was discovered that each of the levels only took up around 384 KB of space, leading many to believe that the Marketplace content was simply unlocking data that was already on the disc. When added to the supposedly budget price the game was sold for, the price of the downloadable content essentially brought the price of the game to that of a regular full retail release, leading many gamers to feel cheated. In addition to all of this, three of the achievements in the game explicity require the downloadable content to successfully unlock them.

The cousins only available in the New downloadable content are.

Hans
Kyun
Pokkle
Harvest
Mickey
Honey
Colombo
Can-Can
Opeo
Drooby
Shy
l'Amour
The Princess

Achievements

10 Cousins (5) Find 10 Cousins.
20 Cousins (10) Find 20 Cousins.
30 Cousins (20) Find 30 Cousins.
40 Cousins (40) Find 40 Cousins.
10 Presents (5) Collect 10 Presents.
20 Presents (10) Collect 20 Presents.
30 Presents (20) Collect 30 Presents.
Request x 3 (5) Complete 3 Requests.
Request x 6 (5) Complete 6 Requests.
Request x 9 (20) Complete 9 Requests.
All Requests (60) Complete all Requests.
Katamari Fan (40) Complete 100 Requests. (Secret)
Katamari Lover (80) Complete 200 Requests. (Secret)
Collection 20% (5) Roll up 20% of the Collection.
Collection 40% (10) Roll up 40% of the Collection.
Collection 60% (20) Roll up 60% of the Collection.
Collection 80% (40) Roll up 80% of the Collection.
Collection 100% (80) Roll up 100% of the Collection. (Secret)
Mini Katamari (5) Make a katamari that's 30cm or more!
Small Katamari (5) Make a katamari that's 1m or more!
Sorta Big Katamari (5) Make a katamari that's 5m or more!
Big Katamari (10) Make a katamari that's 30m or more!
Jumbo Katamari (20) Make a katamari that's 500m or more!
Colossal Katamari (60) Make a katamari that's 10,000km or more!
50 Hours Playtime (40) Played for 50 hours. (Secret)
100 Hours Playtime (80) Played for 100 hours. (Secret)
Katamari Perfectionist (100) Clear all Normal Time Attack mode (Secret)
Speedy Roller (10) Hint: Zip through the course with Dash.
Quick Turner (10) Hint: Use Quick Turn to your advantage.
Manic Roller (20) Hint: Running into walls will destroy your katamari.
Non-stop Roller (30) Hint: Roll through the course without stopping once.
Responsible Roller (30) Hint: Roll through the course without bumping into any objects.
Online Roller (5) Play online.
Frequent Online Roller (10) Play online 10 times.
Resident Online Roller (40) Play online 50 times.
100 Cookies (5) Obtain 100 Cookies.
1,000 Cookies (40) Obtain 1,000 Cookies.

DLC Achievements

All Cousins (80) Download stages and find all Cousins.
All Presents (80) Download stages and collect all Presents.
Astronomic Katamari (90) Download stages and make a katamari over 1,500,000km.

Xbox 360 Game Installation

Beautiful Katamari requires 3.4GB of space to install on an Xbox 360 HDD.

General Information Edit

Game Name	Beautiful Katamari
Platform(s)	Xbox 360
Publisher(s)	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Developer(s)	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. Now Production Co., Ltd.
Genres	Add a new genre Action Puzzle
Themes	Add a new theme Comedy Anime Abstract
Original US Release	Oct. 16, 2007 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	know the real date?
Aliases	Beautiful Katamari Damacy
OFLC	OFLC: G
CERO	CERO: A
ESRB	ESRB: E