Me and My Katamari coming to PSP

Portable version of Namco's quirky franchise gets a new name, vague release date of "2006."

Appropriately enough, the Katamari Damacy franchise is experiencing something of a snowball effect. From the smallest nuggets of prerelease hype for the original game, to its holiday sleeper status, to this year's PlayStation 2 sequel, the Katamari brand keeps getting bigger.

Today Namco confirmed that the growth is going to continue in the US and Europe in 2006 with the release of the newly named Me and My Katamari on the PSP.

For the third installment in the series, The King of All Cosmos and the royal family travel to a tropical paradise for vacation, only to be given the responsibility of rolling up yet more katamari to make new islands for homeless animals. As always, the king delegates his authority, and the prince and his cousins wind up doing all the grunt work.

Me and My Katamari throws a few new features into the familiar ball-rolling gameplay, with wireless game modes for up to four players, new characters, and new customization options.

For more on Me and My Katamari, check out GameSpot's hands-on impressions of the import version.

23 Comments

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Jan 17, 2006 6:09 pm PT

    Yes Finally a katamari game!

  • yongruler19

    Posted Dec 31, 2005 9:59 am PT

    yes i finally will have a good game beside gta on my psp

  • pea-brain1

    Posted Nov 21, 2005 1:10 pm PT

    maybe they will map the controls so the triangle, X, [ ], and O buttons are like the second "nub". Press triangle and up to go forward, left and square for left, up and X for turning etc.

  • Poi_159

    Posted Nov 19, 2005 5:14 pm PT

    Ya We Love Katamari!

  • GunslingerMan

    Posted Nov 18, 2005 3:12 pm PT

    Yes it's finally coming to the psp, and the controlls are going to ... Wait the psp only has one thumb stick !

  • Taiyz

    Posted Nov 18, 2005 10:50 am PT

    Mmm...I don't really know what to say about control considering that you use the D-Pad and the face buttons. It's a pity that it's PSP only, because not many Katamari fans own them, necessarily.

  • Brookes1989

    Posted Nov 18, 2005 10:28 am PT

    I cant wait for this to come out ^_^

  • killa4life3333

    Posted Nov 18, 2005 4:38 am PT

    i luv katamari, we luv katamari, thats why im getting me and katamari!!!

  • Eclipse_ShinRa

    Posted Nov 18, 2005 3:18 am PT

    im happy, im so happy that PSP Is greating better games XD

  • Delsaber

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 10:30 pm PT

    We are moved to tears by the news of this thing.

  • meganintendoguy

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 9:19 pm PT

    this is weird

  • EqualPlatinum

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 5:31 pm PT

    The PSP sure is getting some good francises. Now only if I had one...

  • NakedGlowX

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 4:08 pm PT

    I can't wait for this game!!!!

  • Bawishe

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 3:54 pm PT

    I scared that you could damage your psp buttons using them for rolling. When you think about it they were designed more for style then function and thats a whole lot of constant pressing.

  • gameloverx

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 3:32 pm PT

    great job namco!

  • epic_nemesis

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 2:59 pm PT

    awesome, but i wonder how it is gonna be done with 1 anaglo nub

  • xxPantherxx

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 2:44 pm PT

    get Katamari High.. ANYWHERE!

  • x1gameguy2007

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 2:03 pm PT

    la la la la la la la la katamari damacy ... o yea ... i dont have a psp there to expensive :'(

  • crazyluc

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 1:08 pm PT

    you could use the triggers to turn and the analog to "gas/brake" ...

  • DrPerson

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 12:57 pm PT

    I dont know about this one. The psp only has one analog stick. You use two on the ps2 versions. We'll see.

  • Os1r1s

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 12:53 pm PT

    Yesssss, finally.

  • jnealg

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 12:05 pm PT

    yay!

  • Donkeljohn Site moderator

    Posted Nov 17, 2005 12:00 pm PT

    Divine investiture of authority. . . Katamari style. . . in a convenient, portable form. That is what I am talking about!

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