Namco Planning More Games Like Katamari

Posted on February 7, 2006

Wired's Game|Life reports that a new Namco press release suggests the company is planning more games like Katamari. And why wouldn't they? The game sold 500,000 copies just in Japan according to the Namco press release. Wired reveals that the press release contained this one line sentence:

But that's not the news. The news is buried in one line of the release (PDF, Japanese): Namco plans to continue producing games in the style of Katamari. That means more games that are fun regardless of "nationality, age, or gender" and are "easy to pick up and play" with "new types of gameplay" and a pop culture design aesthetic.

That is good news for the many gamers enthralled with Katamari. Even if the Katamari creators say they prefer the real world, gamers are crazed about the game and "even create Katamri cakes, food, costumes, drawings, etc."