I Love Katamari rolls (literally) into the iPhone's App Store

by Chris Ziegler posted Dec 17th 2008 at 5:40PM

We don't cover a lot of games on Engadget Mobile -- or a lot of apps, for that matter -- but every once in a while we get graced with a franchise that's bound to get readers unusually fired up. This time around it's the cult hit Katamari Damacy in its I Love Katamari form, hitting the iTunes App Store courtesy of publisher Namco. The concept -- rolling a giant ball of crap around town -- seems almost tailor-made for the iPhone's control method, but unfortunately, we're hearing that the current version is a little rough around the edges with frequent slowdowns once you get enough stuff sucked into the ball. The platform's young, the game's young, and we're hoping it gets better over time, but only the most diehard Katamari fans may want to bite on the $7.99 asking price at this point.

[Via TUAW]

Filed under: Games, Software, Apple, iPhone OS

Tags: app store, AppStore, i love katamari, ILoveKatamari, iphone, katamari, katamari damacy, KatamariDamacy

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Danont Duke @ Dec 18th 2008 12:43AM

Great game. Perfect fit for iphone.

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CapnShiner @ Dec 18th 2008 4:31AM

I agree that it is a perfect game for the iPhone platform, but it's not the only game platform with motion-sensing. I'm a little disappointed there's no version for Wii or PS3. (I apologize in advance if there is, but I haven't heard of any or done any research.)

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