![]() Each level is presented on a stage select screen, and can be replayed multiple times after being completed. Some levels also require players to pick up a specific item, such as in the cow or bear levels where players are tasked with rolling up the largest of that specific animal. Not all levels follow this format for example, some do not have a timer, and instead require players to do a certain task, such as rolling a snowball to a certain size and putting it on a snowman. As an additional reward found in some of the games, players may be allowed to play a specific level without a time limit which allows them to play indefinitely. Additionally, if they reach the size fast enough, a shooting star will be unlocked for the star. If it is the players' first completion of the level, the King will automatically transform it into a star if it is not, they are asked if they would like to turn it into a star or into stardust. ![]() At the end of the stage, they are judged on their size as well as the time it took to reach the required size if they only barely exceeded the required size, they are criticized for it if they manage to exceed it by a significant enough margin, they are given praise. If they are able to reach the required size in time, they may continue making it bigger. If players fail to reach this size in the time allotted, they are punished by the King. In some levels, this will precede a cutscene alerting players that a new area has opened up. In more recent games, players can hit a glowing pillar that causes all items close to the katamari that are small enough to be sucked into it.Īs players reach certain size milestones, the King will often appear in the middle of the screen and speak to players. If players roll up a long, slender object such as a pencil, it will sometimes poke outwards and cause the katamari to roll awkwardly until more objects are rolled up. If players are attacked or crash, the katamari will sometimes lose items. If the katamari is only barely able to pick a living creature up, they will be knocked away if they are not rolled up in time, they will escape. Living creatures will sometimes attack the katamari if it is smaller than them once it becomes a certain size, they will often attempt to flee from it. As it becomes larger, the katamari is then able to pick up larger objects. Later levels allow the katamari to grow much larger to the point where it can roll up buildings and clouds. In earlier levels, players are given a katamari similar to the Prince's size, which allows him to only roll up small objects such as tacks and ants. As the katamari collects more objects, it becomes larger, as demonstrated by a size chart on its HUD. In most levels, players are presented with a specific size that they must reach as well as a time that they must reach it by. More recently, players are given the ability called the "Prince Hop" as well as look at the world in the first person.īefore each level, the King will often go on a nonsensical rant to The Prince, and refers to himself in the first person plural. Players may also cause The Prince to jump and get a better look at the world by pressing L1. Players may cause the katamari to roll at high speeds typically by rapidly moving the two sticks in opposite directions back and forth. Players may also do a 180 turn that causes The Prince to jump on the other side of the Katamari typically by pressing the two sticks down into the controller. ![]() They can turn the katamari by pushing only one stick in the desired direction or pushing the sticks in opposite directions to do so faster (often described as 'tank controls'). Players typically control the katamari using two analog sticks players move forward and backward by pushing the analog sticks in that direction simultaneously. ![]() To do this, The Prince uses an object called a katamari, which can roll up certain objects, depending on the Katamari's relative size to them. In most games, players typically control the player character, The Prince, as he is ordered to do various tasks by his father, the King of All Cosmos for example, in the first title, the King binge drinks and inadvertently destroys all of the stars in the cosmos, to which The Prince is now tasked with fixing. ![]() Gameplay and setting Release timeline 2004 ![]()
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