Me and My Katamari – PSP Game

66 reviews for Me and My Katamari – PSP Game

1. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Timothy J Burke – April 15, 2023

   Having played the original Katamari Damacy for Playstation 2 for a few years now, you learn the feel of the game. The controls make you feel like your driving a radio controlled car. Me and My Katamari for the PSP however does not have the functionality needed for the grab your analogs and go feel. Since the PSP has only ONE analog stick, even the most seasoned Katamari veterans will have to learn the controls to this addicting portable version of the popular series. For instance, just something as simple as rolling forward in a straight line is now done by pressing UP on the analog at the same time holding Triangle. Turning Left and Right can be tricky too as times since you now have to hold Triangle or X on its own until you rotate to the side you need before continuing to roll forward or backwards again. But don’t let this discourage you from wanting to play. I didn’t.Me and My Katamari is still just as fun and crazy as its older PS2 brother. The fact that you roll up as many smaller items needed to take your Katamari to the next step and so on, each time being able to pick up bigger items and some quite bizarre things as well. As with the first game, you start out on a table, picking up very small household items; candies, thumbtacks, erasers, crayons, etc.; but the more you roll the bigger you get and the more fun objects you can stick to. In a few more levels you find you are rolling up everything you see; from pets and people to cars and buildings.The music in this gam.

2. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Leonor Ramos – April 13, 2023

   This is a great game, it’s pointless, fun, and will have you playing it for hours. If you’ve played the others you’ll love this one and if you’ve never played a katamari game just buy this one and start. The game is simple roll and collect things, I know it sounds a little boring but it really isn’t. the game itself is sort of long and the eternal levels are good but the controls take some getting used to if you’ve played the others but if you’re a newcomer it;ll be easy. Highly recommended for anyone with a psp.

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Arion Acurantes – April 12, 2023

   Once in a while a game comes along that you can’t help but smile for, and this season’s game is Me & My Katamari.Me & My Katamari (I’ll be referring to it through the review as MMK) is the little brother of Namco’s PS2 Katamari series, beginning with the original Katamari Damacy. I’ve never seen nor played any of the PS2 versions, so all I had to go on was my own experience with the PSP version.The King of All Cosmos, the Beautiful Queen of All Cosmos, and the Dashing Prince (collectively known as the Wonderful Royal Family) decide to head on to Earth for a tropical summer vacation. The King, however, gets a little carried away with swim practice, and it’s up to the 5-centimeter tall Prince (and his unlockable assortment of cousins) to roll up stuff to make new islands for all the homeless animals.I’m guessing there isn’t much difference between Katamari Damacy and We Love Katamari, and as I understand it both titles employ the PS2’s twin analog sticks to control the ball (or, officially, your katamari) to roll through increasingly bigger stages as you roll over stuff to stick to the katamari.That gameplay concept remains intact in MMK with one notable exception. Given the lack of a right analog stick on the PSP, Namco had employ the face buttons to fill in for the aforementioned missing stick. When you play the game for the first time you go through a mandatory tutorial mission where you learn the new control scheme. It takes a while to get used to, but once you do it feels.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   MeanKatrina – April 12, 2023

   I’ve been a fan of Katamari games since the first one came out in 2004. They are the embodiment of beauty in simplicity. The concept and gameplay are simple and easy, and yet they are engaging for any level of gamer. Me and My Katamari continues this tradition but has the added bonus that it’s offered for a hand-held. Being that it’s so simple, I feel like Katamari and PSP are a match made in heaven. I keep my PSP in my purse and when I’m waiting in line for something or have a bit of downtime, I pick it up and play. You can play it for 30 seconds or for several hours.One thing to note though: the controls are a bit awkward, especially if, like me, you’re used to playing this game on PS2. It took me a while to get used to them. That’s a minor complaint, however, and so far this is the best game that I’ve bought for my PSP.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Valerie – April 11, 2023

   I’ve never played this game’s PS2 predecessors. I recently got a PSP and was looking for some fun games and a friend enthusiastically recommended “Me and My Katamari”.I’ve only played it for a day, and I have to say, I’m enthralled. The description my friend had given me wasn’t all that clear (but this game is admittedly not easy to describe), and the manual wasn’t much more helpful, but the game becomes instantly clear after a short tutorial: just push the ball around, make it roll over objects and end up with an appropriately sized and textured ball before time runs out.The concept seems deceptively simple. To be honest, after the tutorial, I wasn’t sure I would like this game. But it quickly grew on me. It’s addictive as hell, really. The levels apparently repeat themselves after a while, but this isn’t a game you play with an ending in mind, it’s just pure, temporary fun. It’s exactly the kind of game you grab when you have a few minutes to kill before having to leave the house, the kind you stick in your purse (or briefcase, or pocket) when you know you’ve got a long bus-ride ahead of you. It’s like Tetris, it doesn’t get old.And also, it’s just plain quirky. The basic concept is just ball-rolling, but it’s put into this bizarre context in which you play as a pint-sized Prince (whose head is shaped like a rolling pin), who needs to make katamaris (i.e. balls) of the right size and texture in order for his giant father, the King (a flamboyant character if there ever was.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Amanda Ross – April 11, 2023

   I don’t have a Playstation or any other game console; I just bought a PSP to kill time on coast-to-coast flights. I had heard about Katamari from others who said it was great so I decided to give it a shot.Well, the good news is that it is a very original idea. Take a sticky ball and roll it over successfully bigger things and reach the desired size before time runs out. Pretty simple concept, but it works. The game world is beyond bizarre. The King of All Cosmos alone seems like pretty solid evidence that the guys who designed this game were on heavy drugs (special power: “the royal puff”, anyone?) but you’re of course the much smaller prince who has to gather all these balls of stuff for the various animals that want sweet, hot, cold, beautiful etc. items in their respective balls.As I said, it is very original and quite captivating. The experience fizzles a little when you realize there’s only a handful of different levels being recycled. The controls are enough to drive anyone batty, especially when you get stuck behind some too-big item and you can’t see because the stoopid camera decides its time to move in behind some OTHER object. Finally, I did find a bit disturbing that the prince’s dad, King of All Cosmos, routinely beats the snot out of the prince whenever you fail to reach the right size. I dunno, it just feels quite misplaced in an otherwise lighthearted game aimed partially at kids.

7. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   CJC – April 11, 2023

   I liked this version better than the PS2 version. Admittedly I played this one first before I ever even knew that PS2 had a version, so the excitement of first playing the game may be attributed to my love of the PSP version over the PS2 version. But whatever the cause I enjoyed this one more, and here’s why.This game is so simplistic it’s just a blast. It belongs on the PSP because of its simple graphics and easy to play on the go gameplay. Both the PS2 and PSP versions have very simple storylines that don’t require your full attention to just play the game. The King of the Cosmos went surfing while on vacation and ended up accidentally destroying all of the land on the planet he was on. You now have to roll your katamari around and collect items to rebuild the islands and such. Very similar to the PS2 version in fact, this ported over to the PSP so well that it lacks almost nothing the PS2 version has. The music and graphics are even the same. The only difference that most people will notice that have played both versions is that of entering levels. The PSP version has a shockingly funny way of entering levels where the prince is slingshot into the distance and appears to be hitting the King’s crotch. I fell out of my chair laughing when I first saw this.If I had to have one complaint about the PSP version it’s that your thumbs will hurt…a lot, because of the controls. It’s impossible just to push lightly on the directional pad and buttons to steer the katamar.

8. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   S. Jenkins – April 9, 2023

   Fun game

9. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Cabbit – April 8, 2023

   I have been a fan of Katamari for a long time and if I find one I love it. This was no different. The music is practically the same but this can be over looked because of the nature of this game. It is a little difficult to control the katamari at times because it relies on the D-pad and O-X-triangle-square. All in all it was still fun to play and a great way to pass the time.

10. 

    Rated 5 out of 5

    FrogzAttack – April 7, 2023

    The Controls Take Some Getting Use To Especially If You Have The Console Versions But Once You Get That Out Of The Way It’s Just As Fantastic As You’d Expect A Katamari Game To Be.