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Switch 2. Still doesn't run great

Unless they patch it to improve stability this definitely won't be a 100% collection kinda game

Once Upon a Katamari very unstable on the Switch. 2 crashes now after completing longer levels (20 minute attempts) where the whole run was lost after failing to go to the results screen.

It uses the same engine as the mobile game instead of the Reroll engine as well. So the physics are not the same for Katamari movement overall. Hope eventually we get the same scale and polish as Beautiful in a new Katamari game someday.

I just read that the bonk problem is because object size is now determined by height when it used to be by volume. So the Katamari must be taller than the full height of the object. Which explains why I was bonking on very tiny but tall ladders I couldn't even see from behind the Katamari at 12m

Some good songs in there still, but not a lot of instant classics

It is also all original levels which means it has the most new content of any Katamari game since Beautiful in 2007 (excluding the Vita titles because I didn't play the most recent portable so idk whats in that)

That said it does have a LOT of levels and also a lot of collectables. Each level has a minimum of 3 crowns to find and cousins that only appear after the previous one is found. And each level has 2 modes. So you are gonna be doing the same level a minimum of 6 times. Lot of stuff to keep you busy.

It's not that Once Upon is too hard, it's just kinda sloppy. It has these "QoL" things like indicating how close you are to a "good" score or radar objects to track down collectables, but then wiggles are gone and the levels are kinda small and narrow. Also way way too much text for Katamari.

It not only makes it hard to intuit how much bigger I need to get to find my pathing through a level, but also often slams all your momentum to a dead stop. All bonks are now equivalent to hitting a moving object in past games that is too large to roll up and also has momentum.

Once Upon is not my favorite Katamari game. It's still fun because it's Katamari and it's hard to mess that up. But the bonks are driving me a little crazy. In past games you get a wiggle if an object is a little too big to roll at your current size. In this game everything is a hard bonk.

I'm glad 6 million people don't have passionate opinions about my hair color or eyebrow shape. I'm glad I'm just me

I mean I think the fact that it was the last of its kind kinda shows that you have a point and people mostly weren't into it. It was still probably the "safe" choice to make something that won't be brand defining in any way in case it fails but in the same way it could never have been that big.

I had to explain to my therapist who The King of All Cosmos is today

I cant read

omg thats so exciting!!

Adding bulk crafting after 6 years is actually unhinged

I've gotten 4 new games since the Switch 2 came out, 2 of which I thought were Switch 2 games only to discover they weren't after I had already bought them lol

I got the new Katamari game thinking it would be a Switch 2 game, but it's a Switch 1 game and it runs like one even on the Switch 2 :( Get it for PC instead

I think I really just wanted to sit on Zygarde's shoulder or something while it flew up into the air. Like how Golurk learns fly, it must just scoop you up in its arms.

REAL

Technically Ive only played $70 of it so far. I think its really hard to justify paying so much per game at all. Money doesn't go very far right now and it never feels good to pay so much lol

I love Canari. Fully DYN4M0

Must have missed it!

It's something on the roof of Wild Zone 6, definitely save and go look for it. You get one shot to catch anything in this game so you want a recent save just in case the ball fails

At least they acknowledge Sycamore. Clemont is just no explanation gone

yeah actually its only been 5 years where is he

The idea that Pokemon games are now made with the idea that people will make internet content about them in mind is so amazing. What a future we live in. My weird childhood hobby is just what everyone does now

The point I actually got the most emotional about the ending was when there was a reference to any% speedrunning and my heart was happy to see the things we do in our weird Pokemon video game community acknowledged

I did enjoy the game overall. I'm also really bad at it relative to the rest of the series so I did find it kind of challenging at times which was a nice change of pace. Didn't get too overleveled and found it rewarding to improve.