The History of Katamari Damacy - Full Series Retrospective | Rewind Arcade

The strange and unique history of the Katamari Damacy series and its creator, Keita Takahashi. See how its concepts and characters were created and how Bandai Namco continued to turn out title after title as the years went on.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
1:02 Part 1 - Keita Takahashi
6:23 Part 2 - Katamari Damacy
17:36 Part 3 - An Unplanned Sequel
23:00 Part 4 - Portable Damacy
27:06 Part 5 - Katamari Goes HD
32:11 Part 6 - Doubling Down on Portable
36:36 Part 7 - Katamari Forever
40:05 Part 8 - Katamari Goes MMO
43:10 Part 9 - Tripling Down on Portable
49:01 Part 10 - After the Hiatus
54:11 Part 11 - Legacy
56:06 Credits

Special Thanks:

Azita Marie (Kitty Mecha)
Matt Baros
Kat Huffman & ReGen (visit their website https://regengaming.com for buying retro games if you're on the east coast)
L.E. Hall (check out her book on Katamari Damacy https://bossfightbooks.com/products/k... )

Music:

Katamari Damacy - Katamari on the Rocks ~ Main Theme~
Katamari Damacy - Gin & Tonic & Red Red Roses
Katamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star
Katamari Damacy - The Wonderful Star's Walk is Wonderful
We Love Katamari - Katamari on the Swing
We Love Katamari - Everlasting Love
Me & My Katamari - Katamari on the Funk
Beautiful Katamari - Katamari Dancing
Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy - Katamari of Love ft. Hatsune Miku
Katamari Forever - Katamari on the Wings
Katamari Forever - Katamari on the Swing (SEXY-SYNTHESIZER ALL ABOUT namco MIX)
Katamari Forever - Minigame Selection Music
Touch My Katamari - Katamari on the Stage

Katamari Gameplay:

sloobro -    / sloobro  
PCSX2 -    / ps2emulator  
Full Playthroughs -    / fullplaythroughs  
Longplay Archive -    / longplayarchive  
MasaeAnela -    / masaeanela  
Retroblastkatamari -    / @retroblastkatamari8739  
NeXtGroup -    / nextgroup  
fruit salad -    / @fruitsalad5802  
Devon Phillips -    / @devonphillips674  
BlueMaxima’s Gaming Channel -    / bluemaximac099  
Handheld Players -    / handheldplayers  
iPlay Retro -    / iplayretro  
Demon27248 -    / demon27248  
Checkpoint TV -    / wwwedomenet  
10min Gameplay -    / 10mingameplay1  
Yeong JunCho

Additional Gameplay:

PrinceY -
The Game Archive -
OSIRIS -
Free Emulator -
PureIllusion -
KoroushiGhazi -
Neoteric -
rrvirus -
Artie the Cinderace -
RalsiPlays -
KillzSlayz -
Games Sky น่ารัก Channel -
Metal Arcade -
100% Guides -
VG247.com -
smbhax2000 -
Alyssa Vakarian -
Billy Nitro -
Ayee -
TapTapPlay -
Gaming Jay -
YT Games 168 -
AppleAppVideo -

Video Footage:

GDC -    / gdconf  
Antoine Fortin -    / @antoinefortin1386  

Sprite Rips:

Katach314
Cynicjovial
katamaruu
LukeWarnut
Ultimecia
Caylie C.

Screenshots - Junglekun

Sources:

"Katamari Damacy" by L.E. Hall (Published by Boss Fight Books)
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/inte...
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/inte...
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/...
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020309...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology...
https://kotaku.com/why-katamari-damac...
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/interview...
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/so-...
https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/04/...
http://windream.co.jp/deve/KDK.html
https://lostmediawiki.com/Katamari_Da...
http://www.gamtoon.com/new/gs/intervi...
http://windream.co.jp/deve/KDK2.html
https://katamaridamacy.jp/extra/index...


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