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iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond: News: Mix: Philips dock, Katamari, EA iPhone games, Taiwan unlock
Gizmodo: I Love Katamari for iPhone/iPod Touch Lightning Review [Lightning Review]
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): I Love Katamari in the App Store, optimization not included
News: Mix: Philips dock, Katamari, EA iPhone games, Taiwan unlock
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Philips has previewed its new Docking Entertainment System DC350 for iPhone and iPod. The DC350 is a vertically-oriented system, featuring a built-in dock, six watts of RMS power, a screen above the dock, and hands-free conference call functionality. The system will also include a remote, and will be released in January 2009 for $150. Namco has released its I Love Katamari game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game is the latest in the Katamari Damacy series, which has seen titles released across multiple platforms including the PS2, PSP, and Xbox 360. In Katamari, players assume the role of the Prince, who must roll his Katamari ball over other ...
I Love Katamari for iPhone/iPod Touch Lightning Review [Lightning Review]
Gizmodo —
... a lot better if the game wasn't constantly, constantly glitching up. Whenever you graduate to a new size level of Katamari, the framerate drops heavily to the point where you can barely tell what's going on. That, there, will very likely be a dealbreaker for a lot of folks on an $8 game. But, for lovers of the series, that same, unique satisfaction of rolling up the cat's food and then the cat itself is still in there. Let's hope they iron out the performance in an update. [I Love Katamari - iTunes] ...
I Love Katamari in the App Store, optimization not included
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch
Can't believe we didn't think to ask of this before Namco gave it to us, but here it is -- there is already an official version of I Love Katamari (otherwise known as Katamari Damacy) ...
iPhone gaming is maturing as more major games join the fray
Infinite Loop —
With Apple pushing iPhone game development, industry veterans quitting their jobs to focus on game programming, and some developers making record profits with their iPhone apps , it's getting harder and harder to argue that the iPhone isn't a good gaming platform. With recent announcements from the likes of Konami, Namco, Paramount Digital, and Electronic Arts, gaming on the iPhone is starting to mature. The iPhone is a casual gamer's dream since you're likely to have it whereever you go and its touch interaction works great for puzzle games like Sudoku, Crosswords, Bejeweled, and Trism. But its relatively fast processor and ...
Katamari iPhone Game Is Here; It's Awesome
Wired: Gadget Lab —
A few days ago, Bandai rolled out an iPhone version of its popular puzzle-action game I Love Katamari. We had some time to give the mobile game a whirl, and it gets a bit choppy at times, but it's still damn addictive and fun.
The
iPhone game has the same layout as the original PlayStation 2 release:
You take on the role of a puny alien prince who pushes around a ball,
called a Katamari, collecting objects (e.g., paper clips, No. 2
pencils, etc.) in a room. The more stuff you roll up, the larger the
Katamari gets, and it can just keep rolling up bigger and bigger items
(to the point where you can roll up entire cities -- and even ...
Update Fixes Katamari For iPhone's Slow Performance, Controls [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
... hiccups coming when you level up to the next size of Katamari—all else is smooth. And in addition, even though I still stand by my preference of ILK's tilt controls over Monkey Ball's, a new gauge has been added to let you know where you are in the accelerometer's X-Y tilt axes, which helps a lot. Still, I wish there was a way to re-zero your acceleromter so you don't have to tilt forward so much to roll at full speed, but even without that, Katamari is infinitely more playable now. [I Love Katamari - iTunes, ...
Article: iPhone Gems: Four Hyped Games and a Serious Editorial
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
In recent weeks, Apple has intensified its efforts to position the iPhone and iPod touch as bona-fide game consoles, but owners of these devices know the score: thanks to control limitations and a wide range of developer issues, it’s very hard to find console-quality games in the App Store. This week, we looked at a bunch of titles that mimic, at least in part, past console game success stories: Ngmoco’s Rolando, Cobra Mobile’s Low Grav Racer, Namco’s I Love Katamari, and Source IT Software’s Zombie Mansion. Only one of these titles fully succeeds at offering a console gaming experience, and then, due to obvious polish that the other games here lack. [image] Read on for ...
I Come Collect: i Love Katamari Picks Up Everything In Its Path
iSmashPhone —
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a game this ridiculously simple, with a back story this ridiculously obtuse: The King of All Cosmos has accidentally knocked all the stars out of
the sky during a crazy night out. It is up to the pint-sized Prince to
put the twinkle back in the heavens in i Love Katamari. i Love Katamari ...
What Apple can teach Nintendo and Sony
Macworld —
by Darren Gladstone , PC World Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted from the Casual Friday blog at PCWorld.com . Nintendo, Sony: Let’s talk for a sec—just you and me. Look, guys, over the past couple of years, you’ve had a great run. Nintendo, your DS has tons of games, a wide variety of unique stuff that’s a blast to play. Sony, your PSP is a gadget-lover’s gaming tool, with everything from Skype to Internet-radio support (oh, yeah, and you have some cool games, as well). But unless you both do something in 2009, the iPhone and iPod Touch will soon become the top dogs in handheld gaming. Apple, the same folks who have pretty much ...
iPhone Developer: One Month, Half A Million Dollars Richer
iPhone Savior —
... I was curious to learn what kind
of iPhone games have the gravitas to catch Ethan's attention. He
quickly pointed to "I Love Katamari" ($7.99) and ...
