You may have heard there’s a new Katamari Damacy game on both iOS and Android. There is! It’s called Tap My Katamari. It is awful.
![New Katamari Damacy Game Is Hot Garbage](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06/virwip0fq8i1gaepyy5d.png?quality=75?quality=75)
I played it yesterday so you don’t have to. Things start pretty well! Some nice new Katamari splash art, some funky music to accompany it. After a lengthy loading screen, you get playing and….
![New Katamari Damacy Game Is Hot Garbage](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06/lbygx1dg5268w1ywjwvg.png?quality=75?quality=75)
…oh. This is it. You roll your Katamari from left to right. No 3D control, no strategy, you just…tap the screen to roll. Tapping the screen faster makes the Prince roll…faster. In other words, it’s what’s called a “clicker”, since that’s precisely all you do. Here’s some video in case you don’t believe me.
After a bit of rolling, this menu appears.
![New Katamari Damacy Game Is Hot Garbage](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06/ejjejw3uwjhnrgntjluz.png?quality=75?quality=75)
Then this menu.
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Then this one.
![New Katamari Damacy Game Is Hot Garbage](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/06/d9vlo7t08opjmftbjvpq.png?quality=75?quality=75)
So, yeah, screw this game.
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2 responses to “New Katamari Damacy Game Is Hot Garbage”
Bandai Namco are almost Konami levels of utter shit.
Almost.
Someone must burn for this.
No! No! Katamari!