Famitsu has new shots and information about the forthcoming DSiWare title based on Keita Takahashi’s brilliant roll-em-up, Katamari Damacy.

Named Katamari Damacy: Korogashi Puzzle, it’s released on the handheld’s download service, and will cost just 500 points. The DS is held in the book style, with the left screen showing the King of All Cosmos, while the touchscreen has a vertical puzzle display. It’s similar to Meteos in that you need to match tiles to blast items off the screen - in this case, combining specific items to make stars in the night sky, a concept familiar to fans of the series.

There are two main game modes - a self-explanatory Endless Mode, and the Challenge Mode which has differently-themed stages. It seems that the King will have specific requests for the types of items to be included in the stars - again, this mechanic is well-known to Katamari fans.

Whether the game can live up to the addictive nature of the originals remains to be seen, but the presentation is charming (if a little cluttered) and it’s a nice twist on familiar puzzle mechanics. Expect a western release later in the year. If you want to see more shots, click here.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 at 7:20 pm by Chris Schilling
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