Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy

Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy[lower-alpha 1] is a falling block puzzle video game released by Namco Bandai Games for the Nintendo DSi's DSiWare digital download service. It is a spin-off of the Katamari series. However, it bears little resemblance to the series, resembling Tetris more so.[1] It features similar gameplay to Pac-Attack, another puzzle game created by Namco.[2][3] It was the first game in the series to appear on a Nintendo platform.[4]

Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy
Developer(s)Namco Bandai Games
Publisher(s)Namco Bandai Games
SeriesKatamari
Platform(s)Nintendo DSi
Release
  • JP: March 25, 2009
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy is a falling block puzzle game.[5] The player must stack items up and then drop a katamari, a round object that rolls up items, to sweep them away all at once.[6] It uses the gameplay of Pac-Attack.[4]

Development

Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy was announced on February 18, 2009, and was released on March 25, 2009. It was published by Namco Bandai. It uses the same gameplay mechanics of Pac-Attack, an older puzzle game created by Namco.[4] The game features music created with the VOCALOID synthesizer voice library Hatsune Miku.[7]

Notes
  1. Japanese: ころがしパズル塊魂, Hepburn: Korogashi Pazuru Katamari Damashii, Rolling Puzzle Katamari Damacy

References
  1. "The First Third Party DSiWare Developer Is..." Siliconera. 2009-02-18. Archived from the original on 2009-02-23. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  2. North, Dale (April 14, 2009). "Preview: Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy". Destructoid. Enthusiast Gaming. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  3. Siliconera Staff (March 31, 2009). "Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy: Clutter And Roll". Siliconera. Curse, Inc. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  4. Gifford, Kevin (February 18, 2009). "Namco Bandai Announces Flurry of Puzzle Games". 1UP.com. IGN. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
  5. Shiga, Yasunori (February 23, 2009). "バンダイナムコ、DSiウェアソフト 4タイトルを2月より配信開始". Game Watch (in Japanese). Impress Group. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
  6. IGN Staff (February 18, 2009). "Namco Bandai Pushes DSi". IGN. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  7. Spencer, Spanner (February 25, 2009). "Korogashi Puzzle Katamari Damacy coming to DSiWare". Pocket Gamer. Steel Media. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
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