Beautiful Katamari demo available in Sept OXM

by Dustin Burg { Jul 24th 2007 at 12:00PM }

If you're dying to get to roll a Katamari on your Xbox 360, you just might have to plop down a few bucks and pick up the September issue of OXM. We just learned that a Beautiful Katamari demo is included on the demo disc in the latest issue of OXM, but we aren't totally sure what it entails. We also aren't sure why the Beautiful Katamari demo hasn't been caringly placed on the XBLM for everyone to enjoy, but we're thinking the King of All Cosmos has something to do with it. Neverless, we can guarantee that Beautiful Katamari is playable in OXM, so use such information as you deem fit.

[Thanks, Jkelly888]

Tags: beautifulkatamari, namco, oxm

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ANt @ Jul 24th 2007 12:09PM

Waste of disc space

Project Ekim @ Jul 24th 2007 12:11PM

I played it in oxm and they gave you like 3 minutes to fool around it was just not my kind of game.

jimy @ Jul 24th 2007 12:25PM

Yeah it is kinda cool. I won't be buying it any time soon. Just like those who own a ps3 :P

Turboman @ Jul 24th 2007 12:29PM

Never really got a change to try Katamari. :/ Glad that demo is coming out. =)

Matt @ Jul 24th 2007 12:33PM

Is this mag in stores now?

polar @ Jul 24th 2007 12:45PM

Dang It.

I can't wait to buy this game!

The1 @ Jul 24th 2007 1:47PM

I played it, a VERY DIFFERENT game!!!

SuperDave @ Jul 24th 2007 1:47PM

Damn, guess I'm going to have to do some shucking.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/07/18

dunnypop @ Jul 24th 2007 1:52PM

going to pick up the magazine today.

chenry @ Jul 24th 2007 2:16PM

anyone who has not experienced the surreality that is Katamari is either going to love or hate this game. It's pretty polarizing. Either the quirky graphics and absurd premise will amaze you, or just scare you off.

I love Katamari though.

fatcatfan @ Jul 24th 2007 2:51PM

We already pay $50 a year for Live Gold, and they want us to shell out more for demos?

Mythor @ Jul 24th 2007 8:36PM

Idiots. This is a game that needed to be on XBLM. People aren't going to get it if they can't try it for themselves, all they're doing is ensuring the majority of XBOX owners won't try the demo.
Assuming it stays an OXM exclusive, of course... Maybe they'll do the right thing!

BananaBoat @ Jul 24th 2007 10:01PM

Holy crap, some people ^ are just doom and gloom. People bought Katamari because it was a budget title at 30 bucks, and I think they'll buy the new one for the same reason (which is good, because after playing the original, I would have payed 100 bucks for it instead of 30). I'm sure the Demo will eventually make it to Live, but I think it's the duty of anyone that hasn't played a Katamari to buy this game when it comes out, if not for the game, then to support Namco in it's quest to continually bring Japan-centric games to the US (against the wisdom of most companies)