We Love Katamari JPN Cover art is AWESOME!!!

[CouRageouS]

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/images/we_love_boxart-thumb.jpg

Too bad it'll probably be different in the US release. Maybe a bunch of us can go to a Namco building and make a English version of this picture and send it to Namco to use. We'll have to find a way to get a giraffe of course.

[musha666]

Yea It will definately be changed.

And you dont have a giraffe?? weird...

[CheapyD]

I'm like a giraffe...


http://img93.echo.cx/img93/9568/princecheapy5zz.th.jpg (http://img93.echo.cx/my.php?image=princecheapy5zz.jpg)

[ryanbph]

nice box art, cheapy you don't look like a giraffe

[CouRageouS]

Cheapy did you add something to the Katamari? I like that Hula Hoop there :-D

Anyone know where a Namco building is at? It would be great to recreate that picture. My sign would say Katamari 3:16

[greydemise]

oh man! that box art is so cool!! i want it :D

[speedy05]

yeah, that's a cool cover! BTW, when is it coming to the USA?

[Wet Ninja]

cheapy you don't look like a giraffe

I don't know...he's pretty tall... ;)

[CheapyD]

Cheapy did you add something to the Katamari? I like that Hula Hoop there :-D

Anyone know where a Namco building is at? It would be great to recreate that picture. My sign would say Katamari 3:16

Yeah, I added a CAG flyer (business card size)...see if you can find it in the picture.

I'm pretty sure Namco's office is in Tokyo.

[CouRageouS]

Namco has to have a US building somewhere. Sega, Sony, and a bunch of others have them around the SF Bay and Namco has a San Jose, CA address on the back of their games. Anyone in that area wanna check if they have a nice visibile Namco sign there? It might just be a distribution center or something but it would be cool as long as the sign was there.

[thetshell]

U.S. branch is located in California. I found this on Namco's website:

About Namco Hometek Inc.
Namco Hometek Inc. is the U.S. consumer division of Namco Limited, a Tokyo-based world leader in the high-tech entertainment industry. Based in Santa Clara, CA, Namco Hometek Inc. is an award-winning video games publisher for next generation game consoles.


And then searched on Namco in Santa Clara using switchboard.com and found:

Namco Hometek Inc
4555 Great America Pkwy
Santa Clara, CA 95054-1243
Phone: (408) 235-2000

EDIT:

Also searched on mapquest.com and found their holding company location, which explains the part San Jose listed on games:

Namco Holding Corp
2055 Junction Ave, San Jose, CA
408-383-3900

[CapAmerica]

The box rocks, I may import it just for the box if the US version isn't the same.
I do hope Namco keeps the box for the US release

[RedvsBlue]

Yeah, I added a CAG flyer (business card size)...see if you can find it in the picture.

I'm pretty sure Namco's office is in Tokyo.


Oh oh I found it! YAY

[daphatty]

Namco is in Santa Clara. So is Capcom (well technically Sunnyvale but only by a few hundred feet). I grew up in that city.

[Mookyjooky]

I'm like a giraffe...


http://img93.echo.cx/img93/9568/princecheapy5zz.th.jpg (http://img93.echo.cx/my.php?image=princecheapy5zz.jpg)

You look like a white taye diggs in that picture....

I brought out the Taye....for people who couldnt see it...

http://img176.echo.cx/img176/5750/princecheapy5zz4lv.jpg

PS: Your Digital camera adds alot of grain...I had to fix that and the focus issues, it was driving me insane...lol

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Awesome cover. :mrgreen:

And nice work Mooky, he does look like Taye. :shock: :lol:

[opportunity777]

It doesn't seem that special to me.

[WeaponX2099]

Ha! white taye Diggs. Women like taye diggs so I guess it's good.

[BLarR]

They shoulda had a giant ball in the background about to crush everything.

[RelentlessRolento]

wow... the artistic potential of this series is out of hand! awsome!

also, nice pic CheapyTaye

[Strider Turbulence]

That cover is awesome, I love the Giraffe and monkeys on the roof.

[judyjudyjudy]

Namco is in Santa Clara. So is Capcom (well technically Sunnyvale but only by a few hundred feet). I grew up in that city.
Me too. NorCal representin' ;)

We should go grab some monkeys and giraffes and go takeover the place.

[gigan54]

am i the only one that can see the king's face in the window?

[greydemise]

am i the only one that can see the king's face in the window?

crap i dont see it.. :(

[markholladay]

I dont see it

[the3rdkey]

You look like a white taye diggs in that picture....

I brought out the Taye....for people who couldnt see it...

http://img176.echo.cx/img176/5750/princecheapy5zz4lv.jpg

PS: Your Digital camera adds alot of grain...I had to fix that and the focus issues, it was driving me insane...lol

Cheapy makes a silly looking black man.

[Zennousha]

am i the only one that can see the king's face in the window?
Haha That is awesome. I would never have noticed it had you not said anything. I hope we get the "after" picture of this scene for our cover. Ya know, once the ball rolls over them all and collects them.

[strebor]

am i the only one that can see the king's face in the window?

Good catch, I didn't see that at first.

I love the boxart, I hope they keep it for the US release but they probably won't. Doesn't stop me from printing it out and using it though.

[Backlash]

Loooks like the US boxart got shafted once again. Actually I do like it, though it's not as cool as the Japanese version:

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/257150.asp?site=NLF0816

[Quackzilla]

The Korean boxart looks beter than either the US or JPN boxart.

[Ecofreak]

The US Box Art is horrible. I'd have preferred if they kept the box art from the first one and just changed the title than this new iteration.

[The Successful Dropout]

the us box looks like an easter card

[strebor]

I plan on printing out the Japan boxart in really nice quality and using that instead of the US boxart when I get my copy. I really dislike it.

[cletus]

I would have preferred the JPN cover too. Too bad there's no chance at all that Namco would use a double sided cover like Atlus did with Stella Deus.

[whoknows]

The U.S. box art is one of the worst box arts I have seen in a very long time.

[Roufuss]

This comes out 9 - 13 now?!?

I thought it came out October!!!

[kaw]

Can't say that I like either of them. But if I had to pick one or the other it would be the US cover.

[FriskyTanuki]

This comes out 9 - 13 now?!?

I thought it came out October!!!
Nope, it's been September for a while.

[cletus]

I didn't realize it was coming out so soon. I'm gonna go preorder it tomorrow.

[GameDude]

Loooks like the US boxart got shafted once again. Actually I do like it, though it's not as cool as the Japanese version:

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/257150.asp?site=NLF0816


$30? That sucks.

[Eduardo X]

$30? That sucks.
I think its okay, better than $40 or $50.
Or for that matter, better than $1000. That would suck.

[SausageMAN FAN!!!]

A couple things:

1) Gigan 54 is super HOT! (Is that a Katamari tattoo?)

2) I need that Katamari Prince costume for Holloween. Is there any way to get it?

[b3b0p]

May not be $30.

EB/Gamestop always over price before the official prices are announced to save themselves from accidently underpricing (and giving people a good deal for preordering early).

[MaxBiaggi2]

I realize that the Katamari series has developed somewhat of a niche cult following since the first game came out stateside, but I still don't think it's got enough brand recognition to justifiy a higher $29.99 asking price. I guess we'll see when the sequel comes out. I just know I won't be buying it until a price drop occurs.

[blackjaw]

i love katamari

[dyreschlock]

does anyone have a high quality scan of the japanese dvd cover w/ spine and back art?

[The Successful Dropout]

May not be $30.

EB/Gamestop always over price before the official prices are announced to save themselves from accidently underpricing (and giving people a good deal for preordering early).

must be why i have two guitar hero bundles pre-ordered at eb for $49.99 each ;)