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Katamari Creator Thinks Gaming Has "Lost Its Direction"

When not harboring dreams of designing playground equipment, Katamari creator Keita Takahashi makes games and says kooky things. Some of those kooky things make sense, and some of them don't whatsoever. What's Keita think of creativity?

Defining the word creativity is difficult in a sense. Even the likes of God of War, for instance, it is really well made. It's a great graphic game with an interesting story. It's not fair to tell them that their games have no creativity. Having said that I do feel many games do lack the wow factor in a sense.

Sure, the law of averages agrees with you, Keita. Most games aren't going to be as creative or surreal as Katamari. More »

11:00 PM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
4,342 views, 91 comments

Latest by VendettaUF: Am I the only person that thought this game was kind of boring and just obnoxiously insane? more »

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Life Words from Barefoot Keita Takahashi

Boy, that Keita Takahashi is plum nutty! At Nottingham's GameCity, the always delightful Alice introduced him for a keynote he gave. Barefoot. Here are the highlights:

It would be impossible for us to be here... if the world was not peaceful. If there was heavy fighting or pollution in the cities could we talk about videogames like this? If you're suffering from poverty and disease could you worry about collecting coins? I don't think so.

Durr. More »

2:00 AM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
3,708 views, 47 comments

Latest by sendmail: He has a point, the other day I was thinking how lucky I am that my biggest worry is which game to buy this month :) more »

console wars

Katamari Creator Wants One Console Future

When Keita Takahashi isn't predicting an impending apocalypse or warning of destructive climate change, he's making video games, a job he seems to hate. He also hates Katamari Damacy, saying he's "sick of it." Also worthy of Takahashi's bile? Multiple console manufacturers! His numerous flights of fancy include one that sees a single console future, where Nintendo PlayBoxes (or whatever!) are a thing of the past. Instead, shift power to developers and pass the savings on to consumers. More »

6:40 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,843 views, 76 comments

Latest by n/a: Something tells me most of the console population doesn't know that the hardware that goes into their console is made by the same people that make PC hardware. more »

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Nobi Nobi Boy Demoed At GameCity 2007

Namco Bandai revealed Keita Takahashi's follow up to We Love Katamari earlier this year, giving us the title Nobi Nobi Boy, a handful of screen shots and some regrettable photos of execs holding what appeared to be a co-op dildo. This past weekend, Takahashi himself publicly played the game—more prototype than not, at this point—giving attendees of the Nottingham based event GameCity a taste of what to expect. So what is it? We, and maybe even Takahashi, aren't quite sure yet. The PlayStation 3 game's focus on stretching hasn't clicked as a gameplay concept yet, but it sure looks interesting. More »

5:20 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
By Michael McWhertor
3,480 views, 27 comments

Latest by Superstar90: I don't like the fact that it's going to end up being a PS3 (PSN most likely) game. Just add WiiWare and XBLA and be done with it. GEEZ more »

rolling up nottingham

Takahashi Lends Vision To GameCity 2007

Katamari creator Keita Takahashi has been announced as the 2007 Vision Statement speaker for the GameCity festival in Nottingham England, which takes place October 24th - 28th this year. Takahashi will be at Nottingham's Broadway Media Centre on Saturday the 27th to deliver the second annual festival's Vision Statement, where he will share some of his works and insight into the gaming industry. Last year's Vision Statement was delivered by Lorne Lanning, who used the event to announce his movie, Celebrity Siege. Last year's event also saw b-boy dance lessons, Sonic's birthday party, and a solo Sega piano concert by Richard Jacques in a 14th century church.
Keita Takahashi, a formally trained artist, commented, "I haven't had the chance to consider my plans for the day just yet but I'm definitely ready to enjoy myself! I'm hoping to share some of my works at the event so let's hope everyone can join me in October!"

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11:00 AM on Mon Jul 23 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,160 views, 15 comments

Latest by TheIrishNinja: please feel free to talk about Doki Doki Boy or whatever for like an hour, i dont mind. ps i love you, man more »

soul of a new machine

Katamari Creator Reveals New PS3 Game, Nobi Nobi Boy

Namco Bandai Games announced earlier today at the PlayStation Premiere 2007 event in Tokyo that the next game from the creator of Katamari Damacy would be Nobi Nobi Boy for the PLAYSTATION 3. Details on Keita Takahashi's newest creation were scarce, with the company showing only three pieces of artwork of what we assume to be the titular character. More »

3:20 PM on Tue Jul 17 2007
By Michael McWhertor
8,269 views, 68 comments

katamari

Post-Takahashi Katamari May Be A Reality

And speaking of this site's inexorable Katamari fixation, our enthusiasm started flailing wildly about the room like a rampant fire hose, spraying whatever less-than-subtle euphemism you'd care to mnemonically conjure, when we read that the Katamari Damacy series may not be dead after all. More »

10:40 AM on Fri May 26 2006
By brownlee
148 views, 3 comments

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Keita Takahashi Talks and Pisses You Off

Is Katamari kreator Keita Takahashi for real, taking the piss or on drugs? Or golly, all of the above? I have no clue as I've never met the dude, but Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield did at GDC, so he'll hafta fill us all in. Until then, we can rummage through the detris of quotes Takashi has left behind. Drum Katamari Drum roll please...
•"Well, I'm not really a game designer, so... guess it can't be helped!"
•"Yesterday at the Game Developers Choice Awards, I got one nomination, and everybody cheered. It was pretty amazing to me. I wondered why they were so excited... it seemed kind of strange."
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9:22 AM on Thu May 25 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
208 views, 10 comments

Latest by Rooster: Well, he is an artist, he's bound to be a bit quirky. Oddly, he is just what the gaming industry needs ... someone who is an outsider making the calls. There are too many hard cores in there. I'm in Windsor more »

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Real Life Katamari Flattens San Francisco

On May 21st, a group of freaky fun-lovin' Katamari cosplayers are going to gather refrigerator boxes in San Francisco and make a giant katamari out of it. They are entering the certifiably odd 12K Bay to Breakers run and picking up junk along the way. 12K run? These Katamarians won't get further than 1K before this half-baked idea runs out of gas, and they gather for a group hug. More »

7:22 AM on Tue May 2 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
183 views, 1 comment

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Games First To Keita Takahashi: "Whatever, hippy."

Games First's Aaron Stanton spin kicks Katamari creator Keita Takahashi right in the side of his stupid hippy head. Why? Over the absurdity of the creator of one of the games with the worst control schemes in recent memory giving the Big N shit for emphasizing the importance of how gamers interact with games. More »

1:40 PM on Tue Apr 25 2006
By brownlee
191 views, 17 comments

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Keita Takahashi Smack Talks The Revolution

Katamari creator, loose canon and future playground designer Keita Takahashi has started his own revolution by dismissing the Revolution's controller. At the recent Game Developers Conference, Keita told Game Developer, and we quote, "I'm not really interested in it. I don't think a controller should have that much influence on the enjoyment of games." Continuing, he said, "I see what [Nintendo is] trying to do, but they're putting such emphasis on the controller; 'Woah, this controller lets you do this!' and I'm thinking - are you messing with us?" And the death blow came with: "So, there's nothing I really want to do with it right now." Now that fanboys have been pitted against Katamari cosplayers, we'd like to admit we were wrong. Keita doesn't hate video games, just Nintendo. More »

7:23 PM on Wed Apr 19 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
165 views, 26 comments

Latest by windsor b: i personally love both katamari and nintendo, but it doesn't surprise me that he criticises his competitor's products more »

namco

King of All Cosmos Nose

Now that Katamari site has been killed off and game-hating Keita Takahashi is designing playgrounds, fans are left picking up the pieces. Exclusive downloads have been wiped from the Namco site, but Kotaku reader Sketh has found a paper craft that many have been looking for: The King of All Cosmos Nose Cutout. Go ahead, print it out and wear it proudly. Or something like that.
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8:21 AM on Thu Mar 30 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
443 views, 2 comments

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Keita Takahashi Loves You (No, Really)

At last week's GDC, hot designers like Cliffy B, Harvey Smith and Keita Takahashi gathered at the Game Design Challenge to construct a game around a unbelievably difficult theme. This year's was to design a title that could win the Nobel Peach Prize. More »

6:22 AM on Thu Mar 30 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
129 views, 4 comments

katamari damacy

Bye Bye Katamari

The official Katamari web site was pulled down yesterday, replaced with a message that the Katamari team is moving on to other things. It also mentions that "Doctor Katamari", most likely series producer Keita Takahashi, is working on a new non-Katamari title, but has little else in the way of specifics. More »

3:36 PM on Sat Mar 18 2006
By Michael McWhertor
533 views, 17 comments