I feel a little ashamed about this next, for a few reasons:

1) I bought it at launch in 2005. At least it was only $30.

2) After buying it, I then played the previous game in the series, waited another year and a bit, and then played the third game in the series, completely skipping this one.

3) Once I finally got down to playing it, it only took three or four hours to see the gloriousness of it all.

But, I finally finished We Love Katamari – and, in retrospect, it’s a good thing I DID put it off, because if I’d played it before Me & My Katamari on the PSP, I would have been disappointed with the PSP game. As it is, the PSP game is better than the first, and the PS2 game better than the PSP game, so it was a good order.

Oh, and Cowbear? I had a crazy good streak going, had managed to dodge cows and bears left and right, and then, just when I was thinking: I’ve got a decent-sized Katamari here, let’s go back and nab us a bear statue or something… I hit a “Tiny” bear that I couldn’t even see before the King popped up to tell me I’d hit it. Damnitall.

I’m done with rolling for a while, at any rate.  I’ve heard mixed things about the 360 version, so I’ll put off getting it until it hits the $20 mark or so.