[kupoartist]

Originally Posted by merylsilverburg

They should really import this game to Europe, I don't know why they wouldn't.

It's probably something along the lines of a pathetic Namco presense in Europe. For example, the UK website is 99% dedicated to arcade games - the "Home Entertainment" section is a single html file with 2 pictures and two contact emails (presumably so you can ask "Why isn't X game out in this country/" to which you recieve a prefabed "We currently have no plans to release this game in your country").

Perhaps they're right to not take the risk though. Despite the cult success of Katamari Damacy in the states (I struggle to think of a big name webcomic that hasn't done at least one strip involving KD), European consumers always strike me as far less responsive than those in the USA, especially to Japanese culture (and lets face it, Katamari is hardly the product of Western minds). I like to hope i'm wrong sometimes, but the position of something like Anime (There's very little on TV, and certainly nothing really worth watching) over here is a good example of why i'm totally right to think that a game like Katamari Damacy might flop. Basically, us Europeans, collectively... we're all dicks.

Incidentally, I have the soundtrack on my IPod, and have the Intro movie on a DVD somewhere. I Know from that crazy music and that psychadelic opening sequence that I want this game. Naaaahhh Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nur Nah... Ka-ta-ma-ri Da-ma-shi!!!