As introduced throughout at the moment’s Nintendo Associate Direct, there is a new Katamari recreation on the way in which. Once Upon A Katamari is the primary new recreation within the sequence for consoles since 2011–Katamari Damacy Rolling Stay launched solely for Apple Arcade earlier this year–and it, unsurprisingly, sees the King of All Cosmos inflicting bother for everybody’s favorite Prince.
This time, the King unintentionally destroyed the Earth, moon, and numerous different stars, sending The Prince off on a time-hopping journey by the Jurassic Interval, the Ice Age, historic Japan, Historical Rome, and extra. This recreation introduces objects that will help you alongside the way in which, like a magnet that pulls in close by objects, a rocket that propels you ahead, and a timer that freezes shifting objects and time itself.
You may have an enormous vary of recent cousins to select from to play as on this one, 69 complete (“How good”) in case you embrace The Prince. That features one that appears like two individuals in a horse costume, one other that appears like a cactus, and one which’s simply straight-up a mushroom. The Prince and all his cousins may be personalized too, and there is a new multiplayer mode referred to as KatamariBall the place you possibly can “roll round with as much as 4 gamers on-line.”
Music seems to be an enormous promoting level with this one too, because it options songs from numerous completely different artists, together with Chelmico, the duo behind the opening to Preserve Your Palms Off Eizouken–you can hear their monitor Katamari Time! within the trailer–and Daoko, the singer behind Me!Me!Me!
You additionally haven’t got to attend very lengthy for the sport, because it’s due out on October 24, 2025. It is presently deliberate for launch on Nintendo Swap, PS5, Xbox Sequence X|S, and PC.
For extra on at the moment’s showcase, ensure to take a look at our roundup of all the largest Nintendo Direct bulletins.