Touch My Katamari review: Slow your roll

By Griffin McElroy on Mar 08, 2012 03.08.12

Novelty in video games has a pretty short half-life - one that's reduced by sequels with unchanging, mechanical formulas. Vita launch title Touch My Katamari is the seventh Katamari Damacy installment. Katamari Damacy carried a near-unbearable amount of charm back in 2004, all whimsy and surrealism, piled on top of a clever, puzzle-action design that no other game had ever explored. Namco Bandai has now thoroughly explored the idea. Touch My Katamari shows its franchise's age at every turn. Some learned refinements shine through. The responsiveness and intuition of its controls - an occasional Katamari sticking point - are unsurpassed, and do a great deal to sell the multitude of inputs on the PS Vita. Just a few minutes in, however, it's hard to shake the feeling that you've already...