19th April 2005, 3:18 PM
ABF, that's exactly how you control the katamari. They just removed the treads part. It's the same thing though. You tilt one up and the other down, the prince runs around the katamari, which is the same as turning a tank. You tilt both up, he pushes it. You tilt both down, he pulls it. Tilt one up and leave the other alone, he circles the katamari, but slower. So yeah, it's the same as controlling a tank or something like that, it's just the animation that's different here (that and turning lets the Katamari stand still). Also, keep in mind the ball's inertia, so turning while moving is still pretty easy.
Duel control of one ball, as I mentioned before, I wonder exactly how that will work? They had better come up with something clever for it, because if it's just two people in the single player campaign, I have a hard time seeing myself in that mode for long before just playing by myself :D. But hey, if they work at it they could actually make a multiplayer mode that's worth playing for more than 5 minutes. Perhaps instead of just having two people controlling the two sticks (which I can do already come to think of it with the first one :D), they could have something unique the second player does. Maybe the second person runs around the katamari smoothing it out while the first rolls around? I dunno...
Duel control of one ball, as I mentioned before, I wonder exactly how that will work? They had better come up with something clever for it, because if it's just two people in the single player campaign, I have a hard time seeing myself in that mode for long before just playing by myself :D. But hey, if they work at it they could actually make a multiplayer mode that's worth playing for more than 5 minutes. Perhaps instead of just having two people controlling the two sticks (which I can do already come to think of it with the first one :D), they could have something unique the second player does. Maybe the second person runs around the katamari smoothing it out while the first rolls around? I dunno...
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