Playing as the royal son of the Prince of All Cosmos, you are sent to Earth with orders to roll its contents into several oddly-shaped balls to be used as replacements for the missing stars ... Read allPlaying as the royal son of the Prince of All Cosmos, you are sent to Earth with orders to roll its contents into several oddly-shaped balls to be used as replacements for the missing stars and constellations in the sky.Playing as the royal son of the Prince of All Cosmos, you are sent to Earth with orders to roll its contents into several oddly-shaped balls to be used as replacements for the missing stars and constellations in the sky.
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Ryan Drees
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Dario Toda
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Fumina
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- (voice)
Saori Ogiya
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Junko Ozawa
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Asuka Sakai
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Ryûichi Takada
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Ryuichi Takada)
- Director
- Writer
- Keita Takahashi(uncredited)
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King of All Cosmos: How disturbing!
- ConnectionsFeatured in AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005)
- SoundtracksRoll Me In
Lyrics by Hideki Tobeta (Namco Ltd.)
Guitar: Takayuki Ikezawa (Namco Ltd.)
Bass: Jesahm (Namco Ltd.)
Saxophone: Jesahm (Namco Ltd.)
Flute: Jesahm (Namco Ltd.)
Violin: Ryûichi Takada (Namco Ltd.)
Chorus: Mika Sato
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Rock N Rollin
Imagine a game with no evil to fight or dire crisis to deal with, though that's almost impossible as a high percentile of video games most of the time include an evil force, even the arcade games from yesteryear like Namco's loveable mascot "Pac Man" which was about his evading evil ghosts that want to kill him.
This game is a rare beast as it's one of those video games you don't see every day and come once a full blue moon that are in the Weird genre. I personally love that genre because they bring out games that are truly unconventional, that think outside the box, but most importantly are unusually fun.
It's true this game wasn't exactly a best seller at the time which is understandable as game in the Weird genre are a tough sell altogether and aren't always for everyone, however over the years this game has became a cult classic and was actually good enough to have a couple of sequels making a full trilogy and of course this game has recently had a remaster, so it just goes to show how much momentum this franchise has built and still continues to.
The plotline is daft as it's about an alien king that accidentally destroys all the stars in the universe and it's up to his son the prince to collect material to remake the stars. Yeah, I know daft, but it fits the nature of this game.
Namco has of course constructed another loveable mascot for their company called "The Prince". This little guy is just so cute, you can say he's a walking Tylenol pill as his head is shaped like one; a little surprised there hasn't been any plush toys of this guy. But anyway, he's a loveable character as he's just trying to satisfy and make his father the King proud which is something any good sibling can emphasize with.
But other than those things it's the gameplay, style and music that are the real hooks of the game. The gameplay is great it's such a simple concept which is what makes the game work as it once again is a prime example of less being more.
Basically, you task is to make these oversized snowballs by simply rolling over everything. This may seem like a tedious and repetitive task as that's what you do throughout the whole game but surprising it's not because of all the mechanics and details to keep the game interesting.
From how much time you must collect to create certain balls, the number of objects to collect to build the ball enough to collect even bigger objects, and certain objects or creatures to collect to build the balls that make star constellations.
The control in the game is solid as you use two of the joysticks, which work well they sort of function the same as the tank controls from the arcade game "Vindicators" where you must press both joysticks the same direction to go forward, backward, side to side. Or if you want to make a turn press one joystick forward and the other back. It makes sense as you character is using both his hands to roll the ball but also in utilizing the physics in rolling and making snowballs.
The game in a strange sense is sort of a relaxation game. As I found myself making the snowballs, I wasn't the least bit stressed, despite there being a timer; I honestly didn't feel that terrible feeling of being rushed or even failure when it happened. When failure occurred, I just thought, oh well I can still try again as there were certain opportunities and areas I haven't covered before, making the replayablity of the game more enjoyable. But also, in the game there is no second or third place, or even the feeling that you task is vitally important, your just taking enjoyment in simply doing.
Also, the game is sort of a strange arts and crafts game, there is a certain strange gratification and beauty in creating a huge snowball out of just random things in the way.
The art style in the game is a surrealist style which is very strange but beautiful. Almost looks a bit like the kind of art I would see in some of those animated shows from the "Adult Swim" block on "Cartoon Network" well almost though if you even seen some of that block it's really trippy. As everything is all color and modern, how everyone is varied in size, some of the people are strange and just doing random things, certain things you would see in Japanese culture, these are all things you just have to see for yourself to believe.
I really love how each of the sectors you go to are always different. This game is very scenic which adds to the relaxation as their all-different types of environments. It even more hooked me as I wanted to explore what more the environments, I was in offered and what that next sector I have yet to venture to offered.
Also, each of them have sort of this strange quirky Japanese style sense of humor to them. It's hard to place it I guess you can say it's like with TV shows "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" and "Parks and Recreation" where in those shows we see a lot of weirdness in our modern reality but it's funny because of that. Sometimes when I play the game, I just couldn't help but have a smile on my face as I sometimes saw certain weird things or just simply rolling over animals and humans making them part of my daft snowball which just made me snicker a little.
The music in the game is great this game has one of the best soundtracks in video games in my book. I really love each of the tracks as the mix is rather unpredictable as the tracks are all different and feel different which all fit the nature of the game.
Two of my favorites are "Lonely Falling Star" and my favorite one is "Que Sera Sera" which sounds almost like it could be a lost Frank Sinatra song as the singer sounds like Frank but it's not. I just though it was a cool tune because it just has the retro goodness feel of simplicity, optimism, and romantism.
This game has enough momentum for fun.
Rating: 4 stars
This game is a rare beast as it's one of those video games you don't see every day and come once a full blue moon that are in the Weird genre. I personally love that genre because they bring out games that are truly unconventional, that think outside the box, but most importantly are unusually fun.
It's true this game wasn't exactly a best seller at the time which is understandable as game in the Weird genre are a tough sell altogether and aren't always for everyone, however over the years this game has became a cult classic and was actually good enough to have a couple of sequels making a full trilogy and of course this game has recently had a remaster, so it just goes to show how much momentum this franchise has built and still continues to.
The plotline is daft as it's about an alien king that accidentally destroys all the stars in the universe and it's up to his son the prince to collect material to remake the stars. Yeah, I know daft, but it fits the nature of this game.
Namco has of course constructed another loveable mascot for their company called "The Prince". This little guy is just so cute, you can say he's a walking Tylenol pill as his head is shaped like one; a little surprised there hasn't been any plush toys of this guy. But anyway, he's a loveable character as he's just trying to satisfy and make his father the King proud which is something any good sibling can emphasize with.
But other than those things it's the gameplay, style and music that are the real hooks of the game. The gameplay is great it's such a simple concept which is what makes the game work as it once again is a prime example of less being more.
Basically, you task is to make these oversized snowballs by simply rolling over everything. This may seem like a tedious and repetitive task as that's what you do throughout the whole game but surprising it's not because of all the mechanics and details to keep the game interesting.
From how much time you must collect to create certain balls, the number of objects to collect to build the ball enough to collect even bigger objects, and certain objects or creatures to collect to build the balls that make star constellations.
The control in the game is solid as you use two of the joysticks, which work well they sort of function the same as the tank controls from the arcade game "Vindicators" where you must press both joysticks the same direction to go forward, backward, side to side. Or if you want to make a turn press one joystick forward and the other back. It makes sense as you character is using both his hands to roll the ball but also in utilizing the physics in rolling and making snowballs.
The game in a strange sense is sort of a relaxation game. As I found myself making the snowballs, I wasn't the least bit stressed, despite there being a timer; I honestly didn't feel that terrible feeling of being rushed or even failure when it happened. When failure occurred, I just thought, oh well I can still try again as there were certain opportunities and areas I haven't covered before, making the replayablity of the game more enjoyable. But also, in the game there is no second or third place, or even the feeling that you task is vitally important, your just taking enjoyment in simply doing.
Also, the game is sort of a strange arts and crafts game, there is a certain strange gratification and beauty in creating a huge snowball out of just random things in the way.
The art style in the game is a surrealist style which is very strange but beautiful. Almost looks a bit like the kind of art I would see in some of those animated shows from the "Adult Swim" block on "Cartoon Network" well almost though if you even seen some of that block it's really trippy. As everything is all color and modern, how everyone is varied in size, some of the people are strange and just doing random things, certain things you would see in Japanese culture, these are all things you just have to see for yourself to believe.
I really love how each of the sectors you go to are always different. This game is very scenic which adds to the relaxation as their all-different types of environments. It even more hooked me as I wanted to explore what more the environments, I was in offered and what that next sector I have yet to venture to offered.
Also, each of them have sort of this strange quirky Japanese style sense of humor to them. It's hard to place it I guess you can say it's like with TV shows "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" and "Parks and Recreation" where in those shows we see a lot of weirdness in our modern reality but it's funny because of that. Sometimes when I play the game, I just couldn't help but have a smile on my face as I sometimes saw certain weird things or just simply rolling over animals and humans making them part of my daft snowball which just made me snicker a little.
The music in the game is great this game has one of the best soundtracks in video games in my book. I really love each of the tracks as the mix is rather unpredictable as the tracks are all different and feel different which all fit the nature of the game.
Two of my favorites are "Lonely Falling Star" and my favorite one is "Que Sera Sera" which sounds almost like it could be a lost Frank Sinatra song as the singer sounds like Frank but it's not. I just though it was a cool tune because it just has the retro goodness feel of simplicity, optimism, and romantism.
This game has enough momentum for fun.
Rating: 4 stars
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