We all knew about this game long before its arrival. We saw it in our dreams. We didn't try to look for it because we were too scared that Noby Noby Boy might only be a figment of our imagination. But it's here, and it's wonderful. Do not discourage those still untouched by its magic, let them find it on their own. Noby Noby Boy is waiting, forever, in our hearts.
Namco's tendency to pigeonhole studios into doing one thing is a fuckin drag, so it's nice to have seen Keita Takahashi break out of the Katamari Containment Chamber and try something really strange. It's neat, and I loved my time with it, but at this point it fills me with eerie memories of both the time I had with it (I was borrowing a friend's PS3 for a weird reason) and also the friction of this era and the slow ceasing of publishers making smaller games.
This isn't really a reviewable title, so I'm opting not to include a rating for it. I did get all the trophies in the game, but I got a majority of them by setting the controller down and leaving the room. The objective of stretching as much as possible wasn't done poorly, there's just not really a goal in mind since progress is made by the community and failure isn't really a concern. There's nothing really to praise or to complain about from a gameplay standpoint, not to me anyway.
An incredibly unique game the likes of which will probably never be seen, or played by nearly anyone, again. The experience itself is not always - perhaps even not often - fun, but there is a clear passion and love of making games here from one of my favorite creators, Keita Takahashi. The letter that was unlocked once players - with the help of the devs boosting their numbers - had collectively finished the game is very touching.
When it's not about rolling balls it's about stretching, obviously.
Noby Noby Boy supposedly was an experimental online game with the goal of working on a "global stretching achievements" to reach the end of the game, this game pretty much was the Japanese counterpart to the more popular game called "Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?". Curiosity did release 3 years after Noby Noby Boy so this idea of having the whole world working toward a common goal was really creative! Though it also means that the game is over and there isn't really much of a reason to come back to it as without the online aspects this game is just a quirky little Japanese oddity with no real goal.
As someone who grew up with a Wii and not a PS3, I can't really say much about this game as I never got to play it when it was a thing, but as a Katamari Damacy fan I guess I'm kinda disappointed since Keita Takahashi never really got to make another game that had original gameplay but also an addictive one, but I do wish someday he'll try to go back to his root and try to work on something that has both a great and unique presentation while having addictive and fun gameplay.
I will not rate this game as it's not really a game, without the online aspect and just ranking the game as it is it would just be a 2.5/5, cute but there's nothing to do.
Noby Noby Boy supposedly was an experimental online game with the goal of working on a "global stretching achievements" to reach the end of the game, this game pretty much was the Japanese counterpart to the more popular game called "Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?". Curiosity did release 3 years after Noby Noby Boy so this idea of having the whole world working toward a common goal was really creative! Though it also means that the game is over and there isn't really much of a reason to come back to it as without the online aspects this game is just a quirky little Japanese oddity with no real goal.
As someone who grew up with a Wii and not a PS3, I can't really say much about this game as I never got to play it when it was a thing, but as a Katamari Damacy fan I guess I'm kinda disappointed since Keita Takahashi never really got to make another game that had original gameplay but also an addictive one, but I do wish someday he'll try to go back to his root and try to work on something that has both a great and unique presentation while having addictive and fun gameplay.
I will not rate this game as it's not really a game, without the online aspect and just ranking the game as it is it would just be a 2.5/5, cute but there's nothing to do.
Cuando me regalaron una vieja PS3 pirateada venia ya este juego instalado, la verdad que al principio lo prejuzgaba mucho por parecerme muy infantil con esos diseños de Discovery Kids y decidí pasar de largo sin haberlo probado.
No fue hasta que me dejaron a cargo de cuidar a mi sobrina y la dejé con Noby Noby Boy.
A cada rato ella me llamaba por cualquier cosa que podia hacer en el juego, una frase más increíble que la interior... hasta que lo vi en pantalla, ver para creer como dicen.
No sé bien como describir a Noby Noby Boy, te dan un espacio lleno de juguetes pero solo te dejan agarrar uno solo, ese uno acaba siendo el mejor juguete que cualquier nene o nena puede tener en su vida.
Las cinco estrellas que le tengo a este juego no es por haberlo jugado, es por ver a ella disfrutar como nunca con Noby Noby Boy y realizar cosas que creía imposible en un juego. Me guardo cada historia y momento en mi cabeza como álbum familiar.
El bichito que se estira y se encoge no tendría tanta vida sin las manos de inocencia.
Ojalá más juegos como este y ojalá volver a ser niña.
No fue hasta que me dejaron a cargo de cuidar a mi sobrina y la dejé con Noby Noby Boy.
A cada rato ella me llamaba por cualquier cosa que podia hacer en el juego, una frase más increíble que la interior... hasta que lo vi en pantalla, ver para creer como dicen.
No sé bien como describir a Noby Noby Boy, te dan un espacio lleno de juguetes pero solo te dejan agarrar uno solo, ese uno acaba siendo el mejor juguete que cualquier nene o nena puede tener en su vida.
Las cinco estrellas que le tengo a este juego no es por haberlo jugado, es por ver a ella disfrutar como nunca con Noby Noby Boy y realizar cosas que creía imposible en un juego. Me guardo cada historia y momento en mi cabeza como álbum familiar.
El bichito que se estira y se encoge no tendría tanta vida sin las manos de inocencia.
Ojalá más juegos como este y ojalá volver a ser niña.
cant say i can particularly reccomend this one, not because it is bad mind you, but more because its kinda over already. the whole point of the game is to work together with other players online collectively to achieve a goal, and that goals already been done, so all you can really do is just dick around, which is all good fun dont get me wrong, but by the end of the day a game should probably have more than that to keep you invested. game is delisted, so only way you can really play this is on hacked firmware, and if you already own it from when it was listed online, you probably already have played this when it was still going. The partys been long over folks, one of those titles.