Katamari Damacy in recent years has become one of my favorite video games of all time. It's hard to find a game like it that lets you just have such a wonderful time just rolling everything up into a giant ball while listening to an incredible soundtrack. We Love Katamari is fascinating in that it's one of those meta sequels where I don't think anyone ever expected Damacy to take off quite like it did. In a sense, We Love Katamari is a sequel that was made for everyone that is literally saying "we love Katamari". That love is then expressed throughout the games narrative of fulfilling requests of fans that just think the Prince and the King of All Cosmos are just the coolest guys in the world.

That being said, I'm not sure I can rate We Love Katamari as high as Katamari Damacy just because it doesn't feel like it's doing a whole lot more that Damacy had already set the foundation for. It's a short game just like Damacy, and it does have it's very own original soundtrack and new stages, but otherwise it doesn't bring very much to the "rolling up a giant ball full of stuff" category of gameplay. That's not to say the game isn't fun, but the most I felt like it did new was have more gimmick stages where your clear conditions are to have a certain amount or types of items in your katamari.

I did still really enjoy my time with We Love Katamari, and I do think its goal as a sequel wasn't so much to reinvent the wheel, or in this case the katamari. More so I think this was just an excuse to give fans more of Katamari Damacy, as it feels more like an extension of Damacy rather than it's own game. I believe both games these days are probably best enjoyed when played back to back, and I'm very happy to have both of them easily attainable on multiple platforms for people to enjoy. There really aren't any other games like these and I still derive a great amount of joy just rolling up a big ball after a hard day at work. Recommended!