Well, they made the best Katamari game slightly better! Better framerate, a fine graphic update (although you can switch it back to the old look, which is appreciated), some good QoL changes, auto-save!!, pretty lazy-but-better-than-nothing new courses, and a wider selection of tunes with the (overpriced) DLC. The game itself is still truly great. Even though Keita didn't want to do a sequel I'm so glad he was involved with at least one of them. Some great courses, worlds, and especially tunes. I seriously think the soundtrack to this game is better than the original.

A few tiny irks with the remaster primarily involve audio differences, the draw distance, and the way the sea looks with the new graphics. But that doesn't distract me at all from giving my emotional 5/5 rating.

Keita's reluctant return to the game he created led to perhaps one of the most enjoyable games of all time, and definitely one of the most improved sequels to what was already an amazing game. So much new ways to use the Katamari, so much new levels full of personality, so much quality of life improvments, so much great new tracks (shoutout to Bluffing Damacy, a beautiful track about the King's alcoholism), so much everything. I love the fact that the game's plot, aside from the King's backstory, is just "we want more Katamari!" And so, the King gave his fans more Katamari. This whole game is just fan service. Even if Keita didn't want to make it, he at least wanted us to enjoy it, dammit. Even if we have to roll up 1 million roses in the process.