Me & My Katamari (Playstation Portable — PSP)

It is an unfortunate fact that the PSP has a constantly growing library, but among so many titles, only a few truly shine. One such title is Me & My Katamari. It is a title with a high set of qualities, not only on the PSP, but any platform. It becomes obvious early in the game the amount of effort put into the game, especially for a handheld.

Me & My Katamari is the third iteration in the Katamari Damacy series, and the first one on a portable platform. It also brings back all the well-known characters, such as the King of All Cosmos, the Queen, and Prince, along with many cousins.

The game starts with the Royal family deciding to take a vacation, and they chose Earth as their destination. Upon arrival, however, the family crosses paths with animals that were victims of a giant wave and washed off their original islands. Being as kind as always, the King decides to give all the animals new islands, and so the Prince sets off on his behalf.

The objective in the game is to roll up all the objects found in an area, depending on the size of your Katamari. According to the current size of the big ball of junk, you can roll from a simple paper clip up to a whole mountain, and everything in between. It takes a while at first to learn how to maneuver the Katamari to pick up items. The sheer number of objects in the game is…