Katamari Amore

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Summary

Katamari Amore (塊魂 アモーレ, Katamari Damashii Amore, lit. Clump Spirit Amore) is a third-person puzzle-action video game that is published and developed by Bandai Namco for iOS. With rumors beginning in March 2011, the game was revealed in a pre-release state at E3 2011, and was released to the public on September 29, 2011. Katamari Amore is the second game of the Katamari franchise to be released on iOS, and features Game Center integration. The game's plot revolves around the main character The Prince retrieving specific items on the planet Earth for his father The King of All Cosmos. In March 30, 2015 it was removed from the Apple Store.

Story

The game consists of three different stories, this first on is called "Have a Nice Trip!", one day while cleaning his room, The King stumbles upon a book called "Have a Nice Trip!", which he had gotten while visiting the planet Earth. The book details different rare objects that can be seen around the world. Upon discovering the book, and realizing he is smitten with the beauty of the objects, he orders Prince to Earth to roll them up and bring them back to him. This story features going to different places around the world for example, "South American Ruins" is supposed to represent Machu Picchu. The second story is called "Time Trip". The King had too much free time and was drifting about in the cosmos. With nothing to do, he started to think about difficult things. The King proclaims that "We think of difficult things sometimes" and that "We think of many different things, We think... Therefore We are.... Where are We from... and where do We go... Time flies... Time flees without delay... Time flows on... Why is the flow of time one-way only...? Wouldn't it be fun if you could co backwards in time?". Thinking of this made The King interested in time travel and he sent The Prince to roll up a time machine called "The Time Hopper" so he can go back in time. This story features going backwards and forwards through time for example, "Western Town" is supposed to represent the Westward Expansion in the 1800's. The third story is called "Rolling Whopper". The king views Earth from above and while looking at it and notices that it never changes, he then notices that America looks so lively, fun gorgeous, deluxe, dangerous, and exciting. The king wonders why America looks so fun, he comes to the conclusion that the people there have dreams and that dreams are fun, The American Dream! Thinking of this The King wants to know what the American Dream is and if he could know then he can be more gorgeous, deluxe, dangerous, and exciting. The King orders The Prince to go down to Earth and roll up clues about the American Dream. This story features holidays of America, each level has it's own holiday theme like City Square deals with Thanksgiving and Shopping Mall deals with Christmas. We even get to see how the life of a Boy grows up to live his dream and eventually becomes the president.