# Talk:Music of the Katamari Damacy series

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Reviewer: Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:22, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay, I have been busy with real life making money stuff :) Here is what I noticed;

I read all about this catchy tune to the game series, and how its as significant as Mario's theme, but no sample of the tune?
IGN was "dismissive", but it sounds like they were more ambivalent or disapproving, since they didn't attack it per se.
I'm just curious, what is the reliability of Dengeki Online and Square Enix Music and PALGN?
Finally, I notice that a theme runs through the article of the artist attempting to make the music more diverse by adding non-Japanese artists, but we lose the trail a little bit in the later albums of his efforts. If you find anything else on that point add it in, it creates a good narrative flow for the article.
Respond to those points, and it should be good to get through GA. For A class or FA, I would recommend a copyedit (always recommend that) and a final hunt for more material.
Excellent work! Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:05, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Alright, here we go.
Thanks for the suggestion; it was my first time making a .ogg clip, but I think it really helps the article to have it.
I agree, I was thinking of dismissive in a more mild sense, but that's not the way it's coming across.  fixed.
Dengeki Online - the internet version of Dengeki PlayStation, a Japanese gaming magazine. Now linked in the ref.
Square Enix Music Online - let me copypaste something in here. Independent music review/news site (not affiliated with Square Enix itself) - about page says that they have "achieved critical acclaim from famous composers, eminent producers, and industry sites", a claim that is backed up by their interviews page, listing interviews they have done with notable people such as Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Hiroki Kikuta, and Thomas Boecker, producer of the Symphonic Game Music Concert series.  Their submissions guidelines are here, in which they specifically say that they edit all reviews for factual accuracy (also, spelling).
PALGN - largest independent PAL region/Australian gaming news/reviews site; (about), everything that goes up is reviewed or written by a paid staff member (disclaimer)
I tried to expand a bit on this in the "Katamari Forever" section; it doesn't really apply to "Me and My" or "Beautiful" as they were reusing a lot of music / Miyake wasn't involved as much, which is why he describes the first two games and "Forever" as a "musical trilogy".
Alright, anything else? --PresN 18:48, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
No, that's it! Very good work!! Keep it up. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:07, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

I edited out the part where it says katamari is developed for PS2, as it stopped being the case with the game in 2007 with beautiful katamari. It hasn't been PS2 exclusive for 17 years. It's not about liking one console over the other, it's just that it stopped being PS exclusive less than 4 years after it was released. And has been available for PC (the conclusive non exclusive release) for 5 years or so?
So it's just wrong saying it was developed for PS2. It was developed for the people, on w/e console their using. 85.250.17.30 (talk) 09:29, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Oh, I see what the issue is. You read the sentence "Katamari Damacy (塊魂, lit. "Clump Spirit") is a 2004 puzzle-action video game..." and you thought it was talking about the series as a whole. Video game, not video game series. The original Katamari Damacy was released in 2004 for the PS2. Should probably open with the series, however, so I've replaced the sentence. --PresN 12:44, 23 January 2025 (UTC)