Action Drive

Action Drive is a scrapped Namco game and one of Keita Takahashi's first projects at Namco. Keita had brainstormed a concept for the game, but his idea was turned down and later the whole game. However, the designs for Keita Takahashi's idea for Action Drive were used for Katamari Damacy. 
== Plot ==
The plot of Action Drive would have surrounded The Queen being kidnapped by evil human scientists on Earth, and The King being too lazy to find her himself. As a solution, The King sneaks The Prince onto Earth to rescue her. However, because of his small size, this isn't an easy task. As a solution, The Prince would place a controller onto a human's headHuman concept art, and drive around, crashing into objects.
== Gameplay ==
Due to the game never reaching the development stage, there is no footage to show. However, the game would have been a driving game, similar to Crazy TaxiKeita compares Action Drive to Crazy Taxi, with the objective of destroying surrounding objects and buildings by crashing into them. The Prince would "human-jack" (hijack + human) a person by plugging a controller on their head, and continue to have the human drive and crash into objects. The Prince's head was designed to be shaped as a hammer to stun the humanHuman concept art, making it easier to hijack themKeita explains the characters' hammer-heads. The concept sketches were shown at Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2005.Namco's Keita Takahashi gives a lecture on PS2's Katamari
File:Gdc kd07.gif|Step one of human-jacking.
File:ad art1.jpg|Step two of human-jacking.
File:ad art2.jpg|Step three of human-jacking.
File:D0WT7LtUcAAZhzu.jpg|Human-Jacking.
File:D0WT7vXVAAAQVXy.jpg|Human-Jacking.
== Gallery ==
File:Concept art4..jpg|Action Drive King and Queen.
File:D0WT6u7VAAIi38e.jpg|“Come here. Remember to find your gift. Finish quickly.”
== External Links ==
Action Drive on the Lost Media Wiki
== References ==
Category:Games Related To Katamari
== Trivia ==
*The Prince's kart in Pac-Man World Rally may be a reference to the early Katamari concept, Action Drive.
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