GDC 09: Noby Noby Stretches Onto iPhone, Expands With PSN Update
During a session "All About Noby Noby Boy," the creative mastermind behind Katamari Damacy, Keita Takahashi, gave the audience at the Game Developers Conference a special look at a very special update coming to the oddball PSN title. This update hasn't been given a date yet, but promises to include offline multiplayer for up to four players. While one might assume that would mean that four Noby Noby Boys would be on the screen at once, but Takahashi felt that it might be more fun to have players work in pairs. With one player as the head and the other as "the caboose" if you will, the tag teaming showed off during the session had a few lucky audience members stretching all over the place. For those interested, there's no evidence that one end of a Noby Noby Boy can eat another Noby Noby Boy.
In another Noby Noby-related announcement, Takahashi gave us just a few seconds to look at an iPhone version of the game. Played from a top-down perspective, players can stretch, flick, tilt Noby Noby boy amid a playground of random objects. The Noby Noby Boy's iPhone stretching will be combined with the PS3 title, allowing Noby Noby Girl to expand even further across the galaxy! While no time table for release was mentioned, Takahashi stated that he wishes for the game to be free of charge as special thanks to all of his fans for their support.
Apologies for the blurry picture. Takahashi didn't let people see too much of the iPhone version.
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Posted to GDC, Hot Stuff on 26 March 2009
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