Welcome to my blog, my name is Catherine Woolley and I work as a Designer in the games industry in the UK.
I am a graduate of the University of Wales, Newport and games are pretty much my life. I'm a massive fan and player of games from all genres and platforms.
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I would also like to point out that all views expressed on this website are not those of my employer and are those solely of my own.
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One Hundred and Seventy Three: Finally a PAL copy of Katamari Forever
While checking the shelves of a GAME store I came across two games I'd wanted to get my hands on for a while now.
I was introduced to the craziness of Hyperdimension Neptunia through NTSC-UK and decided I wanted to give it a go. It's a JRPG parody of the console wars, so the girls on the cover represent the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Overall it's had mixed reviews, but I'm not really the kind of person to base my purchases around review scores. Plus I knew it would sit nicely with my other games, and lack of Playstation 3 titles as well.
I had previously bought Katamari Tribute back when it was released in Japan (although you'll notice my copy isn't NTSC-J even though that's what I ordered) and had decided to pick up the PAL release (Katamari Forever) when I found a copy in a store. Well copies were of small numbers and up until the day I found this copy I hadn't actually seen it in a store before. So I whipped that up straight away, although I do prefer the Asian boxart.
Now I'd love to see a new Katamari title, perhaps on the Wii U where the player uses the tablet controller to control the prince.
23rd June 2011 19:50:00, 2 comments
Wow, that Japanese cover art is lovely. I'm a huge Katamari fan, but haven't got around to buying a PS3 yet - maybe I'll have to get one if I can track down a copy of Katamari Forever. Why is it that most of the best games have such tiny release numbers?! 
Yeah, it's got an awesome cover :) From a guess I'd say the best games have low numbers in terms of sales and copies sent to shops as marketing departments don't know if it'll sell as it's not a AAA shooter, so they pump less money into it. It's nice that we had it released over here though :)