Oh to be in the mind of Keita Takahashi. I love me some 'Katamari Damacy' and thought 'Noby Noby Boy' was a weird albeit memorable experiment. Takahashi's wonderful imagination once again permeates from every second of Wattam, yet another weird game only this time revolving around holding hands, pooping and blowing anthropomorphised objects up with a magic hat. It sounds bizarre (it is!) but the sheer wackiness and affable charm of befriending sushi, a toilet and even a lawn mower is the attraction here.

Gameplay wise it's fairly basic yet experimental and is really just a sandbox for friendly kabooms! You switch characters, hold hands in a really finicky way and repeat until the world is restored. Fortunately it's not a long game so the freshness stays for the majority of the experience but I just wish Takahashi would put my ingenuity into the mechanic of his games like he did with 'Katamari' in order to have that addictive innovation while keeping the kawaii Japanese aesthetic.

Reviewed on Jul 06, 2023


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