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[nial]

Bandai Namco Entertainment filed trademarks for “Once Upon a KATAMARI” on February 27 in Europe, and “Gekishin Squadra” on February 14 in the United States and Europe.

The Japanese publisher is notorious for trademarking game titles ahead of official announcements. Recent trademarks discovered by Gematsu before their official announcements include “Time Stranger” (Digimon Story: Time Stranger), “Nightreign” (Elden Ring Nightreign), and “Battle Destiny” (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Battle Destiny Remastered), “Operation Memories” (SPYxANYA: Operation Memories), “Fractured Daydream” (Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream), and “Shadow Labyrinth.” Bandai Namco also trademarked “Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn” and “We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie” before their announcements.

While recent Katamari series releases have been REROLL—or remastered—versions of previous games, “Once Upon a KATAMARI” could be the first new entry since Touch My Katamari for PS Vita in 2011.

As for “Gekishin Squadra,” while the title may sound similar to Dragon Ball Z II: Gekishin Freeza, which launched for Famicom in 1991, “Gekishin” is not a Dragon Ball-specific term, so what it could be for remains to be seen.

Speaking of Bandai Namco, at least two somewhat recent trademarks have yet to be revealed as games—“Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree” and “case. mirage.”

Bandai Namco trademarks Once Upon a KATAMARI, Gekishin Squadra

Bandai Namco Entertainment filed trademarks for “Once Upon a KATAMARI” on February 27 in Europe, and “Gekishin Squadra” on February 14 in the United States and Europe.

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[Killer8]

I have hopes this will be a new game. They've been going with the REROLL naming convention for their remasters so far.

Lord knows I did my part quadruple dipping on them.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Nintendo Switch 2 would be a good fit for a new Katamari.

 

[hemo memo]

Katamari? Yes, please.

 

[Unknown?]

Nintendo Switch 2 would be a good fit for a new Katamari.

Nah, this one will have ray tracing.

 

[nial]

I have hopes this will be a new game. They've been going with the REROLL naming convention for their remasters so far.

Lord knows I did my part quadruple dipping on them.

I wonder which studio is making it, then?
The last Katamari game developed by Bandai Namco's internal studios was Touch My Katamari in 2011, and a good chunk of the development staff isn't working at there anymore.
Maybe Monkeycraft (which made both REROLL remasters)? I don't know if they're able to do so, though.

 

[Walter Matthau]

Would be nice to get a new Katamari. Forever was onto something good with the "Drive" mode which I think could be explored more with larger environments.

 

[Kacho]

A new Katamari on Switch 2 would be nice. Loved the Vita game years back.

 

[Kronark]

I hope they can evolve the series finally and we get a real Katamari 3. The only game that actually felt like a sequel was We Love Katamari. Every single other title for the last 20 years has felt like a remix / remaster.

 

[nial]

BTW, great opportunity to post one of the greatest gaming covers:

 

[kubricks]

Fuck YES!
Let me use The King of All Cosmo and show me how he met his queen... it will be hilarious.

 

[blacktout]

Nintendo Switch 2 would be a good fit for a new Katamari.

I was going to say that this too. It'll almost certainly be multiplatform, but being available early in the Switch 2 life could give it a serious sales boost. I think I vaguely remember reading that the original Reroll title performed well on the Switch.

 

[longrainwater]

Great title

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

GAMING IS SAVED

 

[Doom85]