You may recall a while back that the man behind theKatamari Damacygames, Keita Takahashi, was working on a new game with a similar visual style and quirky Japanese flavor,Nobi Nobi Boy. I was unable to forget because the main character looks so despicably creepy that he hasn’t left my dark nightmares alone for a single God-damned night.
Nobi Nobi Boyaims to continue the work thatKatamaristarted by finding unique ways to interact with a game world. Thenew game detailstell us a little bit more about the twisted, monstrous, serpent-child known asNobi Boy. He is described as an elastic tube that can stretch himself and snap back together, leap high into the air and swallow farmyard animals — wait, what!? I knew it, I always said he was a sinister little shit! Heeats farm animals alive.
Although the central character may look likeKatamari‘s Prince deformed into a Hellish leech with the dead eyes of a child murderer, the game is promised by Takahashi to be a visually different experience, something that later artwork revelations will show. It’s also suggested thatKatamariwill be a more conventional title when compared toNobi. More complex physics are also expected, along with a heavy use of network play.
Sounds like it could be just the kind of delightful romp that the PlayStation 3’s doctor ordered — but I don’t care about that, I just want to know whenNobi Nobi Boywill come to kill me. I’ve seen it in his eyes, those obsidian orbs of inhuman carnage. He is no boy, but a monster, and only I know the truth. Only I hear his whispers.
