Tuesday, April 5, 2011

50 Video Game Characters: 35

"Maybe we'll invent a cosmic Esperanto."


35. King of All Cosmos(Katamari Damacy)

You may not know it, but this man is the rule of the universe. This handsome, effortlessly styled, brilliant man rules all that we see and all that we don't see. And he just destroyed it all.

The King, you see, had a drinking binge and proceeded to destroy nearly every star and planet. So he tasks his son, the Prince, with creating new ones using a Katamari, a ball that rolls up just about everything it comes in contact with.

Ever disappointed that his son is so small, the King of All Cosmos frequently appears in the game to give him some fairly useless advice, mainly comprised of random musings from off the top of his kingly head. In the end, if you do well enough, he will reward you with the nonsensically verbal equivalent of a pat on the back. Fail, and you'll get lambasted with insults like how you lack the grace of a swan. If you're lucky, that is. Sometimes he'll use his eye lasers to zap you to oblivion.

The King is great not just because of his great looks and vast intelligence, but also because he is Katamari Damacy. Fun, easy-going and hilarious, just like the game itself.

Best moment: When he gets knocked in the head in Katamari Forever and suffers amnesia, causing the Prince to enter his memories and return color. It's a fun way to return to great past levels. Meanwhile, his replacement is a robot version of himself.

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