by Chris Naughton
Earlier this year, Namco Bandai announced that Beautiful Katamari was coming to PS3 and Xbox 360. A Wii version had been rumored for quite a while as well, but supposedly nothing ever came of it.
Now comes a rumor from IGN that Beautiful Katamari may be ditching the PS3 altogether in favor of a brand new re-concepted version for Nintendo.
According to the report, "...sources close to Namco Bandai tell IGN that the studio ran into some trouble with the port of the game to PlayStation 3 and these issues, coupled with the stalled sales of the system, have led to the project's quiet cancellation. Looking to better-than-expected sales of Wii, the company has, say insiders, re-shifted resources to ready a Wii build of Beautiful Katamari instead. Given that the title cannot be ported from Xbox 360, the game is being re-concepted for Nintendo's console."
"Rumor: New Katamari Skips PS3 For Wii" - 01.07.07