We Love Katamari comes to Game Pass in its remastered form: We Love Katmari Reroll + Royal Reverie, to give it its exhaustive full title. This is the 2005 sequel to Katamari Damacy, made—somewhat against his will—by original creator Keita Takahashi. But Takahashi's ambivalence about the project comes through in the game in unexpected, self-referential, and delightful ways, as the Prince struggles to meet the clamoring demands of fans as he wanders the world, rolling up giant balls of stuff. If anything, We Love Katamari is even better than the indelible Katamari Damacy.
Legend of Mana is a unique action-RPG from 1999. The fourth game in the Mana series, it has a boldly open-ended, non-linear structure that lets you generate the regions and quests as you play. Criticized at the time for not featuring as strong storytelling as the 1993 SNES classic Secret of Mana, it now looks far ahead of its time. It's a fascinating curio that's well worth sampling in this faithful 2D remaster, new to Xbox today.
The picks of the new Game Pass additions are surely Legend of Mana and We Love Katamari - two wild back-catalog deep dives that deserve an immediate spot in your download queue.
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