Should there be any adjustments to the scoreboard? Levels, types of scores, etc?

maybe times of levels completed...

is it something that's a goal within the level?

no... i just realized that's a bad idea...
because i don't think you can view your fastest time unless you save it as an island...

another addition might be the highest number of points for each score board in the ranker...

what do you mean? highest number pf points for each scoreboard in the ranker?

nvm...
the scoreboard is on the prince's island next to the slingshot...
it tells you the hottest, coldest, largest, loudest, softest etc. katamari's you have rolled.
it then gives you are rank, S(the highest), a,b etc.
it isn't necesarily the corresponding animal friend that will give you the highest score, though...
each animal has a specific type of item that yields maximum points...
the cockroach wants loud things, the elephant wants large things, the king statue wants grand things etc...
so anyway if you have no idea what i'm trying to explain, then i will take pictures of the scoreboard tomorrow....

But then the scoreboard would be absolutely massive if vix added all those categories under the rankings. There are waaay too many, imho, for that to be dealt with properly and convienantly. Not to downplay your idea or anything...I dunno, I would personally like a speed section for each level, but as yoda said, the speeds are not recorded unless you make an island for it. Not like I can really contribute much in scores (size *or* speed) as of the moment anyway, I suck at M&MK. :heh

:( :( :( So speed isn't recorded on the American version either??? Oh well :(

(My American copy has not arrived yet.)

maybe changing or adding a scoreboard for the camel stage in dollars?
this would confuse me a lot less...
when i first was comparing my scores to the scoreboard, i thought i reaaaaaally sucked...
that camel stage is pretty fun though...

At first when I was playing Camel and only reaching about 1.5 meters, I thought I was doing really well :P because the number of yen looked so high.

I don't have a good answer to what should be done about the dollars and yen.

Just wondering, does anybody think there is anything from that funny scoreboard on the island that should be added? Maybe just one or two things from the first page of the scoreboard? I don't have a strong opinion on this.

I'll add in a section for dollars for those that has the US version and a section for yen for those that still have the Japanese version.

maybe we can put the names of the animals from the english version so it's easier for people to understand and also maybe we can make a separate scoreboard entirely for the rankers i mentioned earlier...

No new scoreboards yet. First gotta establish the main part of the game.

What are the levels called in the US version? Just saying that there's a difference doesn't help me, an example would be nice or a full list...:poke :)

o sorry, but the levels are like:

cheetah, gold beetle,chicada

i'll make a full list in alittle...

these are all the names of the levels in english version...
mouse
turtle
canary
gold bug
cicada
beetle
octopus
cat
crab
peacock
panda
cheetah
dolphin
polar bear
whale
elephant
royal monument

ant
camel
chameleon
crane
gorilla

most of em are the same, i think. are they in the same order that they appear in-game?

yes they are in order...

cool, i'll update the scoreboard and submit thread either later or tomorrow.

are those the actual names of the levels? like, is it called gold bug? etc...

well, when you walk up to the animal, their name is above their heads so yea i guess you could call it that...

well, i decided i couldn't take it anymore and went and got a psp and mmk...:prince

alright vix!!!
how is it?

i can't get used to the controls yet, but it's freakin awesome!

yea those controls were pretty hard to learn- so different from analog sticks!
but once you get the hang of it, it's even more fun!!!

have you checked out the ranker board yet?

no, i haven't really explored much of it yet, maybe a level or two, just trying to get used to the controls first. :)

Dammit, I think I'll get a PSP today, since the prices have dropped to 199€.

Now I just have to figure how to import M&MK w/o a credit card :heh

...

Whee, I got it, now all I need is M&MK :D

no debit card? get it off of ebay using a money order?

Looks like there is one time-related thing Vix could add if people want it.

The first column of page two gives the largest number of seconds you had left when you completed a stage, adding up the time you had left in all the areas. This gets into the hundreds if you are fast in the royal monument stage for example.

Might be an interesting thing to add, either to a new rankings scoreboard or to the old scoreboard.

best i got was 873 seconds...

i don't think it's as fair to add scores of levels for eternal royal monument...
i mean sure you sat there for twenty hours playing katamari and you should be rewarded, but some of us don't have the time or attention span to play a full fledged eternal royal monument...
:shrug

If you have the PSP's settings right you can hit the power switch and then come back to your game in progress later, which could help if you're playing a 3 hour Eternal royal monument game. But ...

I think the most interesting column in the rankings board is the time remaining one, since all the rest of them can be aced just by playing a long walk through royal monument on Eternal. It's too bad that the rankings board includes attempts at Eternal stages; if it didn't it wouldn't be so easy to get a million on everything.