MAS 2 Diameter Walkthrough

Make sure you start inside the fruit basket. If you don't, restart the level until you do. You'll find an alternate strategy for starting on top of the mosquito coil in the notes at the end of this guide. Whatever you do, DON'T start on the rack under the TV. You won't be able to get what's under it later.

A good speed run to 20cm is essential. (If you already know how to do the speed run, skip the next 2 paragraphs.)

Aim slightly left of the brown containers, roll out of the basket, and dash just left of the video game. Roll right and dash again, getting gum and caramels on your way. Follow the caramels around the back of the boombox and cut between the snail and spinning cassette tapes. You must be 6cm to get the candy ahead. Get some nearby caramels, screws, or pachinko balls to reach 6cm and get all the candy. Roll right and dash forward, curving right toward the chair. Try to get the mandarin pieces and avoid the snails on your way. Roll up the ramp and get the 3 magnets. Fall off the edge onto the parsley and turn left to get some eyedrops and stacks of blocks. 10cm.

Turn right and roll up the pile of batteries and blocks. Quick turn and roll left for some more eyedrops. Dash around the back of the chair, curving left, and try to get the stack of 2 batteries and a magnet as you go. Roll over to where the 6cm candy was, avoiding the rolling mandarins. Aiming slightly left, dash through the 10cm barrier and off the porch. Roll up the line of magnets to the right of the tall plants. Being careful to avoid the scissors on your right, dash off the edge toward the red socks. You must be 11cm6mm to get the red socks and 12cm7mm for the blue ones. Get some nearby soap if needed and get a few red socks. Keep rolling in a counterclockwise circle until you have all the socks. Roll right for 3 mandarins and 3 fried shrimp. Quick turn and roll left and forward to the fruit basket full of tomatoes. You must be 16cm5mm to get them. Get some more soap if needed, roll up into the basket, and get all the tomatoes. Keep rolling forward and slightly right up the ramp for the scissors and indoor shoes. 20cm. I recommend practicing until you can get to 20cm in under 1:00.

At 20cm, roll forward to the post with the pipe attached to it. Quick turn, roll up the line of tomatoes, and fall off the edge. Turn right to get all the remaining soaps in a circle and the calculator in the middle. Quick turn and be on the lookout for: a rolling baseball, a bunch of magnets and fried chicken, and Santa on a blackboard eraser going around the level. Get all of that when it comes around. Roll forward to the slanted wall to get another calculator and any nearby snails. Turn left to get the forks, spoons, and teacup. Roll left for the calculator and roll forward up the slight incline. Get all the kitchen knives and dandelions, the coffee can, the calculator, and 2 pieces of fried chicken on a plate. Turn left, roll left and forward, and gently bump the post to get the kitchen knife stuck there. Turn left and roll forward to the left of the tomato plants. Roll up the sprayer, the 2 ketchups, and stop at the end for another sprayer. Quick turn and roll forward to get the tomatoes that were too high to reach before. Get the sprayer to your left, quick turn, and roll up the line of eggplants. The King usually says something here if you got them all. Get the scissors to your right, quick turn, and get the light bulb. Keep going forward toward the porch and to the right of the X'mas tree. Get the dandelions on your way to the porch, quick turn, and stop next to the tree for a few seconds to let the ornaments going around it stick to your katamari. Get the baseball and India ink next to the tree, the glasses and remaining dandelions in front of you, and any birds, Santas, or red boots hopping around in this immediate area. 30cm.

With the porch behind you, roll forward to the fenced-in area with the plants swaying back and forth. Get the peeler, number counter, and kaleidoscope. Roll right to the opening in the fence and push up the small step for the screwdriver and bird. Roll left for the milk carton, roll right, and back out the way you came in. Turn right to get all the indoor shoes along the fence. Turn left at the end, get the toy capsule, and roll right for the kaleidoscope. Roll forward and turn right to get all the houses along the wall. Turn right again to get the kaleidoscope and the line of lollipops ahead of you. Don't get the paint cans next to the doghouse yet. Roll to the right past the post. Turn left and roll through the opening between the post and the porch. Roll right and forward to get the paintbrush and superglues. Quick turn and roll forward to get the spider under the porch. Roll right and forward up the slight incline to leave this area the way you came in. Roll right, quick turn, and get the paint cans. Gently bump the front of the doghouse to get the dumpling nearest the entrance. Get the paintbrushes, newspapers, dandelions, and the orange juice with the mask. Get the shuriken stuck on the post next to the doghouse. Get all the number counters, superglues, forks, and spoons. Get the nail clipper, coffee can, and rice ball (white triangular object). There are some birds that land near the rice ball and fly away if you get close to them. If you stand in that spot, however, they'll eventually land on your katamari and stick to it. Don't wait for them, though. Once you see them fly away, get some nearby items. After 10-15 seconds they'll come back. Just be there when they do. The only other way to get these birds is to dash at them from fairly far away. There is a loop of golf balls that fall behind the golfer, roll over near the hole, and roll back where they started. Get the tomato, the yellow ornament, and most of the golf balls in this loop. Get the line of larger items left over. There are 2 scissors, a water pistol, 2 screwdrivers, and an alarm clock. Look around and make sure you haven't left behind any birds, Santas, or red boots in this area or near the X'mas tree, and don't leave the yard until you reach 35cm1mm.

Turn so the house is on your left and roll forward all the way to the slanted wall. Dash up it to get the sponges in a circle, marmalades, and 2 slotted spatulas. Back on the ground, turn left and roll toward the house along the wall. Get the plate in the corner, turn left, and get the glasses. Carefully roll up onto the porch. Get all the roaming Santas and most of the ping-pong balls, and turn right. Don't get the cubby just yet. Enter the room, turn right, and carefully roll forward along the wall behind the boombox. Enter the closet, getting the sticky tape and flashlight on the way in. Turn left and carefully roll forward until you can see the mousetraps. You'll be facing back and far to the left looking in from the room. Roll forward to the other end of the closet and carefully roll right to get the first mousetrap. If it knocks you around, reset yourself like before and get any large items that fell off. Carefully roll backward for the other 2 mousetraps and the other flashlight. Carefully roll back and right to leave the closet, and don't turn until you're out. Quick turn and roll forward behind the boombox.

Get the cassette tapes, pencil stands, and stack of erasers. Roll forward to get the mandarins and mandarin peel on the floor and the socks hanging off the ironing board. Roll back along the boxes on your left to get the envelope and arrows. There are mice rolling mandarins around the room. Get these if they're nearby. Roll forward and turn right for the math workbook next to the chair. Roll left, quick turn, and roll up the ramp onto the ironing board. Roll over the math workbook between the ironing board and the box, and keep rolling forward onto the box. If you get stuck in the corner, you'll lose items and size. Get the pencil sharpener and the books on your right. Roll left onto the floor, turn left, and roll up onto the table. There is an airplane made of blocks flying around the room. Get it if it's over the table while you're up there. Get the house of New Year's cards and anything hiding within it, the cards and envelope lying flat, the pencil stands and ruler in the middle, the sticky tape, paperweight, pink and blue bowls, 2 plates and their contents, and India ink next to the desk lamp. Drop to the floor near the lamp and turn so the chair is on your right. Get the plate and its contents next to the chair. Roll left and forward to get the archway made of blocks and the calculator next to it. Roll forward to where you started the level, roll right, and gently push up the small step to get the books. Don't push all the way up the step yet. Roll back and left, push all the way up the step, and roll left to get the heirlooms. Roll back, turn right, and roll up onto the table.

Turn left to face the cabinet and roll to the corner of the table. Push forward onto the drawer, getting the ruler on your way. At this point, the katamari may appear to hang in midair between the table and the drawer. If you make it onto the drawer, don't stop! Keep pushing forward to get the novelty plate on top of the cabinet. If you're on top of the cabinet after you get the novelty plate, roll right and drop back onto the ring box on the drawer. If you're on the drawer after you get the novelty plate, roll right to get the ring box. Roll back onto the floor and turn right. Roll outside again, getting the cubby on your way out. Turn right, roll up onto the seat cushion for a cell phone, and roll up onto the stack of cushions for another cell phone. Drop off to get the calendar, mandarins, and marmalades on the other side of the porch. Be careful not to fall off the porch. Quick turn and roll up onto the other stack of cushions for the last cell phone. Drop off to get the teacup, salmon, and square dish on the porch. Roll right onto the step to get the number counters and sandals. If you're not 38cm7mm yet, roll right to get ornaments off the X'mas tree. Knock them off first by bumping the tree, or just roll up the ones on the lowest part of the tree.

At 38cm7mm, head inside again. Roll up onto the table and roll off to the right for the video game next to the cabinet. Roll forward to get the fruit basket, quick turn, roll over the table, and head outside once again. Roll forward off the porch, turn left, and get the basket next to the step. If you have 10-15 seconds left, get X'mas tree ornaments until you have 5 seconds left and then get the last basket. Otherwise, turn right so the porch is behind you and roll forward to get the last basket. Quick turn and roll to the tree for any remaining ornaments. Roll around the level for small items if you have time left.

Notes:

- If you're having trouble getting to 38cm7mm, start on top of the mosquito coil instead of inside the fruit basket. Getting to 38cm7mm for the game and baskets is easier with the coil since you can get it on the way there. However, the basket makes a larger diameter possible since it's bigger than the coil. Changes to make with the coil start: 1) Dash off the coil at the start of the level instead of just rolling off of it. 2) To save time, the items behind the doghouse (spider, paintbrush, and superglues) can be safely ignored. When I first played this level, I used the coil start. I only added these items to the basket strategy to replace the coil on the way to 38cm7mm. Without the items behind the doghouse, you can safely leave the yard at 35cm instead of 35cm1mm. 3) Get the coil just after the books and heirlooms. 4) There won't be a basket near the video game at the end.

- You may need to spin in place to get newspapers and plates, roll behind the boombox, enter/exit the closet, etc. To spin in place, move the sticks back and forth just enough to get your katamari to spin without actually dashing. You'll find this skill useful throughout the game.

- If you stop on the porch during the speed run, turn left to see what you're doing, and drop into the fruit basket, you can get a bunch of golf balls and a nice early size boost. Even though you can't get them later, it may take more time than it's worth.

- There's another kitchen knife stuck on the post above the one I told you about. You can roll up the post to get it, but it may take more time than it's worth. Likewise, there's another shuriken above the one I told you about. It's reachable, but you have to be much larger (about 36cm) to get it. Again, it may take more time than it's worth.

- You can try to get the items behind the doghouse at any point after that recommended in this guide by falling off the porch. You probably won't be able to fit between the post and the porch to get in or out of the area, and you may not be able to get out at all. While writing this guide, I attempted to find an alternate way out of this area. I went behind the doghouse and tried climbing the side of it. I wound up inside the doghouse, got the dumplings inside, and left through the front door. Try this when you're too big and you get stuck in the doghouse with no way to get out.

- If you're having trouble getting in and out of the closet, consider leaving the items on the slanted wall until after you clear the room and the porch.

- The novelty plate can be challenging to get at all, but it's nearly impossible to get at any point after that recommended in this guide. Having large items like the cubby, calendar, etc. in your katamari makes getting it much more difficult. If you can't get it but still want the ring box, you can dash at it from the table if you can't roll onto the drawer.

- My best diameter is 39cm4mm. I got to 20cm in 0:55 and rolled up: the novelty plate, ring box, video game, all 3 fruit baskets, and most of the X'mas tree ornaments. Also, the mousetraps didn't knock me around at all.