‘The world is very messed up’: Why ‘Katamari’ and ‘Wattam’ creator believes in the power of play www.latimes.com

“Wattam,” Takahashi says, was inspired by watching his two younger children play.
Grown-ups lose that innocence.”In “Wattam,” as in “Katamari Damacy,” there’s an underlying sense of rebuilding the world, of correcting a past generational mistake.
In “Wattam,” as our objects make more connections, the world becomes brighter and happier.
But we have so many problems and fights and friction that are caused by different perspectives, different countries and that’s bad.
That’s no longer the case, but I think bringing that kind of basic joy back to the medium is wholesome.” “Wattam,” Hunicke says, appears born out of those moments.