Katamari Damacy wedding!

Elissa sez, "These folks did a Katamari Damacy wedding, and it's totally adorable." It certainly is! Look at the centerpieces! Bravo!

Aidra and Ernest (Thanks, Elissa!)

[#1 posted by Antinous / Moderator, July 29, 2009 10:54 PM]

Strictly speaking, the bride should have worn velcro and had the groom roll her around, picking up debris.

[#2 posted by PixelFish, July 29, 2009 11:22 PM]

Adorable! So cute! I love the centerpieces and the head wear and the invitation. Their families seemed to take the katamari theme in stride too. Very awesome.

[#3 posted by brinylon, July 30, 2009 12:57 AM]

Wow, I don't care much for weddings but that looked like such a fun, relaxed event! What an awesome family.!

[#4 posted by Anonymous, July 30, 2009 1:12 AM]

That is the cutest thing I have seen in a long time -- so happy and fun.

[#5 posted by RexallWodehouse, July 30, 2009 1:36 AM]

Puts a new twist on "I wore this in a wedding, but I'll never wear it again!"

[#6 posted by apoxia, July 30, 2009 2:48 AM]

Wow, what a cool wedding. I loved the informality, the bride wearing pink converse boots and jumping in the pool at the end. They look like a really cool couple :) Almost makes me want to get married.

[#7 posted by Fee, July 30, 2009 2:58 AM]

I'd never heard of Katamari Damancy - or it had never impinged on my consciousness, as I can see BoingBoing has covered a number of themed related stories. It looks as though the game is only available in certain places.

This wedding seems to take making your bridesmaids look like fools - fools! - to a whole new level. I'm glad they ditched the strange headdresses for some of the pictures, because this could go either way. They *may* look lovingly on the pictures for many years to come or they *may* begin to wish that they'd chosen a less odd theming. "What have you got on your head Daddy? Why?"

It would have been nice to have known why the game was significant to the couple concerned, because without any context it just looks rather strange to me.

[#8 posted by Matthew_H, July 30, 2009 3:23 AM]

#6: The best way to know why the game is significant is to play it. I'm serious. It's freakin' brilliant. It needs a Playstation 2 and is easily found in many online shops, and I can't recommend it enough. It's not just that it's thematically, mechanistically and stylistically brilliant, it's also genuinely one of the most *fun* games on the PS2.

[#9 posted by Fee, July 30, 2009 5:56 AM]

@#7 Don't think I can - they didn't release in the UK. Looks like the next game will be released here, but only for playstation 3.

[#10 posted by Anonymous, July 30, 2009 6:21 AM]

Man. My first reaction was to make fun of this but after seeing all of the pictures I really have to say they looked like they really enjoyed themselves, so why not?

[#11 posted by franko, July 30, 2009 6:32 AM]

what a fun idea! i'm amazed they got everyone to go along with it, so it shows what great friends they have. i want to know about the headpieces: did everyone come up with their own designs for the colors, etc.?

it's probably my favorite PS2 game. and sure, it looks goofy, but it's THEIR wedding, why shouldn't it be fun and reflect their spirit? they also took standard wedding shots without the headpieces.

[#12 posted by Brainspore, July 30, 2009 6:43 AM]

Looks like somebody decided to marry their (royal) cousin.

[#13 posted by lecti, July 30, 2009 7:23 AM]

Look at them. How could you NOT wish them well? :)

[#14 posted by Gloria, July 30, 2009 7:35 AM]

@6: Oh whatever. Weddings have always, always been lightning rods for questionable fashion choices. Don't tell me you didn't ask your mom why she wore 80s shoulder pads under her lavishly beaded wedding dress, or your dad about his bell-bottom trousers, or your sister why she made her friends wear acid-green puff pastries.

I'd rather people embrace the silliness of wedding fashion and try to do something that they genuinely like than pretend it's all serious business.

[#15 posted by rootboy, July 30, 2009 8:03 AM]

They're asking for a login and password and I can't see it! Did they not want this posted so publicly on BB?

[#16 posted by Charlie Lesoine, July 30, 2009 9:37 AM]

My parents got married on a Carousel in golden gate park, dressed as clowns with clown noses. They are divorced now.

[#17 posted by Sekino, July 30, 2009 9:52 AM]

They really ought to post a HOWTO for making the awesome headpieces :D (hint hint)

[#18 posted by civver, July 30, 2009 10:25 AM]

I feel sorry for the kids.

[#19 posted by yelahneb, July 30, 2009 12:09 PM]

More pics and deets of the wedding over at Offbeat Bride, where Elissa originally stumbled across it yesterday:

http://offbeatbride.com/2009/07/katamari-damacy-wedding/

[#20 posted by Anonymous, July 30, 2009 1:33 PM]

There is also an Xbox360 version of the game, btw.

[#21 posted by eliba, July 30, 2009 3:59 PM]

Oh wow! You guys actually featured it. :) My first BB submission ever and it was approved. This makes me happy.

I hope the folks who did this wedding see how much attention it's getting and get warm fuzzies.