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Review: Oddball Games Spawn Not-So-Odd Sequels

I love weird games. Oh, I enjoy the blockbusters too: I'm in line with everyone else when a new "Halo," "Madden" or "Zelda" comes out.But as a critic, it's always a little more satisfying to point you in the direction of some obscure gem that may be hiding out in the back of the game store.Video games cost a lot of money to develop, but there's still room in the industry for the mad genius who may deliver something completely fresh.• Click here to visit FOXNews.com's Video Gaming Center.So we get oddities like "Crush," "LocoRoco" and "Baten Kaitos." They may not have sold a lot of copies, but their fans adore them.Once a developer has unleashed something completely original, though, what does it do for an encore?Ironically, the next step is usually to start working on a sequel. But can inspiration strike twice?—" Beautiful Katamari " (Namco Bandai, for the Xbox 360, $39.99): When "Katamari Damacy" debuted on the PlayStation 2 in 2004, it won a lot of attention for its distinctive graph...

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