9 Impossible Video Game Side Missions NOBODY Beat

8. 1 Million Roses - We Love Katamari

Katamari Damacy
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The Stones of Barenziah quest is certainly no small feat but at least getting 24 of something seems manageable. We Love Katamari were clearly not of this mindset when the PS2 game asked you to pick up one million roses. Literally.

For the uninitiated, We Love Katamari is a sequel to the sleeper hit Katamari Damacy, a 2004 PS2 game where you roll around as a very sticky magical ball called a katamari picking up everything you can and gradually growing in size. If you haven’t had the pleasure, it’s strangely addictive. One optional side quest in the 2006 sequel was to pick up one million roses, a task for which the word ‘daunting’ doesn’t seem to have quite enough weight to it.

This stage is absolutely infamous with players devising strats ranging from doing 10,000 roses a day to attaching rubber bands to their analog sticks so the ball rolls itself and just letting the game run.

One player took to reddit to say they taped their analog sticks and went away on a week long trip and when they returned the stage still wasn’t finished so… yeah, I’m going to assume the number of players to defeat this one is pretty darn low. If you do beat it you make a nice Exquisite Rose Nebula and you’re thanked for your trouble so, that’s nice.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.