Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit. It seems that Spore has finally been given a release date (or at least, the DS, PC, Mac, and mobile phone versions were). The much anticipated game will be gracing our favorite dual-screened portable on September 7th. Yes, that's quite a long way away, but it's better than the "possibly 2009, but who really knows?" window we had before.
We're wondering, though -- how many of you potential Spore buyers plan to get Will Wright's game for the DS? While there's been a lot of hype for the game, it's usually not on the handheld front. The lack of excitement might be slightly justified, however. Obviously, the DS and mobile phone games are going to suffer some cutbacks when compared to their computer counterparts.
According to a Newsweek interview with Lucy Bradshaw, the vice president of Maxis and executive producer of Spore, the DS version will be called Spore Creatures and will focus mainly on creature creation. The title will also have a different, Japanese-based art style, and features "unique abilities" for the creatures in the game. The Wi-Fi will be similar to that of the PC and Mac titles, however, and allow players to trade or share their creations with friends.
While the game might not be as deep as the computer ones, it still appears to be pretty epic, so having the option to carry it around at all times might be a good thing.
Hey, and it beats getting the mobile phone version, amirite?
[Via Joystiq]
Spore gets dated for September as DS details emerge
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2-12-2008 @ 4:11PM
Cema said...
Hey, when I'm not at the computer, I'll need something to play, right?
I'm looking forward to the game, though I hope it isn't a secondhand job. If the game turns out well, it could potentially sell as well as Nintendogs.
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2-12-2008 @ 4:12PM
Chris said...
I have no desire whatsoever to buy this game. At all.
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2-12-2008 @ 4:18PM
Tyler said...
Wow... pretty vindictive, Chris. It's going to be awesome. You could at least have given a reason why. Oh well.
I, for one, can't wait for it. Spore's gonna be great on everything it comes out for.
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2-12-2008 @ 4:49PM
RootiePatootie said...
I don't see where Chris' reply is vindictive at all. Not one bit. Perhaps someone needs to look up the definition of vindictive. Seems to me that Chris is just not interested in buying this game, period, end of discussion for him.
2-12-2008 @ 4:48PM
RootiePatootie said...
As much as I love Will Wright and this game intrigues me, a lot, I most likely will wait for reviews from trusted publications/sites and friends who've bought it, before buying it on any platform. Then, if all is good, I'll most likely buy on the PC. If I buy for the DS it will only be if it gets awesome feedback. Why this approach? Well, my experience with Sim City DS was a lot less than I'd hoped for and IMO often these type of games don't translate all that well to a portable platform.
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2-12-2008 @ 4:49PM
Wayne said...
Man, why is it mandatory for DS games to have a Japanese art style. Give me a break!
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2-12-2008 @ 5:21PM
rcm said...
pc and ds for me
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2-12-2008 @ 6:32PM
Gamelore said...
While I have no interest in Spore PC, Spore DS sounds fun. The PC game is trying to do too much. It's a gimmick. There's no logical transition from natural evolution to social evolution -- just stupid. They're two separate things, and it's short-sighted to integrate them into the same engine.
However, as Spore DS appears to be ONLY the natural evolution part, and has reasonable, focused goals to achieve, it sounds like it might actually be fun.
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2-12-2008 @ 6:56PM
Brello said...
While I doubt I'll like Spore for PC (open-ended stuff just isn't for me) the DS version might be fun--or a trainwreck. It could go either way at this point!
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