Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals

A Disney Interactive Studios presentation of a game developed by Jupiter for the DS. Disney launched its answer to “Pokemon” last year with “Spectrobes,” a sci-fi themed Nintendo DS game about flying around the galaxy, digging up fossils, reviving them and using the resultant creatures to fight monsters. The game’s more descriptive Japanese title said it all: “Fossil Super-Evolution Spectrobes.” Now comes the inevitable sequel, which improves the original game considerably by adding better combat, sharper graphics and deeper online features. The Mouse may just have a viable kids franchise on its hands. “Spectrobes” was Disney’s first attempt to create an original property in the videogame world, and it sold well enough -- with more than 1 million units shipped worldwide -- to merit a follow-up. “Beyond the Portals” details... [read full story]                    

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