Disney announces new DS exclusive

by Blake Snow { May 2nd 2006 at 3:00AM }

Buena Vista Games (Disney) announced late yesterday an exclusive "anime-inspired action/role playing game" for Nintendo's DS handheld. The title is said to be one of few original (or non Micky related) properties released by the company in addition to and hot off the heels of Kingdom Hearts II success for the PS2.

From the press release: "Spectrobes is infused with the edgy, highly stylized look and feel of Japanese anime and manga, and uniquely combines original characters, a compelling story and breakthrough gameplay. [The game] allows players to excavate, train and battle with nearly 500 unique creatures -- utilizing every interactive feature of the Nintendo DS."

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kwipper @ May 2nd 2006 3:16AM

In my opinion, this looks to be a something that has all of the ingredients to make a mainstream cookie cutter video game. GO INOVATION!

Brandon @ May 2nd 2006 3:17AM

You have grammatical errors in the first paragraph, just a heads up.

Alkaiser @ May 2nd 2006 3:27AM

"uniquely combines original characters, a compelling story and breakthrough gameplay."

Because nobody's EVAR combined those three before.

Psh @ May 2nd 2006 3:32AM

Honestly, though, guys. If you were trying to pitch your game, isn't that what you would say? XD Even if I didn't do all that shit, I probably wouldn't say "This game has nothing new!" :P

Brody Brooks @ May 2nd 2006 3:36AM

Sounds like they're combining pokemonitization with DS stylus control. I'm sure it's really revolutionary to try collecting hundreds of little creatures and battling them, but it's a past craze.

valentine @ May 2nd 2006 5:01AM

"[The game] allows players to excavate, train and battle with nearly 500 unique creatures"

GENIUS! Why hasn't anyone ever thought of this before??

oh wait...

Dylan @ May 2nd 2006 5:22AM

Sounds to MEEEEEEEE like they just might have realized that interesting, well thought out stories with likable characers actially DO help sell games.

The ZeroCorpse @ May 2nd 2006 5:42AM

"Spectrobes is infused with the edgy, highly stylized look and feel of Japanese anime and manga,"

Translation: "Spectrobes has the cliche, tired, identical-looking anime drawing style which features characters that are virtually identical except for their hair and clothing, but which inexplicably appeals to teenaged boys and girls no matter how many times the style is recycled and repackaged."

phoit @ May 2nd 2006 6:02AM

Spectrobes = PokemonDS

jay @ May 2nd 2006 7:24AM

Well wasn't Anime based off Disney's art style? I'm sure I read that at Disney Land Paris. If true then Disney are basing a game off their old art style.

mocax @ May 2nd 2006 9:10AM

the kanji says Fossils Super Evolution??

So you grow your "pet rock" by piecing together parts of defeted pet rocks...

shivr @ May 2nd 2006 9:34AM

POKEYMON?? [/cosby]

I think I've heard of a couple disney-made games being decent, some racers or what not... this coupled with meteos: disney edition is interesting though

Ryuukuro @ May 2nd 2006 10:17AM

I'll wait until I see it but this sounds so much like a Pokemon/Yu-gi-oh rip off its not even funny. They need to stick to the combine-Disney-with-incongruent-franchise formula like Kingdom Hearts and create Disney vs. Street Fighter.

Cap @ May 2nd 2006 12:20PM

I played a very early build of this game last summer, and I have to say that I had a great time tinkering with it. The excavation that is mentioned in the article is pretty cool on the DS touchscreen. And since it's been a year since I've seen it, my guess is that it's even better now.