Yeah, it's called a pad of paper and a pencil...

I'm letting my guard down
I have been disapointed before
Had my heart broken
My soul, crushed.
But now, now I think that I am ready to love again

If this is delayed just once it will destroy me

Did I accidentally go to spore.joystiq.com?

I won't even touch this. I want at least a little natural selection in my Spore and that can't happen without a planet to play in.

Milking an as-of-yet-released franchise? EA has gone to a new level.

If it's free I'll probably muck about with it. If it costs though? Screw that, I'm not going to pay them to work on their freaking game.

I hope for their sake that the creature-only version is free, and is only released online. I'd hate to see this game get the same attention and confusion that System Shock did after releasing two tier product.

Even Warren Spector blamed the original rushed release for poor sales. People just aren't willing to buy a game twice.

I'd rather they spent the time they'll waste on getting this ready on making the main game better/finished sooner.

I won't buy this for the same reasons Gran Turismo Prologue can go fuck itself.

It would be to their benefit to make this pre-release free, sort of as a demo. It will not only showcase the strength of the game, but entice users to purchase the full version to get their work of art integrated into the environment.

If this costs money I'd just assume wait until 12am Sept 7th.

Maxis/Will Wright has done this before. Didn't he release the Sims 2 Bodyshop before the release of Sims 2?

Would make a nice preorder bonus.

Hey guys, according to the Wired article, it's going to be for free.

http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/multimedia/2008/02/gallery_spore?slide=4&slideView=4

I wouldn't be surprised if EA charged for it, but it would be a monumentally stupid mistake. I suspect what they intend to do with this creator is build up a database of user-created creatures. Half of the stuff Will Wright keeps pushing in his presentations is how almost all of the creatures/buildings that you don't create yourself come from other users, so this would be a excellent way to seed these databases before the game is released.

I like everything about the game. I just hope that this doesn't make people think that evolution is fact. (Even though this game makes evolution a little bit more funny lol)
Someday, people are going to be calling us morons for us thinking we evolved from monkeys...

its prolly going to be the same thing that Sims 2 did with Sims 2 Body shop that was released before Sims 2 as a free download. And you could make your sim prior to the game release and import it in after.

Ooooo! I can't wait. I would prefer this be a free download, but I would be willing to shell out $5 to preorder the game and get this as a demo.

"Anyone that says evolution is a fact is on crack. Its still a [stupid] theory people."
You do know that gravity is still a theory, right? Even so, it is something you can see and has a long history of observation to back it up.

Joystiq, surely this is a rare occasion where the European release date should be used as the "launch date" because September 5th is the first date which the game is available. It "launches" first in Europe. Sure, I know you're probably not used to this and neither am I but it's a little unfair listing September 7th as the launch date when the game will have been on store shelves for two days by that time.

You know, I love free... But for Spore, I'd pay up to $20, just to make creatures right now. I know, stupid, irrational... But whatever.

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Saerain is totally right and JangoGod is a baffuler of science on how he/she managed to graduate with out a G.E.D. and as i've told many ppl EVOLUTION IS THE THEORY THAT HUMANS(HOMO-ERECTUS(THE FIRST HUMANIOD TO WALK ON 2S))ARE EVOLUTIONLY RELATED TO MONKEYS FROM COMMON ANCESTORS ANDIS YOU'D WATCH SOME HISTORY HCNANEL THEN YOU'S KNOW THAT IN FACT YOU'D KNOW THAT WILL WRIGHTS WHOLE WAY OF INTRODUCING LIFE ON PLANETS IS WHAT HALF THE WORLD BELIVES AND THAT I LIKE CAPS!!!!!!!

I Quote "To bad evolution doesn't have anything to back it up. It just assumes everything. It has no real "proof".
Umm either dose religon but your defending it

Drum35 I have yet to see Jango defend religion, merely attempt (albeit crudely) to point out some, as he/she sees it, unnaccounted for flaws in the theory of evolution and point people in the direction of the "Rapid-Decay" theory instead. Personally I find the debate misplaced here and will not voice my awkward opinions on the manner, especially since I don't even see it as one the way it is commonly presented.

Anywho now to quote the Spore Homepage for some clarification on a previously mentioned matter. "The free demo version of the Spore Creature Creator will be available worldwide via download from www.spore.com. The demo lets players shape, paint and play with an unlimited number of creatures, using 25 percent of the creature-making parts from Spore. Gamers can then share these creations with their friends, including seamless uploads to YouTube. The demo will also be included in the The SimCity™ Box, which ships on June 23.

A complete retail version of the Spore Creature Creator will also be available in North America for $9.99 and most European territories for €9.99, which gives players access to all the creature-making parts in the game."

I bid thee all good day.