Posts tagged Spectrobes 
Disney comes up with novel way of expanding Spectrobes
We here at Joystiq do our part to shield the nation's youth from the dangers of reading (Mein Kampf was a book, people, think about it), but when it's unavoidable, we always encourage the reading of video game-related literature. Now that F.X. Nine has hung up his keyboard, we're glad that compan...
DS releases for the week of October 6th
An interesting week for releases around the globe, though the news will, of course, be dwarfed in the wake of all things DSi. Among this week's noteworthy titles are Prey the Stars (at last!), and Korg DS-10 for Europe. Bleach: Dark Souls Crash: Mind Over Mutant Imagine: Babysitters Imagin...
Disney announces DS sequel to Spectrobes
After vowing to triple spending on game development in 2007, Disney has announced Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals, a follow up to last year's Pokemon-inspired RPG that's expected to ship for the Nintendo DS this fall. In the same breath, Disney also confirmed that the original title has shipped mor...
What is the Spectrobes Collector's Edition?
Tucked away stealthily among this week's releases was Spectrobes Collector's Edition. We thought it was pretty baffling that Disney would decide to rerelease an eight-month-old DS game now, and we also wondered what exactly was in this edition to collect. Siliconera reports that it's the game pl...
GameStop Spectrobes giveaway
Here's something cool for Spectrobes owners: every week from now until the 17th, you can go down to your local GameStop and pick up a free collectible card that will unlock a new Spectrobe. No preorders, no Game Informer subscriptions, just free. Here's something cool for everyone else: you can...
Is that a humorous Spectrobes commercial? Why yes, it is!
Maybe it's the male-pattern baldness or the clever use of the microphone mechanic in the game, but this commercial cracks us up every time, even if it is totally unbelievable that a couple of kids would pay to get into a movie, just so they could play Spectrobes. There's also another, less-funny co...
Sony promoting DS games
We have a shameful confession: sometimes we play games on other systems. Yes, there is a Playstation 2 in our stately Fanboy Manor, and it occasionally has a game in it. But our DS Fanboy Power is such that even the least Nintendo-like task we can think of-- buying a PS2 game-- becomes more Nin...
Spectrobes and Sega just don't mix
Spectrobes, Disney Interactive Studios' answer to Pokemon, seems to harbor a secret grudge against software developer Sega. When naming your captured creatures the "naughty words list" prevents you from using the company's name. Other development studios are fair-game, so why pick on Sega? Relax....
The Spectrobes ain't got no love for Sega
We have to thank Spencer Yip of Siliconera for doing an interesting bit of investigative reporting on the subject of what is and isn't acceptable in Spectrobes. So, there are a lot of things you can't name your Spectrobes ... mostly things you probably wouldn't say in front of your mother unless the...
Metareview: Spectrobes
We've had our eye on Spectrobes for awhile now, hoping that the game would bring some variety to the monster-collecting genre. Between all of the presentations the game's producer has attended, as well as the idea of utilizing punch cards, Spectrobes very much looked like it would bring that variet...
