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Spectrobes Rock! (Pun intended)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 27 / 29
Date: March 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've had the game for a few hours now, and could barely tear myself away long enough to post my first impressions!

I absolutely LOVE this game! The story is one I haven't seen before(no "team Rocket/Magma/etc is raising havoc again", but it does have a sort of "save the universe" feel), the game runs in real time; both battles and in running around and searching for fossils! Speaking of fossils, I found that is one of the bits that took a lot of strategy, later fossils require you to use a delicate(but still speedy) touch. One of the most frustrating things about the fossil excavation part is if you take too long to excavate a fossil, you automatically lose that fossil!

After you successfully excavate a fossil, you take it back to your ship to "awaken" it (be sure to do this somewhere somewhat private, you'll be shouting at your ds a lot, but it's only for a few seconds per fossil, and whispering/blowing doesn't always work.)

Then, you take it to an incubation chamber and feel it minerals you have excavated(you'll often find minerals, fossils or other things when out looking for fossils, the color denotes what you may get: gold is always a fossil, blue is always a mineral, rainbow is always a "cube".)

It's best to put two monsters in one incubation chamber, then when they get old enough to fight, they will give each other bonuses. Come back and check on them in a while, and see if they are sparkling. If they are, they turn into a cacoon, and you tear it open to show your newly-evolved creature! Most have 3 forms, from child to adult(which is when you can fight) is two, then a final form. Some monsters evolve over time, others when you give them enough minerals, others..I haven't learned yet! It's very similar to the "farms" from Digimon World DS I played earlier in the year, except you can't see them on your top screen during searching or fighting. The game uses both screens, and many times both are put to great use! You have two monsters that are always with you ready to be summoned into battle(which is done by walking into these annoying black vortexes that tend to like to follow and/or trap you!)and one you can choose to follow you around and help you look for fossils. To do so, you simply tap on it, and rings appear. If a glittering gold, blue or rainbow spot appears, touch it, and you go into the excavation screen to dig it up.

Battles run in real time, and you have a monster on your left and right sides, which you control via L and R, respectively. Your character can equip weapons, but it's best to run everyone up to the Krawl(the game's enemies, lumped together and called simply "the Krawl" )and fight. At first, the battle system seems kind of slow and clunky, and there is no way to turn the camera, but it's actually not bad! You have to wait for your Left meter or Right meter to fill up (think Active Time Battle meters and you'll be close) then you press L or R when your left or right monster is near an enemy to fight! There are combos, and monsters can work together on one single, massive attack, but I have yet to try this.

Graphics? 3D during game play and battles with nice effects when waking fossils, full-motion cut-scenes and a lush planetary design. Plus, the monsters actually animate(Pokemon, I'm looking at YOU!) during battle, or can be seen running alongside you or doing a little dance when they find a fossil.

As you can see, I have barely scratched the surface on this game, and so far, I'm addicted! It's everything I was hoping for and more! Contrary to what many are saying, I didn't find the game's music to be grating, just kind of bland. Nothing to hum during game play, and when you use your spectrobe to hunt for fossils(which you will do every few steps) you'll find that sound might grate on your ears very quickly.

All-in-all, while it may not be Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, I think this is a great monster-battling RPG to tide you over until then!

the second funnest game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is so cool! You get to run around searching for minerals and fossils and going inside black and purple tornadoes to fight aliens! it is not like pokemon at all. Your main character can fight with a blaster, sword, or glove. You will have to use the mic a lot. I am even stuck on this games and can't get past this one dessert area. But it is so fun anyway. This game is for people who have just bought a DS, or someone who has one. I think you would like this game if you bought it. THIS GAME IS SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

one of the best games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: April 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

To start out this is the best game I have played in forever. The main thing is to defeat the Krawl.(The bad guys on this game)You're main character's name is Rallen. He has different weapons varying from a blaster to a sword to a glove. This is not like pokemon at all. You go around with your spectrobes and defeat the krawl. You also look for minerals, fossils, and cubes. The minerals help boost your spectrobes level. There are also fossils where you can awaken them and they become spectrobes. You can also find cubes which give you valuable info about spectrobes. This is a really fun game and I hope this review wants you buy this game because it is very fun.

This Game Sucks.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 19
Date: March 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After the hype Disney has given this game over the past several months, I was expecting something really special, and not a Pokemon rip-off as the company had promised. Well, they got that part right, but not much else. The game basically consists of you entering a level at one point, randomly digging all over the entire map, then searching for the exit. There is no online multi-player as the 'Wi-Fi' logo on the box might lead you to believe, only local ad-hoc (that is, once you dig up the randomly placed cube needed to unlock that function). You also have to locate other hidden cubes to unlock such basic features as say, using the cards that are included in the box. Who thought up this genius idea? This is a kid's game! Another stinging point is no direct control over the Spectrobes themselves, just your main character who dies almost instantly any time he recives damage in a battle. You can only use the L & R buttons to activate Spectrobes' attacks, while trying to position your player without dying. This seems like an idea for a new franchise that was ruined by poor planning, or a desire to get the game out before Pokemon Diamond & Pearl. Trust me, save your money for those games, as they are 100 times more fun and rewarding than this one.

Worth buying

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I don't know the first thing about this game, BUT I have a 9 year old son who LOVES it! As far as I'm concerned, it was worth every penny. Now he wants the guide book.

Great game concept but a little boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a 33 year old mom with three kids. Everyone in the family owns a DS, so this is a shared review!

Things we like-Digging up and raising/leveling spectrobes, the way the systems are set up (easy to understand/intuitive), the graphics, the storyline

Things that we don't like-battles are extremely boring/easy/repetitious, Rallen's attacks are pretty much useless

I would have preferred a battle system more like Kingdom Hearts (where everyone fights individually). I understand that it may not have been possible given the limits of a hand-held system, but it would have made it a little more interesting.

Best game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game ever! It is so fun! You can wake fossils, make the spectrobes stronger. You can also battle, trade and more on Wi-FI! Great graphics for Nintendo Ds. You need this game.

A wonderful game for kids!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm a 7 year old girl that LOVES the game Spectrobes and thinks that it's a wonderful game for kids! In the game, you must save the universe from the Krawl. You find a prizmod that holds creatures called Spectrobes. With the Spectrobes, you must fight the Krawl. Here are some tips on the game Spectrobes:Tip #1 After you rescue Aldous, you won't have have a child Spectrobe to find fossils, cubes and minerals. Don't worry! Talk to Aldous. He'll give you a fossil to awaken. Jeena won't let you go upstairs to talk to Aldous until you go to the healing pod(The green pod on the left of the elevator).Tip #2 When you have a Spectrobe in the incubator, drag your stylus over to the Spectrobe to pet it. Tip #3 Once you've found minerals, go to the incubator. Touch the mineral button with your stylus to feed the Spectrobe. Once the feed screen apears, drag one of the minerals over to the plate and touch the feed button to feed. Once the incubator screen apears, drag a mineral over to the Spectrobe. Well, thanks for being interested in the game Spectrobes. You should try it out for yourself!

Spectrobes-the ups and downs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Nanairo planetary patrol officer Rallen and his partner Jeena discover an escape pod with an old man inside. Nicknamed 'Mr. X' the man eventually awakes and informs Rallen about spectrobes, beasts that are used to fight the evil Krawl. This game, in short, is fast-paced, challenging, and interesting to the max. An action packed plotline brings Rallen to seven planets in search of the Krawl nest. Activties in this game include incubating Spectrobes, Battling krawl, and digging up and awakening fossils. I greatly enjoyed this game overall, and I am confident you will, too.

Great game!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a really good game, but if you don't like pokemon, you probably will not like this game. However this game has good 3D gameplay!! I gave it a four overall because you can't you the input card system or wifi multiplayer when you first get the game.

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