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Giving Spectrobes A Second Chance With Beyond The Portals

Last year's Spectrobes on DS sold around a million copies, but I have heard tell that critics found it lacking in substance a bit. From what I saw at Disney Interactive's E3 booth, though, they've fleshed things out.

For monster-collector nerds like me, it's exciting to know that Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals has doubled the number of Spectrobes you can unearth through touch-screen archaeological digs, and it looks like they've expanded upon the battle system, too.

So how does the new Spectrobes stack up?

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4:20 PM on Fri Jul 18 2008
By Leigh Alexander
2,095 views, 14 comments

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Disney Excavates Spectrobes 2 Details

Disney's Spectrobes for the Nintendo DS was a rather mediocre game, but it went on to ship over a million copies worldwide. Why? Marketing, marketing, marketing. Now Disney Interactive is readying the follow up, Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals, and hopefully this time around they've got a bit more substance to back things up. The sequel continues the story of Rallen and Jeena, this time around investigating the origin of mysterious portals that lead to other dimensions. For the first time, players will be able to control Jeena, using her tech skills to help solve puzzles. With new dimensions come new Spectrobes, a new three-dimensional perspective, new ways to battle and excavate, and an all-new online battle system utilizing Disney's DGamer community tool. Spectrobes is a neat concept that I'd really like to see fleshed out. Looks like that's exactly what Disney Interactive is doing. More »

6:00 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Mike Fahey
1,869 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: @tvandlust: Agreed. The battle system was very badly balanced. Monsters were cool and all, and having a train monsters game more »

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Spectrobes Contest Winners

We're announcing the twenty lucky folks who will win a Spectrobes stylus and two Spectrobes cards. These twenty readers correctly answered the question (the answer was "Jupiter") and were the first twenty people to send us emails on March 19. Without further adieu, the winners are: More »

10:00 PM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
967 views, 20 comments

Latest by abcdman11: are we going to have another contest because i just signed up more »

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Win Spectrobes Stuff... Easy!

Disney's been gracious enough to toss 20 Spectrobes touch pens and 40 Spectrobes cards our way for us to give out. Quick one-day contest: The first twenty people to tell us the name of the developer who made the game for Disney will get one stylus and two cards. Send your answer and your home address to kotakucontest@gmail.com. Contest ends tonight at midnight EST. Good luck! Brian Ashcraft

8:00 AM on Mon Mar 19 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,215 views, 24 comments

Latest by Wernstar: This is what I get for primarily being a night reader. 5 minutes left to enter, so that means that more »

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Spectrobes Hates Sega

Not all four letter words are kosher in Spectrobes. It's possible to name things in-game. But, it's a family title by Disney, so words like "shit," "fuck" or "Sega" are not acceptable. According to game site Siliconera, names like "Xbox" or "Capcom" are a-okay, it's just "Sega" that gets nixed out. Huh. Somebody else must be pissed about what's happened to Sonic! Brian Ashcraft More »

7:40 AM on Thu Mar 15 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,801 views, 24 comments

Latest by CyberSkull: Are there any other 4 letter game companies? more »

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Clip: Spectrobes Final Webisode

With the release of Spectrobes for the DS tomorrow (though several outlets have been selling the game earlier than the release date), Disney has released the fifth and final webisode, in which annoying pink-haired girl fails to get killed by falling debris.

Walmart actually had the game on the shelf this Saturday, but when I tried to buy it the computer refused to let them ring it up because it wasn't supposed to launch until tomorrow. Walmart: crushing children's dreams since 1962. Michael Fahey

10:20 AM on Mon Mar 12 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,394 views, 12 comments

Latest by landonkun: I read this wrong. I thought it said the girl DOES get killed by falling debris, and that's why I more »

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Nintendo Store Hosts Spectrobes Shindig

This Saturday, March 10, Nintendo and Disney will be throwing a party at the Nintendo World Store in New York City to show off the upcoming Nintendo DS game Spectrobes. Unfortunately, we don't think this party will be on par with the ones held at GDC this week, as it will most likely be booze free, but Kentaro Hisai from developer Jupiter will be on hand. Maybe he'll buy you some shots. More »

2:40 PM on Fri Mar 9 2007
By Michael McWhertor
1,396 views, 6 comments

Latest by Hyperfludd: I'm going there. =o Maybe I'll get lucky for once and win a dang prize in there for once. more »

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Clip: Japanese Spectrobes Commercial

Ever since Ashcraft's feature on the game, I've been pretty excited about Spectrobes, actively trying to dig up all I can on the game, like this Japanese commercial, for instance.
I think this could very well be a Pokemon-killer for me. I've long been shamed by my secret love for Nintendo's pocket monsters. It'll be nice to be shamed by something else for a change. Michael Fahey

11:40 AM on Thu Feb 15 2007
By Mike Fahey
276 views, 8 comments

Latest by Kenzya: It looks so bland and generic. What's the deal? more »

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A Touch Pen To Dig Fossils With

OH! I totally forgot to post this neat Spectrobes pen I was given at my Jupiter visit last week. It's even got Disney stamped on its arse. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:40 AM on Mon Feb 5 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
226 views, 2 comments

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Clip: Spectrobe Trailer

After Ashcraft filled us all with breathless anticipation for Disney and Jupiter's upcoming Spectrobes, I decided to take a look around and see what else I could find on the Pokemon-esque game for the DS. While I couldn't find out much more info that wasn't included in Ashcraft's feature on the game, I did manage to turn up this new trailer on Gametrailers.com. While it's not quite my style of game, it certainly looks very well put together. Now if I can just get the sound of that shaggy ragamuffin saying "Wake up!" over and over out of my head... Flynn De Marco

10:00 AM on Sat Feb 3 2007
By fdemarco
4,168 views, 35 comments

Latest by Operator23: For people like RocketSlug, just go buy Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Raidou Kuzunoho vs. the Soulless Army and The more »

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Spectrobes Screen Smorgasbord

Here's a handful of screenies and box art from Buena Vista Games and Jupiter's original title, Spectrobes. That sexy group shot? Why that's the Jupiter team. Brian Ashcraft More »

7:22 PM on Fri Feb 2 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
270 views, 5 comments

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Feature: Disney Finds Tradition With Spectrobes

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