Spore

Also known as: Spore Creatures (DS)
Maxis decided to drop some scraps of its massive game monster Spore onto the DS with middling results.

Genre: Strategy
Release date: Sep 7, 2008
Published by: EA GAMES
Developed by: Maxis
Designer: Will Wright
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
6 DECENT
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Screenshots updated Sep 10, 2008
Latest Stories
EA responds on Spore banningsN4G
Boomtown reports: Electronic Arts has quickly denied that Spore owners will have their accounts...
DS News from N4G - Sep 25, 2008
Spore sells over a million in just over two weeksN4G
Will Wright's universe sim Spore has sold over one million copies since its launch earlier this...
DS News from N4G - Sep 24, 2008
EA threatens to cancel Spore accountsN4G
Eurogamer reports: EA has threatened to ban the Spore accounts of members discussing DRM issues on...
DS News from N4G - Sep 24, 2008
EA Announce Christmas 2008 Family Gaming Line-Up N4G
Today, Electronic Arts have announced their UK Christmas 2008 family gaming line-up. While many of...
DS News from N4G - Sep 24, 2008
Digg monster sighted in Spore
Popular site suffers Creature Creator clone treatment
Jul 9, 2008
Spore spawns Mario’s worst nightmare
From badass Bowsers to busted Bob-ombs, see the best/worst fan-made clones of Mario’s most...
Jul 4, 2008
EA responds on Spore bannings N4G
Boomtown reports: Electronic Arts has quickly denied that Spore owners will have their accounts...
News from N4G Sep 25, 2008
Spore sells over a million in just over two weeks N4G
Will Wright's universe sim Spore has sold over one million copies since its launch earlier this...
News from N4G Sep 24, 2008
EA threatens to cancel Spore accounts N4G
Eurogamer reports: EA has threatened to ban the Spore accounts of members discussing DRM issues on...
News from N4G Sep 24, 2008
EA Announce Christmas 2008 Family Gaming Line-Up  N4G
Today, Electronic Arts have announced their UK Christmas 2008 family gaming line-up. While many of...
News from N4G Sep 24, 2008
SPORE Launch Event in India, Bollywood Actor and... N4G
The Angry Pixel writes: On Tuesday afternoon, EA India unleashed the icky-galacticness that is SPORE...
News from N4G Sep 10, 2008
New Game Releases for the Week of September 7,... N4G
Gamerdeals.net writes: The highlights this week include Spore (PC/Mac), NHL 09 (Xbox 360, PS3), NHL...
News from N4G Sep 6, 2008
Spore Review Coming Tonight N4G
IGN reports: IGN will post its Spore review at 12:01am, Pacific Daylight Time, Thursday, or...
News from N4G Sep 3, 2008
EA Announce Leipzig Line-Up N4G
After an award winning showcase of titles at E3 in July, Electronic Arts today announced its product...
News from N4G Aug 19, 2008
Spore (NDS/PC) Goes Gold N4G
WorthPlaying writes: Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to...
News from N4G Aug 14, 2008
Spore could be the new Sims, says EA N4G
MCV: New title can have same 'long tail' effect as Will Wright's last smash, says publisher
News from N4G Jul 10, 2008
Ten years in the making, Will Wright’s Spore finally arrives on PC to fanfares of adulation from those who’ve reviewed it. The hype has well and truly been lived up to, the ambition fully realised. It would be as preposterous as a swan made of jelly to expect the DS version of Spore to match the scope and scale of its PC cousin ...
Spore
Interspecies relations break down
Apr 7, 2008
At each of Spore’s five stages, from the microbiotic to the intergalactic, there is an eternal choice: kill or... don’t. When you start, as a microbe with teeth, it’s kill or be vegetarian. When you evolve enough to crawl from the primordial soup to dry land, it’s kill or sing little songs to befriend things. Once your species forms a society and decides what buildings to have in its first village, it’s kill or ...   » Read Full Spore preview
Spore infects the DS
Creature customization is the key to pimping out your perfect pet in this shrink-wrapped adventure
Feb 13, 2008
The DS version of Spore won’t be processing the massive universe of content to be included in its PC counterpart. You won’t evolve your creature from a single-celled state, challenge other tribes in the real-time strategy segment, develop a flourishing society, or conquer alien cultures as you explore planets spread across a near infinite galaxy.Instead of following the epic journey of a microscopic organism that evolves into a race ...   » Read Full Spore preview
ESRB Rating
Spore is rated:
Everyone 10+
Animated Blood, Comic Mischief, Fantasy Violence
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