Spore Creatures

Spore Creatures is the Nintendo DS spin-off of Spore, developed by Foundation 9 and published by Electronic Arts. Designed by Will Wright the game is a life simulation RPG single-player/multiplayer game in which a player controls and evolves a creature of their creation. It has an ESRB : E rating. The game focuses on the Creature phase of the larger game, with elements of games Nintendogs and Drawn to Life. The creatures are completely 2D with the environments 3D.

Features

Spore Creatures is a story-based game with the player assuming the role of an Oogie. Players are forced to survive in strange islands over the course of 12 levels after being kidnapped by UFOs. The game allows replay mode when it ends. The creature is created and modified in an editor, using points earned to give the creature different body parts and skills. The player is given 20 points at the start with which to build their initial creature. The game allows players to save thirty different creations, including those from other players over a local, peer-to-peer connection. Players can have their creatures interact via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Spore Creatures is one of the few Nintendo DS or Wii games to allow a player to opt out of needing to input Friend Codes (a unique twelve digit friend code that can be exchanged with friends and be used to maintain individual friend lists in each game). The game focuses on survival. A large part of the game involves collecting items, allowing players to earn 60 badges based on game moments and actions, finding food, with mini-games such as cuddling and dancing for friend-making. Side quests and mini-games unlock skills and 280 hidden creature parts, which are given to the player by other friendly creatures. Combat consists of the player initiating the fight with another creature by selecting it to go into a one-on-one combat screen in which the creatures face off against each other.