Spore Hero

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Spore Hero.
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Developer(s) EA Montreal
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) Wii
Release date(s)
  • NA October 6, 2009
  • PAL October 8, 2009
Genre(s) Life simulation
Mode(s) Single-player, Multi-player
Rating(s)

Spore Hero is the Wii spin-off of Spore, developed by Maxis, in which the players focus on creativity and evolution using the unique controls of the Wii. The game was released in North America on October 6, 2009 and worldwide on October 8, 2009.[1]

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[edit] Development

A Wii spinoff of the game had been mentioned by Will Wright several times, such as in his October 26, 2007 interview with The Guardian.[2] Buechner confirmed it, revealing that plans for a Wii version were underway, and that the game would be built from the ground up and would take advantage of the Wii Remote, stating, "We're not porting it over. You know, we're still so early in design and prototyping that I don't know where we're going to end up, so I don't want to lead you down one path. But suffice to say that it's being developed with the Wii controls and technology in mind."[3] Eventually, a spin-off under the title "Spore Hero", an adventure game built ground up for the Wii with a heavier focus on evolution, was announced as part of the 2009 lineup along with "Spore Hero Arena" and "Spore: Galactic Adventures""[4]

The first details of Spore Hero began to emerge when MTV's Totilo had an interview with designer Lucy Bradshaw.[5] In it she said that the team was taking a look at Wii Motion Plus for better motion sensitivity. On May 12, EA sent out their official press release for Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena.[6] Several previews began to emerge later.[7][8][9][10] At an event in Los Angeles, Gamespot got another look at Spore Hero.[11] IGN and Gamezone also posted previews as part of their pre-E3 lineup.[12][13] Spore Hero was on show at E3 2009[14][15] and at Comic-Con.[16] In late July, Maxis conducted an interview with several of the major fansites.[17] During it they revealed that one of the choices they made during development was to focus on the story-line of the game. This focus meant that they had to detract from the game's online capabilities.

[edit] Reception

[edit] Planned games/expansion packs

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sporedum (2009-09-19). "Spore Hero Arena and Spore Hero Release Dates". Sporedum. http://sporedum.net/spore-hero/. Retrieved September 19, 2009. 
  2. ^ Johnson, Bobbie (2007-10-26). "Q&A: Will Wright, creator of the Sims". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/26/willwright. Retrieved 2008-02-15. 
  3. ^ Oli Welsh (2008-02-13). "Europe is Priority for Spore". Eurogamer. http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=92666. Retrieved 2006-03-01. 
  4. ^ Kotaku (2009-01-22). "Four New Spore Titles Unveiled For DS, Wii, PC". Kotaku. http://kotaku.com/5136767/four-new-spore-titles-unveiled-for-ds-wii-pc. Retrieved 2009-01-22. 
  5. ^ "New Details About EA’s Wii-Exclusive ‘Spore: Hero’". Multiplayerblog.mtv.com. http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/03/09/new-details-about-spore-hero-for-wii/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Spore Franchise Evolves to Nintendo Platforms – EA News". Ea.com. May 12, 2009. http://www.ea.com/news/spore-franchise-evolves-to-nintendo-platforms. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  7. ^ var authorId = "58575107" by Daemon Hatfield. "Pre-E3 2009: Spore Hero Hands-on – Wii Preview at IGN". Au.wii.ign.com. http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/981/981620p1.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  8. ^ Tong, Sophia (October 7, 2009). "Spore Hero First Look – Wii Previews at GameSpot". Au.gamespot.com. http://au.gamespot.com/wii/strategy/spore/news.html?sid=6209538&part=rss&tag=gs_previews&subj=6209538. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  9. ^ "Spore Hero First Look Preview for Wii". VideoGamer.com. October 8, 2009. http://www.videogamer.com/wii/spore_hero/preview-1706.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  10. ^ Reahard, Jef. "Joystiq". Gamedaily.com. http://www.gamedaily.com/games/spore-hero/wii/game-previews/preview/8669/20699. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  11. ^ Tong, Sophia (October 7, 2009). "Spore Hero Updated Impressions – Wii Previews at GameSpot". Au.gamespot.com. http://au.gamespot.com/wii/strategy/spore/news.html?sid=6210251&part=rss&tag=gs_previews&subj=6210251. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  12. ^ var authorId = "58575107" by Daemon Hatfield. "Pre-E3: Spore Hero Update – Wii Preview at IGN". Au.wii.ign.com. http://au.wii.ign.com/articles/986/986442p1.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  13. ^ [1][dead link]
  14. ^ "E309 Media | Be A Hero With Spore – DS/Wii at C3 News". Cubed3.com. http://www.cubed3.com/news/12516. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  15. ^ Spore Hero, sporedum.net
  16. ^ Sophia Tong, GameSpot (July 22, 2009). "Spore Hero Hands-On – Wii News at GameSpot". Comic-con.gamespot.com. http://comic-con.gamespot.com/story/6213838/spore-hero-hands-on. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Sporedum.net". Sporedum.net. http://sporedum.net/2009/07/31/spore-hero-and-spore-hero-arena-fansite-interview/. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  18. ^ [2]
  19. ^ a b Dobson, Jason (May 12, 2009). "EA officially details Spore Hero, Spore Hero Arena". joystiq.com. http://www.joystiq.com/2009/05/12/ea-officially-details-spore-hero-spore-hero-arena/. Retrieved 2009-06-07. 
  20. ^ EA (April 16, 2010). "EA". investor.ea.com. http://investor.ea.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=443622. 

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