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The article calls Spectrobes BVG's "first original property." But seriously, tell me with a straight face that:

1. This isn't a knockoff of Nintendo's Pokémon games and animated productions

2. An animated series about this game isn't immediately headed to Disney Channel. --Damian Yerrick (☎) 02:25, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about number 1, but on number 2, I hear you. For all we know, this could actually be a tie-in to a future film or TV show from the company. In any case, there is still more dirty laundry from the Eisner era to come, but that's another story... Brittany Ka 12:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The "knockoff" argument is idiotic. It's no better than saying "I played Digimon once, when it was called Pokémon". - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:16, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. "Original" in this sense isn't referring to inspiration but merely the fact that it's not based on an existing Disney creation. Tony Myers 19:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The only similarities between Pokemon and Spectrobes are that you go around collecting various creatures, battling opponent creatures with those creatures, training them and evolving them. There's ~~no equivalent of gym battling, and~~ no equivalent of the Elite Four, unless I'm mistaken. You don't get the creatures in the wild and catch them in a capsule, you excavate their fossils then reanimate them using your own vocal cords. Not to mention the sci-fi aspect of Spectrobes. There's really nothing else other than the creature-collecting element that's common between Pokemon and Spectrobes. Sincerely, Thrashmeister {U|T|C} 20:18, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. You fight a Leader Krawl boss at regular intervals in the game. But there's still no equivalent of an actual gym. Sincerely, Thrashmeister {U|T|C} 01:53, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

also, you participate in realtime battles with your creatures, against creatures unlike your own. which is probably the biggest difference, since you aren't playing against more spectrobes. but yeah, they mena original as in NOT LICENSED. not as in unique. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.14.0 (talk • contribs)

I'd also like to add one point. I think a TV version of this is definitely coming soon. Why? In the webisodes, there's a masked person who's the supposed leader of all the Krawl. I just beat the actual game today, and there's no mention or appearance of that character at all. So it'd be kind of weird for Disney not to have closure on that. Sincerely, Thrashmeister {U|T|C} 01:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

67.182.178.220 00:00, 5 May 2007 (UTC) May o4, 2007 I agree with you on that point. It would be totally lame if DIsney had a sweet character like that and left the rest to our imaginations!!! Sincerely, Anonymous[reply]

Release Date?

The page says March 13th for the release date, but several people I know already bought the game a few days ago. I, myself, just bought the game today. And I'm pretty sure, unless I'm mentally retarded, it's not the 13th yet. Sincerely, Thrashmeister {U|T|C} 19:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The date of first publication is there for advertising purposes. Not all games are street dated. A store is free to sell copies of a game that has no street date as soon as it receives them from the publisher. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 20:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, okay. I had no idea there was such a thing as a street date before now, so thanks for clearing that up. Sincerely, Thrashmeister {U|T|C} 02:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

i too have the game. more info needs to be updated i guess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.14.0 (talk • contribs)

Ed?

Who is the character designer? Does anyone else think the main dude in the ads and commercials looks a LOT like Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist?

The talk page is used for discussion of the article, not general discussion of Spectrobes. See WP:TALK for more information.--kenobi.zero 08:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I might not have been clear about it but I was discussing the article. I was trying to say that we should find out who the character designer is and if there is a connection we should put it in the article like Akira Toriyama is in the Chrono Trigger one. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.69.230.146 (talk) 22:48, 5 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Oh. The character designers were all from Jupiter Studios I believe. So I am not sure if any of them worked on Full Metal Alchemist.--kenobi.zero 12:32, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's most likely a coincidence. The character designer for FMA is Yoshiyuki Ito, is it not? If that's the case, then I did a search, and he apparently has nothing to do with Spectrobes. Sincerely, Thrashmeister {U|T|C} 22:18, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure? Take a look at the box art... Same hair, sword of similar design for a right hand (I assume that on the Spectrobes guy it's part of his suit). His face is similar in the boxart, and in the 2d animations for the TV commercial, and to a lesser extent the ads in gaming mags, the resemblance is even greater. It's too extreme for coincidence. So if it wasn't the same artist, it's a blatant ripoff. Wonder why Jupiter hasn't been sued. Not that we need to speculate on that here. Here we just need to find out why there are so many similarities, and explain them if the reason is in any way significant. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.69.230.146 (talk) 05:28, 8 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Sounds like someone's had a little too much sugar-coated cereal. Tony Myers 04:48, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spectrobes strategy guide

Anyone want to know how to beat a certain part of the game? I can help!! I've beaten all seven bosses too, so I can give strategies for those. May 04, 2007 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.182.178.220 (talk) 23:56, 4 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

This talk page is used for discussion of the article, not for providing strategies for playing the game. See WP:TALK for more information. In fact, read the top sentence of the talk page, in the yellow box. --kenobi.zero 05:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Sorry. I missed that. Thanks for the note! 67.182.178.220 02:48, 6 May 2007 (UTC)Anonymous[reply]

What's with "Wake up!"?

Why do, in the trailer for the game, the kids say, "Wake up!"? I've tried that before, and it doesn't work! You can't get your pitch in the right area! 67.182.178.220 02:45, 6 May 2007 (UTC) Sincerely[reply]

Typo in the article

There is a typo in a paragraph under the Characters Section of the Spectrobes article. Someone spelled Jeena "Jenna". I fixed it before, but someone deleted my help. What's with that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.182.178.220 (talk) 02:53, 6 May 2007 (UTC).67.182.178.220 02:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]