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[edit] Controversies to watch out for

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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. —The preceding unsigned comment was 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)

[edit] 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)

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)

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)

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

[edit] 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)