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Spectrobes

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Spectrobes
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Developer(s)Jupiter
Genki
Publisher(s)Disney Interactive Studios(currentlyDisney Parks, Experiences and Products)
Platform(s)

Spectrobesis avideo game franchiseconsisting of three installments, the most recent of which was released in 2009.

Spectrobes

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Spectrobesis a science fiction video game that was developed byKyoto-based game developerJupiter,known for being the developer ofKingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories,and published byDisney Interactive Studiosfor theNintendo DS.Disney Interactive Studios has stated thatSpectrobesis its first original intellectual property; that is, a game not based on any film or TV program from itsparent company.

The game was considered a commercial success and Disney Interactive Studios announced that more than 700,000 copies of the game had shipped worldwide in the first month and it was the best-selling third-party (not published by Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony) game for March 2007, ranking #7 over all that month.

The game was re-released on November 6, 2007 as part of a specialSpectrobes: Collector's Editionbundle, which included the game itself, all thirty-eight input code cards plus two exclusive Geo input cards, and a mini-guide.[1]

Beyond the Portals

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Spectrobes: Beyond the Portalsis anAction RPGvideo gamedeveloped byJupiterand published byDisney Interactive Studios.The game was released in North America on October 7, 2008, December 11 in Japan and February 27, 2009 in Europe.

Origins

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Spectrobes: Originsis anAction RPGvideo gamedeveloped byGenkiand published byDisney Interactive Studiosand is the third entry in theSpectrobesseries. It is the firstSpectrobesgame in the series to be developed by Genki and to be exclusive for theWii.The game was released in the US on August 18, 2009 following the European release on September 18 and an Australian release on October 4. The Japanese version was released on June 17, 2010.

References

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  1. ^IGN.comArchived2008-01-08 at theWayback Machine:Spectrobes Collector's Edition Available on DS, accessed 01 December 2007