Cubivore is a "Call of the Wild" brought to an interactive media. Gento Matsumotos serene and surreal portrait of wilderness lost then civilization reverting (or progressing) to wilderness. Of course the most obvious thing about Cubivore would be the graphics. 99% of all scenery and creatures in the game are made of cubes, rectangles, or squares. Even water ripples away from a falling step in squares. Blood pools in squares upon the ground and even the moon and sun appear as cubes in the sky.

As you move through the game you will eat prey (Or sometimes outfight a predator) To gain new forms and power. The more forms you gain the more wilderness goes back to the land (This wilderness has recently been stolen by a rather nasty Killer cubivore). Naturally it is your goal to dethrone this killer of the wild and set your self up as king of the beast, thus filling the land once again with wilderness.

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Alternate Titles

"動物番長" -- Japanese spelling
"Doubutsu Banchou" -- Japanese Title
"Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest" -- Tag-lined title

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Cubivore	GameCube	$57.84
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The Press Says

The Next Level	Mar 15, 2003	A-	91
NintendoWorldReport	Apr 08, 2002	8.5 out of 10	85
Netjak	Mar 23, 2004	8.2 out of 10	82
AllRPG	Nov 26, 2002	8.1 out of 10	81
Le Geek	2002	4 out of 5	80
Nintendojo	Apr 14, 2003	8 out of 10	80
GameSpy	Nov 17, 2002	78 out of 100	78
GameSpot	Nov 11, 2002	7.3 out of 10	73
IGN	Nov 13, 2002	6.7 out of 10	67
Game Critics	Dec 18, 2002	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

Development

This game was originally planned for the N64DD however the game was held back and released on the GameCube. For a time before the GameCube release it was planned as an N64 cartridge game.

Title translation

The translation of the Japanese title in English is Animal Leader.

Toys

A series of toys produced by Medicom by the name of Seton has had two series released in Japan as of 2003. These toys are small Cubiovre with interchangeable body parts to mimic the evolution of the game critters.

Information also contributed by Sciere

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