Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals (Nintendo DS)

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Description

Rallen and Jeena may have managed to stop the Krawl invasion of the Nanairo Star System and forced them to retreat... but a new evil power has emerged and is leading a new assault on the galaxy. Unfortunately, the enemy made sure to make it more difficult this time by destroying all of Rallen's fossils and Spectrobes. Once again, it's up to Rallen and Jeena to excavate and train Spectrobes in order to defeat the Krawl menace threatening the star system.

Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals plays much like its predecessor with exploration, excavating fossils and battling as the central theme. But the game has been equipped with a 3D camera this time, making exploring a 360 degree experience.

The gameplay mechanics have stayed more or less intact since the previous game. The player will excavate various minerals and fossils using the stylus and the microphone and a plethora of different digging tools. Battles play out in real time, either with Rallen on the field, or in a separate battle screen with the Spectrobes.

New to this game are "Badges", which act as a form of achievements. Fulfilling certain criteria in the game will unlock them, such as defeating a certain number of enemies or unlocking all of the hidden mini-games.

Via WiFi and on a dedicated website players can battle against each other or exchange Spectrobes and items. It is also possible to trade Spectrobes between this game and the original game. Items and Spectrobes can also be added to the game using game cards with holes through which the touch-screen must be touched in a specific order.

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Alternate Titles

• "スペクトロブスシリーズ 超化石モンスターバトル ゲキトツ・ギャラクシ" -- Japanese spelling
• "Spectrobes: Oltre I Portali" -- Italian title
• "Spectrobes: Les Portes de la Galaxie" -- French title
• "Spectrobes: Jenseits der Portale" -- German Title
• "Spectrobes: De Poorten Voorbij" -- Dutch title on nintendo.nl
• "Spectrobes: A las Puertas de la Galaxia" -- Spanish title
• "Chou Kaseki Monster Battle: Gekitotsu Galaxy" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• DGamer games
• Gameplay feature: Monster capture / training
• Spectrobes series

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Critic Reviews

1UP	Oct 15, 2008	B+	83
Gameplanet	Dec 22, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Nintendo-Online.de	Nov 27, 2008	8 out of 10	80
GameZone	Oct 07, 2008	8 out of 10	80
RPGFan	Oct 26, 2008	80 out of 100	80
IGN	Oct 07, 2008	8 out of 10	80
411mania.com	Oct 28, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Da Gameboyz	Nov 13, 2008	7.8 out of 10	78
Jeuxvideo.com	Nov 28, 2008	15 out of 20	75
GameSpot	Nov 04, 2008	5 out of 10	50

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