The Epic Fight to Save the Galaxy is Now on the Wii and Nintendo DS
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct 06, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Battle, create and explore in Spore(TM) on Nintendo consoles! Today,
Maxis(TM), an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, announced that the
highly-anticipated Spore(TM) Hero and Spore(TM) Hero Arena are
now available at North American retailers and will hit store shelves
internationally on October 9th. Built from the ground up
exclusively for the Wii(TM) and Nintendo DS(TM) platforms, Spore Hero
and Spore Hero Arena immerse players intoan action-packed
adventure filled with creativity, combat and exploration as they fight
to save their planet.
"Spore has proven to be a huge hit with tween and teen boys. We
are so excited to release Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena--
two new games that bring all of the action, adventure and fun that this
audience loves," said Lucy Bradshaw, VP and General Manager at Maxis.
"Now, players will be able to take on the role of their own kind of
hero, by creating it however they like using the Creature Creator,
tackling challenging quests and battling friends in competitive
multiplayer modes."
Spore Hero delivers the unparalleled creative freedom of Spore
in an action-adventure game created exclusively for the Wii. Set in a
rich and vibrant 3-D world, Spore Hero empowers the player to
become the hero as they embark on an epic quest to save their creature's
home planet from destruction by the evil nemesis, Zarkhator. Along this
journey, players engage in fun battles, solve puzzles, and explore to
collect more than 250 cool new creature parts, all with unique
abilities. These parts, which can be used to customize creatures in the
revolutionary and award-winning Spore Creature Creator, can
change the way creatures will play and fight in the world. Players can
also utilize their brawling skills in a dynamic multiplayer mode, in
which they battle their friends with their own customized creature to
become the 'baddest' Spore hero around!
Spore Hero Arena catapults players into a galaxy filled with fun
and intense arena-based combat. Featuring an all-new story set in the
same universe as Spore Hero, Spore Hero Arena takes
players on a quest to save planets in their galaxy from an evil force.
Throughout the game, players create their own unique gladiator hero
creature and guide it from planet to planet as they fight enemy
creatures, collect new parts, gain upgrades and unlock special abilities
that will benefit their hero. Developed with multiplayer capabilities in
mind, Spore Hero Arena also allows players to battle with up to
three friends locally or play with a friend over Wi-Fi and share
creature creations over a Wireless network, taking the Spore
gameplay experience to an entirely new and interactive level.
Available for $49.99 MSRP, Spore Hero is rated E10+ by the ESRB. Spore
Hero Arena is available for $29.99 MSRP and is rated E by the ESRB.
To learn more about Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena, playminigames and download fun content, please visit www.sporehero.com.
For screenshots or press materials about the Spore franchise,
please visit http://info.ea.com.
About Spore
Spore, available for PC and Mac(R), gives players their own
personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes,
build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe filled
with creations made by other gamers. Spore gives players a wealth
of creative tools to customize nearly every aspect of their universe:
creatures, vehicles, buildings, and even spaceships. Spore Galactic
Adventures allows players to beam down to planets for the first time
and play, create and share missions with friends online. Available now, Spore
Hero, exclusive to the Wii(TM) and Spore Hero Arena for the
Nintendo DS, catapult players into the role of a fully-customized hero
creature fighting to save its planet.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is
a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in
1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive
software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless
devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under
four brand names: EA SPORTSTM, EATM, EA MobileTM
and POGOTM. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of
$4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies.
EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com.
More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can
be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, Maxis, and Spore are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other
countries. Nintendo DS and Wii are trademarks of Nintendo. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective licensors.
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