Reviews from

in the past


Not a substitute for Pokemon. I remember loving the fossil digging

My memories on this are great, and I know those memories aren't as child-driven as others.
The digging mechanic was just so enticing and inmersive somehow.

Un RPG espacial de colección de monstruos simpático con una mecánica principal que no vi en ningún otro juego anterior: Simulador de excavación arqueológica.
Has de desenterrar los fósiles (u otros artefactos) de distintas capas de suelo, y cuanto mejor lo hagas, con mejores herramientas y cuidado, de mejor calidad los desentierras.
Las diversas criaturas se pueden revivir, evolucionar y usar en pelea contra enemigos variopintos en combates en tiempo real sin mucha complicación, sólo te piden tener buen nivel y equipo.
La historia es muy básica también, pero está bien en general.

Ojalá más juegos con esta mecánica de desenterrar.
Se aprovechó muy bien de la pantalla táctil de la DS.

Another game I looked into my brother's carrying case and decided to play. I did not proceed that far into this, but the memories i had playing this was top for me. I do miss scratching the bottom of my ds screen for the fossils.


I wanted this game to be good, but the game play loop and combat leave a lot to be desired.

pokemon if it didnt fit in and had no friends

L’univers du jeu est incroyable. Le design des monstres est très réussi. Un très bon souvenir d’enfance pour l’un de mes premier rpg.

Replayed for a nostalgia trip as I really liked this game as a kid. There is a lot to like still, the fossil excavation mini game is satisfying and the use of minerals means the game doesn't require any grinding particularly. I think my favourite part is the input cards and I wish more games did that as it's such a cool idea. However as a pokemon rip the variation of creatures is very lacking, you can expect to find only one or two new spectrobes on each new planet (there's about 7 planets). The combat is ok, it was fun to learn all the different mechanics of pairing different spectrobes together but nothing is executed particularly well and it was rare that a fight felt satisfying. The story was also fine, good enough to keep you engaged and thankfully doesn't force you to read through a novel's worth of dialogue. Fun for a trip down memory lane, but you're not missing out on much by leaving this one alone.

This game was really cool conceptually and was a game I was really anticipating before it came out, but it was only ok. Would like to see the series come back though! It was kinda interesting.

promising concept but the combat is bad and it feels quite dated