Spectrobes: Origins (2009) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Spectrobes: Origins

Spectrobes mixes monster battling with a real-time action RPG experience, so you'll not only be managing which critter is out on the field and attacking, but also running your main character around and…

60 18 August 2009

What Spectrobes: Origins is

Spectrobes: Origins is an adventure game developed by Genki and released in 2009. It was published by Disney Interactive Studios. It is available on Wii only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The main story follows the two protagonists, Rallen and Jeena, when they are sent through a portal which leads them to another star system which is being invaded by a massive army of Krawl. They must use the Cosmolink, an ancient device for summoning Spectrobes, to defeat the Krawl leader, Krux, to finally bring peace to the star system once and for all.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

How it was received

Spectrobes: Origins holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Spectrobes: Origins launched on 18 August 2009, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum, Wolfenstein, Metroid Prime: Trilogy and Colin McRae: Dirt 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Wolfenstein, Metroid Prime: Trilogy, Colin McRae: Dirt 2.

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