Spore Hero

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Developer	Maxis
Publisher	Eletronic Arts
Release date(s)	October 6, 2009 (North America) October 8, 2009 (Europe)
Genre	Life simulation
Mode	Single-player
Platforms	Wii

Spore Hero is a game for the Nintendo Wii. The game was released on October 6th 2009. It is largely based on the Spore Galactic Adventures expansion pack, and it is focused on the Creature stage from the original Spore game.

[edit] Plot

Warning: Spoiler Alert!

[edit] Introduction

Meteors crash into an unnamed planet, and two eggs pop out of meteors located at Creature Beach and the Mushroom Valley. The red meteors crash upon the planet causing devastation where they land. From the core of the red meteor hatches Zarkhator. The blue meteors then crash with little damage. A creature called Meejee takes an egg from the core and hatches it.

[edit] Mushroom Valley

Your creature finds itself in the Mushroom Valley, where it learns basic living essentials from Meejee and how to fight by another of Meejee's Tribe, Espee. After talking to them, you meet up with the Big Chief of Meejee's Tribe. Before you get a chance to talk him, Zarkhator appears and attemps to crush you with a red meteor. He misses, but the meteor corrupts the Big Chief. Your creature destroys the meteor, and is rewarded with an ancient idol piece. You are told to take the ancent idol parts to the Sage in the Ancient Grounds, but Meejee won't let you. Meejee tells you to cure the Spikeys, a tribe that are friends with Meejee's Tribe, from the influence of the Red meteor. After curing them, Meejee allows you to go to the Ancient Grounds.

[edit] Ancient Grounds

In the Ancient Grounds, you meet up with the Sage, who tells you to put the piece on an Ancient Idol. After doing that, the Sage tells you to seek the Yeti in the Moonlit Stoneway.

[edit] Moonlit Stoneway

On the way to the Stoneway, you are ambushed by Zarkhator, who recalls your previous encounters on other planets. He then attacks you. After defeating him, you continue going to the Stoneway. You are met by a Singer who requests a Moonfruit. After giving him one, he lets you pass. The Yeti is trapped in a crystal and the Singer you just helped requests you to find the other Singers. When you find them, they all start singing, and the crystal containing the Yeti cracks open. When you make him happy (by destroying red meteors and giving him a Moonfruit) he gives you an Idol piece. When you bring it back to Sage, he gives you wings (Antisporoptera, to be precise.)

[edit] Mushroom Grove

When evolving the wings, your creature goes back to the Mushroom Valley. Using the wings, your creature flies over a gap, and gains access to the Mushroom Grove, where you are shown how to get through certain plants by a red creature called a Krikat. You are also shown to be being watched by another Krikat with Wareyes for eyes, Monstrumtalons for hands, and Starfeet for feet. The first Krikat shows you a creature sleeping under a tree, and says all the creatures are too scared to go near it because it appeared when the red meteors appeared. Your creature destroys the red meteor the strange creature is sleeping next to, the strange creature asks you to find its tribe. It then falls asleep. When your creature destroys all the red meteors (which is hard because the energy from them regrows each other) satyr-like creatures called Vakatroz come to the tree. They question the strange creature, called Yacque, about why he is under their sacred tree, and Yacque says to show your creature respect. The Vakatroz state they weren't talking to your creature, but to Yacque, who states he is one of the them. The Vakatroz refuse to believe this, and they send the Yacque away. Your creature follows him, and starts exploring. The evil-looking Krikat offers fruit, but when it's eaten it sends you to sleep. After fighting the evil-looking Krikat (who is really Zarkhator in disguise), you and Yacque gain access to another area. After destroying the red meteors (which also heal each other), the Vakatroz confront Yacque again. Yacque states that a red guy changed him into what he is. After exploring, your creature finds a cave painting describing the Vakatroz. Using that information, your re-evolve Yaque back into his former self, then you see the evil Krikit go behind a tree and then comes back out as zarkathor. Yaque tells you about secret passages to other areas.

[edit] Moonlit Caverns

Upon entry into the Moonlit Caverns, a Skimalope named Smurlop will greet you in a small area and advise you to stay back from two red meteors that happen to be in the area, assuming that the meteors will make you crazy, and that they regenerate one another. As you get close to the meteor and destroy it, it regenerates in a cutscene. After the player destroys both meteors (which are not that far from each other), Smurlop will realize who you are, as the Sage told him. Smurlop leads the player out of the cavern to his nest, where the others of his kind are brainwashed by the meteors. Smurlop will explain that his tribe was drawn to the meteors because of their apparent shininess, and they were brainwashed as a result. The player must then destroy this meteor, and the other meteors that are linked. After this, your creature has to re-illuminate the nearby crystal trees with special crystal plugs obtained from a large crystal tree to satisfy the Skimalope tribe's need for shiny objects.

[edit] Parts and Content

Spore Hero contains all creature parts from the original Spore and Creepy and Cute, plus 1 new part not found in the PC game, the Spor-o-Mega. The parts are categorized the same way Spore is, except in columns. Most of the parts give an ability to your creature. Like the original Spore, you can find parts by digging up skeletons, but also be winning fights and impressing Creatures.

Mouths give your creature the "bite" ability.
Hands give the "strike" ability.
Feet give the "kick" and the "jump" abilities.
Antlers, horns and hooks give the "charge" ability.
Bulbs, tubes and clubs give the "spit" ability.

Note:Bulbs will fire rocky plates, tubes will fire acid, and clubs will fire spikes.

Wings give the "flight" ability.
Fins give the "swim" ability.
Plates and crystals give more "armor."
Decorations give the "regenerate" ability.

Also, the names of many parts have been changed in Spore Hero for unknown reasons, such as the "Emptyeye" being renamed "Grumpeye", "Elkegent" being renamed "Cervidae","Rostrum" being renamed "Sauersnout" and the original "Grumpeye" being renamed "Schmuculance".

Spoiler Alert End

[edit] Areas

Moonlit Stoneway is where you will encounter Zarkhator

Mushroom Valley: The first level of the game, it is the games tutorial, a lush, mushroom filled plain with a few creatures to fight\socialize with. It is home to Meejee's Tribe, Beauty, Beast and the Spikees.
Ancient Grounds: The games delta hub, inhabited by an ancient Sage. A stone guardian is present in the middle of the field. You obtain Ickyosaur, and most flight parts here.
Moonlit Stoneway:You encounter the games main antagonist here. It introduces Tongue Tuber plants, annoying creatures that attack you if you get to close, and singing. Jump kick is also introduced
Mushroom Grove:Available with flight, introduces linked meteors and meteor effected creatures that will attack you if you get close.
Moonlit cavern: Requires double jump. a cavern filled with crystals, and meteor controlled creatures.
Creature Beach: The final level of the game, it is a tentacle filled beach with powerful creatures. Introduces posing.