Spore Hero Arena

Developer	Maxis
Publisher	Eletronic Arts
Release date(s)	October 6, 2009 (North America) October 9, 2009 (Worldwide)
Genre	Life simulation
Mode	Single-player, multiplayer
Platforms	Nintendo DS

Spore Hero Arena is a spin-off of Spore Hero, developed for the Nintendo DS. An evil meteor is wreaking havoc across the galaxy's fighters, and only your creature can stop it.

The Game starts out with a spaceship being hit by an asteroid and crashing into a planet. When the cutscene ends, the player will create their creature and it will step out of the Spaceship. After exploring the planet, you creature will meet an old, fat, Lobster-like creature named Yeedo, who then tries to make the player get out of his home by attacking it, but he is too weak. After you defeat Yeedo, he claims that the only reason he was unable to win is because of a blue meteorite fragment that you had picked up before meeting him has made you stronger, and then proceeds to tell you about his past life as a well-known blacksmith. He was young and had an enormous afro. One day a red glowing crystal fell from the sky, and all creatures, including Yeedo, wanted it. Yeedo made trophies out of the red rock, and he was envied more than ever. Battles and tournaments were held to see who would win the red meteorites, and in the end, the creatures who did win them became mutated, and Yeedo quit his job to flee in shame. Yeedo then gives the player the red meteorite fragment in hopes that you will make it of use, and helps you repair your spaceship. Afterward, Yeedo goes with you in your ship and gives the player advice throughout the game.

Spoiler alert!

Later in the game, you must battle Count Vaart on a faraway planet and then return to the first planet to destroy the medals. However, once you get close to Eses Minnobah, (The first planet) you crash on an asteroid, and you get eaten by a large asteroid worm along with the other arena champions. You must fight through the creature and return to Esess Minnobah. However, once you and Yeedo make it to his home, he accidentally melds the medals together and becomes a scythe-armed monster (A parody of Gigan). You must collect all the red medals to reach Yeedo's size and defeat him in a battle to save the galaxy.

After you win the battle, a cutscene unfolds that depicts you throwing the medals into a Volcano, completely destroying them. Yeedo loses corruption and the red crystal corruption dies away, and he returns to his loved ones and you look for another great adventure. However, a small bug goes towards a red fragment and gets corrupted, wich then goes to the possible sequel.

Spoiler ends here.

Trivia

• Unlike Spore Creatures, the game is 3-D and uses the original Spore parts, along with some new parts, such as a black eye, a square eye, and a floating eye. Over 150 parts can be choosen, and they include parts from Spore Creepy and Cute. However, the wings are absent.

• Some parts, like Spore Creatures, give the player the ability to use "Bio-Powers", like lightning strikes and ground stomps.

• The game features a multiplayer up to 4 players, who can be connected wireless or with Wi-Fi.

• Enemies include from normal creatures to very powerful Epic Creatures.

• A certain map is INSIDE an epic.

• The player must stop an evil force from destroying the galaxy.

Planets

Eses Minnobah: A lush world where you meet Yeedo. You learn the basics here. The planet is covered in tropical jungles.

Tyndale: A world that has two sides, one light and one dark. The light side has rivers and eyeball plants, and it is populated by beaked creatures with 6-limbs. The darker side is very gloomy, it is populated by spider-like creatures. This planet's champion is Lupoze.

Spelunkk: A land that was scorched and burned by a passing star, so all the inhabitants had to live in the underground. There are underground lakes and rivers. There are also glowing crystals and spiky plants. The inhabitants are eyeless pig creatures. There is a yellow Epic creature | Epic that is sleeping near a rock pillar. There are also 4 monoliths at the underground lake that have to be hit in a certain order. The leader is Rocky.

Dendryte: A frozen world home to many ox-like creatures. There are dangerous ice geysers that can freeze you and cause damage. There are also some small animals that raid the ox-like creatures' territory to steal their fruit. The leaders are Sparry and Morv.

Aeoli: A gas planet with floating paths and many turtle-like inhabitants That say they are very fast. There are also spiky plants and flying jellyfish. The leader is Venti, who is obsessed with the "Wind Gods".

Lilypadian: A strange lush world full of weird flowers and blinking mushrooms. It's inhabitants are very small, spiny, one-eyed, one-legged creatures. There is also a short pink creature that is feared by the one-legged things. You must use shrinking portals to get around.Again, Sparry and Morv are the leaders

Goglans: A world mostly affected by Count Vlaart. He is the leader, of course. The inhabitants have been twisted beyond recognition by Count Vlaart's experiments.

Asteroid (Spore Hero Arena): Home to a large fire-breathing asteroid worm. It crashes into your ship when you are going back to Eses Minnobah. You get eaten by it and you have to break out and get all three medals while against Sparry and Morv. Thee asteroid worm is a reference to the one in Star Wars.

Eses Minnobah (Ruined): A volcanic and damaged world that once had a gigantic creature roaming the surface. It somehow returned back to normal, but there is evidence that another large creature threw the red medals into the volcano to heal the planet.

Characters

Yeedo

Kesmismy

Jeffet

Leetta

Urhos

Scoth

Quilas

Dombindos

Leephi

Silis

Lupoze

Lemonaw

Limacupie

Mooph

Maroo

Rocky

Isray

Ranca

Morv

Sparry

Winghala

Arcupida

Venti

Toindee

Tonee

Parkee

Mirda

Baric

Dandro

Roento

Count Vaart

Yeedo (Corrupt)

More Trivia =

• Sparry and Morv may be based on Harry and Marv, the robbers from the christmas movie Home Alone. Ironically, they are possibly married, as Sparry is a girl. They fight alot, much more than the two thieves in Home Alone.

• Unlike the last DS spinoff, you do not start out as a Slug

• Sometimes, in the creature creator, the player will be confused with wich direction is forwards or backwards. This can be a problem because the creature will be walking backwards.

• If you want a winged creature, they can use the Batboy Flap part to make reptilian wings. They won't help you fly, though.

See Also

• Spore

• Spore Creatures

• Spore Origins

• Spore Creature Keeper

• Spore Galactic Adventures

• Spore Hero