A hyper epic is the unofficial name given to unidentified creatures whose extremely large remains can be found in the player's homeworld. These remains constitute skulls, ribcages, femurs and footprints of extremely large size, rivalling or overcoming that of an epic creature.
The size of hyper epic creatures cannot be replicated in the game, as even the Supersizer tool in the Space Stage only allows the player to enlarge regular creatures to the size of a regular epic. Dropping the Supersizer again on the enlarged creatures does not work either, as it just creates another epic of the same species.
In Galactic Adventures, the player can only enlarge creatures into the size of a regular epic. However, hyper epic creature bones are available as fixed objects. Although their footprints are not available as fixed objects, the player may approximately sculpt them using the terraforming section. Through hacking, it is possible to make a creature the same size by using T-Search, and videos have been made of hypersized creatures in Galactic Adventures.
Trivia[]
- Hyper epic footprints appear to be three-toed and theropodal.
- It has been suggested at least once that the species responsible for leaving behind such gigantic bones was Skratcher, the mascot for creepy in the Creepy & Cute parts expansion. This theory holds little weight however, as the skeletons were present in Spore before Skratcher was even conceptualized, so it may be that Skratcher was based on the Hyper Epic skeleton instead.
- It has also been hypothesized that the hyper epic creature may have had the ability to fly through space and only come down onto planets to eat, the old ones may not have been able to jump back into space and thus died on the planet. This theory may be true, since many T1 planets have only one or two types of plants, and often no creatures to be found, suggesting that a hyper epic visited the planet and fed on all plants and creatures there before returning into space.