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Marks the first time Will Wright's hyped 2008 creation has broken out of its PC and Mac confines in a console design. Oh, sure, we've had mobile versions like an iPhone app and the surprisingly solid Spore Creatures for the Nintendo DS, but for the television-connected systems? First of potentially a bunch. It's a rough beginning for the design: this EA Montreal game has a solid foundation but it's hindered by sloppy issues and some repetitive busy work. I had a good time from start to end but I couldn't ignore the awkwardness along the way.Spore Hero feels like it was inspired by the design in last year's Spore Creatures because its theme is very, very similar: instead of creating a race of creatures as in the original Spore design, you're one creature in a foreign world, forced to evolve in order to complete tasks and quests. And in this case, you're an alien critter that's crash-landed on a planet filled with Spore tribes, set out to right the wrongs after your arch nemesis also landed on the planet. Your enemy brought with him red rocks that are poisoning the native inhabitants with pure evil, and you'll have to search out these shards and destroy them to bring balance to the world.

The game itself puts focus on platform-style exploration while incorporating Spore-like mechanics, just like last year's DS game. As you work your way through the world you'll earn body parts with special abilities, enhancing your character's power during fights as well as within the exploration portions. So, in a sense, there's a bit of Metroid or Castlevania here: you won't be able to access certain areas unless you find the specific part that'll give you the ability to, for example, fly or double jump across wider chasms.

Switch games. It's a fun adventure told in a fun way, and it's clear that the game's meant to skew a bit younger than the target audience of the original Spore game. Everything's done with a bit of lightheartedness – not that there wasn't a sense of goofiness in the classic PC game but it's a lot more so here. Characters squawk in gibberish as if they were ripped right out of the Banjo Kazooie world, and the creatures themselves animate with a wild cartoon-like squash-and-stretch technique. The universe is bright and vivid, and for the most part the style works pretty well on the Wii hardware. But all is not well. Let's hit the visuals first: yes, they're colorful and cartoony, and the engine allows for some great character customization – it's not PC level of detail, but it's certainly open enough to come up with some crazy and strange designs using the template form and the Wii pointer control to attach body parts.

The problem comes from the visual complexities: if there are too many detailed c.