Spore Hero

Spore Hero is the Wii spin-off of Spore, developed by Maxis, in which the players focus on creativity and evolution using the unique controls of the Wii.

The game was released in North America on the 6th of October 2009 and worldwide on the 8th of October 2009.

A Wii spinoff of the game had been mentioned by Will Wright several times, such as in his October 26, 2007 interview with The Guardian.

The Review

Maxis confirmed it, revealing that plans for a Wii version were underway, and that the game would be built from the ground up and would take advantage of the Wii Remote.

Maxis also revealed that one of the choices they made during development was to focus on the story-line of the game. This focus meant that they had to detract from the games online capabilities.

Spore Hero Specs

Developer(s) EA Montreal

Publisher(s) Electronic Arts

Platform(s) Wii

Release date(s) NA October 6, 2009 / PAL October 8, 2009

Genre(s) Life simulation

Mode(s) Single-player

Rating(s) ESRB: Everyone 10+ / PEGI: 7+