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Spore, My Sims confirmed for DS

Electronic Arts confirms Will Wright's evolutionary game is coming to Nintendo's dual-screen handheld, as is the Wii version of The Sims.

Just under a year ago, a job listing revealed that Electronic Arts was hiring developers for a portable version of Spore, Will Wright's forthcoming evolutionary game. Though the listing was clearly for "game systems and content for SPORE Handheld title," it did not say whether it would follow The Sims 2's lead and come to both the PSP and the DS.

Today during the conference call following Electronics Arts' third-quarter earnings report, executives from the publisher finally confirmed that Spore is coming to the DS as well as the PC. Speaking to analysts, EA CFO Warren Jenson said, "[With] Spore, we will be not only focusing on the PC and online; we are launching this innovative experience on the NDS." The game will be released sometime during EA's next fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2008.

Though no further details on the DS version of Spore were disclosed, DS fans got some other good news. The Wii version of the Sims, which features a more cartoony visual style, will be ported to the dual-screen handheld. Both games will go by the moniker My Sims and will also be released sometime during EA's coming fiscal year.

227 Comments

  • fienno123

    Posted Aug 28, 2007 12:26 pm GMT

    im getting the wii version. maybe the ds one if it has mutiplaer like going into ppls towns. then i defently will!!

  • swimmi_34

    Posted Apr 15, 2007 3:31 pm GMT

    this ... totally...... roks!!!!!!!!!

  • Dark_Dude701

    Posted Mar 7, 2007 10:21 am GMT

    Need more info...

  • Harvestbuddy

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 10:47 pm GMT

    yay!! i can't wait for it to come out

  • Rangent

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 3:17 pm GMT

    Yum

  • vatterott

    Posted Mar 6, 2007 2:56 pm GMT

    Yes..

  • t3hn3xt1

    Posted Feb 25, 2007 9:50 am GMT

    Man I want info now.=(

  • CrazyKung-Fu

    Posted Feb 24, 2007 4:38 pm GMT

    sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

  • fableTLC

    Posted Feb 24, 2007 2:34 pm GMT

    SwEeT

  • danhudy

    Posted Feb 21, 2007 3:14 pm GMT

    Looks cool but a long time to wait =P

    **Naruto Rules**!!

  • xanst

    Posted Feb 19, 2007 6:31 pm GMT

    I hope the DS spore is sprite based~

  • Strategy-knight

    Posted Feb 19, 2007 9:54 am GMT

    SPORE? Sounds good

  • zrvnavi

    Posted Feb 18, 2007 7:26 am GMT

    finally a great game for the ds

  • War-Tex

    Posted Feb 16, 2007 11:47 am GMT

    Spore for DS? OMG....

  • Hex008

    Posted Feb 14, 2007 5:01 pm GMT

    Very secsy.

  • Magikarp4Sushi

    Posted Feb 14, 2007 1:06 pm GMT

    Spore for DS? That's the sexiest thing I've heard today.
    I second that.

  • deku-shrub

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 11:01 am GMT

    i hope its cool

  • razorthegreat

    Posted Feb 13, 2007 4:18 am GMT

    Spore for DS? That's the sexiest thing I've heard today.

  • coolasj19

    Posted Feb 12, 2007 7:27 pm GMT

    multi platform spore
    all system

  • Gabeboygenius

    Posted Feb 12, 2007 12:46 am GMT

    Really cool, The DS doesn't even has abysmal graphics

  • paullywog

    Posted Feb 10, 2007 11:26 am GMT

    i hope the DS version doesn't suck.

  • BurningTimes

    Posted Feb 7, 2007 2:40 pm GMT

    Why not spore for the wii??? That makes way more sense...

  • Romanticide

    Posted Feb 7, 2007 11:08 am GMT

    Great idea, but this will be ruined by EA's uncaring developers. This will rock on PC but the handheld version will no doubt be total crap.

  • Rizer

    Posted Feb 7, 2007 11:08 am GMT

    Looks interesting, anyway. I'm not sure about the cross platform thing going from PC to DS though. Hopefull DS Spores will not be a lame version of the PC experience like with some other games I could mention.

  • gam3r3OOO

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 11:32 pm GMT

    Lets hope it does well.

  • vaders_fist

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 5:41 pm GMT

    I hope that this doesn't end up like one of those games that we had hige expectations for, but ends up failing in the end. Like Splinter Cell DS

  • Ryle_Boy

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:50 pm GMT

    GTCzeero My Sims has a cartoony style? Sigh, yet another kids game for Nintendo

    So Cartoony means its for kids? Well, congratulations, that's some of the stupidest logic I've ever heard.

  • Jondommy

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 4:01 pm GMT

    nothing wrong with cartoony games.

    People who whine about "kiddy games"? Funny how they need to grow up.

  • GTCzeero

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:10 am GMT

    My Sims has a cartoony style? Sigh, yet another kids game for Nintendo.

  • Torment777

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 5:37 am GMT

    I cant wait for spore on the DS because the two things they they cut out/down will be graphics and multiplayer-neither of which i care about

  • Baroncx

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 9:47 pm GMT

    spor will be good. not sure about the ds version though.

  • QuoBi

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 7:13 pm GMT

    if you read the article they sound like they are trying to make a special version of it for ds, i am thinking by the sound of things it will hold true to the game, cutting back on a few things obviously but making it unique because of the nds capabilities. btw, dont compare ds to a gameboy, its like comparing an N64 to a Super Nintendo

  • supergamer25

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 5:47 pm GMT

    when i bought a Sims game for GBA way-back-when, i thought it was going to be like the pc version but, you know, on the go. But it had a story I had to follow, I couldnt build a house or do what i wanted. The game was just linear. The portable version of any Will Wright's games will probaly not even come close to the customization and pwness of the original.

  • mojahid_1st

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 4:28 pm GMT

    seems to me there is a lot of negative opinion on a hand held title for a PC game that has not even been released yet.... hmmm

  • EccoCid

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 1:22 pm GMT

    it will be a shadow of PC version

  • juansouto

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 12:44 pm GMT

    it'll be interesting to see how it works on the ds...if it turns out right, i'll be buying it

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 11:17 am GMT

    could be good. by the way, in all fairness the Urbz was universally sh1t, not just on the DS.

  • whiplash

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 10:43 am GMT

    Just the physics of the Spore creatures alone would probably be too much for the DS to handle... the dynamic skeletal analysis for movement, interaction, etc. Besides, after seeing the Urbz, I doubt EA puts a lot of commitment behinds its DS development.

    Here's hoping they prove me wrong!

  • Dill-Man

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 10:31 am GMT

    YES!! spore for DS=best announcement of DS game ever

  • cayne_phoenix

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 10:06 am GMT

    how spores is going to be played on the DS is going to be interesting...

  • starwars0000

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 9:20 am GMT

    Im probably getting it for both

  • Anthony9000

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 6:22 am GMT

    this is great but im still getting it for the pc because i would like a big screen for this game

  • ZagZagovich

    Posted Feb 4, 2007 2:14 am GMT

    Pretty good news. Of course it will not be as good as PC version, but not a bad game.

  • Thulhu

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 9:55 pm GMT

    I remember reading in an interview with Will Wright, before the DS version of Spore was tabled (and just recently resurrected) that Will Wright himself loves the DS, and was saying that he had all kinds of plans for special DS-specific gameplay features; didn't make it sound like a watered-down version. Of course, then they said they weren't going to do it at all. Time will tell, I guess.

  • dunedain-ranger

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 9:50 pm GMT

    it's going to be great to see how they use the touch-screen to manipulate how the creatures are

  • jjr10

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 8:44 pm GMT

    The urbs was great. I really need to look at spore. Everyones going on about it.

  • SM42

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 8:32 pm GMT

    Spore for the DS is doomed to suck. Look at the DS version of The Sims 2 and The Urbz.

    They seriously need to make Spore for the Wii, though. COME ON WILL WRIGHT! GET YOUR FRIGGIN' ACT TOGETHER!!1!

  • BIGboss600

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 5:41 pm GMT

    spore for the ds there may be hope for that game after all making it only for pc means it was doomed but no console is hotter than the ds so this means ill get it and ea will find a new audience in the game market" Nintendo fan kids who like pokemon"

  • NathanHawkins

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 4:01 pm GMT

    I'd much rather play the PC version, because I would suspect that the DS version will be watered down; however, I am happy that Spore is coming to the DS as well. Games like this one need more exposure in order to help expand gaming diversity. The DS has done this for several different and new genres, and Spore seems like an appropriate fit in the DS's eclectic roster.

  • ryanwh

    Posted Feb 3, 2007 3:44 pm GMT

    Im wondering if the DS version will be a twist on the PC spore or just a very scaled down Spore. Cus there's no way all the variables from the PC version could work on the DS. Makes me think the DS version probably never leaves its planet.

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