Another video interview from the PlayStation booth at gamescom, this time with Daniel Sanchez-Crespo, Chief Executive Officer at Novarama, the developer behind InviZimals on PSP.
I remember being really impressed by the varied capture mechanics and ingenious use of the PSP Camera at E3, and it’s great that there is story tying everything together.
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 12:42 pm by BiosNova
Sounds cool
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 12:43 pm by enormhi
InviZimal = Eyepet on PSP?
Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 1:44 pm by James Gallagher
The similarity is Augmented Reality – so just as EyePet animates your pet into the real world, InviZimals does so with the creatures you capture.
The gameplay, however, is very different. You move around your room, holding the PSP aloft and looking for a signal (imagine the Ghostbusters’ PKE Meter). When you find a strong signal, throw down the trap (a card that comes with the game) and complete a minigame to capture the InviZimal.
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 1:50 pm by ThEosSiE
Very cool.. My only question about how this game will work with the PSP Go?? Will there be two camera?
In my opinion, it would be cool if a camera was built in to the Go.. That would make the system complete.
Eye of Judgment for the PSP also interests me, but I’m just wondering about the camera?
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 2:05 pm by enormhi
Oke, thank you James.
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 2:36 pm by Bloody_Marcel
As ThEosSiE pointed out, how are we supposed to play this on a PSP Go? Ask this to the dev next time you get a chance.
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 2:41 pm by Bearskopff
Sounds fantastic and quite a neat approach to gaming on the go. I am thinking of grabbing a PSP Go on release though, and as far as I’m aware, a camera hasn’t been announced for the hardware yet. Any word on this issue?
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 2:50 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Never been much for these ‘collecting creatures’ sorts of games but this looks quite interesting. A nice way to get more kids wanting PSP’s and give the camera more use too.
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 3:14 pm by btz
Oh how very wise from Sony to abandon the standard USB port on the PSP Go….NOT! Also the new memory stick makes me not buy the PSP Go. Sorry Sony.
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 3:45 pm by Bonyman
Any plans to bring this game to PS3?
It looks like it could be abit of fun and the psp camera certainly needs support, as does the ps3 Eye.
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 4:59 pm by AKGermany
How will this game work on my PSP 1000 (the original one)? It doesn’t have a microphone after all, so those audio based capture mechanics won’t work and if I’m not mistaken the camera won’t work with it either?
Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 5:03 pm by James Gallagher
The PSP Camera is compatible with PSP-1000 and includes its own camera.
As for the questions about compatibility with PSPgo, I’m not ignoring them, I’m just waiting for someone to get back to me with a definitive answer.
Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 5:16 pm by James Gallagher
Sorry… *The PSP Camera is compatible with PSP-1000 and includes its own microphone.
See – I can’t edit my posts either!
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 5:32 pm by Wollan
Legend says there’s epic creatures hiding in my garden.
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 6:05 pm by jakster123x
doesn’t look to bad, but i’d like to know how it is compatible with PSPgo too, thanks for checking that out James, be sure to get back to us quick
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 7:28 pm by topgearsam
how will it work on psp go the camera wont connect
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Posted on 24 August, 2009 at 9:03 pm by niked
seems interesting! hope it will do well, like to see more games like this!
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Posted on 25 August, 2009 at 11:17 am by MightyCrow
niiice!
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