Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals DS Event

Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals will debut at the Nintendo World Store in New York on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m at: 

Nintendo World Store
10 Rockefeller Plaza 
New York, NY 1002

The event, which is open to the public, will let people play the game first and feature an appearance by Kentaro Hisai, Tokyo-based producer of Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals.  Mr. Hisai will be on-hand to sign autographs, pose for pictures and meet with Spectrobes fans.

A tournament will take place to prove the ultimate Spectrobes champion.  The winner will receive a one-of-a-kind art piece signed by Kentaro Hisai.

Radio Disney will be broadcasting live from the event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Prizes and surprises will be given away.

The game will be on sale during the event for $29.99, three days early.  The game will not be available anywhere else until Tuesday, October 7.
 

Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals is the sequel to highly popular sci-fi action/role playing game series Spectrobes for Nintendo DS™.  Spectrobes, one of the top selling Nintendo DS games of 2007 which shipped more than 1 million units, became a major phenomenon among kids.

Spectrobes: Beyond The Portals continues the story of Rallen and Jeena, planetary patrol officers who discover, excavate, awaken and train mysterious fossilized creatures known as Spectrobes and then use them to battle enemies.  The story evolves around  the origins of ominous portals that lead to distant dimensions and a new nemesis who hopes to destroy the Spectrobes.