inviZimals UMD with PSP Camera
- Trade InviZimals and magical items with your friends or online
- Use the PSP Camera to hunt down invisible monsters and capture them
- Use the PSP Camera to take pictures, make short movies and possibly use it with future games
- Pit your InviZimals against each other or enjoy multiplayer fights with friends
- Learn new attacks, power up, and evolve your InviZimals
InviZimals is an augmented reality game for PlayStation Portable (PSP) that utilizes the included PSP camera to project a gameworld filled with collectable miniature monsters against the background of the everyday reality of players. The result is the revealing of over 100 different kinds of monsters that can be captured, and primed for battle in both campaign and wireless multiplayer modes. Additional features include the ability to use the PSP camera to make movies, take pictures and possibly be used with additional games in the future.
Monsters in Plain View in InviZimals
InviZimals turns your PSP into a device that lets you enter and explore an invisible world of mini monsters living within the augmented reality of the gameworld. This is made possible by way of the PSP camera included with the game. Attaching to the the PSP via the mini USB connection along the upper edge of the handheld, the camera utilizes the real life space and events of the player's everyday world as the backdrop for the events of the game, which are projected over this, and made visible to the player via the PSP screen.
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The gameworld of InviZimals is framed by a story revolving around a fictional PSP research and development team, who after stumbling upon a world filled with miniature monsters, invites players to learn the correct techniques for capturing these monsters. Once captured they must be raised, trained and leveled up for use in battles. Battles occur both within the game's single player campaign, as well as through the games wireless multiplayer option that allows players take on friends, both over ad-hoc and infrastructure connections, in head-to-head conflicts. Additional features built into InviZimals include: over 100 types of InviZimals, a range of different overarching in-game power elements to discover, a variety of power-ups and more.
The PSP Camera
In addition to being the conduit through which the InviZimals gameworld comes to life, the PSP camera is also a valuable peripheral in and of itself. The camera is rated at 0.3 megapixels, taking photographs at a maximum resolution of 640x480 and video at up to 480x272 at 30 fps. It has a wide-angle F2.8 lens that swivels to point at the user or away, has standard and macro recording modes and a microphone feature compatible with some software voice recording releases. This makes it perfect for taking pictures, making short movies and perhaps additional game and video uses.
Key Game Features
- Use the PSP Camera to hunt down invisible monsters and capture them
- Pit your InviZimals against each other or enjoy multiplayer fights with friends
- Learn new attacks, power-ups, and evolve your InviZimals
- Trade InviZimals and magical items with your friends or online
- Use your PSP camera to make videos of yourself or the world around you
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List Price: $ 19.99 Price: $ 15.94
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Great Game, but a few Flaws.,
I got this game along with a camera for my PSP recently, and this is a great game. And no, this is nothing like Pokemon. It’s actually better. Anyway, it’s a great game, but here’s a few BAD things about the game:
Ok, so there’s this thing called a “trap”, used to capture the Invizimals, but sometimes the trap doesn’t work so you can’t play the game.
It’s sometimes hard to find Invizimals considering the fact Invizimals are usually found on bright colored surfaces.
Other than that, the game is great. 5 stars.
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|Interesting, but…,
As someone who was addicted to Pokemon in my early teens, I occasionally feel drawn to monster collection and fighting games like this. Invizimals mixes the classic “catch-em-all” gameplay with the relatively new technology of Augmented Reality (AR) to move the story and battles away from imaginary far off places. Instead, the story takes place in the real world, and the battles are on the table, desk, or floor in front of you.
I’ve been playing with AR demos for some time, so when this finally came out in the US (almost a year after it released in EU and Japan) I picked it up.
Invizimals is clearly aimed at a much younger audience. The acting is a bit cheesy and the interface is rather simplistic.
Unfortunately the developers didn’t think to add subtitles to the videos. My brother is the only other adult I know with a PSP who would be likely to enjoy this game, but he is deaf which prevents him from hearing any of the story and important information on capturing the Invizimals. So a word of warning to deaf gamers and the parents of deaf children, this game is not deaf friendly.
As a hearing person I also would have greatly appreciated subtitles due to the fact that all of the actors have prominent accents and are occasionally difficult to understand.
Invizimals are unlocked for capture by completing the main story. Unfortunately you must also capture one of each unlocked Invizimal in order to continue the story. If you have difficulty capturing an Invizimal for any reason you will be stuck until you are successful.
The battles are presented in real-time rather than being turn based. As long as your Invizimal has enough stamina you can attack or block repeatedly, and so can your opponent, which makes for some interesting changes in strategy.
Overall this game is fun, but it has some limitations that could reduce its lasting appeal.
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|Got for the camera, but the game is pretty good to.,
I bought this with the ambition into turning my PSP into not only a gaming device but a camera on top of being a MP3 player, Picture Viewer and Video playback..uh er?
Anyways the camera isn’t as good as my proper sole purpose camera but for the price of $20 + a game it was quite the deal.
Im going to split this review into two, one for the camera and one for the game.
PSP Camera:
Quality – Above Average 7/10 has digital editing features such as sketch and distort etc.., its kinda grainy at times, but when the focus kicks in, it actually looks pretty fair, the imagine quality could be something compared to a cheap camera for a PC, meaning its okay but not the best out there. it is above average though that is for sure.
Design – Slick 9/10 not bulky or ugly at all, Sony did well with this one.
Features – Solid 9/10 it can easily replace your average ordinary digital camera if you have a big enough memory stick, I.E 2,4,6,8,10,12,14, or 16GB, though even 2-4GB should be more then enough space to get some decent photos and videos out of.
Sound (VIDEO MODE ONLY) Good – 7.5/10 Sounds a bit to soft to me, however that can easily be edited later on when transfering over to a PC, Laptop, or PS3. its good, not bad or great, just good.
Extras – Surprisingly Okay 9/10 It has its own menu mode, like Picture, Video and Music Modes with a good amount of editing and tweaking features, it could have used more, but i wasn’t expecting some of these added options, i was only expecting basic options at best, these were above basic for sure. However its lacking Hi-Res options such as 1080 x 720 or above, the highest res is has is 680 x something, which isn’t bad but not good, though its a gaming device first, which i understand, and a secondary device last, so for what it is, its good.
Overall – Ultimately… 9.2/10 This bundle alone is worth it for the camera, since my local gamestop, wal-mart etc.. seem to be selling them solo for a high price $50 or higher for the camera alone, and online its worth up to $400 for the camera! that’s insane, im glad i found it bundled here and with a game no less.
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InVizamals Game:
Plot – Pokemon…in Real life? 7/10 That’s pretty much it in a not shell, it sounds stupid at first, nor did i care about it when ordering it since my main ambition was to get the camera, however the game isn’t bad at all, infact it surprised me and reminds me somewhat of the good ol’ pokemon days, however it has elements that make it completely original on its own, for example, i’ve never played a pokemon game where… there running around in your house as aura-energied freaks!
For what it is, it does it good, Point your camera at certain colors, like Red, Blue, Purple, Green, Yellow and so on and you get to face a new freaky thing or whatever lol, its funny if anything.
Gameplay – Basic but mildly entertaining… 7.5/10 It’s basic Japanese Old School RPG goodness, i no longer care for this type of gameplay, however it was entertaining non-the-less, besides it offers new innovative elements like capturing creatures in im assuming over 100 ways, that is impressive, i don’t care what anyone says, thats alot of animation.
Graphics – Pretty good actually! 7.5/10 this looks on par with some current PC games and even quite alot of Wii games, im actually shocked at how well the creatures textures are for a PSP game, i guess it must have something to do with no rendering of the backround, since the backround is being rendered by.. reality is self! Oooooooooohh!
Sound – Good music, funny acting. 9/10 you can tell this games target audience is between the ages of 5 years old to maybe 12 years old. it’s very child friendly, and unlike most games where the characters are rendered with the games engine, they have actual actors in this game, so far i’ve come across, 1 pretty boy japanese geek dude, 1 japanese troll gamer who lives with his mom, 1 old british dude who acts like that one guy from the first Jurassic park, 1 indian girl, and some trolls in suits, i haven’t gotten far into the story yet, but i find it to be extremely funny and will continue it if only for the horrible acting.
The music is also very good to, very relaxing and surreal for some reason in some tracks. theres also some epic Choir music going on in here that can rival the Final Fantasy or World of Warcraft series.. what the heck right?
Replay Value – Depends really… 7/10 it would depend on the person, im 20 years old and i find this 12 year olds game to be somewhat amusing, if only for the innovative design it has. i know for sure my cousins, sisters, and little bother would fall in love with this kinda game though, its hip and new and would drive them crazy so if your a big brother or sister /…
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