Siliconera reports: Last year, Koei showed a Nintendo DS game with cute intergalactic dogs gobbling everything in sight. The game is known as Gabu Gabu Planet in Japan and probably Prey the Stars everywhere else. I'm sticking with "probably" because Koei has yet to announce the game with that name or for that matter at all. However, Koei trademarked Prey the Stars, the ESRB used it, and so have a few retailers. Koei still hasn't announced it, but out of nowhere the OFLC rated it.
Koei Canada's handheld project is at the very least playable in some form. I played it at Tokyo Game Show last year, but Koei has yet to change the release date even in Japan where it has a floating 2008 release window.
RealGamer writes: "Prey the Stars: Gabu Gabu Planet is a bit of a mouthful, which is convenient as the gameplay centres around filling your monsters yapper with food or anything that happens to be lying around!
In the game you select a monster and find yourself on a level filled with food and/or objects and three other monsters, and to win you have to eat as much as possible, as quickly as possible. Each item you consume increases your score; the monster with the highest score after all the objects have been."
WorthPlaying writes: "There is a whole genre of gaming that can best be described as "obscure and random Japanese stuff." From this pile of weirdness and bright colors, we are beset by games uniquely Eastern in their presentation and gameplay, utterly alien to American gamers used to muted grey and brown palettes and guns and gore galore. Once in a while, a real gem pops up from this rather hodgepodge collection of titles, and we get crossover hits like Katamari Damacy. Prey the Stars was hoping to find similar success, but ultimately, it ends up being a weird game that has a decent multiplayer component."
DreamStation writes: "My 5-year old son told my wife over the weekend that he would give Prey The Stars a 100% if he was reviewing it. I am not surprised by that score from him, since he has been playing it a lot since we got it a month or two ago. He really enjoys the creatures in the game, unlocking the new levels, and collecting the new costumes (skins) for each of the four different characters you can choose. The game has a nice pick up and play style of gameplay, but also can keep him entertained for multiple hours. We even had to tell him to turn it off a few times over the weekend, since he was playing it non-stop."
