You guys remember Eye of Judgement and how it used the PlayStation Eye to capture gestures and the like? Invizimals for the PSP is kinda like that PS3 game infused with some Pokemon elements.

Invizimals allows players to interact with their environment, using the PSP camera attachment to look for invisible creatures. Using the PSP on-screen sensor, players can track down Invizimals and lay down "magical traps" (it's just a special square stand, actually) to capture as many of them as possible. Once they're captured, they can be used to fight other players.

It looks like and is totally being presented as a kiddie game, but it's actually quite interesting. Seeing this game made me think of the upcoming DSi title Ghostwire, which kind of has a similar camera usage mechanic, only instead of tiny magic animals you look for ghosts. If they bring that to PSP (and add a ghost-fighting feature) I'd gladly spring for a camera.

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