''Fossil Fighters'' is a

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series published by

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for the

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and

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consoles. Its gameplay revolves around digging up and extracting dinosaur fossils, reviving them into supernatural "vivosaurs" and engaging in battle.

Games

''Fossil Fighters''

The first video game in the series was developed by

Nintendo SPD commonly abbreviated as Nintendo SPD, was a Japanese research, planning and development division owned by Nintendo and housed inside the Nintendo Development Center in Kyoto, Japan. The division had two departments: ''Software Planning & Develo ...

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, M2, and

Artdink is a Japanese video game developer based in Tsukishima, Tokyo. While Artdink had released a large variety of games, they are best known in Japan for the '' A-Train'' series. They are closely associated with Sony Computer Entertainment since t ...

and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was first released in Japan on April 17, 2008, and was later released in North America on August 10, 2009, and in Australia on September 17, 2009.

''Fossil Fighters: Champions''

The second video game was developed by

, M2, and

and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on November 18, 2010, and in North America on November 14, 2011.

''Fossil Fighters: Frontier''

The third video game was developed by

Spike Chunsoft is a Japanese video game development and video game localization, localization company specializing in role-playing video games, visual novels and adventure games. The company was founded in 1984 as Chunsoft Co., Ltd. and merged with Spike (compa ...

, with assistance from

and Cyclone Zero, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released in Japan on February 27, 2014, then in North America on March 20, 2015, and in Europe on May 29, 2015, making it the first installment of the series to be officially released in that part of the world.

References

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