Fossil Fighters: Frontier

 3DS
Metascore
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 25
  3. Negative: 5 out of 25
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  1. Power Unlimited
    Jul 24, 2015
    45
    It’s an alright Pokemon clone but why would you go for a clone if you can just play the original? [Jul 2015, p.072]
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  2. Digitally Downloaded
    Jun 24, 2015
    40
    In theory I would love a game like Fossil Fighters, but while I was willing to forgive the original on the Nintendo DS as a good-but-flawed new IP, by now the game should have a far more refined identity by now. There's still potential in Fossil Fighters, but the series needs to head back to the drawing board for a thorough rethink.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Mar 30, 2015
    40
    Even the least impressionable of youngsters will likely find themselves bored to tears by the uninventive gameplay and bland visuals the game exhibits.
  5. CGMagazine
    Mar 26, 2015
    40
    Fossil Fighters is essentially a younger brother looking up to an older one; it clearly admires everything Pokemon does and tries to emulate it in every way possible, but never manages to do so in any clever or inventive ways.
  6. Destructoid
    Mar 24, 2015
    30
    For a game that is clearly geared towards children, the difficulty spikes and grind in the later part of the game didn't really make sense, nor did teaching kids to win their battles with what equates to a mean steroid habit.

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#44 Best 3DS Game of 2015
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#18 Most Discussed 3DS Game of 2015
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#34 Most Shared 3DS Game of 2015

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User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 31
  3. Negative: 14 out of 31
  1. NintendoFan100
    Mar 31, 2015
    2
    To those of you hooping to get this game to recapture bits of nostalgia, beware. This game is a hot mess that you will be ashamed to haveTo those of you hooping to get this game to recapture bits of nostalgia, beware. This game is a hot mess that you will be ashamed to have spent your money on. In no way does it capture the goofy magic of the past fossil fighters titles, though it capitalizes on the weaknesses. For instance, the opening title of the game is a rinky-dink theme-song that makes your head hurt. The fossil hunting mechanic was devastated by the ridiculous fossil buggy dynamic, and the three-dimensional sprites for all of the dinosaurs in the game appear to have been done hastily and without thought. Honestly, the battles are overtly complicated, and to no avail. When playing this game, I never felt myself thinking that any of the monotonous things that the game did were original or interesting. I have two regrets: that I cannot return this game, and that the fossil fighters franchise has been forever sullied by this pathetic cash grab.… Full Review »
  2. CrystalCreeperP
    Oct 14, 2016
    0
    OK so those out there wanting to play this and hoping it is AWESOME! well its not. I am a player of the entire series which includes FossilOK so those out there wanting to play this and hoping it is AWESOME! well its not. I am a player of the entire series which includes Fossil Fighters original and i loved it! I still play it to test teams! Fossil Fighters Champions and I play that one too. Then theirs the hot mess known as Fossil fighters frontier. All they did was make it for the younger audience and they ruined it for the older players like me!!!
    Here's some things i miss in this hot mess i got from the older games.

    Fossil Fighters Original: Awesome characters like Rosie,Dynal Duna and Raptin, Nick Nack, Dr.Diggins, Saurhead... And More. THEY WERE AWESOME!!!
    the ACTUAL cleaning meathod and the most iconic vivasuars like Spinaxe, v-raptor(Original artwork)

    Fossil Fighters CHampions: SUPER REVIVAL, Rupert, Todd,ZZ,Pauleen and others too.

    they got rid of the most OP vivasaurs and also greatest: Dinaurians!!!!
    Who ever played the original game knows these guys and probably said they are too OP. I remember having a crush on Duna.

    THIS IS A HORRIBLE GAME FOR WHOSE WHO PLAYED THE ORIGINAL GAMES!!!!
    ALSO WHERE ARE THE DINARIANS TOO? I MISS THEM AND THERE AWESOME MUSIC ESPECIALLY DYNAL HE HAS AWESOME MUSIC!    … Full Review »
  3. Alpha231
    Apr 10, 2016
    1
    When I picked up Fossil Fighters Champions one day, I fell absolutely in love with it. It was almost like Pokemon in a sense where I couldWhen I picked up Fossil Fighters Champions one day, I fell absolutely in love with it. It was almost like Pokemon in a sense where I could assemble my teams the way I wanted them, go exploring to find new fossils to dig up, and go through the story like any RPG. So I played Fossil Fighters ( Original ). Loved that, too.
    So when I heard a new Fossil Fighters was going to come out, I was hyped. I couldn't wait to get the game, go through the adventure, and see what they added. Now I wish I didn't spend my money at all.
    The game is so laughably bad, it disgraces the other two games tremendously. The story is awful and cliche, with stereotypes for characters, if you can even call them characters. When I heard about buggies being used to dig up fossils, I though that was really cool. But the buggy system is really just Mario Kart with digging fossils instead of racing. It is now a necessity to dig up fossils with a buggy, not a cool extra free-roam environment helper.
    But what hurts the most is the battle system; it was the reason I loved the first two games. Fossil Fighters: Frontier changed the whole thing; There is no satisfaction in battling, with NPCs doing everything for you. On a 3DS, you would expect an interface to become cleaner. Quite the opposite happened actually; it was the predecessors that actually had a nicer interface. Vivosaur options are now poorly limited, for some dumb reason. The producers seemed so excited to add new features to the game they scrapped old ones, ones that made Fossil Fighters, Fossil Fighters.
    I haven't finished it yet, still maybe halfway through. Don't plan to finish it, either. Guess this is heartbreak?    … Full Review »
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