IGN.com has recently interviewed Patrick Buechner (vice-president of marketing at Maxis) on Spore's Creature Creator, which will be featured in the SimCity Box and will be downloadable for free from Spore.com some time around June.

The Creature Creator functions identically to the creator you'll find in Spore. You'll be able to create an unlimited number of creatures. Mold them, apply body parts, [and] paint them. Once you've made a creature, you can bring it into a test area where you can walk it around and try a variety of animations.

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