Willosaur

The Willosaur or Willosaurus was a tripedal, triocular, carnivorous creature showcased by Will Wright at the Game Developers' Conference in 2005. Originally nameless, fans quickly began to refer to the creature thus. The name of "Willosaur" is possibly a reference to "Will Wright". The dominant culture of Willosaurs live on their home planet Tamaran, a Dr. Seuss-style city with multi-colored, rounded buildings. They also retained some of their creator's humor in the Space Stage, where their old enemies were dropped onto the nearby planet Frore, which has no atmosphere; thus the creature exploded.

Although the Willosaur was not the first creature ever created in Spore (the first ever was the Debug Squid), it is the first to ever be fully used and go through every stage of the game. Willosaur is a popular creation for creators in spore to try to recreate. You can track the journey of the Willosaurs by viewing the GDC gameplay video on Google Video

The Willosaur has been dubbed by fans as the unofficial mascot of Spore, and prominently "stars" in the first official trailer, seen in the Cell, Creature and Tribal stages.

A Willosaur type creature appears as a Maxis created creature in the final game by the name Tripod Neuvo. It also appears in the Spore Glyphics.

History
It is thought that this creatures original name might have been "Tripod" because Tripod Neuvo is supposed to be a new version of willosaur and its name means "New tripod".

The Willosaur started its evolution in the aquatic world as a seal-looking triocular creature. It quickly evolved into the modern incarnation we know. Its spine shifted up, and a prehensile hand was attached to the end of its tail. The two flippers became legs, and a new front leg appeared on the chest. The creatures eventually developed sentience in the Tribal Stage, and were seen performing a "spear-dance" to applause from the GDC audience. The Willosaurs developed UFO technology early, possibly attributable to Will Wright's likely possession of a debugger.

Local ecosystem
The Willosaur killed a Tamaranian Hopper shortly after coming out of an ocean, showing the procedural generation of animations. It was able to eat a bit, then it was forced to flee when a Splodey came. However, the Willosaur showed off its speed, easily outrunning the Splodey, who may have gave chase.

Trivia

 * The Willosaur's eyes look exactly the same as the eye "Felizard" in the final game. Also, the grasper on its tail looks a lot like the Saginaughty mouth; its feet look similar to the feet called "Dirtchargers", and the Willosaurs' mouth looks similar to Terrorpin. Some of the Willosaur parts appear to be in the final game.
 * "Willazarus" means Willosaur in Bully. This's because "zarus" means "three foot" and "willa" means "serpent". In Bully, "Tripod Earthh" means "Earth Tripod".

Movies
Watch a whole movie about a young seven-year old Tripod Neuvo named Tripo! He goes on an epic journey to save his twin sister, Tripa from a villainous Willosaur! You can watch the movie FREE when you go to Spore.com and click on "FREE movies".