<s>
Spice	B-Application
World	I-Application
is	O
a	O
music	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
starring	O
English	O
pop	O
girl	O
group	O
the	O
Spice	O
Girls	O
as	O
animated	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
SCE	O
Studios	O
Soho	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
seeing	O
PaRappa	B-Application
the	I-Application
Rapper	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
attract	O
new	O
types	O
of	O
users	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
market	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
Europe	O
thought	O
they	O
could	O
do	O
the	O
same	O
with	O
the	O
European	O
market	O
by	O
creating	O
and	O
releasing	O
a	O
music	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
;	O
this	O
inspired	O
them	O
to	O
convince	O
19	O
Entertainment	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
game	O
featuring	O
the	O
girl	O
group	O
Spice	O
Girls	O
,	O
a	O
brand	O
with	O
enough	O
leverage	O
to	O
be	O
endorsed	O
by	O
Walker	O
's	O
Crisps	O
,	O
Pepsi	O
Cola	O
,	O
and	O
Asda	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Production	O
of	O
Spice	B-Application
World	I-Application
began	O
in	O
June	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spice	B-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
British	O
first-party	O
developer	O
Team	O
Soho	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
lighting	O
engine	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Porsche	B-Device
Challenge	I-Device
(	O
1997	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
originally	O
planned	O
for	O
a	O
realistic	O
art	O
style	O
where	O
the	O
Spice	O
Girls	O
were	O
animated	O
with	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
lead	O
artist	O
Jason	O
Millson	O
changed	O
the	O
plan	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
caricatured	O
style	O
where	O
the	O
characters	O
were	O
animated	O
manually	O
,	O
reasoning	O
that	O
it	O
enhanced	O
their	O
personalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
Millson	O
's	O
view	O
,	O
Spice	B-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
the	O
Spice	O
Girls	O
 '	O
version	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Beatles	I-Application
vanity	O
project	O
Yellow	O
Submarine	O
(	O
1968	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
date	O
in	O
June	O
1998	O
,	O
Geri	O
Halliwell	O
left	O
the	O
Spice	O
Girls	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
concerns	O
by	O
Sony	O
that	O
Spice	B-Application
World	I-Application
would	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
pulled	O
or	O
revised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
which	O
"	O
were	O
almost	O
exclusively	O
bought	O
by	O
men	O
,	O
"	O
Spice	B-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
mostly	O
purchased	O
by	O
"	O
mothers	O
and	O
daughters	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
a	O
top-ten	O
seller	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
garnering	O
some	O
reviews	O
suggesting	O
it	O
would	O
appeal	O
to	O
young	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
Spice	O
Girls	O
,	O
Spice	B-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
generally	O
critically	O
panned	O
as	O
an	O
inferior	O
PaRappa	B-Application
the	I-Application
Rapper	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
J.C.	O
Herz	O
of	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
criticized	O
Spice	B-Application
World	I-Application
for	O
the	O
same	O
reason	O
he	O
disliked	O
similar	O
interactive	O
music	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
starring	O
celebrity	O
artists	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
mixture	O
of	O
"	O
recycled	O
content	O
with	O
the	O
illusion	O
of	O
choice	O
,	O
the	O
fake	O
empowerment	O
of	O
mixing	O
your	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
someone	O
else	O
's	O
music	B-Application
with	O
a	O
keyboard	O
or	O
a	O
joystick	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
