This causes her sister Kalus to free the troll King Thorn and form an alliance to take back her crown and the remaining elemental sprites. In the third-person action-adventure game Kameo (pronounced 'cameo' ), the player controls the titular character, an elf who sabotages her sister before her coronation to take the crown and the Elemental Powers that come with it. The sequel was canceled after a few months of production due to both poor sales of the original and Microsoft's new focus on games for its Kinect peripheral. Kameo was included in Rare Replay, an August 2015 compilation of 30 Rare titles for the Xbox One, alongside documentary-style videos about the game's development and its planned sequel. Retrospective reviews remembered the game for its bright and impressive graphics. Rare released several cosmetic downloadable content packs, and a free online cooperative mode upgrade. They had high praise for the orchestral score and other technical features, apart from the game's camera. Reviewers found the story and Kameo's character lackluster, but largely liked the other characters and the core morphing concept. Their criticism focused on the gameplay, in particular its repetition, awkward controls, easy combat, disorganized introduction, and overbearing tutorial. Reviewers praised Kameo 's graphics as setting standards for the new console, and noted its vivid color palette. The game received generally favorable reviews and sales estimates ranged from subpar to par. Kameo released alongside the Xbox 360 launches: November 2005 in North America and several weeks later in Europe.

Rare used the extra time to improve the game's audiovisuals, including Rare's first orchestral soundtrack, and add a local cooperative multiplayer mode. While nearly finished for the original Xbox console, the title was delayed to become an exclusive launch title for the upcoming Xbox 360. In this process, Kameo was repurposed from a fairy to an elf-a transition the game's director later concluded was unsuccessful. It was conceived as a Pokémon-style game of capturing and nurturing monsters, but traded its lighthearted Nintendo overtones for darker themes more befitting of Xbox audiences when Microsoft acquired the developer.

Kameo is known for its prolonged development cycle, which spanned four Nintendo and Microsoft consoles. Kameo's ten elemental powers let her transform into creatures and use their varied abilities to solve combat-oriented puzzles and progress through the game's levels. The player controls Kameo, a 16-year-old elf, who must travel across the land, rescuing her family while collecting Elemental Sprites and Warriors in a Beat 'Em Up style combat against the trolls that stand in her way.

Kameo: Elements of Power is a 2005 action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Game Studios.

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