The action takes place on the touch screen, where you'll find clean and joyful environments presented in an isometric perspective, similar to the Mega Man Battle Network games. It's a visual style that's upbeat and uncomplicated, but uninspiring. Certainly far removed from the fresh first-person 3D perspective of Nintendogs, a difference that effectively changes the entire feel of this experience. About Petz". Petz.com. PF.Magic. Archived from the original on 21 June 2000 . Retrieved 9 November 2015. This exhibit has a reference ID of CH66236. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

There is in-game music and in the kitchen is a radio which the player can use to change between the four available channels. The camera icon takes a picture of what's on screen and these can be saved in an album. Groups + Rob Fulop developed the first title in the series, Dogz: Your Computer Pet, following the controversy surrounding his previous title Night Trap and with the desire to make a game that was "so cute and so adorable that no could ever, ever say it was bad for kids" . He claims to have consulted a shopping mall Santa Claus to understand "exactly what kids wanted" who informed him that puppies were a popular gift request every single year, leading to the idea of a virtual puppy. [11] Main series [ edit ] Game Catz II: Your Virtual Petz Release Information for PC - GameFAQs". www.gamefaqs.com . Retrieved 2015-11-09. Ubisoft 2010-11 H1 Earnings Presentation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2010 . Retrieved 9 November 2015.Along with the minigames, there is also a painting game which appears on the Main Menu after obtaining enough items. In this game the player is able to colour portraits of the breeds of the pet. Petz Dogz 2/Dogz 2 was originally released in Japan under the name Ocha-Ken no Heya DS. Ocha-Ken no Heya DS was a tie in to a Japanese media franchise called Ocha-Ken. Petz: Catz 2 and Petz: Dogz 2 are video games for the PC, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 and Wii, the latter two are similar to The Dog Island. Players can choose from 40 breeds of dogs or cats; in Dogz most breeds have a choice of two fur colours. In Europe these games are titled Dogz and Catz. Ubi Soft Acquires The Learning Company's Entertainment Division". Gamezone. 2011-09-27 . Retrieved 2017-09-23. The Petz series is also notable for the online community that grew around it, [17] which game designer Nathalie Lawhead speculates is part of the reason for its success and enduring legacy. [18] See also [ edit ] Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine

In the dog version, the player can choose one of 11 breeds per game, but cannot give the pet an actual name. They can also change their pet. The pets do not need feeding, grooming or resting (although these can be done, they are not compulsory) and the main goal of the game is to furnish the player's house. The house gets larger as the player gets more items, which are acquired by playing a variety of minigames. The game has a variety of obtainable items. Fruits, vegetables, and plot-related items are collected by sniffing and digging them (availability and location of the items are indicated in two circles that appear when the player are sniffing). The player can catch butterflies, insects, and fishes, each of which can be sold at the pawn shop in South Pawville for gold, or, in the case of fishes, sent to the aquarium for later viewing. Gold, the game's currency, is also received as reward for completing tasks and can be spent to buy healing items, accessories, and clothing.

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Donovan, Tristan (2010). Replay: The History of Video Games. Lewes, East Sussex: Yellow Ant. p.233. ISBN 978-0-9565072-0-4. Petz: Dogz 2 and Petz: Catz 2 on DS is a virtual pet game in some ways. However unlike the other platform versions, these versions are quite different. They are released in the US under those titles, whereas they're called Dogz 2 and Catz 2 in the UK.

The player is a dog or cat living in South Pawville, a town located on a large island. The player's father, Arvin, owns the Magic Hat, a family inheritance that contains a powerful magic, which can be used for good or evil. When the player's best friend Victor talks about an evil wolf named Ivlet jailed at North Pawville's police station, he invites the player to investigate. Sheriff Ada warns them against nearing Ivlet, who usually sleeps during the day. This gives Victor idea of visiting him at night.

The dog and cat editions of the game have virtually identical content, aside from the different animals populating them and certain theme naming (e.g. healing items in the game are named after meat for dogs, but tunas for cats).