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So far away from home and family, I'm desperate to cling to anything familiar. So when I happened upon Sega's Dream Cat DS at their booth at this year's Tokyo Game Show, I thought this might ease the pain of being away from my three cats. As it turns out, not so much. 
 
First thing's first -- props to Sega for heading into territory Nintendo has been foolish enough to ignore. Based (loosely) on Sega's popular Japanese animatronic creep-fest, "Dream Cat Smile," this Nintendo DS pet simulator is a direct rip off of -- you guessed it -- Nintendogs. From interacting with the cat using the stylus to throwing it a tennis ball, Dream Cat DS is essentially Nintendo's puppy-fetish title, with 100% more purring.
 
While that's not necessarily a bad thing, as you can see, I was able to confuse my demo cat with very little effort. Let's hope the AI routines for this thing are tweaked a bit before the game ships in Japan. But hey, at least I don't have to worry about whether or not its litter is clumping properly.

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Deathsaw's Avatar
Deathsaw at 09/21/2007 21:40
I remember I saw an episode of the Dog Whisperer where the dog wouldn't stop chasing it's tail. Anyway, this game is just Nintendogs ported over with Cats instead. Whats next, Nintendolphins?
Spykron's Avatar
Spykron at 09/21/2007 21:42
ooh man. that got a solid lol out of me.
Oni's Avatar
Oni at 09/21/2007 21:52
"I think I broke it." Classic.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 09/21/2007 22:19
Oh goody, Nintencats. Pass.
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar
AngelsDontBurn at 09/21/2007 23:47
KITTIES!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 09/22/2007 00:05
@ Deathsaw: Don't say that, you'll get Chad's hopes up.
Mekanikles's Avatar
Mekanikles at 09/22/2007 07:01
I'm afraid I'm not personally qualified to confuse cats, but I can recommend an extremely good service... Here's their card
lucashoal's Avatar
lucashoal at 09/22/2007 10:47
Damn you Mekanik, I lol'd. Good thing there aren't any other confused animals at least.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 09/22/2007 12:32
YOU MONSTER!
waxximis's Avatar
waxximis at 09/22/2007 15:58
did anyone else think the title was a play on dreamcast? or am i just seeing things that arnt supposed to be there?
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