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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 - Comment posted on 09/21/2007 21:40
Deathsaw
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 - Comment posted on 09/21/2007 21:42
Spykron
ooh man. that got a solid lol out of me.
Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2007 21:52
Oni
"I think I broke it." Classic.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2007 22:19
Bob Muir
Oh goody, Nintencats. Pass.
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/21/2007 23:47
AngelsDontBurn
KITTIES!
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2007 00:05
Aaron Mxy Yost
@ Deathsaw: Don't say that, you'll get Chad's hopes up.
Mekanikles's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2007 07:01
Mekanikles
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 - Comment posted on 09/22/2007 10:47
lucashoal
Damn you Mekanik, I lol'd. Good thing there aren't any other confused animals at least.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2007 12:32
AgentMOO
YOU MONSTER!
waxximis's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/22/2007 15:58
waxximis
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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