wraggster
April 26th, 2007, 22:32
Ever since Nintendo launched the incredibly successful Nintendogs franchise on the Nintendo DS platform, other publishers have been trying to grab the younger crowd with their own take on the interactive virtual pet genre. We've had games featuring cats, dogs, hamsters...and now Eidos is ready to trot to stores this summer with its own Virtual Pet game, Pony Friends.
Clearly taking a few pages out of the Nintendogs design document, the developers working on Pony Friends are doing with horses as Nintendo did with puppies. In Pony Friends, players buy a pony and care for it: feeding, accessorizing, grooming, and training are all part of the experience in this DS game, all leading up to the competitions where you'll "cheer" on your horse (through the use of the Nintendo DS microphone) all the way to the finish line. There's also a mode where you can take a stroll through nature trails, taking photos of wildlife in a challenge that's not unlike Pokemon Snap on the Nintendo DS.
Full article (http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/783/783401p1.html)
Clearly taking a few pages out of the Nintendogs design document, the developers working on Pony Friends are doing with horses as Nintendo did with puppies. In Pony Friends, players buy a pony and care for it: feeding, accessorizing, grooming, and training are all part of the experience in this DS game, all leading up to the competitions where you'll "cheer" on your horse (through the use of the Nintendo DS microphone) all the way to the finish line. There's also a mode where you can take a stroll through nature trails, taking photos of wildlife in a challenge that's not unlike Pokemon Snap on the Nintendo DS.
Full article (http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/783/783401p1.html)