Animal Paradise

by Empire Interactive

Product Features

• Features Yoneo Morita's Hanadeka (Big Nose) style of animal photography
• Feed the animals their favorite foods to keep them fit and healthy
• Always make sure the animals are happy and clean so they stay your best friend
• Take great photographs of your pet friends, collect their pictures and complete your photo album
• 18 different animals for you to meet, befriend and photograph

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001DIFZM6
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 23, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,717 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Product InformationNow you can go to a farm without having to smell it. Animal Paradise takesplace on a virtual farm where you will be tasked with becoming best friends withall the animals throughout the game. You will be introduced to new furry friendsto care for and will unlock fun-packed mini-games such as Treasure HuntingFootprint Trail and Shampoo Scrub. Once you have gained the animal's trust youwill be able to unlock cute fun and exclusive pet pictures to add to yourvirtual photo album.Product Features Features Yoneo Morita's Hanadeka (Big Nose) style of animal photography Feed the animals their favorite foods to keep them fit and healthy Always make sure the animals are happy and clean so they stay your best friend Take great photographs of your pet friends collect their pictures and complete your photo album 18 different animals for you to meet befriend and photograph

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Virtual Pet is So Much Better Than the Real Thing!, October 22, 2008

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MomAdvice "Amy Allen Clark" (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Animal Paradise (Video Game)

Is your little princess demanding a pony? Are the kids going on a hunger strike until you buy them their own circus elephant? Well, you and I both know that's never going to happen. However, you might want to pacify their rioting with a much less expensive and smelly alternative, Animal Paradise for the Nintendo DS.

The game is simple. You have to care for a pet by doing many of the things you'd have to do in real life: feed them, walk them, pet them, give them a bath, etc. By doing so, you increase the animal's affection towards you. As their love goes up, you'll earn ridiculously cute photos of the animal and unlock new animals to play with.

There's 18 animals in all and range from a variety of cats and dogs to some more interesting choices like a chicken, squirrel, miniature pig, and Jangalian hamster. Your kids will need to keep up with each animal, which is a great way to introduce them to the responsibilities of owning a pet. The controls are extremely easy with the DS touch screen. If you need to pet a dog for example, you just scratch the screen. They animal will react to whatever you're doing, so it's great positive feedback for the kids. There are also several "mini-games" to break up the action and serves as a nice way of sharpening their puzzle solving skills.

Unfortunately, that's about it. Once you unlock all the animals and photos, the game doesn't offer much more past that point. You can continue maintaining the animal's undying affection towards you, but there's nothing new to satisfy you beyond that.

This is a really good game for young kids and our 6-year-old was over the moon about it. Appropriately, it's recommended for kids 3 and up.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Cute Game, January 18, 2009

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K. Vetrano (New York) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Animal Paradise (Video Game)

This is an adorable game. I have only played it a few times but I think it's really cute. I love the graphics and the way children can interact with the various animals.

Both my 11 year old daughter and 9 year old son love this game.

If your child likes to play with Nintendo Dogs or Nintendo Cats then they will love this game. There are 18 animals that they can "care" for in this game.

My kids think it's a lot of fun. I'm giving this 5 stars because of that.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game all around!, January 10, 2012

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JcOmaha - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Animal Paradise (Video Game)

My 8 year old daughter got this for Christmas and loves playing it. She loves the different animals you can choose from instead of just one type. She loves getting the stars to see new real photos of animals and naming each one. My 11 year old son will even sometimes pick it up and play with it! This is a great game. I even enjoy looking at the cute pictures of the animals. Very easy to understand and play.