My Pet Shop

by Square Enix

Product Features

• Connect with friends via local wireless connection to trade pets and items.
• Catch over 40 different animals, ranging from golden retrievers and calico cats to pandas and penguins. There may even be some rare breeds hiding in the forest.
• Care for and interact with your pets using the simple, user-friendly stylus and touch screen functionality to strengthen your bond with them.
• Collect items and save your allowance to shop in town and buy cute outfits for your pets.
• Play mini-games like races, obstacle courses and photo contests with your pets to show them off and gain new accessories.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001NGS6DI
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 10, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,615 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Whether you have always wanted a dog or cat, or dreamed of a taking care of a rabbit, fox or other more exotic animal, the virtual pet sim action of My Pet Shop is a cute and easy way for children of all ages playing on the Nintendo DS to live out their animal care fantasies. Capture, train and trade over 40 different animals from a variety of domestic and wild species as you and your virtual mother help the people of Green Town discover the fun and responsibility of owning a pet in My Pet Shop. Take on pet shop duties. View larger. Enjoy pet mini-games. View larger. Find pets in game environments. View larger. Train all your pets. View larger. The Story In My Pet Shop players have just moved from the hustle and bustle of the big city to the quiet village of Green Town. Here although surrounded by nature and large numbers of domestic and wild animals, surprisingly few of the people of Green Town have pets, but your Mother is determined to change this by opening a pet store. You help your her to run the pet shop on all levels and in the process not only learn to care for all kinds of animals, but also become friends with the other kids in town as they experience the joy of pet ownership. Pets In My Pet Shop players can collect over 40 lovable and unusual breeds of pets. With so many oh-so cute animals available, choosing is the hardest part. Here are just a few of the animals featured. Dogs There are over 15 breeds of dogs to play with. From poodles and beagles to pugs and retrievers, puppy power is guaranteed. Cats With over 10 of the cutest breeds ever, including the Russian Blue and the Siamese, you are sure to find your puuuurfect pussycat. Bunnies Bunnies are tennie tiny bundles of fun, especially the super sweet pink ones. Brown Bears Brown bears can be found in the more wild parts of town and are always hungry and love to learn new tricks. Pigs Smarter than you might think, pigs are no longer just the 'other white.' They make the perfect playmates, especially at bathtime. Foxes Foxes may be cheeky, but they are oh sooo cuddly and cute too, that is if you can catch them. Gameplay A virtual pet simulation, play in My Pet Shop is a mix of duties assigned to you at the pet shop by your mother and a search for pets hidden throughout the environments of Green Town. All action occurs during the day, at the end of which you are sent to bed. During active play time you must balance your assigned duties with any help you choose to provide to pet owners, like bathing, walking and training animals. Work done both for your mother and townspeople earns you money which can be used in-game to buy accessories and other items for your own pets. When venturing out of the shop, pets and other items hidden throughout the various areas of the game can be uncovered with the use of the DS Stylus. Once pets are discovered, approaching them carefully and picking them up gently gains their trust allowing players to take take them back to the pet shop. Here they can be cared for through several mini-games and if the player chooses, eventually given away to in-game characters or to fellow My Pet Shop players via a Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. As the game progresses players can also enter their pets in competitions including races, feats of strength and 'cuteness contests.' Key Features: Catch over 40 different animals, ranging from golden retrievers and calico cats to pandas and penguins. There may even be some rare breeds with different patterns and coloring hiding in the forest. Care for and interact with your pets using the simple, user-friendly stylus and Touch Screen functionality to strengthen your bond with them. Collect items and save your allowance to shop in town and buy cute outfits for your pets. Play mini-games like races, obstacle courses and photo contests with your pets to show them off and gain new accessories. Connect with friends via local wireless connection to trade pets and items.

Product Description

From the people who brought you Cooking Mama! Raise, train, and care for pets as you manage your own pet shop. Adventure into the wilderness in search of rare and unusual pets like pandas and penguins. Play minigames with your pets, and enter them in contests and competitions. Over 40 types of animals, with over 126 color and pattern variations to collect!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the real world this would be unethical..., April 22, 2009

By 

Lividity - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: My Pet Shop (Video Game)

I bought this for my 11 year old daughter as she loves the Cooking Mama games. She loved it, and even I got into playing it.

Extremely cute game but make sure your kids understand that pet shops do not get their animals by shaking them out of trees. That diffusing bombs does not magically produce fruit to give to your pet. Never to go into the woods alone looking for stray pets. That you cannot keep taking your pet to the pet store for them to feed, bath, teach tricks and so on because you have no idea how to care for your pet. AND that panda bears make for poor household pets in the real world. ;)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Fun, December 27, 2009

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Marilyn W (Darlington, SC) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: My Pet Shop (Video Game)

My 9 year old got 5 games for Christmas and this was the one that she was least interested in. When she did finally get around to it, she was surprised that she actually did like it! It's not as good as the Animal Crossing or the original Tinker Bell, but it did pass the kid test!