According to GamePress : London (26th February 2009) – Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that the forthcoming TAITO® game, My Pet Shop, will be on sale tomorrow exclusively for the Nintendo DS, across all PAL territories.
My Pet Shop is the first game from Square Enix to have its primary audiences rooted in the pre-teens market, and also the company's first game to heavily target girl gamers.
GameInformer writes: "Apparently, in small towns even the animals are friendlier. All it takes to catch one of these wild beasts is a slow ''two steps forward, one step back'' approach and the occasional tasty treat. After moving out of the big city with your mom, you help her open a pet shop by capturing the hearts of the local wildlife. When you're not in the forest dancing with the animals, you're performing banal minigames to help your mom shampoo, comb, and train the town's pet population."
Game Revolution writes: "Its not a terrible game I've seen worse but I can't imagine playing it for more than 15 minutes at a time because you do the same thing over and over till you you get a tiny new addition like now I can brush the animals *yahootie!*..... You really never use much button pressing or any thing but aim and tap there's the occasional circle motion or back and forth but nothing innovative or surprisingly fun".
If your kids are looking for a pet simulator and you really aren't keen on a real animal, Nintendogs did it best. Go with the sure bet. My Pet Shop is probably one of the more boring pet-based games on the DS and an overall waste of time.
