Friday, February 15, 2008

Purr Pals - Kittens learn to fly

Every year in America alone killed tens of thousands of pets and the most affected by this are not the representatives of Greenpeace and the children. Psychologists argue that the death of a loved one or puppy Marine mumps leaves an indelible mark on the psyche of the child. Often, it is for this reason that many parents are reluctant to have animals in the house, preserving the fragile psyche of children from unhealthy shocks. It is better to buy too fashionable electronic toy, razvelos benefit them in the market huge number.

Primitive "chess" living in plastic eggs, this is not. Example puppies Nintendogs convinced the world that virtual pets can successfully replace pets. Electronic dog not nagadit on carpet in the living room, not turn trash bucket and not sgryzet feet slippers. At its acquisition of the family budget will affect only once, and most importantly - he is not going to die, forcing the child to cry and suffer.

Shooting a tail

Following the puppy Sales have hamsters, fish and even horses. Kittens arrived after all - the framers simulator Purr Pals realize that the lovers of cats in the world, no less than fans of dogs and tried to make no hackneyed clone, and bring something new trend in the genre. This beats originality key literally from the first minute acquaintance with the game. In a master except brushes and packages of food have red pistol, which can irrigate cat mercilessly cold water. Poor beeps good mate and torn by room, trying to escape justice.

Drown an animal in this way does not work, the weapons used to print out the cat out of catalepsy. Tetanus is to it after meals and at the end of hygiene. Even iron pupil as long as you like are not permitted - after a certain time, it ceases to rumble, takes postural stone statues and begins carefully at the wall. This does not mean that the kitten has received from the life of all that is soul wishes. After lunch necessarily need to play, and then adopt a new batch of weasel, bathe and resume Senator stomach. Walk the streets with a kitten, unfortunately, is prohibited - fresh air, it can only breath in the inner courtyard homes.

In between emerging from another owner in the four-person earns money sweat. All seized of the fun, fulfilling concert numbers along with cats. While tailed singers desperately pray to different voices, the player acts as a musician, a miniature piano keys listed. If an error does not smell from the loudspeakers melodious "meow" and the unbridled "wondering-wondering." Other ways of earning no less exciting and is throwing the ball in the basket, shooting air balls archery and playing hide and seek. From time to time pet takes part in exhibitions, which demonstrates a few simple steps invisible to spectators, receiving an award in applause, and fat cash prize.

Wonders Column

No hidden advertising, as usual, there were - sensitivity cat prefers to eat feed, the premium from the company Purina, five bucks for packaging. And eats his meal with such that the poorest barely manage to master to dangle in the virtual store for supplements and find money for toys and accessories. Dog-collar, medallion and fashionable cap потянут together for hundreds of green, but to buy the entire wardrobe, it will take weeks of hard work. Situation save small awards issued for the careful care of the animals, but they also can turn into a fine if the mentor to incriminate careless in relation to the pupil. It seems, therefore creators of Purr Pals of the players are trying to inculcate a sense of responsibility that borders with paranoia.


Replace the living pupil completely virtual analogue unable. This kitten did not sleep for five minutes a day, not jumping to the ceiling and murmurs much nicer. But the game is good for privivaniya necessary skills and habits of children, who tearfully ask Pope with Mom permission to have "cat or dog." If they have an examination of resistance through Purr Pals, and then living with another rise without problems.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - The pursuit of a ghost ship

In ancient marine legends contains many stories about so-called "ghost-spacecrafts' meeting which does not augur well and the crew of any vessel normally carries misfortune or deaths. The most famous of these is "The Flying Dutchman". When the unknown circumstances of the sailboat team lost in 1641 and has since roamed the seas and oceans, still wreak havoc on the couple sailors. Not surprisingly, the cursed ship became a hero multitude of films, including the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Unable to avoid meeting with the legendary ghost and courageous Link, the hero project adventure The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Returning from another trip he, along with his friends, stumbled upon on the kind of a strange vessel, not signs of life. A girl named Tetra decided to explore the ship, but as soon as she was able to move on the board, she immediately disappeared uspev call for help. Last, in the person Link, came too late - jumping to the ghost, the hero landed on the wooden deck, but failed in a black hole, lost consciousness and woke the crew is already on the island, no names lost in the midst of vast ocean archipelago.

Paint or lose

Link awakened jolly little fairy - she also povedala nezadachlivomu hunter for the ghosts that escape from this piece of land and find a lover him will be very difficult. But thinking about another out-of-tune character and does not want to listen. Fortunately, he quickly finds himself assistants, as well as the right sword, which is administered and lay their way through the crowds of enemies, incidentally solving numerous puzzles.


Escape from the island hero helps captain Lineback - holds scary ships with steam engine. In exchange for its salvation from the burning dungeon he agreed to carry Link ocean, but personally take part in military action not in a hurry. Personage had to rely only on ourselves, and help from other residents archipelago is expressed only in endless councils and pencil. To avoid confusing plenty of incoming information, they can and should use a variety of terrain maps, which are useful stylus tip. For example, paints a safe passage trajectory rooms with hidden divide. Or designated key points that need to visit before you engage Ockeghem conversation with ordinary witches.

Unfortunately, too complex tasks hero almost no placeholders, so often you can do without the help of a pocket notebook. Study any of the existing islands took a few minutes, and riddles like nuts. Complications with a high degree of probability arise only from the players who understand little English, as not only peripetii plot, but all the important information and check the levels fed through dialogues. Even tell commentators as necessary to kill the most dangerous and big monsters than several diminish the pleasure of your own research methods to destroy them.

So stylus on life

In the original scheme of management developers should put a monument in life. Like an obedient puppy, Link wears on screen stylus tip over - it looks somewhat comic, but addictive happens instantly. About buttons can be set aside once and for all - with the help of "magic wand" absolutely all acts performed, whether to open the door, brandishing a sword or throwing stones. Master possession stylus in Phantom Hourglass just need to hold otherwise never be the hero through a maze of burning or ask for the ideal trajectory flight boomerang. Never forget, and the microphone - it handy to extinguish torches or set in motion windmills, and is sometimes used to frighten monsters and loud shouting. The main thing is not to get involved in this crowded field of large, otherwise the will of violent psycho.

Most of the time the hero is not undertaking under the bright tropical sun, and in the dark underground, full-traps and scary monsters. Some of the dungeon, and just look simple, but this impression is deceiving. Thus, in the castle of Temple of the Ocean King had to return Lincou several times and with each visit he opened all the new rooms, previously inaccessible. Pity only that, in parallel, and has already had to destroy already defeated enemies - after the third-fourth times like "deja vu" are beginning to strain tired.


For the game, which looks DS holders waited for a few years, the Phantom Hourglass prohibitively small passage of time. Kill all riddles and save reckless girl from confinement get a little more than ten hours - it is three to four nights, with the stylus held in the hands. Stretch pleasure can only be artificially - refusing, for example, to replenish health, but want to engage in such mazohizmom not everyone. That's the case that the Phantom Hourglass like "The Flying Dutchman" and the spectre of rising, though, bestowed a bunch of emotions and forcing wait for the next meeting a few years.

Nintendogs - Immortals Japanese dogs

The dogs are our friends. But let solved living in the house only a miracle unit. More would then not emerging: walk with him rainy evenings, from wool carpets cleaned, feed mixtures unclear. The pressures on the family budget, again odd. In the wake of such an attitude to our brothers managed to earn less well creators of "chess."

No children quickly tired of plastic eggs with tiny amebs. They wanted their own puppy, or even better - just two or three. First heard the cries of pre Nintendo, and it may take some time after the release of the revolutionary DS console, the Japanese company submitted a peace Nintendogs - most dogs living in the virtual world.

After the chain failed to beat puppies every record popularity cool premieres at the same time increase sales console itself, the whole world is talking about the "phenomenon Nintendogs." In fact, the phenomenon of no great secret and not in the draft. Mystery success lies in two factors. First, the developers succeeded, through DS, simulate real process of interaction with the dog. Secondly, the project is not a "game" in the habitual sense of the word. Rather, it visual guide for the care of the house pupil, full of pleasant surprises.

Chow-chow breeder dedicated

In that dogs live, it is impossible to doubt. They look and move exactly like the breeders real. Sometimes even the impression that you look at the video quality. His spoils, perhaps, poorly furnished room, which, staggering, four-player our hero. DS modest impact opportunities to work with three-dimensional graphics - all its strength is spent on a model dog.


Give proper marketing Nintendo, which had decided to please buyers immediately eighteen breeds puppies, but carefully distributed them to three different versions of the game, six for each. The beginner can choose any dog-fancier breeds, but only of those that are available on a particular cartridge. You can not get at the same time, for example, the dog, Laika and taxis. However, this is the most disappointed only its most ardent fans. All remaining initially osharashit another question - and that, indeed, have to do with this dry miracle that haunting angle of the corner. Ferment, which is typical in itself. Already this feature can bomb in trans anyone who used that in the games main character is always on the move only teams with the game's preference or keyboard.

Quiet, no need to torment the joystick. Try to tell, what demands the attention of a live puppy? Need to feed, drink, play with him for a walk to drive, wash with shampoo, for the ear to scratch, teach different trick cheerful and accustom respond to commands given ad libitum feeding rubbish. So, in Nintendogs have to deal with exactly the same. Do you want to attract the attention of dogs? Svistnite and say aloud her nickname. I happen small miracle - peacefully dremavshy dog jumped on the mat, podbezhit to the screen, start to bark and nuzzle nose to the screen. Pat tip of his index finger over your ear and see how he closing eyes of pleasure.

Touch screen console allows do unimaginable things. Using stylus (or finger), you can throw a tennis ball or a pupil season, nadraivat his shampoo in the bathroom, then irrigate water from the soul. On walk stylus must wait for a dog leash and collect them in a special bag waste of life. The store busily you add in the food and drink basket for a baby, buy him toys and beautiful collars. Yes, the money has not been even in a game as Nintendogs. At the food and decorations spent only a small portion of a limited budget. Where a larger amount needs to be put for the opportunity to have another puppy, and very much worth the money cosmic change of interior room.

Since coins for the slot in the DS is not available, the question arises - how funds? The answer is contained in the black eyes of your pupil. It can not only eat so tense, but it is able to earn hundreds of dollars-another. Speaking at competitions and exhibitions, as any dog Vesha, quirk of fate has proved in a big city. Sometimes there is a suspicion that this is not without purpose. Nintendogs teaches players, among them many children to the realities of life. As porabotaesh well pokushaesh. Want a new dog? Earn particularly crisp coins. And if "old" at this time remains in frustrated feelings, yes to the same nemytaya and the hungry, then it does not win the next tournament on a dime.

But that is typical, and not die. Even if you do not feed a month. View from the pupil will be pitiful, ears svernutsya in tubes, but go to the forefathers he flatly refused. The world still remembers well as hundreds and thousands of children deprived of sleep and judgement, died when their favorite "chess" living in plastic eggs. Nintendo has learned a lesson from others' experiences and agreed that her dogs will live forever, and their owners sleep.

In pursuit of secrets

The game is full of surprises and id is not absolutely all, emerging from the puppy not. What is only Bark Mode. This is where you carry the DS when closed, but with the active Wi-Fi adapter. If within sight wireless adapter will be another console with Nintendogs, in your pocket start barking - the same thing will happen in a second owner. Open both console and see that dogs are already playing together. Rumored that under certain conditions even dogs of the two sexes are made love comfort.


Unfortunately, after the last open secret bought every dog and the fifth time changed the color of wallpaper in the room. Puppy is not growing, learn new tricks can not, emerging with objects worse bitter bean. But the paradox to part with a virtual pet has no desire, despite the opportunity provided by developers zeroing memory. It is at this point can come insight that it is time to have the present, live dog. No difficulties can no longer frightened, because "young fighters course successfully passed. And all because of Nintendogs.