Hamsterz (Nintendo DS)

Product Information

a b Chang, Andrea (December 8, 2008). "Zhu Zhu Pets are safe, U.S. agency says". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 18, 2011.

The game began life in Japan as Love Love Hamster, a third-party alternate animal answer to Nintendogs. Its hook? Conversation. In Love Love, and now in Hamsterz Life, you can speak to your virtual gerbil in a set of phrases recognized by the DS microphone. The creature will respond, not audibly, but nonetheless verbally through comic-style pop-up word balloons. It will greet you. It will tell you how it's feeling. It will ask you to take care of its cage. Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine ZhuZhu Pets 2: Featuring The Wild Bunch Release Information for DS". GameFAQs. October 12, 2010 . Retrieved May 18, 2011.Zhu Zhu Pets Release Information for iPhone/iPod". GameFAQs. November 11, 2009 . Retrieved May 18, 2011. More than a sequel, this game tuns away from all the strange features of the first one and focuses on pet caring simulation. There is no more chatting with your hamster nor costumes to dress them up. Mini-games are also relegated to a secondary level as they are no more mandatory to advance in the game. Aside from sharing the same name and brand, this title and the earlier game do not have much in common and were created by different development teams, as Hamsterz 2 is a US port of the original Japanese DS title Hamster to Kurasou. Spin Master (September 13, 2016). "Spin Master and Cepia, LLC Sign Global Distribution Partnership". Zhu Zhu Pets: Toy successes hard to predict, but robotic hamsters got a craze rolling". Chicago Tribune. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009 . Retrieved December 19, 2009. Go Go Hamster toy Mr Squiggles is safe, Cepia insists". BBC News. December 7, 2008 . Retrieved December 8, 2008.

ZhuZhu Pets were created by Russ Hornsby for his St. Louis company, Cepia LLC. [4] The name comes from Mandarin zhūzhū ( Chinese: 猪猪), meaning "little pig." In late 2009, Cepia employed only 16 people in the U.S. and 30 in China. [5] Following the tradition of the Petz series for PC, Ubisoft brings now the series to the DS. This time with hamsters. After the player customizes his/her identity and the environment for his avatar, a cousin visits and ask the player to care for one of the children of his hamster. From now on, the usual pet caring simulation starts. Cleaning, feeding and playing with your hamster is rewarded with starts, that serve as the currency in Hamsterz 2. With enough stars, the player can visit the pet store and buy bigger cages and all kind of toys and tools for the pets. Having hamsters of different sexes in the same cage can lead to them having children.In Hamsters Life, you adopt a cute hamster from different breeds, raise and train him. As your hamster grows stronger, he can build his own Ham-country with its own bakery, school and bookstore and invite other hamsters. a b Anderson, Mae (November 27, 2008). "Robotic hamsters are holidays' unlikely new craze". Denver Post . Retrieved May 18, 2011.

Now, in the second wave of Petz-branded titles, history seems to be repeating itself. The sequels to Dogz, Catz and Horsez have all made great strides and are more focused and solid products than their predecessors were, but the follow-up to Hamsterz still manages to be the best of the four. This game, Petz: Hamsterz 2, is a focused, fun and relaxing rendition of what it's like to raise a hamster in real life, and it's got the right kind of casual pace to appeal to core virtual pet fans.Like in other games of the series for the DS, the player has to care for his/her pet by feeding it, bathing it, brushing it and other such tasks. There are five different breeds to choose from and seven mini-games that randomly appear to give you food, costumes, toys and items for the cage where the hamsters live. And thanks to the wireless connection to other DSs, hamsters and other items can be shared with friends. The player can even store information on up to other 20 different owners. Zhu Zhu Pets: Kung Zhu Release Information for DS". GameFAQs. November 16, 2010 . Retrieved May 18, 2011. From the very beginning, the depth and realism of Hamsterz 2 is apparent. The game allows you to customize your own identity and environment first, and then introduces the story. Your cousin visits your home and asks for a favor – his pet hamster has just had a child, and he'd like you to take care of the baby. You agree, of course, and begin your journey as a new pet hamster owner, with a small starting cage and a standard set of hamster care equipment pieces, like a water bottle, food dish and little wooden house.

It's just an open-ended aspect of Hamsterz Life's gameplay, one of many random and unrelated elements all thrown in together in this one title. The core of the game is as you'd expect. A virtual pet design, focused on keeping your hamster happy and healthy. You can feed your pet, clean its cage, brush it with the stylus and watch it run on its hamster wheel. It's a relaxing, casual sim of hamster ownership. Until more randomness invades. Zhu Zhu Pets was rebooted when an animated series, now known as The ZhuZhus, debuted as " Polly and the ZhuZhu Pets" on September 12, 2016 on the Disney Channel in the United States. Starting February 2017, Spin Master showcased the ZhuZhu Pets franchise in a toy fair with new toy designs, [12] based more on the TV series. In 2018, ZhuZhu Pets got discontinued again. MoonScoop, Dreamgarden, Zhu-Zhu Pets The Power of Zhu Full Movie (English Dub) , retrieved September 1, 2022The Power Of Zhu Trailer (Better Quality) (Cancelled ZhuZhu Pets Movie) , retrieved September 1, 2022