THE UNORIGINALITY IN VIDEO GAME AWARDS
And the 2007 award for Most Blatant Copy of Nintendogs goes to…
*Fumbles with envelope*
Eidos! For it’s horse-petting game Pony Friends! Well done to everyone involved, even if you might be too ashamed to admit actually being involved.
HOW THEY EXPLAIN THEMSELVES:
Saddle up with PONY FRIENDS
The new Nintendo DS title from Eidos
Eidos interactive, one of the worlds leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to announce PONY FRIENDS, a virtual pet game designed exclusively for the Nintendo DS and developed by Australian based Tantalus, will be available in the UK in 2007.
Fill your stables with a choice of 6 real life pony breeds or customise your own. Personalise your pony by choosing its favourite colour and food and then take part in events throughout the calendar year. Immerse yourself in caring and grooming your pony or undertake surprise challenges from a cast of characters. Personalise your pony’s mane, tail colours or accessories with a wide variety of saddles, shoes, blankets and bridles to choose from.
“PONY FRIENDS is a very exciting project for Eidos. We’re fulfilling every child’s dream by giving them their very own portable pony. Players will have so much to occupy their time with from caring for and grooming their ponies and snapping photos whilst riding picturesque country trails to teaching their pony new tricks and entering them into a variety of competitions.” Said Helen Clark, Brand Manager Eidos.
Use the DS stylus to perform a huge range of varied actions; including cleaning stones and shells out your pony’s hooves, brushing its mane or designing a unique saddle blanket. Daily play will ensure that your pony is the prettiest, healthiest, fastest, most talented, and best pony, scooping you first prize in the prestigious ‘perfect pony competition’.
filed in Uncategorized on Feb.13, 2007
February 13th, 2007 on 5:18 pm
“We’re fulfilling every child’s dream by giving them their very own portable pony.”
I don’t remember ever wanting a portable pony when I was a child…
February 13th, 2007 on 6:08 pm
But can you use the stylus to tie the horses nads to its back legs and then slap it on the rump?
They never caught the guy in Hampshire who used to do that in our village.
February 13th, 2007 on 6:42 pm
My sister had a game that looked exactly like that on the PS1, long before Nintendogs.
February 13th, 2007 on 7:03 pm
… and is there a “shotgun” option if your horse goes lame?
February 13th, 2007 on 7:57 pm
What about a ‘Send to the Glue Factory’ option?
February 13th, 2007 on 8:20 pm
what a NIGHT-MARE……………………………………………………………………………….sorry.
February 13th, 2007 on 9:36 pm
Oh yeah, you can just imagine some council estate rat-boy playing this on is nicked DS! Face it, for “Every child” read spoilt, middle-class little girly brats, whose mummy and daddy buy them anything they want!
February 13th, 2007 on 10:19 pm
For fuck sake! Another game for slags! We’re gonna have MILF’s asking for that shit for their kids at work now phorenzik!
February 13th, 2007 on 11:46 pm
Well at least you don’t have to bother dragging your pet around on walks, as in Nintendogs. But yes, not so much originality going on there.
Taylor
http://mostly-harmless1.blogspot.com/
February 14th, 2007 on 2:03 am
Erm, Catz? Dogz?
February 14th, 2007 on 8:06 am
what a crock of shit. PONYS???? what’s next? the growing flowers game? i’m really beginning to miss the days of Sonic 1,2 and Sonic CD.
did any one read 1up’s article on how Sega can save Sonic?
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3157060
February 14th, 2007 on 9:54 am
Actually, a growing flowers and plants, vegs would be a awesome idea for a game. You could have a garden, plant seeds, water them etc. Afer the flower had grown, you could trade them with other people.
Or you could just go outside and do it for real I suppose.
February 14th, 2007 on 11:08 am
Horse vagina?
February 14th, 2007 on 4:40 pm
http://www.onlinepot.org/misc/games.htm
the ‘plant’ growing game has already been done
February 15th, 2007 on 12:06 am
There’s also Harvest Moon.
February 15th, 2007 on 12:57 am
Lol I did a google image search for “Pony Friends” and there were pictures of “Nintengirls”…
MY LITTLE PONIES
OMG PONIES <3 <3 <3