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My Pet Shop

In My Pet Shop, the player takes the role of a young girl who just moved from Gold City to Green Town with her mother. As in this town, nobody owns a pet, her mother decides to open a pet shop. The player will…

10 July 2008

My Pet Shop is a simulator developed by Taito, released 10 July 2008 on Nintendo DS.

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What My Pet Shop is

My Pet Shop is a simulator game developed by Taito and released in 2008. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In My Pet Shop, the player takes the role of a young girl who just moved from Gold City to Green Town with her mother. As in this town, nobody owns a pet, her mother decides to open a pet shop. The player will help at the pet shop by helping the customers with various tasks, such as finding a pet, or taking care of one (walking, bathing, entering contests, etc.). To find a pet, the player will first need to gather information, and go outdoors to find and befriend animals. Animals, and sometimes items, are found by moving the stylus in specific places. Once an animal is found, an exclamation mark appears and it will come out, and the player can now try catching it. To do so, food and various…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

My Pet Shop launched on 10 July 2008, within three weeks of Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Battlefield: Bad Company and Rhythm Heaven.

Released around the same time: Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Battlefield: Bad Company, Rhythm Heaven.

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When did My Pet Shop come out?
My Pet Shop was released on 10 July 2008 for Nintendo DS.

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