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You adopt stray cats, panic when they ignore their food bowl, and try not to laugh when they prance around in tiny cowboy hats. The stylus controls are wonky, but the cats’ judgmental stares feel weirdly real.
Catz for the Nintendo DS, released by Ubisoft in 2006, was part of that wave of virtual pet sims that felt perfectly suited to the handheld's touchscreen. It wasn't trying to be a big adventure; it was just a quiet, quirky little game you'd pull out between classes or on a short trip, a digital alternative to a Tamagotchi but with more fur and attitude.
You control a cursor with the stylus to care for a growing family of stray cats you adopt. The main objective is simply to keep them happy and healthy by petting them, feeding them, and playing with them using various toys. Signature mechanics include using the microphone to call your cats by name and drawing paths on the screen for them to follow, which they often ignore with a satisfyingly aloof demeanor. The pacing is slow and repetitive by design, making it a low-stress time-waster. It feels less like mastering a game and more like patiently, and sometimes futilely, attempting to earn the affection of a pixelated creature that owns you.
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