Since Nintendo wouldn't make with the Nintencats despite the wild success of Nintendogs, someone else had to step up to the plate. That someone is Crave Entertainment, who have just announced Purr Pals for the Nintendo DS. You'll get to choose from over 40 breeds of kittens, care for them, train them, and modify their behavioral traits...a process I highly doubt involves a bone saw an brain electrodes, the only real way to modify cat behavior. Further eschewing the realism of the puppy title, kittens in Purr Pals will actually respond to your voice.

The game is expected to be available in late March 2007, just in time for kitten season, for an MSRP of $29.99

Ahh yes, kitten season. I still remember Dad and I getting up at the crack of dawn on the first day of kitten season, grabbing our rifles, donning our camo, and heading out for a day of kitten hunting. Mom would wait at home with the oven preheating, ready to make her world-famous kitty-corn bake. They say there's more than one way to skin a cat. My mom knows 37. Maybe I'll get her a copy of Purr Pals for Mother's Day! Michael Fahey

Crave Entertainment Announces Purr PalsTM for Nintendo DSTM

Adopt & Raise Your Own Purrfect Kitten Pal

Newport Beach, CA - Feb 06, 2007 Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames for the casual gamer, today announced Purr PalsTM, a full-featured pet simulator for Nintendo DSTM that lets players adopt, care for, and raise adorable kitten playmates.

Choose your favorite breed of kitten, give it a name, feed it and play with it, all through the easy-to-use Nintendo DS interface. Your kitten will even respond to your voice, and interact with the environment you provide. Earn an allowance to buy cute accessories and toys for your pet.

Features include:

* Choose from 40 breeds of kittens, each with unique personalities
* Use proper care and training techniques to meet your kitten's needs and desires
* Modify your kitten's behavioral traits
* Customize your kitten with limitless choices
* Use voice commands your kitten will respond to
* Train your kitten with toys and food
* Interact with your kitten within the environment you provide
* Compete in fun mini-games with you kitten

The game is expected to be available in late March 2007, just in time for kitten season, for an MSRP of $29.99

About Crave Entertainment

Based in Newport Beach, California, Crave Entertainment is a subsidiary of Handleman Company. Crave, a publisher of videogame entertainment products creates games for the major console platforms including PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, Nintendo DSTM, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCubeTM, WiiTM, the PlayStation game console, PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft and the Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. For more information about Crave Entertainment, please visit www.cravegames.com.

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