I know the Petz series is old. I know that the title, once translated, is harmless. Still. I chortled. Even guffawed a little.
Petz - Katzenfreunde [Amazon.de, via GAF]
The Germans Get The Best Game Covers
11:30 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Luke Plunkett
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I wish I sat this generation out.
Is that the term to use when you laugh at orphaned kittens in a cardboard box in the rain?
nintendo has another best-seller on their hands.
ah soccer moms and their nintendo products! the joy, the love!
I believe everyone on the internet gets one "OMG lulz @ kitteh" moment, and I'm happy to relinquish mine if someone really wants it. Go ahead. Take it.
It's yours.
Looking at that title gave me type 2 diabetes.
MY EYES MY EYES!!!!! /death
@harrison2525: Somehow I think this particular game is aimed at female youths, not mothers. But hey, I've played and enjoyed "Catz 5" so I can't really say.
Though if your comment was a veiled slight against the Wii being a "kitty console" I suppose you're right in that respect.
Is that cat sex or cat chocking?
Haha, busted. Both his parents walked in at the same time.
Such a long word for "katz", haha.
Crapzen-in-und-boxzen
@Bigfoot: My German's useless, but I believe it's "Cats and Friends".
Hey baby, wanna katzenfreunde ?
Why must they put a "z" at the end of everything nowadays? Do they actually think that doing that automatically makes it cool or something? I say they need to keep internet humor on the internet.
It's just "cat friends" directly translated. Being a German speaker, I guess I kind miss the joke tho....
I swear, I've seen some of those cats in image macros. You think Ubisoft is using stock images again for their boxarts?
And I thought the CEO said he was sorry for the swarm of crap on the system? Guess he's not that sorry.
@Gian:
You don't find the picture HILARIOUS?
Haha, the cat on the left... 'Hey... give me some of that!"
@ashcraft: YES!
I've never seen such emotionless cats forced into a fake field before. They actually look a little pissed.
@ashcraft:
Ever had a kitten loving girlfriend? I've been irrevocably conditioned to take kitty cuteness very seriously. My bad.
Hahaha ... that's freaking hilarious!
Im not quite caught the joke, my Germany isn't anywhere near good but I must of missed something.
It looks like those three cats standing up are the Cat Mafia, and the one on the ground owes them money. It's like a Disney movie, really. The one on the left is the typical jumpy, thin guy, probably named Johnny, who is all "Yeah yeah! Slit his throat, boss!" The one on the right is the fat, lazy one who always messes things up, and is probably named Paulie. The one in the middle is the boss, which is why he is kicking some ass and is making that threatening fist. The one on the ground is the poor schmo, perhaps a prison snitch, who seems to be saying "OH MY GOD! HEY, GUY WITH THE CAMERA! FUCKING HELP ME! THEY'RE GOING TO BREAK MY LEGS! JESUS FUCK!"
@harrison2525: Ubisoft product. Stop creating false negative images.
Everyone sees something different. It's like those psychology ink blot things, only with kittens.
@Seven Is Darker:
I think the joke is that the center kitty has pinned another kitty and is holding its left paw in a 'you want some of this , bitch?!' type of pose.
@Blind_Evil:
Stop creating the impression Ubisoft wasn't motivated by an install-base of soccer moms.
@Zodiack:
"Why must they put a "z" at the end of everything nowadays? Do they actually think that doing that automatically makes it cool or something?"
I believe they're thinking "how can we copyright a word as common as 'Pets'?
@ashcraft: Have this WAV playing in the background. It'll help.
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Really the top cat is choking the bottom one, while holding his left (our right) paw up in the air, in malice. It's great, and threatening, too.
Ok, I can't help it: how long will it take, do you think, till someone makes a katzenfreunde gaming pie to rival the Wii cake?
Is it just me or does the right-hand kitten kinda look a little mentally challenged? That would make for an interesting game mechanic...
What I want to know is when we're getting a Bonsai Kitten video game?
Is it me or is that kitten on the right totally spazzing out? He looks all downsy or something
Looks like kittens making love, so cute!
I can feel the oppression.
Get used to this Nintendo fanboys. You'll get shit for the whole time span of the Wii. Pttth, you call this 'innovation'?
@vizion: Ah, so it wasn't just me. :)
I sure hope someone likes this game...those people at Ubisoft have got to make a living somehow.
Stiff looking kittens if you ask me.
Looks like someone just walked in on a kitten rape party.
I don't think that's sexual or suggestive in any way...I think that's damn cute! And I'm a guy! I'm a guy who loves kittens, and kittens on covers.
@DuctTape:
When I looked at it, I thought there was only one way to look at it, but these comments have proved me wrong. It really is like an ink blot test.
Wow, cat friends play on the German Wiesn and everybody reverts to being 3-year-old cat-tail-grabbing toddler. It's the magic of the internetz. I've seen better live kittens on the Bauernhof around the corner.
[tylertinsley.com]
Photo Chop!!!!!
When I first saw it I immediately thought of "Schadenfreude".
thats what inspired the photo chop
Am I the only one that got "Pussy Friends" from it?
>_<
Do you have to be a non german speaker to understand this?
@entres: Just what I was thinking. Yeah, it says literally "Cat friends". And there are cats on the cover. LOLOLOL
Kitty Pr0n.
@entres:
No, you just have to be really, really perverted.
If only all but the pinned Kitteh were in faux Gestapo uniforms.
Wow, what a horrible thought... but it might make for good gaming -- avoid the Gestapo Kittehs with Anne Frank. Actually, that's waaaaay too Nazi. Never-you-mind. "Cat Friends" is fine as is.