Animal Paradise
{{Short description|2007 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Animal Paradise
|image = Animal Paradise.jpeg
|developer = Agatsuma Entertainment
|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Agatsuma Entertainment|WW|Empire Interactive}}
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|April 26, 2007|EU|November 16, 2007|NA|September 23, 2008}}
|genre = Life simulation
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Nintendo DS
}}
{{nihongo|Animal Paradise|アニマルパラダイス|Animaru Paradaisu}} is a 2007 video game by Agatsuma Entertainment for the Nintendo DS. It was originally slated for release in North America as Pocket Pets, by O~3 Entertainment. Empire Interactive later published the title as Animal Paradise, as it had already done in Europe.{{cite news |title= Animal Paradise/Pocket Pets mystery solved |url= http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/33667/animal-paradise-pocket-pets-mystery-solved/}} The game features famous photographs in the Hana Deka style by Japanese photographer Yoneo Morita.{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Lucas |title=Animal Paradise Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/10/14/animal-paradise-review |website=IGN |date=14 October 2008 |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527194507/https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/10/14/animal-paradise-review |url-status=live }} Its sequel, Animal Paradise Wild, was released in 2009.
Animal Paradise Wild
{{Infobox video game
|title = Animal Paradise Wild
|image = Animal Paradise Wild Cover.jpg
|developer = Dearfield
|publisher = Zoo Games
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|October 6, 2009}}
|genre = Life simulation
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Nintendo DS
}}
Animal Paradise Wild is a video game developed by Dearfield and published by Zoo Games, as a sequel to Animal Paradise for the Nintendo DS.
Reception
Animal Paradise received generally poor reviews, receiving a rating of three out of ten from Nintendo World Report{{cite news |last1=Ronaghan |first1=Neal |title=Animal Paradise |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/17093/animal-paradise-nintendo-ds |access-date=27 May 2022 |agency=Nintendo World Report |date=29 October 2008 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527194508/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/17093/animal-paradise-nintendo-ds |url-status=live }} and a Metascore of 49.{{cite web |title=Animal Paradise |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/animal-paradise/critic-reviews/?platform=ds |website=Metacritic |access-date=27 May 2022 |archive-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250424030923/https://www.metacritic.com/game/animal-paradise/critic-reviews/?platform=ds |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/17093 Nintendo World Report review]
- [http://ds.ign.com/articles/917/917316p1.html IGN review]
- [http://www.gamespot.com/ds/sim/animalparadise/index.html Animal Paradise summary] from GameSpot
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100629014508/http://www.gamespot.com/ds/sim/animalparadise2/index.html GameSpot Summary for Animal Paradise Wild]
Category:Agatsuma Entertainment games
Category:Empire Interactive games
Category:Nintendo DS-only games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Virtual pet video games
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