Videogamer: "'Is it better than Nintendogs?' I asked my 10-year-old sister after a session playing Kinectimals. "Yes," she replied, completely unaware of the importance of what I was asking her. To be fair, she's likely to say most new things are better than something she's had for a long time, and it was a bit of a leading question, but it's a clear indication that Microsoft and Frontier are on to a winner with this pet cat simulator for Kinect. Adults are likely to find the cutesy felines and twee mini-games too much to take in anything more than short bursts, but kids will find this to be the most inviting of all Kinect's launch titles."
Since the beginning of time, man has sought to dominate the creatures of the wild, while children have tried their hardest to squish out their fuzziness. Owning a real animal requires time, patience and frequent carpet cleanings; while for the low price of $2.99 on Google Play and iOS and little heavy lifting, Microsoft Studios brings you an adorable (virtual) wild animal of your very own.
Cats and kittens are the fuel that keeps the Internet muttering “Aww,” and flooding every social media channel available with adorable, fluffy overload until Cute Induced Cardiac Arrest is the inevitable result. Everything is better with cats. The Earth itself knows this, as it allowed a huge rock to kill off all those ugly, scaly dinosaurs just to make way for cats. Unfortunately, it’s logistically impossible for cats to be everywhere, but that doesn’t mean we have to live with this situation. For example, when we get our hands on Unity in November, Arno and his band of Assassins will be stupid, regular old humans.
Rory Young writes:
"So your skeptical friends are coming over for a night of gaming, and you have your shiny new Kinect plugged in to your Xbox 360. You’ve moved your couch around, and your coffee table, in order to get the optimal experience. So which games do you get? Look no further than this article! In no particular order…"
