All those core elements that you'd expect to be in a virtual dog game are here, organized creatively into a swirling ring menu that gives you easy touch screen access to the many different activities. As is usual with virtual pet games you start out as a wide-eyed kid getting her very first pet, and helpful NPCs teach you how to feed it, care for it, take it for walks and the like. You won't be taking your dog down the catwalk or posing him for paparazzi photo shoots - instead, you'll just be a normal new owner of a virtual pup who just happens to have access to a fairly robust selection of doggie-sized outfits and accessories.Ī+top+hat+and+glasses,+classic+style+for+a+dog.
Redeemingly, Petz Dogz Fashion offers a solid, satisfying virtual pet experience here within which the doggie dress-up mode is only a piece of the design. I suppose it's more humane to degrade digital dogs instead of forcing actual puppies to put on sweaters, hats and "bling." But the whole idea is still about as appealing as the tabloids it came from. It's a hobby that's been popularized by vapid Hollywood celebrities and fueled the creation of such "art" as Disney's upcoming feature-length Taco Bell ad - and now it's the focus of Ubisoft's latest Petz-brand release, Petz Dogz Fashion. I think a little part of all of us died inside.Īmerican culture can certainly be shallow, but likely one of the most surface-level pursuits anyone in our great nation can engage in is dressing up their dogs. As I and my friends watched its teaser trailer together in terror, we realized that Beverly Hills Chihuahua was, in fact, an actual film.
An extended commercial for some kind of soft drink, perhaps, or a spoof of some sort that would give itself away at the end.
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