Littlest Pet Shop (video game)
Collect virtual pets, play minigames, and earn Kibble.
Littlest Pet Shop, a 2008 game from EA Salt Lake and Full Fat, was published by Electronic Arts for Windows, Wii, and DSiWare in North America. Its DS version had four editions—Jungle, Garden, Winter, and Spring—each with different pets. Players collect digital toy versions and earn currency through minigames to buy new items and pets. Two sequels followed: Littlest Pet Shop Friends in 2009 and Littlest Pet Shop 3: Biggest Stars in 2010.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- EA Salt Lake; Full Fat
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows
- Wii
- DSiWare
- Genre
- Simulation
- Modes
- Single-player
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Development
In 2007, Electronic Arts secured the rights to several Hasbro properties, including Littlest Pet Shop. The following February, EA Casual Entertainment announced that its Salt Lake studio, working with Full Fat, would create the game. The Littlest Pet Shop video game launched in fall 2008 on Wii, Windows, and Nintendo DS. For the DS, it first appeared in three editions—Jungle, Garden, and Winter—each offering different pets, with a fourth version, Spring, arriving in March 2009. A DSiWare version hit North America on December 14, 2009, and PAL regions four days later, priced at 800 Nintendo points. A sequel, Littlest Pet Shop Friends, came out in October 2009 for Wii and DS, with three DS variants: City Friends, Country Friends, and Beach Friends. The series ended with Littlest Pet Shop 3: Biggest Stars in October 2010, also split into three versions: Blue Team, Pink Team, and Purple Team.
Reception
Nicki Sparks of Nintendo Life called the game 'strangely addictive' despite its young target demographic, but noted it would likely appeal more to kids than adults. Desiree Turner, also of Nintendo Life, praised the graphics, stating that EA did a great job capturing the look and feel of the pets and their environment, and that the animation is smooth. James Mitchell of Vooks agreed, calling the cinematic cutscenes 'surprisingly rendered really well' and saying the game has 'amazing graphics for the system', though he concluded it is too simple for older audiences, describing it as a 'boring and mundane watered down version of The Sims'. Turner gave the DSiWare version a score of 4/10, citing its stripped-down nature with only three minigames compared to the main releases' wider variety.
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