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Main series GameĮntertainment Weekly gave Catz a B+ and wrote that it is an accurate simulation of felines. Users learned how to reverse-engineer the system, and began producing additional Breedz, Toyz, playscenes, clothes, and developer tools for the games, as permitted by PF Magic, Mindscape, and Ubisoft. The Petz Publisher does not work anymore, due to the fact that the website has been remodeled with the newer Petz games by Ubisoft. Later versions of the games included a Petz Web Fun Pack, Petz Publisher and a Petz Player web browser plug-in, allowing players to publish their Petz online in playable webpages. There is also a camera feature, permitting snapshots of Petz to be taken and saved as.

Each version allows the importing of Petz from all earlier versions. Players may share their Petz with others who have the game via an email. Petz must be looked after properly abused or neglected Petz may run away. Petz can learn tricks with positive rewards such as petting and Treatz, or trained not to do something using the punishment (water) spray bottle. There are a number of Toyz, food and water bowls, and Treatz available. Cross-breeding can create different types of petz, called 'Mixed Breeds'. Adult Petz can then breed and have Kittenz or Puppyz of their own in Petz 3, Petz 4, and Petz 5. After around three days (real time) the Petz become adults. Once the player has found a Petz, they can adopt and name their new Puppyz or Kittenz. The player starts at the Adoption Center, where they may choose a Dogz or Catz to adopt of a Breedz and gender of their choice. For example, Petz: Hamsterz Life 2 on Game Boy Advance is a localization of Hamster Club 3, and distinctly different from its DS counterpart, although both DS Hamsterz games were also Japanese-developed but published in English territories by Ubisoft. After Ubisoft acquired the series, some games that were actually Japanese in origin were localized under the Petz name. In 2001, Ubi Soft (since 2003 Ubisoft) acquired the entertainment division of The Learning Company, granting Ubisoft exclusive publishing rights to 88 titles, including Dogz and Catz.

Magic was acquired by The Learning Company for $15.8 million in 1998. After earning revenues of $8 million in 1997, P.F. The original Petz games were developed by P.F. The original Petz has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and the brand has grown to over 22 million copies since coming under Ubisoft.

Petz ( Dogz and Catz) is a series of single-player video games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets.

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