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Not for little kids

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 23 / 27
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game, without reading any reviews and I wish I had. My little sister used to LOVE playing Catz on the PC (back in the mid-90's), and it was basically a game where you create a cat, dress them up, have them play, have them make kittens, etc (kind of like the Sims for cats). I expected this game to be the same way (the box seems to insinuate that it is). Although it is easier than some of the other Wii games, it's not a game for a 5 year old.

1. There is a lot of reading involved.
2. The adventure resembles a LOT like Zelda... complete with hearts, fishing, catching bugs, and learning new skills.
3. They found the snakes to be scary (yes, they just sit there, but my 3 and 5 yr old kids were crying that the cat was going to get hurt by the snake)
4. My 22 year old sister found it fun though. The kids like watching a grown up playing the game, and aside from the bad guys that they found scary, it's a pretty tame game.

Edit:
Ok, so I played the game and beat it. It has zero replay value... if you beat the end guy, that's the end of the game, you can't go back in and play the minigames or anything, or complete any tasks that you didn't do (find 10 special watermelon, etc). The main menu's minigames is a race with 3 tracks. I think they could've at least put some of the minigames that are in the adventure as accessible from the main menu (there's dodgeball, a sled pull, etc).

The money in the game is meaningless. You can buy clothing for your cat or give clothes to the towns cats. You can store fish in the aquarium, and flowers in the flower beds. But they're all kind of meaningless things to do. The end guy, while easy enough for a video game noob like me, would be way too hard for my 5 yr old (plus the end guy HURTS you and that freaks her out).

Oh and if they give you a task to catch a certain fish, it takes FOREVER of catching random fish before you get that one that they want.

I still give it a thumb down, maybe a rental, but not a buy unless it's on the clearance rack.

Purr-fect!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: January 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm surprised by the negative reviews on this game. Our family absolutely loves this game! We have several Wii games, and this has been our kids' favorite since we bought it two months ago. My son is 7 and my daughter is 4 1/2, and they both love it. The cover picture makes it look like it is a cutesy girly game, but it is not. I would say the ideal target audience for this game would be boys and girls, ages 4-10. There are dozens of cats to choose from to play. There are so many lands to explore. The reviewer who said that their child "beat the game" quickly must have been playing the game for 72 hours straight, because my kids have gotten over 2 months enjoyment out of this game and aren't even close to "beating it" yet. What we like most about it is that it is a happy and positive game for kids... The lands are so beautiful and detailed, the cats adorable (without being cutesy), the play is very positive (mostly doing helpful things for other cats in the neighborhood), and each land has its own unique and pleasant background music. (No violence, no scary images, no complicated rules of play.) I think this game would appeal to older kids as well. If your child (boy or girl) likes animals, they will definitely like this game.

Good but a little light

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

We got this for our 7 year old daughter for the wii. There aren't many games that seem to target the female gender so we were glad to see this. Not that boys won't enjoy the game - the content and concepts are clearly targeting girls. My daughter loves cats so we gave it a whirl. My only complaint is that the content was so lacking. She 'beat' the game in a matter of days.

She say's that shes glad she beat it and she will continue to play it. She loves to 'make new friends.' She can make new cats to play, earn outfits, dress them up and meet new friends. So there's some replayability.

DON'T JUDGE A GAME BY ITS COVER!!!! :(

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i thought it was going to be a game that you could have forever and not get tired of it. i thought you were going to take care of a kitten and watch it grow up, play with it, feed it, and unlock other cats to play with. that's what i got from the case. but i was wrong. it is completely the opposite. you do quests, and you can dress the cat up in outfits you have to buy and find. and thats it! no caring for an animal! complete let down. i thought this would be a perfect wii game, so my daughter could interact. i looked for reviews and i couldn't find many. and the ones i did find said you were caring for animals. yea ones you have to help. SO IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A GAME THAT INTERACTS WITH THE ANIMALS DON'T GET THIS ONE!!!!

Wonderful game for younger kids!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

We bought this for our 7-year-old son. He is obsessed with cats and we hoped he would enjoy it. The game title and cover are misleading, as we thought it would be a game that involved taking care of cats. Instead, these are not "pet" cats at all. It's an adventure where your lead character cat has to save it's little town (and the world?) from an evil wolf who has taken control of the "Magic Hat." Our son was a little disappointed at first, but after he was past the training part of the game, he got really into it and now loves to play it. I'm not sure how long it will take him to complete the game, but it was only $10 now so I'm not worried about it. I really like that helping others is a central theme of the game, it's nonviolent (besides throwing rocks at snakes), and it is really cute. I would recommend this for boys and girls ages 6 or 7 through 10. There is quite a bit of reading involved to understand the required tasks.

cute kitty adventure game for all ages!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i was reading some of the reviews here and many are really misleading.

first, this isnt a pet sim game. it is a game where you choose a kitten, name them and go on adventures. the game is a very cute adventure game with mini-games. if you like kittys and Zelda-esque type games, you will enjoy this game. you can also dress up your kitten with clothes you buy from the shop. the game doesnt have an amazing story or much replay value like a Zelda game, but this IS pretty much a budget kiddy game. although, as someone in their 20s, i did enjoy playing through the game.

and, when you beat the game you CAN still go back and do things you missed the first time around. like most other games, it does not save when you beat the last boss, so you can load your last save file anytime.

this game is VERY much for children. the story is very simple and so is the gameplay. there is nothing scary/bad in this game at all (well, you CAN throw rocks at other animals, if that would upset you). i did, however, find the game to be frustrating at times (fishing, the last boss especially), but what game doesnt have its moments?

i saw some people complaining about the reading required. well, wouldnt you want your child to read? having them play a game that requires reading would encourage them to learn. or, you could sit with them and help them read it/read it to them. you shouldnt really leave your young child unsupervised when they are gaming anyway.

also, the game does teach about helping others and how doing wrong things is bad. the story does focus about the "big bad wolf" trying to do evil things, but your kitty trys to right those. if you dont want your child witness such "atrocities" then you might as well lock them in a closet for life.

to sum it up, basically if you like advenute games that involve kittys with simple gameplay, this is a game to play. children and adults alike will get a kick out of Petz Catz 2!

an amazing game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was thinking this game would be a game where you had to raise a cat. When I first started playing this I was very let down. But I kept on playing because I spent my allowance on this. Than after about 1 hour of playing, I really got into the game and stayed up till 11pm at night playing it. I tell everyone to go out and by this amazing game!!!

Petz Catz 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Daughter loves this game. Bought it for graduation from fourth grade. She loves anything cat related.

So-So All Around

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Petz Catz2 delivers only a so-so game experience. The game is clearly targeted at younger users, however, it involves a tremendous amount of reading. This is fine for my seven year old, but my five year old is frustrated by the never-ending series of dialog pop-ups. Also, while it claims to be two-player friendly, only very limited mini-games are available in two-player mode. The primary, story-driven game is single player only. I really wanted to like this title for my children, but I can't recommend it at all due to lackluster game play, poorly thought-out controls, and over-reliance on sometimes complex reading for younger children to further the storyline.

Too Hard to control for young kids

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This was too hard for my 4 and 7 year old to control. They couldn't play the game because you have to control it by placing a cursor in the direction you want the cat to go and then making it go there. They couldn't keep the cursor on the screen. Even I couldnt control it good enough to win the first mini-game race. I would not recommend this for young children at all.

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