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[edit] Categorization
Is it better if we give the term "Digital pet", Entertainment robot and Ludobot a new categorization? In fact the word "Virtual" is opposed to "Actual", while the word "Digital" don't carry such meaning. But the current definition of Digital pet is limited to Virtual pet with no physical existence.
Therefore, I think Digital pet should be something in-between "Entertainment robot" and "Virtual Pet". We can consider "Virtual pet" and "Entertainment robot" as a sub-category of Digital pet.
Is it better if we merge the content of Entertainment robot and Ludobot together. Move the current content of Digital pet to Virtual pet, and have a new "Digital Pet" entity which describe the common issue for all of them?
Thanks for reading this and please comment. Ben Cheng 14:06, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't Digital Pet redirect to Virtual Pet (which is the more common term)? тəzєті 17:27, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
- You are right, it should. Fatalis 17:23, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Furby?
I removed Aibo and Furby, because it doesn't seem to be the right kind of pet. I interpreted the description as strictly digital simulations of pets, without the physical toy aspect. It could be blurred in the future, of course. --AySz88^-^ 05:38, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- I agree completely, but it looks like someone reverted your changes. I'll try to make it right with a link to Entertainment robot. The demiurge 02:23, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
But on certain sites you have to feed the pet to make sure thart it doesn't die and stuf, so its kinda like a build up to a childs firdst real off the screen pet, so i disagree.
[edit] Categorization of Digital Pet
Similar are the varied Monster-raising video games, including the aformentioned Digimon, Pokémon, Monster Rancher, Nintendogs, and Jade Cocoon. One could also suppose that Yu-Gi-Oh is the third generation from this.
I'm not sure what this sentence really means, but Pokémon itself is nowhere close to a Digital pet, and the same goes to Yu-Gi-Oh and Monster Rancher. Maybe there is a small subset of these games that are Digital pets, but aren't most of these franchises mainly RPGs?--AlphaTwo 20:17, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
- The whole History section seems a bit off to me. Is that where the 'weasel words' warning is coming in? If so, how could one make it more clear to the general public? 15:49, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Pokemon could be considered to be "Digital Pet" not because the game itself is, but from a combined effect of watching anime and playing the game. In anime, all pokemon are pets and partners and most kids (and enough adults, too) who watch that also play the game will be strongly influenced enough to act similarly. Those kids would be happy to find Pikachu in game, not because he is "powerful", but because they want Pikachu with them. Also, there was a Tamagotchi-like handheld with Pikachu in Japan that had a moderate success. It's same with Digimon and Monster Rancher series. On Yu-Gi-Oh, it's harder to call it "Digital Pet" because the development of "pets" is much more limited.Revth 03:17, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Creature from Black & White
Could the creature from games like Black & White 2 be considered a Digital pet? Jacoplane 02:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- Most definately IMO. the creatures are trained through classical conditioning which is how real pets are trained. I think that these creatures are more pet-like than most vritual pets! --Larsinio 20:31, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Non-NPOV?
"Virtual pet websites, such as Neopets, Marapets and Zetapets, are usually free to play and accessible to all who sign up. They can be accessed through web browsers and often include a virtual community, such as the planet Neopia in Neopets and the world of Marada in Marapets. In these worlds, you can play games to earn virtual money; which is usually spent on items and food for your pets. Marapets has several in game currencies, and money is earned from battling, restocking and playing games." - That last statment seems to be less a description on virtual pet websites and more a plug for Marapets. Shouldn't it get removed?(Clearly the whole section needs a rewrite, but that one line seemed especially bad) 69.19.14.21 03:56, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
Doesn't seem too bad to me. It just sounds like a description of the game - if the same is written for other entries, it would make things less like advertising though. Owlqueen 22:11, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Additional pets for consideration
Bobble the Little Blue Owl is one I have been playing around with for a while and is a fun simulation that gets progressively harder to maintain as the pet grows up from bouncy ball to little owl. He is at http://www.bobblethelittleblueowl.com/. Owlqueen 22:09, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
