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This PS Vita Nintendogs Rip-Off Has the Creepiest Voice Acting You’ll Ever Hear

The only time I don't want a dog to speak.

playstation vita pets on a playstation vita Image Source: Sony Interactive Entertainment

The PlayStation Vita was an… interesting system, to say the least. Essentially a PlayStation 3 on the go, the handheld device was part of Sony’s master plan to misread the market and believe that handheld titles need to be on the level of high-budget AAA console games. As a result, it turned out to be one of PlayStation’s biggest commercial failures, and it now lives firmly in the “what could’ve been” boat.

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It was a funny little system, though, and these days, a lot of its appeal comes from the rediscovery of the platform’s forgotten titles. One Twitter user, @hvg_core, reminded the world of one of the Vita’s strangest games; they brought us back to 2014 and the world of PlayStation Vita Pets.

Exactly as you’d expect, this was essentially Sony’s answer to the Nintendogs craze… almost a decade later. It had many of the same hallmarks of that game, but it had one thing Nintendogs lacked: voice acting. Though, based on @hvg_core’s video, maybe it’s for the better:

Of course, this is merely one isolated moment in the game, but it definitely paints an awkward light on it. While this writer is quite a dog lover (and probably loves his dog more than most people), after having to watch a dog talk about how much they like being, erm, stroked…maybe it’s for the best that real-life dogs don’t talk.

Sadly, it sounds like this is the most newsworthy part of the game, as it appears to be little more than a Sony-licensed rip-off of Nintendo’s cultural phenomenon from the Nintendo DS era. But hey, if you have a PS Vita laying around (and very little better to do), maybe it’ll be worth giving the game a look. After all, the PS Store is still open for now, and it’s only $20…you could probably do worse.

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Matt Anderson

Matt has been a freelance writer at Twinfinite for a year, and he's been in the games media industry for three years. He typically covers topics related to console news and industry trends for the site, and he has a major interest in first-party console games. Matt also has a Bachelor’s in Screenwriting from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, is an avid content creator on YouTube and TikTok, and legend has it he once asked Super Smash Bros. Melee to be his Prom date.

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