The phenomenom that is nintendogs caught many by surprise, with the series selling well over seven million units worldwide and finding its greatest popularity here in Europe. Soon after Ubisoft converted MTO's Dogz and Catz for the GBA, succeeding in capturing a large sector of the market with the animal-based games.

Now it is back with more 'Petz'...

Originally Dogz and Catz were PC-only titles, before MTO's GBA editions hit the streets. Now Ubisoft is ready to translate more games for Nintendo systems. In fact, so assured of success, Ubisoft has announced five new games that will appear across the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. Here is the complete list:

Dogz (Nintendo DS, November 2006) - developed by MTO again, this offers substantially more than the 18 breeds found in the GBA edition;

Catz (Nintendo DS) - the same as Dogz, but with felines instead;

Dogz Fashion (GBA, September 2006) - dress your canine friend up and enter them in fashion contests(!);

Horsez (Nintendo DS, November 2006) - raise young foals, guiding them through life until they become strong mares and stallions;

Hamsterz Life (Nintendo DS, November 2006) - build and customise homes for your hamsters to live in.

With Ubisoft also revealing seven Wii titles recently and confirming the rumour of Prince of Persia coming to the platform as well, the French company is 100% behind Nintendo it would seem.

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