Tigerz
Encyclopedia
Tigerz is a videogame in the Petz
series, released by Ubisoft
in February 2008 for the Nintendo DS
. It was released after Petz 5, and is therefore part of the second Petz series. Players take on the roles of Enzo and Ana, two young animal trainers
who travel the world, training animals to earn money for their family company.
Tigerz is also known as Petz Wild Animals: Tigerz in North America or Tigerz: Circus Adventures in Europe
(outside the UK
).
s by their grandfather. In order to save their family company of animal trainers from bankruptcy, they travel the world, training several show animals, to earn money.
Besides the animal training, there is a bit of strategy that comes into play with running the animal training agency. Some people the player meet could use bad training methods with their animals or wish the player's training agency to close.
Eventually, the player works towards their own animal reserve step by step that will be able to help endangered animals all around the world.
Petz
Petz is a series of games dating back to 1995, in which the player can adopt, raise, care for and breed their own virtual pets...
series, released by Ubisoft
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
in February 2008 for the Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
. It was released after Petz 5, and is therefore part of the second Petz series. Players take on the roles of Enzo and Ana, two young animal trainers
Animal training
Animal training refers to teaching animals specific responses to specific conditions or stimuli. Training may be for the purpose of companionship, detection, protection, entertainment or all of the above....
who travel the world, training animals to earn money for their family company.
Tigerz is also known as Petz Wild Animals: Tigerz in North America or Tigerz: Circus Adventures in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
(outside the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
).
Plot
The game starts when Enzo and Ana, two young animal trainers, are given two baby tigerTiger
The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts...
s by their grandfather. In order to save their family company of animal trainers from bankruptcy, they travel the world, training several show animals, to earn money.
Gameplay
The player's goal in the game is to train show animals, and care for the pair of tigers that have been given to the player. By use of the touchscreen and the built-in microphone, players can touch and talk to the animals to interact with them. The key part to the training is a combination of leading the animals in doing the tricks, and finding out what distracts the animals, to help them concentrate.Besides the animal training, there is a bit of strategy that comes into play with running the animal training agency. Some people the player meet could use bad training methods with their animals or wish the player's training agency to close.
Eventually, the player works towards their own animal reserve step by step that will be able to help endangered animals all around the world.
Missions
There are 8 main missions, in which the player trains certain animals around the world, that are in trouble.- The player starts with the two baby tigers given to them by their grandfather.
- In England the player helps a dog who’s hat is too big and sometimes fall on its eyes during the performances.
- In Paris the player helps a cat that suffers from an itching crisis during the shows.
- In Russia the player helps a bear that has stomach problems while on stage.
- In San Francisco the player helps a football-team monkey.
- In India the player helps a jumping elephant.
- In New-York the player helps a dancing lion.