Ugh, CDV Software Entertainment USA are getting in on the Baby Game thing Ubisoft seem to enjoy battering us with as a species! CDV has announced their newest Nintendo DS title -- My Little Baby. A "family-friendly" - and by that we think they mean little girls - game, My Little Baby gives players the opportunity to raise and care for a baby – all without the real-world messes, sleepless nights, or “terrible two’s.”
Cool kind of like Nintendogs, but with a human, Neato!! Just what we girl gamers wanted!! Players start by choosing virtual parents’ traits – eye color, hair color, skin tone, etc. – that determine the baby’s physical features. Once the baby arrives, it’s up to the player to care for it – cradling, feeding, cleaning, entertaining and dressing the baby. As the baby grows through four distinct developmental stages, it will learn to crawl, then walk, and through interactions with the player via the microphone, can even learn to talk!
A helpful virtual nanny offers feedback and useful tips for raising the baby; while an easy-to-use menu system helps players navigate the world of raising a newborn – from shopping for unlockable food, toys, furniture and clothing to changing diapers. Many of the day-to-day tasks are presented through enjoyable and intuitive mini-games, with mastery praised and rewarded. Doting parents can also take photos of their beautiful new baby for the scrap book, or enter them into an in-game beauty contest! My Little Baby is slated to ship to North American retail Spring 2009.
Well better a virtual baby for young girls than a real one... still these games just leave us with one word in our heads and that word is "Meh!". On the upsode at least their presser wasn't specifically aiming the title at girls, not that that makes much difference.
