Ferret Monogatari: Watashi no Okini Iri
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Ferret Monogatari: Watashi no Okini Iri (Ferret Story: My Dear Ferret) is a Japan
-only video game for Game Boy Color
created by Culture Brain
. Ferret Monogatari is a simulation
style game in which you take care of a ferret
.
At the start you choose one of three different coloured ferrets. The colours are randomly chosen.
The ferret is kept in the cage much of the time. You have to keep its water and food topped up, and clean its litter box
. You can take your ferret out for walks or to play with. You can even play minigames. One is a race
, one is putting together a picture and the other is dancing.
Despite the popularity of ferrets in other countries, especially America
, this game was never released outside of Japan. This may have been due to lack of popularity in Japan.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
-only video game for Game Boy Color
Game Boy Color
The is Nintendo's successor to the 8-bit Game Boy handheld game console, and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan, November 19, 1998 in North America, November 23, 1998 in Europe and November 27, 1998 in the United Kingdom. It features a color screen and is slightly thicker and taller than...
created by Culture Brain
Culture Brain
, formally known as , is a small Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on October 5, 1980.Culture Brain's first arcade video game was Monster Zero, released in . In North America, Culture Brain is mostly known for its six video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System and its three...
. Ferret Monogatari is a simulation
Simulation
Simulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system....
style game in which you take care of a ferret
Ferret
The ferret is a domesticated mammal of the type Mustela putorius furo. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females. They typically have brown, black, white, or mixed fur...
.
At the start you choose one of three different coloured ferrets. The colours are randomly chosen.
The ferret is kept in the cage much of the time. You have to keep its water and food topped up, and clean its litter box
Litter box
A litter box, sometimes called a sandbox, sand box, litter tray, litter pan, dirt box, catbox, or cat box, is an indoor feces and urine disposal box for cats that are permitted free roam of a home but who cannot or do not always go outside...
. You can take your ferret out for walks or to play with. You can even play minigames. One is a race
Racing
A sport race is a competition of speed, against an objective criterion, usually a clock or to a specific point. The competitors in a race try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time...
, one is putting together a picture and the other is dancing.
Despite the popularity of ferrets in other countries, especially America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, this game was never released outside of Japan. This may have been due to lack of popularity in Japan.