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[edit] Split games

How about splitting some of the games into their owna rticles????Toa Mario 17:52, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

I believe the 2006 releases and onwards should be on a separate page to the Petz 1-5 as they are very different videogames. Also, Horsez is a Pippa Funnell game and definitely does not fit with Petz 1-5. It has a narrative and is not open-ended like Petz. I have not played Hamsterz Life so I cannot comment on its placement, but I agree that this article needs splitting. Solloby 02:40, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I've removed the Horsez section and create a Horsez page. Solloby 01:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dogz and Catz

I've moved Hamsterz Life to its own page as I doubt it would fit with Dogz and Catz, but if it will then it can be moved there once a page is created.

Dogz and Catz GBC, Dogz and Catz GBA, Dogz and Catz DS, Dogz and Catz 2006 PC all need moving. Suggested article title is Dogz and Catz. This article should only be for Petz 1-5. Solloby 06:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Why? Ubisoft is setting both the latest Dogz and Catz games as part of the Petz name, having bought the license, and indeed both games's official websites are at www.petz.com so they are a direct followup. Elfguy 15:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
What do you mean? If they were part of the original Petz series, they would be Petz 6. And the Petz 1-5 series no longer has an official website, it was taken down and redirected to Ubisoft's website where the new Catz and Dogz are being advertised at http://petz.uk.ubi.com/. The new site does not have any support for these games anymore. It does not mention them, even though Ubisoft released Petz 5. Well, if it does, they are hard to find as they don't even appear in the search.
I guess why I want to split them is, the games are very different and I see them as 2 different series that should have their own pages. It would also help because content wouldn't have to be labelled according to which games it relates to. The Breedz section I added is only for Petz 3-5 (and maybe 2), and a lot of the creature design section only relates to the Petz 1-5. Actually, the entire first section appears to only relate to Petz 1-5 as well.
Am I rambling? Sorry. I guess I haven't really thought about why I see them as 2 different series, I just assumed it was a given. Naughty me. Probably because I hang around other Petz 1-5 players on forums and websites, and they appear to view them as different series as well, if they mention the new games at all. Solloby 07:03, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
I totally disagree, Elfguy. The new games are not really a part of the original Petz 1-5 series and are something completely different. They don't share the same sort of coding or even the most fundamental of things, such as appearance, game makeup etc. If it were a direct-follow up, it would at least run along the same lines as the originals, which it very clearly does not.
I think that all references to the new games should be moved and made into other articles. The only thing they have in common is the name and that's it, but that does not necessarily mean they are at all similar in any other way. *Still Calico 18:32, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jargon

Could somebody put in a reference to the definition for a "tamsin" at Starswept? It can be found here, but I don't know how to add a list of sources. That should help, though. *Still Calico (talk) 17:47, 27 April 2008 (UTC)