Reminiscing about all the fun in my childhood, I tried to look for something similar in the Google PlayStore with my very first Android powered mid-range smartphone.
A number of trying hard apps are there, some even using the name itself.
There are also some pretty nice apps that's got talking birds, cats or dogs, and the graphics and some of the features are actually amazing.
But nothing caught and retained my attention the way POU did.
What's Pou?
Pou is an alien pet, that's actually a little bit shaped like poop.
Like Tamagotchi, it starts out as a baby that needs a lot of care.
The first time you play with it, it's a simple triangular shaped, colored brown, small pet without any clothing. The rooms of its house may look bare. But this is what makes it so fun. You play the games, earn some money, and you get to modify the way your pet and its house looks.
What's Fun about it?
You and/or your kids get to take care of a pet without the hassle of taking care of a real pet (Note though that I do not in anyway deny that real pets can provide us a different kind of satisfaction.)
Moreover, the developers just never seem to stop to create new games that will satisfy the diverse followers of the game. So expect to have an update on the app every now and then!
- KITCHEN/FOOD - Never has any restaurant offered a wide array as Pou does
- BATHROOM - Choose your bath tiles, soap, shower, etc.
- LAB - oh yes, you get to give your pet some potions and energizers
- GAME ROOM - The number of games you can play with just about considers a number of other games available on the market (Want brain games? Try out Sudoku, Memory or Find Pou; Into virtual basketball? Try Hoops; Love Flappy Bird? Try Jet Pou), and many many more. Oh did I mention, you can also play with other Pou pet owners!
- BEDROOM - Design your pet's own room by choosing its pillow and lamps and wallpapers. Make sure to make it sleep a lot to re-energize!
- OUTSIDE - Pou can go outside! Water the flowers in the garden, take a ride, swim in the pool or play football.
- SHOP - The number of things you can shop just keep on expanding, it feels like having a small pet store next door that turns into a huge pet mall (from household items like lamps, shower, wallpaper, to cosmetics like lipsticks and eye shadows, to clothing and apparels, tattoos, drugstore, food, you name it!)
- ACHIEVEMENT - but of course! how else can you attract the generation of today without tracking their own achievements?!
- ACCOUNT - Ever afraid your gadget might just crash and you lose all the achievements you've worked hard for? Worry no more as you just have to sign up for an account using your email and your progress can be saved anytime
- CONNECTIVITY - If you have an internet connection, you can easily meet new people with their own Pou, play with them, and sign on their guestbooks, and like how they look..
