I was tired of sitting inside all day, catering to a cat - especially since there wasn’t much to do with him yet. I decided to explore the town and find new items for Reno. There was 50,000 burning a hole in my pocket.

The home started out pretty bare. Only the cat essentials were present - food and water dishes and a litterbox. It was no way to live. Plus it couldn’t be comfortable or interesting for Reno. So my next mission was to do some interior decorating.

I wanted to start things out right, so I decided to first engage in some basic interactions with Reno. After all, he is a virtual animal who requires virtual love and care. So I decided that, before exploring or analyzing Yume Neko DS, I’d try and cover my new cat’s basic needs.

Yume Neko DS (aka Dream Cats DS) is essentially Nintendogs with felines. It’s an incredibly polished and well executed pet sim, which should come as no surprise since it is from Sega. My copy arrived the other day, and I eagerly created a kitty.

Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side: 2nd Season had two special guys added into the game by Konami for the DS release. One, Taku Komori, was an adorably easy to win sweetheart. Then there’s Taro Majima. Taro’s harder to win over, and to be perfectly frank - he’s a jerk. He’s one of those guys who thinks he’s perfect (even though he’s not attractive) and he is going to spend the entire game screwing you over.

That’s QT is a curious blend of fashion design and business management. It looks simple and, as the title suggests, cute, but in reality is a complex and surprisingly deep game. It is so good, and so much fun, that I hope Koei decides to release it in North America. If it doesn’t, well, That’s QT is import friendly and can be played even if you don’t speak Japanese.

It amazes me sometimes how some potentially controversial titles manage to slip under some sites’ radar. Take, for example, the recent Nintendo DS release Vitamin X Evolution. It is a port of a PS2 otome game (dating sim for girls). Every good otome game has a gimmick, and the Vitamin X Evolution’s is that players star as a female teacher who can enter a relationship with one of her six male students.