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Petz: Nursery 2 (or Petz: Playschool in EU) is a 2010 Nintendo DS pet simulation game developed by Ubisoft and a new addition to the Petz video game series. In this game, players can choose from a selection of newborn animals like dogs, cats, penguins and exotics. The owner must look after the animal by feeding it, keeping it clean and playing with it, to make their pet grow and thrive. It is the successor of Petz: Nursery.
Pets[]
Here is a list of all animals, that can be aquired in the game (work in progress).
Gameplay[]
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the animal state menu.
The player can see the gender, emotion symbols and current weight of their pet in the animal state menu. One can also see the growth of their pet within the growth bar. The animal state menu is located on the top screen of the Nintendo DS when the games location is the nursery.
Emotion symbols[]
The emotion symbols show the current needs and feelings of a pet.
Growth Bar[]
The more an animal is played with, the faster it grows. This growth is portrayed via the growth bar. Here is an overview of all the different growth stages of an animal.
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the extended animal state menu.
To get a more advanced look on their animal, the player has to select the clipboard in the toolbar. If they now push the symbol on the right, it will bring them to the extended animal state menu of their pets. By pressing the green "?"-Symbol under the animal of choice, they will be able to see their weight, personality, animal title (only if the pet is raised already) aswell as their stats.
Stats[]
All animals have their own stats. These include the walking, music and playing stat. Stats can be raised by playing the following minigames:
- The balloon minigame raises the music stat.
- The crawling minigame raises the walking stat.
- The walking minigame raises the walking stat.
- The music minigame raises the music stat.
- The toy time minigame raises the playing stat.
If the stat of an animal is very high, they will also perform better at the respective minigame.
Stats are measured in diamonds. An animal can have 7 diamonds per stat, 21 diamonds total. Though only well rounded animals can maximize all their stats.
Once an animal reaches the sixth growth stage, their stats are settled, meaning that they can no longer be improved on.
Personality[]
Pets can differ in their personalitys. The personality of a pet can give them stat boosts in up to tree stats.
- If a pet is athletic or very athletic, it will boost their walking stat.
- If a pet is musical or very musical, it will boost their music stat.
- If a pet is playful or very playful, it will boost their playing stat.
- If a pet is well rounded or very well rounded, it will boost all of their stats.
Some animals also have more that one personality trait. For example, an animal could be athletic and musical, boosting both the walking and music stat.
Animal title[]
Once an animal reaches the sixth growth stage, they will be granted a title.
This title is probably calculated via the stats of the pet (more info needed).
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the player menu.
The player menu gives the player an insight of their current game progression. Not only does it show, how many and which kind of animals the player has raised to the sixth growth stage already, but it shows the caregiver rank of the player aswell.
To see the player menu the player has to select the clipboard in the toolbar and then tap the left symbol (paper with animal footprint).
Minigames[]
Petz: Nursery 2 is a game very reliant on minigames. These minigames are used to perform tasks like feeding or cleaning animals, aswell as playing with them. Here is a list of all the minigames, which can be played within the game.
All the mingames marked with a "*" can be played with multiple animals at the same time aswell. This can slighly alter said minigames.
Locations[]
There are different locations in Petz: Nursery 2, which the player can visit. Here is a list of them.
Multiplayer[]
In Petz: Nursery 2 the player has the opportunity to exchange pets with other players. This requires two copies of the game, aswell as two Nintendo DS systems.
Sending an animal[]
To send an animal to another player, the owner of the animal first needs to tap the sixth symbol in the toolbar (the animal sitting on a DS). After that, they have to tap the symbol in the middle (the picture with the blue arrow). Now they can select an animal to transfer to the other player. In order to do that, the selected animal needs an activated Petz Code. Once the animal is chosen, the owner needs to press the blue tick on the bottom right of the screen. After that, they will be asked if they're sure that they want to send their animal away. If so, they have to press the blue tick again. Now they need to activate the DS wireless communications via the blue tick yet another time. After that, they have to tap the blue tick for the fourth time and then wait until the transfer is complete.
Receiving an animal[]
To receive an animal from another player, the player first needs to tap the sixth symbol in the toolbar (the animal sitting on a DS). After that, they have to tap the symbol on the right (the picture with the pink arrow). Here they will be asked if they want to activate DS wireless communications. If so, they have to press the blue tick. Now they need to tap the blue tick again in order to continue and then wait until the transfer is complete.
Petz Code[]

the Petz Code of Doggo.
In order to send an animal, they need an active Petz Code. To enable an animals Petz Code, the player first needs to tap the sixth symbol in the toolbar (the animal sitting on a DS). After that, they have to tap the symbol on the left (animal on a computer screen). Here they can select an animal to activate their pets code. Once the right animal is selected, the player needs to tap the blue tick on the bottom right of the screen. A Petz Code can only be given to animals in the sixth growth stage.
Settings[]
To get to the settings of the game, the player needs to tap the last symbol in the toolbar (the wrench). Here they can change the sound settings, change the games language or manually save the game. They can also view the credits here.
Delete savefile[]
To delete their savefile, the player has to go to the titlescreen and press the R-Button, L-Button, X-Button, B-Button and SELECT at the same time.
Plot[]
The Beginning[]
The Game starts in the Adoption Center, where the player is suppost to select their first pet.
They can choose between dogs (Labrador Retriever, Dachshund), cats (Persian, American Shorthair) and penguins (Macaroni Penguin, Humboldt Penguin). The player will also be able to choose the gender and the name of it's new pet. The selection of possible pets will grow as the game progresses.
After the player has selected an animal, the game will change it's location to the nursery. Here starts the tutorial of the game.
Tutorial[]
Once the player arrives in the nursery for the first time, a popup will show, that will say, that their new pet is hungry and that they should take care of them. Here the player will be introduced to the Feeding Time (Newborn) Minigame.
After that, a small cutszene will play, followed by a popup, which says, that the pet has grown and is now able to play. To continue the tutorial, the player must enter the toolbar on the bottom of the screen and select the paw shape. This will introduce them to the Balloon Minigame.
Now with the Balloon Minigame finished, the player will find themself with another popup. This time, it states that the pet looks dirty. So the player has to select the bottle symbol on the toolbar to continue. This will bring them to the Bath Time (Newborn) Minigame for the first time.
With yet another minigame solved, the player will be greeted by a popup yet again. This time, it says that the animal is sleepy and needs to be put to bed. By pressing the pet bed symbol in the toolbar, the player will enter the Sleeping Minigame. Here they can choose between 3 lullabys and if they want to sing their pet to sleep or rock them in the cradle.
After some time playing, the player will be asked via popup, if they would like to adopt a second pet to keep the first one company. After that point, the game turns into an open end type of game.
Development[]
As stated by IGN, Petz: Nursery 2 was announced at the 2010 Games for Everyone Lineup by Ubisoft on July 8th 2010 to be a release for this years holiday season.
Reception[]
Currenty Petz: Nursery 2 has a 4 stars rating on GameFAQs (last updated 2024).
There is not much known about the general reception of the game, since no game critics or companys rated it shortly after release. But since a lot of new Petz Games dropped in the same time period as said game, it is to be expected, that the market was overwhelmed by the mass of new games. This is probably the reason why it went rather unnoticed.
Trivia[]
- Even though there is a lion featured on the cover, there is no possibility to own a lion in the game.
- The maximum animal capacity is 20, however there are 22 different animals available. This means that the player can at no point own every animal in the game.
- The animals weight in the games is measured in "apples".
- If the player spends lots of time in the nursery just watching their animals, then their pets sometimes start to wander around (even behind the sofa) or interact with different things in their surroundings.
- Animals have favourite foods. This shows at the feeding time minigame with an extra heart, when the favourite food has been put in the pet's meal.
- Sometimes after petting an animal, the player will be able to pick their pet up.
External links[]
- Petz: Nursery 2 at GameFAQs
- Petz:Nursery 2 Release at IGN
Petz series | |
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Petz | Vet • Wild Animals: Dolphinz • Wild Animals: Tigerz • Bunnyz • Rescue: Wildlife Vet • Rescue: Ocean Patrol • Sports: Dog Playground • Dogz Pack • Monkeyz House • Crazy Monkeyz • Rescue: Endangered Paradise • Fashion: Dogz & Catz • Dolphinz Encounter • Nursery • Fantasy: Sunshine Magic • Nursery 2 • Fantasy: Moonlight Magic • Bunnyz Bunch • Fantasy 3D • Puppyz & Kittenz • Beach • Countryside |
Catz | Catz (GBC) • Catz (2005) • Catz 2 • Catz Clan • Kittens • Catz Family • Catz Playground |
Dogz | Dogz (GBC) • Dogz Fashion • Dogz (2005) • Dogz 2 • Petz: Dogz 2 • Dogz Fashion • Dogz Family • Dogz Talent Show |
Horsez | Horsez • Horsez 2 • Horse Club • Horseshoe Ranch • Pony Beauty Pageant • Horsez Family |
Hamsterz | Hamsterz Life • Hamsterz 2 (GBA) • Hamsterz 2 (DS) • Hamsterz Superstarz • Hamsterz Family |
Releated | Mindscape • Ubisoft • PF Magic • Ballz |