ねこあつめ NekoAtsume! Let's feed the stray cats together!
A furry
tail rubbed across my leg! I felt disgusted by that white cat underneath my
chair. Immediately I went to the wash room and cleaned my leg. And when I returned
to my seat, I lifted my leg up to avoid any situation with it. That was me a few
years back when I was a teenager. I hated everything which had fur such as
hamster, guinea pig, dog and cat.
Who
knew few years later I have become someone who adore all fluffy creatures and
enjoy going to the pet store to play with them! How I wish I could have a cat
in the future! (Poking the paws every day.)
To
satisfy my fetish for cats, I have searched high and low for cat-related games in
my mobile phone. I was very excited when I saw a stranger whom had posted a few
images in Instagram. I downloaded the game and played for months. Although it
was far from touching the cat's paw, but gazing at them through my mobile
screen was satisfying enough.
Although the game is in Japanese, it is such a breeze
to play. Once you have navigated and explored every option, you will understand
how to play NekoAtsume.
Firstly, there will be a tutorial to teach you how to
play the game. You will be given a basic place which is your garden. The objective
of this game is to feed the cats, get the money which is in the form of Fishes currency
(I will explain this later), purchase the item to decorate your garden and
attract more cats to come!
You will need to purchase
a red ball and placed it on the ground in
the garden. Once you have completed this task, you are free to do whatever you
want! Come to Papa, dear cat.
Cat
This is where you can see your cat individually. Their
preference such as what they like and how many times had they visited your
garden.
After a few game updates, their options has become
more systematic and easier to navigate. Currently the game version is v1.3.1.
As you can see from the image above, there are few options that you can choose
from. The first row will be a cat list. The second option on the second row is
the treasures.
When
you start to play the game, the list is definitely empty but I will show you
the full image and what it should be. At the moment there are 48 different types
of cats in the game for you to invite them to your garden. By getting the right
toys they will appear in your garden eventually. Rare cats take longer time to
appear as you would need to purchase expensive and the right toys to attract
them.
1. Name for the cat (By default, the name will be in
Japanese and you are free to rename them)
2. Personality
3. Strength (I assume this is to determine the amount of
fishes you will get but not to the exact quantity. For example,100 strength
give you ten fishes versus 50 strength give you only three fishes. If I am
wrong on this, please update me)
4. Number of times visited
5. Top three-played toys
6. Album (Where you can view your cat's photo if you
have taken any)
7. Treasure (Tap on the treasure to see its description)
This
is one of my favourite cats, Shirley! She was the first few cats that appeared
in my garden.I could not resist naming the cat as Shirley. Shirley is one of my
friends who enjoy foods. That was my inspiration.
This
fat and white cat will appear occasionally in your garden and eat all your food!! She will
just lie there and feel contented with her tummy bloated. Please do not refill
your cat food when Shirley is there or you will get lesser fishes!
Treasures
Each
cat will drop random item for you to collect. I do not understand the purpose of
collecting these items but I think this is just to add some fun factor. As I
have mentioned previously, each treasure image will appear on your cat
individually on its profile.
You
will need in-game money (fishes) in order to buy anything from this market.
Before that let me explain to you the different currency in the game.
Every
cat will leave you some fishes after they have enjoyed the toys. The fishes
will go to 'Money' which I
will talk more about it later. Some cat leaves you silver fishes or gold
fishes. The amount varies from cats to cats (I did not really bother about the amount
since you can rack up to 150 fishes per day)
Gold fishes are the cash-money, which mean you can purchase them using real money.Do not spend your hard earn money on this gold anchovies! You will have enough to collect everything in the future. Just be patient.
There are many toys for you to
choose to interact with the cats. Large items will require a bigger space to
accommodate them. Large toys will attract two to three cats. Usually one cat
can only occupy one toy at one time but with larger toy, more cats can play
together! Besides those interaction toys, your next goal will be to save enough
gold fishes to buy the house expansion! You will have to save about 180 gold anchovies!!You may feel it takes long to have enough of gold fishes when
you start playing but if you keep on playing for a week, you will accumulate enough.
Bigger house means you are able to
put more toys on the ground = more cats will come to play!
The second last update brings new
houses to the game. You have one house design only when you begin. These houses
are expensive but as a first timer you are able to get a discount.You can have
one for a small amount of 140 of gold fishes. For the next house will be 280
gold fishes.
Most
images that you are looking are from my own version of NekoAtsume. I have
unlocked all the houses by saving enough money.
I
have abandoned my house for a long period. When there is no food, cats will not
come to play.
This
image was taken from a random website showing a house full of cats and their
activities.
Placement
Once
you have the items, you can place
Camera
Do
not be sad when you find out that there is no cat interaction. You can admire
them from your mobile screen but with this function, you can capture the cat
cuteness. You can either take the photo of the cat or your garden. Cat photos will
go to the individual cat's album.
After the house expansion, you are able to take a whole screen house image. The
background photo will be saved in your phone.
If
you tap a cat, you are able to see the cat’s photo under the album option. Each
cat has a main photo as a cover page and you can choose the best shot to
replace it.
This is the only button you can tap to go back to the main screen when you are in other option menu.（*´▽｀*）
This
is where you collect all your fishes from the cats. It is listed out in detail
such as which cat and the x amount of fish. In the beginning, you may want to
see which cat gives you the most fishes. After a while, you will press the
ultimate button, which is “Collect all”!!
This option is direct and it appears on every other game. Setting consists of volume control of the game background and sound effect. News option brings you to their website and the second one is twitter page
FAQ
This
page teaches you how to play the game with every function in it. You may email
the admin if you encounter any issue. Rest assure that the game is very simple
and easy to play. This is also the page where you can view or purchase the new
house expansion which is shown above.
I
hope you will enjoy this cute game.
Written by SnoringSeal
Credits :A few Images taken from various website.
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