Legendary games designer Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed that the concept behind Nintendogs + Cats was inspired by the 1963 Disney film The Incredible Journey.
“When I see my two pets getting along so well, there are all sorts of pretty pictures. For example, my dog will be padding along with the cat padding along behind it, or their silhouettes will be lined up before the evening sun. It made me think of The Incredible Journey, a Disney film I had seen as a child. It’s about two dogs and a cat who go on a journey to return to their owners after their owners leave on a trip and entrust them to a friend. It was quite moving.
“I thought how pleasing it would be if you could see a dog and cat getting along well in a game.”
“Making a game called Nintencats just didn’t seem right for Nintendo, but people all over the world love cats, so I wanted to put cats in a game somehow. But when I actually got a cat, I realised there just aren’t as many things to do with a cat as there are with a dog, that we may use in our entertainment. I concluded that showing how dogs and cats interact would be just right.”
– Shigeru Miyamoto
I like the idea. Its pretty Smart if you ask me. And as Miyamoto told, Cats are not that interestings like Dogs, like to develope a game just about cats…. Plus, I don’t like cats XD.
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oh wow i was way off with guessing the movie, i guessed oliver & company or lady and the tramp.
Disney are gonna claim royalties now.
Milo and Otis. By the way, cats are better than dogs.
i think that movie was remade as homeward bound