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INTEREST: Neko Works Announces Inupara: Dogs Paradise Game on April Fool's Day




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SigTheSauceMan



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:53 pm Reply with quote
For those who are disappointed that this is an April Fool's thing, allow me to point you in the direction of Wanko to Kurasou. It's essentially a dog version of NekoPara, but with significantly more story, drama, and worldbuilding. It's kind of old, but looks pretty good.
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blooperboy



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:41 pm Reply with quote
The husky being the cool quiet type lets me know that these people have never had a husky.
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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:47 pm Reply with quote
blooperboy wrote:
The husky being the cool quiet type lets me know that these people have never had a husky.
Yep - if anything, huskies are clearly the destroyers of homes, let alone them being quiet - considering they have a really high energy drive which is dangerous for anything nearby without giving them enough outlet (which is a given - they are supposed to be sled dogs after all).

More like stereotypes about the people from northern areas leaking in.
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hexashadow13



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 4:25 pm Reply with quote
Considering that they'll be wrapping up NekoPara soon and that they did eventually release something for their previous April Fool's joke, I think there's a high chance this will be a real thing.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 9:16 pm Reply with quote
Those "popular" dog breeds by way of AKC stats:
Chihuahua-37
Pembroke Welsh Corgi-11
Pomeranian-24
Shiba-42
Siberian Husky-19
Standard Poodle-5
a. Note that with AKC stats, they classify the 3 types of Poodles as just "Poodles".

Source: akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/most-popular-dog-breeds-of-2021/
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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 9:54 pm Reply with quote
I supported the 2017 Nekopara KS. I'd gladly support another Kickstarter for Inupara.
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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:33 am Reply with quote
Kadmos1 wrote:
Those "popular" dog breeds by way of AKC stats:
Chihuahua-37
Pembroke Welsh Corgi-11
Pomeranian-24
Shiba-42
Siberian Husky-19
Standard Poodle-5
a. Note that with AKC stats, they classify the 3 types of Poodles as just "Poodles".

Source: akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/most-popular-dog-breeds-of-2021/

Those stats represent the US though, and it's a quite different case with Japan in terms of popularity - unlike the US where the top usually dominated by labs or shepherds ("big dogs for a big house", basically), it's more representable with small breeds due to housing conditions and very small apartments in a high-density urban area - so toy poodles, chihuahua and poms are way higher on the rating of popularity (1, 2 and 6 respectably) - and Shiba is, well, a Japanese branded breed, being on 4th place.
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maximilianjenus



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:02 am Reply with quote
blooperboy wrote:
The husky being the cool quiet type lets me know that these people have never had a husky.


probably it's like the dog equivalent of a tsundere, calm and quiet when it does not know you, then it becomes a natural disaster of destruction and enthusiasm as it gets to know you. now that's a character arc.
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Asrialys



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 9:31 am Reply with quote
https://twitter.com/nekopara_pr/status/1509793290799153153?t=SlKDDXv8mMBvqF6-Kj4iCQ&s=19
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WANNFH



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 3:11 pm Reply with quote
maximilianjenus wrote:
probably it's like the dog equivalent of a tsundere, calm and quiet when it does not know you, then it becomes a natural disaster of destruction and enthusiasm as it gets to know you. now that's a character arc.
Except true huskies are always 100% destructive force, no matter they know you or not. Think comedy exagerrated genki type, something close to Yui from Angel Beats or Haruka from Little Busters.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:44 pm Reply with quote
Looks cute!
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Sabruness



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:10 am Reply with quote
a couple months down the track, i can totally see them going 'hey, remember that april fools joke about Inupara? Well, we're making it into a real game'.

Also as a dog lover, this would have a more immediate appeal to me. I'm meh on the Husky and Chihuahua but the others are top notch.
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