There have been plenty of virtual pet games for phones, from the earliest days of mobile gaming. Love A Lemming might not feature super-whizzy 3D graphics, but its cartoony 2D look is faithful to the Lemmings games that gamers know and love. And in that sense iFone has delivered, as the lemmings here are cutesy enough to ensure you fire the game up regularly to keep them happy. The key to a game like this are the visuals, as they have to make you feel affection for your pet. The idea that lemmings jump off cliffs, attempting to die, could come from researchers observing restless Norwegian lemmingsforced to expand their territoryjumping onto the ice and into the water during high peak years. More Lemmings is based on the misconception regarding small rodents that (allegedly) commit suicide en masse by jumping off cliffs and/or swimming into the ocean. If you do well enough, you get credits to spend in an in-game shop on treats for your lemming. They're all simple, such as parachuting down or firing a cannon at a target, but they're well designed and fun to play. Browse 10 lemmings cliff stock photos and images available, or search for danger to find more great stock photos and pictures. The core of Love A Lemming, however, are the six mini-games that build up your lemming's skills. Thankfully, it only takes a few of these to tame him. Weirdly, you even get to punish your lemming, although we're not sure the RSPCA would approve of iFone's chosen method of shoving him into a crate and slamming the lid down. It's quite a commitment, as you have to play a couple of times a day to keep him sweet. Instead, you have to give your pet lemming a name, and then try to keep him happy in traditional Tamagotchi style, by making sure he gets enough food, drink, sleep and playtime. There's no jumping off high objects or blowing themselves up in this game.
They're Lemmings! As in characters from the classic game Lemmings. This video/spoof was inspired by and has the audio of the original 'lemmings jumping off cliffs', which was recorded from a show broadcast by Disney. We'd be stuck if that was true.)Īnyway, all this is a way of introducing the fact that iFone has released a game called Love A Lemming, which lets you nurture, yes, a lemming (whether it's with love or not is down to you, frankly).Īnd as you may have realised, these aren't just any old lemmings. Lemmings Jumping Off Cliffs Posted by Samuel Wee at 10:27 AM. (By the way, don't go spoiling our intro with blather about how real-world lemmings DON'T jump off cliffs. But introducing furry suicide into the equation is just unnecessary until they're a little bit older. Yes, owning pets is a great way to teach kids about the natural cycle of life and death.
The minute your back was turned, the little fella would be leaping off the garage, or plummeting down the chimney. Hell, even a pygmy hippo would be tempting if we had space in the garden.īut a lemming? It's just fraught with problems. We have to admit, we'd never considered getting a lemming for a pet.