Eleven Video Game Animals You’d Want as Pets

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Two things inspired me to write this post. The first is all the talk about Barack Obama promising to buy his daughters a puppy now that he’s president (I hear they want a goldendoodle, which sounds like something from Harry Potter). The second is that I’ve been wandering around in Fallout 3 for thirty #$^%ing hours and I still haven’t found this dog I see in all the damn screenshots. I even beat the main quest line and he showed up in the end cutscene! Sigh.

Anyways, I wondered what other pets I could sub in for him, if I had every other video game to choose from. See what would make the world’s most bizarre pet shop after the jump:

1) Sonic – Sonic the Hedgehog

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Hedgehogs normally suck ass. They’re spiky and mean and not nearly as cool as hamsters. But what if your hedgehog was blue and could break the sound barrier? Hell yes. And he’d make you rich by bringing you and unlimited supply of gold rings.

2) Mew – Pokemon

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There were 151 300,000 Pokemon to chose from, but I ultimately decided on Mew. He’s friendly, catlike and adorable, not to mention he could shield your entire house with a psychic force field if he wanted to. Also, I’m hoping he can just mentally dissolve the poo in his body for a litter box free household.

3) Chocobo – Final Fantasy

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Now I’m talking about a full grown Chocobo, not one of those annoying little baby chripy ones. I want a big one I can ride and put battle armor on. Granted it doesn’t exactly look fearsome riding around on Big Bird, but it’d be cool nonetheless.

4) Ecco – Ecco the Dolphin

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He’s like Flipper, if Flipper could kill sharks with sonic pulses. Fish are generally pretty boring pets, but I’m pretty sure having your own dolphin would be badass. Granted his games kind of sucked (they made a PS2 one??), but he’d be a pretty great pet, provided you don’t mind sharing your pool.

5) Brumak – Gears of War

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It’d be kind of cool to have a pet where you could literally live on their back if you wanted to. Although I have to say, I’m not sure I could afford the steam shovel would be required to clean up his daily dumps.

6) Epona – The Legend of Zelda

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She’d (he’d?) probably be the most loyal pet on the list. Who was there whenever you didn’t feel like hoofing it across forty miles of Hyrule? Epona. Who was there when you needed someone to get the hell out of Dodge when you were being chased by ghosts wielding scary lanterns? Epona. So who would be there when you needed a ride home after a drunken night at the bar? Epona.

7) Yoshi – Super Mario Bros.

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How could I leave Yoshi off the list? He’s been used and abused in various Mario games, often cast into bottomless pits when questing for coins, but he’s always been a true friend. Yeah, he’s a dinosaur, but probably the least intimidating one since Barney, and often is downright adorable. Take him for a walk around the park, and you’ll have all the ladies ooo-ing and ahh-ing in no time, provided he doesn’t eat them and poop them all out as eggs.

8 ) Kazooie – Banjo-Kazooie

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No, not Banjo, what the hell would I do with a bear wearing shorts? I want Kazooie, his backpack residing bird friend. Yeah, he’s pretty damn annoying, but how many other pets can actually help you fly, or even better, shoot eggs out of their mouth? How does that even work incidentally?

9) Zombie Doberman – Resident Evil

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What’s better than a guard dog? A zombie guard dog! Granted it’s entirely possible he might turn on you at any given moment, causing you to wander the earth forever in a state of un-death, but hey, at least no one’s ever going to steal your flatscreen.

10) Conker – Conker’s Bad Fur Day

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Another Rare character makes the list, but this one is far from the G-rated action of Banjo-Kazooie. He was cute and cuddly in Diddy Kong Racing, but has developed quite the temper the past few years and has frequently been spotted running around with two submachine guns trying to get laid. Now that’s my kind of pet.

11) Parappa – Parappa the Rapper

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Oh your poodle won a dog show? My dog can %#&ing rap! Granted a few of the animals I’ve selected can talk, but none can spit out mad rhymes like Parappa. He’d be great for parties, but would probably have kind of an attitude in day to day life around the house.

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  1. Dogmeat can be found in the area called Scrap Yard its very NNE of Megaton. Across the river. You will find him killing some Raiders. He is pretty useful. But he can die.

  2. is that ecco post just for lulz? its a mammal, not a fish. and he killed an entire alien race bent on eating all life in the ocean… twice. well, the queen twice. and traveled to the past. and the future. and is good friends with a double helix… person thing.

  3. i love banjo and kazooie…the new one i’m not so sure about =/. But kazooie is definitely a girl, don’t feel bad about it because the majority of us didn’t know at first….kinda reminds me of the crying game….

  4. Dogmeat was not in the Scrapyard for me. He actually was just SW of Vault 101, about 5 minutes walk in the opposite direction of Megaton. First time I ventured that direction I found him.

  5. the way me and a couple of my friends got dog meat is once you get the minefield quest from moira go to the scrapyard on the way and he should be fighting some raiders

  6. what about that thing from ffvii? red xiii i think his name was… he can sorta talk in english, hes friggin huge, red, and he can fight… and cast spells… and hed seem like the kinda smart dude that might be able to help with hw….

  7. and to the freak who suggested navi… HEY, LISTEN, HELLO, BLUE, WATCH OUT, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, LISTEN!!!! OMFG the most pissy thing ever not to mention that you might squish it… which would actually maybe be a good thing… but seriously… navi like ruined OoT… i liked seeing baddies while she was out because she would fly there and start bugging them

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