Pet Zombies is a Nintendo 3DS game published by Majesco Entertainment and developed by 1st Playable Productions that lets players raise their very own zombie pets.
Players can choose to play with, care for, or torment their zombies in locations like cemeteries, evacuated malls or rundown military bases.
Tropes associated with Pet Zombies:
- Bad People Abuse Animals: Averted. In the few lore the game has, Animal Abuse (or specifically, Zombie Abuse) seems to have become normalized and socially acceptable. See Crapsack World below.
- Covers Always Lie: The front cover has a Zombie type that doesn't appear in-game.note
- Crapsack World: This is a game where Zombies are being domesticated as pets and sometimes in-game, your zombie will break into your neighbors' yard and eat their pet. Torture devices are also sold at pet stores for cheap and the announcer on the intercom makes it crystal clear how popular they are.
- Cruel Player-Character God: You are disembodied in the game, so it's possible to be this.
- Fishing Minigame: Subverted with Dumpster Dive. Instead of you fishing for trash in the dumpster, your zombie picks them out and throws them at you, and you have to catch them in a bin.
- Fluffy the Terrible: Possible to Invoke this, since you can name your Zombie
- Gonk: Some Zombies turn out like this.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: You can name your Zombie, but not yourself.
- Human Pet: Your very human-like zombie.
- Mini Game Game: Downplayed. Taking part in minigames is your only way of getting money, but the Raising Sim is still the main draw of the game.
- Parody: Of Virtual Pet Simulation games, like Nintendogs and Tamagotchi.
- Pet Monstrosity: Your Zombie, of course.
- Raising Sim: Your Zombies don't develop much, and aren't too needy, but you are their caretaker.
- Unusual Pets for Unusual People: Judging off the gameplay, the Player Character is an Ax-Crazy Psychopath
or a compassionate Friend to All Living Things. - Virtual Pet: Your Zombie.
- Video Game Caring Potential: You can Groom, wash, and buy Expensive toys for your zombie.
- Video Game Cruelty Potential: You can also burn, electrocute, hit your Zombie and more. This is even encouraged.
- What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: Poor Zombie...
- Zombie Advocate: Averted. See Crapsack World.
- Zombie Stories: This entire game.
