| Pretty Pet Salon | |
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| Developer(s) | Dream Cortex |
| Publisher(s) | Animoca |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Android |
| Release | January 26, 2011 (iOS) May 13, 2011 (Android) |
| Genre(s) | Casual Strategy Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Pretty Pet Salon is a strategy video game developed by Hong Kong studio Dream Cortex and published by Animoca[1] The game was released on January 26, 2011 for iOS and on May 13, 2011 for Android devices.[2] An HD version was released for the iPad on February 26, 2011,[3] followed by an Android version on May 13, 2011.[2] The iOS versions were taken down for a time on January 15, 2012[4] but since then the franchise has reappeared on Apple's App Store.[5] Pretty Pet Salon on the Android Market and on the Amazon Appstore were unaffected.
In the game, players must run a pet-grooming salon by micro-managing their staff. Pets must be groomed correctly to maintain customer satisfaction and the salon's profit.
The game is a freemium application, and it is the first title in the "Pretty Pet" series of apps.[2] The game was downloaded 11 million times within its first 6 months of release.[6]
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- ^ "Animoca/Dream Cortex games vanish from the App Store". gamezebo.com. gamezebo. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
- ^ "App Store Pretty Pet Salon Asian Edition". iTunes. 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
- ^ "Outblaze's Six-Month Foray Into Mobile Games Pays Off With 21M Downloads for Pretty Pet Salon & Other Apps". Inside Mobile Apps. WebMediaBrands. 2011-07-11. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
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