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*nyahh*
In 2012, long after the days of Tamagotchi, a Lebanese developer by the name of Paul Salameh created a virtual pet that would soon be loved by millions of players. This game was called Pou, and it had many other features unheard of at the time. The player has to take care of a brown triangle alien (yes, it's not a Talking Poo) by feeding it, cleaning it, and playing minigames to earn coins. You can also customize its clothes and skin color.
- Armless Biped: The pet hamster, rabbit, monkey, pig, cat, and dog that Pou may own.
- Auto-Scrolling Level: Vertically (Tumble) and horizontally (Cliff Jump).
- Balloon Belly: Feeding Pou too much food results in it getting fat.
- Big Eater: Pou can eat anything in Food Drop without getting fat.
- Big Eyes, Little Eyes: A Baby Pou's eyes are bigger than its body. After time its eyes will shrink as their bodies grow.
- Character Customization: You can change Pou's clothes, hair, and skin color.
- Cool Shades: The player can buy their Pou multicolor sunglasses, even one with grills.
- Cheeky Mouth: Pou's mouth is usually on its left cheek.
- Fake Difficulty: The pet in Beach Volley is faster than the player. Also, the pet's hitbox is shaped differently than Pou's, whose hitbox is exactly the same shape as its body.
- Fluffy Cloud Heaven: Pou can go here when it jumps too high in the Doodle Jump clone, Sky Jump.
- Grid Puzzle: Naturally, Sudoku.
- Healing Potion: Comes in two sizes, small and large.
- Innocent Aliens: Word of God confirms that Pou is supposed to be an alien, and not a pile of Talking Poo.
- Match Three Game: Food Swap.
- Microtransactions: The gray skin color, and also, extra in-game coins.
- Medium Blending: Food is rendered as photorealistic images as opposed to the simple 2D art style of the game.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Pou itself.
- Simon Says Mini Game: The Pou Sounds minigame. They are even colored red, yellow, green, and blue.
- Virtual Paper Doll: This game allows the player to dress up Pou with the clothes they bought with coins.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: The player can buy wigs for their Pou in any color.