Dobutsu Shogi World (2019)

Developer: SilverStar
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch
Genres: Card & Board Game
Where to get it: Nintendo eShop

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A gentle, turn-based board game that feels like learning through patient, low-stakes play with charming animal pieces.

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About

Master Shogi easily with this game! Let’s play and learn Shogi on three levels! Dobutsu Shogi (Age: 4+) A game played on a 3×4 square board with eight animal pieces. Cute animal pieces have marks to show the direction of movement. Easy rules. Have fun learning basic Shogi! Goro-Goro Dobutsu Shogi (Age: 5+) A game played on a 5×6 square board with 16 animal pieces. An advanced Dobutsu Shogi game. The perfect way to learn and increase your skill in moving Dog (Gold) and Cat (Silver) that are important pieces for protecting King and for checkmating. Dobutsu Shogi in the Greenwood (Age: 6+) A game played on a 9×9 square board with 40 animal pieces. A board game with the same rules as Shogi. Piece movement and other basic rules are the same as Dobutsu Shogi and Goro-Goro Dobutsu Shogi. Use all that you learned and start playing Shogi.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.