Pou (video game)

Pou (/puː/ or /poʊ/) is a virtual pet mobile game for BlackBerry 10, iOS and Android developed and published by a Lebanese^[3] designer Paul Salameh (listed as Zakeh on the Google Play Store).^[4] It is similar to Tamagotchi, a fad game that required caring for a simulated creature.^[5]

Pou
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Developer(s)	Paul Salameh^[1]^[2]
Publisher(s)	Paul Salameh
Platform(s)	Android,^[1] iOS,^[2] BlackBerry 10
Release	August 5, 2012^[1]

The player's Pou can interact with other Pous by visiting them when the game is connected to the Internet, or play games with other Pous as opponents via selected mini games which have Pou-vs-Pou (PvP) capability. The game connectivity is via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Internet. It has user accounts in order to save and back up the game progress state, in case the device is cleared. The last game progress can be resumed by logging into the user's account. Users can transfer a Pou from one device to another regardless of the platform by logging out of their account from a device and logging into another device; however, the application version must be the same between the two devices. In 2014, multilingual support was added.^{[citation needed]}

On August 19, 2015, it was announced on Pou's official profile on Google+ that the game would get a new 3D treatment and that a new app would be released in the summer of that year.^[6][7] However, this new app was not launched for unknown reasons and official news is still awaited.

With the success of the game, it has been cloned using the name "Mou" on Windows Phone.^[8][9] Among other clones include the Moy franchise by Frojo Apps,^[10] the two My Boo games by Tapps Games,^[11] and the two My Chu games by Apofiss.^[12]

Pou disappeared for a few days in the Google Play Store in early December 2019 due to there being an update made to the game.^[13]

References

1. "Pou - Android Apps on Google Play". Google Play. March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
2. "Pou on the App Store on iTunes". iTunes.apple.com. March 13, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
3. "How a 24-year-old Lebanese entrepreneur found global success by beating Tamagotchi at their own game". www.wamda.com.
4. Curley, Nina (May 16, 2013). "How a 24-year-old Lebanese entrepreneur found global success by beating Tamagotchi at their own game | Wamda.com". Wamda.com. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
5. Hecke, Caroline (August 16, 2013). "Como instalar e jogar o Pou, sucesso do Android, no computador" [How to install and play the Pou, success of Android on your computer]. TecMundo (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 15, 2013.
6. "Pou turns 3D". August 19, 2015.
7. "Pou Gets 3D Treatment". April 6, 2018.
8. . Pou Download. October 30, 2013. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
9. "Mou - Windows Phone". Windows Phone (Spain) (in Arabic). October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
10. "Frojo Apps". www.frojoapps.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
11. "Tapps Games". tappsgames.com. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
12. "Android Apps by apofiss on Google Play". Apofiss on Google Play. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
13. "Pou is Back, Reason Why It is Deleted!". Roonby. December 5, 2019.

External links

• Official website  
• Pou on Google Play Store