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Line 1: {{Protect}} ''For the '''main character''', see ~~[[Pou (character)]]~~{{PouC}}'' {{GameNew\|title=Pou\|image=<gallery> ~~PouAndroid~~Pou Android Icon.png\|Android icon▼ ~~PouWordmark.png\|Logo~~ ▲PouAndroid.png\|Android icon PouApple.png\|iOS icon </gallery>\|developer=[[Paul Salameh]]\|publisher=[[Zakeh]]\|version=1.4.118 (Android)<br> 1.4.~~115~~119 (iOS)<br>See [[Game versions]] for more details\|platform=Android, iOS, BlackBerry 10, PC (Upcoming)\|releasedate=August 5, 2012 (Android)<br>March 13, 2014 (iOS)\|genre=Virtual pet, simulation\|rating=4+ (iOS)<br>E (Android)}} '''''Pou''''' is a virtual pet app developed by [[Zakeh]] and released for Android and BlackBerry on August 5, 2012 and later on iTunes on March 13, 2014. It soon became viral and was rated 4.3 stars by the players. The game had over [[Countries\|500 million downloads]] since 2019. Line 17 ⟶ 16: ==History== Pou was created by Lebanese game designer [[Paul Salameh]], the founder and owner of the company [[Zakeh]]. He came up with the idea after his previous game, ''[[Persian Maze]]'', failed to attract many players. A friend suggested that he should make a game about a cat, but Salameh decided to make it an alien instead~~<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e0yjNw5E_o&ab_channel=PouVlogs</ref>~~.{{cite}} He experimented with different shapes for the alien, such as a circle, a pear, and even a potato. He named the game Pou, which is his own nickname in real life, and he also provided the voice for the alien character. The game was developed from April 1 to September 29, 2011, and actual production began on May 2012. The game was finally released for {{W\|Android}} and {{W\|BlackBerry}} on August 5, 2012, and later on {{W\|iTunes}} on March 13, 2014. The game became a huge success, reaching over 100 million downloads by December 2013. It was compared to ''{{W\|Tamagotchi}}'', a popular virtual pet game from the 1990s, but Salameh said that Pou was not really inspired by it.<ref>https://www.wamda.com/2013/05/the-24-year-old-lebanese-entrepreneur-behind-pou-top-mobile-kids-game</ref> He said that Pou was a different concept and that there were many kinds of creatures in the game. The game also spawned merchandise such as toys and clothing. In December 4, 2019, the game was temporarily removed from the app stores for a small update. Many fans panicked and thought that the game was delisted forever, but it was just a temporary glitch. The game was restored shortly after. In recent years, one of the people who helped improve the game was [[OesKy]], an employee of Zakeh since 2022. She was hired as a freelance artist by Salameh and made significant changes to the game's graphics and design. ==Gameplay== Line 62 ⟶ 59: {{Main\|Pou (game)/Unused}} There have been concepts, hidden files and scrapped ideas of Pou that were never used in the game, the link above shows some examples of this type of content. ==Soundtrack== {{Main\|Pou (game)/Soundtrack}} == Sequel == [[File:Pou2Proof.png\|thumb\|Official tweet by Paul Salameh, March 22, 2022\|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321162054/https://twitter.com/paulsalameh/status/1505942323389243395]] An untitled '''sequel to Pou''' was confirmed to be in production by [[Paul Salameh]] in the [https://twitter.com/PouAlien official X (Twitter) page] of the game.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220321162054/https://twitter.com/paulsalameh/status/1505942323389243395</ref> The game still does not have any footage or screenshots as of {{date}}. Many speculate the game to be in 3D, due to the latest images in the {{w\|Twitter under Elon Musk\|X}} (then {{w\|Twitter}}) and Facebook pages being in 3D. Additionally, on the end of every Pou update log, the following sentence appears: ''"Sorry for late updates, we're STILL working on something BIG! ^_^".'' There were numerous unofficial attempts to create a "sequel" to the game, that can be viewed [[List of Pou Internet phenomena/Fan games and bootlegs#Unofficial_Pou_2_games\|here]]. ==Trivia== ~~Although plans for the game began from April 1 to September 29, 2011<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e0yjNw5E_o&ab_channel=PouVlogs</ref>, the actual~~The production of the game began in May 2012 and took three months.<ref>https://www.crp.com.pe/en/noticia/hardly-recommendable-dependence-on-virtual-pets/</ref> ''Pou'' was created after a friend of Paul Salameh suggested to him to make a game based on a cat.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e0yjNw5E_o&ab_channel=PouVlogs</ref> There is an unofficial Windows 10 port of ''Pou'' called ''[[Mou]]''. This version noticeably lacks many features. This game is immensely popular in Latin American countries. The game was unexpectedly removed from Google Play in early December 2019. Despite rumors that the game has been finally cancelled, the game was brought back because Paul Salameh simply updated the game. The game comes in 22 languages: English, Arabic, Catalan, Mandarin Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian and Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish and Ukrainian. The health bar is the slowest-depleting bar in the game, while the energy bar is the fastest. A unique feature in this game is that the player can change the [[Game Colors\|color palettes]] of some of the minigames. This was made to help colorblind players distinguish Pous colors in games that require matching colors (such as [[Connect]], [[Color Match]], and [[Pou Popper]]). The maximum level for the game is 270. The font used in the logo and the in-game text is called "Pou" in the game files. However, the real name of the font is actually called "Cookies" and can be found [https://fontmeme.com/fonts/cookies-font/ here]. *In some older versions of the game dating back to 2012, ~~a different~~the font ~~called~~used ~~[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P7mAVxbLAj7qoScDlCGB6hDZ_4q3zdwi/view?usp=drivesdk~~was the one used in the 1967 Beatles album ''{{W\|Magical] Mystery Tour}}''. ("Magical" as titled in the game files) ~~was used~~.<ref>https://www.dafont.com/magical-mystery-tour.font</ref> ==External links== Line 88 ⟶ 93: ==Gallery== ''Main article: [[Pou (game)/gallery]].'' ~~==Trailers==~~ ~~<gallery>~~ ~~File:POU - Trailer HD (download game app for Android & Iphone)\|2014~~ ~~File:Pou- Your Favorite Pet Alien!\|2016~~ ~~</gallery>~~ ==References== {{reflist}} ~~[[de:Pou (App)]]~~ [[Category:Pou]] [[Category:Games]]