DS Daily: Imagine some random job

by Alisha Karabinus { Aug 25th 2008 at 9:00AM }

So we've got what now ... rock star, teacher, babyz (sitter), chef, animal doctor (because veterinarian probably has too many syllables for a single word), and now wedding designer. There are probably even a few of Ubisoft's Imagine titles that we missed in that list, but hey -- we can't remember them all. But we can imagine the future of the line. What do you think about Imagine: Trophy Wife, or Imagine: Reality Show Star?

Tags: imagine, ubisoft, wedding-designer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

currynoodles @ Aug 25th 2008 9:11AM

Imagine: DS Fanboy writer. xD

Why do they keep churning out these Imagine series titles anyway? Unless I've been living under a rock I reckon they haven't been selling so well.

jgoreham @ Aug 25th 2008 9:16AM

I've already done that job in real life, I'd never want to do it in a *game*! Those are supposed to be fun!

elsng @ Aug 25th 2008 9:21AM

Must be a slow news week.

Saphion @ Aug 25th 2008 9:22AM

Imagine: Turgid Game Developer.

God, I hate Ubisoft.

Hamster @ Aug 25th 2008 9:39AM

Imagine: A World Without Ubisoft.

Aaah, that would be sweet!

Makoto99 @ Aug 25th 2008 10:02AM

Imagine: Hotel Fortune Heiress
Imagine: Dockside Shanty Bouncer
Imagine: High School Guidance Counsellor ("...it's important to have a job with meaning.")

These Imagine games sell enough to keep making them. I haven't played them, but I would guess they're somewhat cookie-cutter, such that now that the "template" is made, you just pop out the old and put in a new, tweak some of the minor gameplay to adapt it to the new job... it probably requires less development costs, so recouping the cost is easier.

If they constantly work from the ground up and somehow are making a profit on these, then hey, more power to them.

leonus11 @ Aug 25th 2008 10:10AM

Imagine: no more shovelware.

now THAT would be awesome. sadly that might not be the case. (sigh) well a guy can dream right? but i still have high hopes for the DS! i know soon enough it'll get the tons and tons of core games it deserves!

Char6296 @ Aug 25th 2008 10:11AM

Imagine: Advertisement Designer.
They've started to advertise these now over here on TV in the UK. Starring a member of Girls Aloud, I think, preferring the game to the actual business. Sadness. And GAME have started up a Figure Skater ad and all. Featuring ten/eleven year olds enjoying themselves on the game and some awful animation of Princesses skating and grinning those horrible, soulless wide grins to go with it.

aj @ Aug 25th 2008 10:32AM

Every time I see some dumb Paris Hilton wannabe walking around, I just remember that her parents taught her that she should never aspire to be anything more than pretty.

Thanks, Ubisoft, for keeping the circle going. Women really were starting to get too adamant about things like "not being sex objects" and "learning to read and write".

RupeeClock @ Aug 25th 2008 12:50PM

Imagine: Housewife
http://www.playingzone.com/images/jeux/ds/cooking_mama_ds_pack.jpg

Phil @ Aug 25th 2008 4:51PM

Imagine: Coke Mule

Experience the thrill of crossing the border in an attempt to smuggle drugs that are in-

Okay, I'm gonna stop there.

Ted @ Aug 25th 2008 7:46PM

Everyday that I see these titles at work, they tend to take more and more space on the shelves everytime.

The next one coming out is "Imagine: Fashion Designer 2 New York" or something along the lines of that...

We have a running joke about the Imagine: Master Chef calling it Imagine: Master Chief; it's not that funny but hey, whatever passes time. =P

Tyler @ Aug 25th 2008 7:49PM

Imagine: Hobo

BayWii @ Aug 25th 2008 8:03PM

Imagine: GameStop Employee.

Would be the worst game ever. And I would know from experience. :(

Kia @ Aug 26th 2008 8:36AM

These Imagine games are creepy. I wonder what it is like being a designer for these games. Do you want to smack yourself around for making them?...

It's all well and good that DS has so many titles to choose from, but if you don't follow gaming at all and walked into a store, you'd probably think the DS and its games are some kind of gimmick.