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{{Short description|2007 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Baby Pals
|image= Baby Pals.jpg
|caption = European cover art of ''Baby Pals''
|developer=Brain Toys
|publisher={{vgrelease|JP|[[Interchannel]]|NA|[[Crave Entertainment]]|EU|THQ}}
|released ={{vgrelease|NA|November 19, 2007|EU|March 7, 2008|AUS|March 13, 2008|JP|July 17, 2008}}
|genre = [[Action game|Action]], [[Life simulation game|life simulation]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Nintendo DS]]
}}
'''''Baby Pals''''' is a [[simulation game|simulation-style]] [[video game]] for the [[Nintendo DS]] developed by American studio Brain Toys that released in North America and in the [[PAL]]  region in late 2007 and early 2008. The objective of the game is to take care of a virtual baby through certain tasks as feeding, bathing, and teaching just like a real father or mother would do. Players can choose the gender of the baby.<ref name="Pocket Gamer">{{cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/006694/baby-pals/|title=Baby Pals|last=Brice|first=Kath|date=May 2, 2008|website=Pocket Gamer|accessdate=November 30, 2018}}</ref><ref name="IGN">{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/11/baby-pals-review|title=Baby Pals Review|last=Thomas|first=Lucas|date=January 11, 2008|website=IGN|accessdate=November 30, 2018}}</ref>
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|rev1=''[[IGN]]''
|rev1Score=4/10<ref name="IGN"/>
|rev2=''[[Pocket Gamer]]''
|rev2Score=3.5/5.<ref name="Pocket Gamer"/>
}}
[[IGN]] rated the 4 of 10 stating that "I'd really recommend passing this one by, and I'd hope that the developers of this one would think twice about including elements like that again in any potential future follow-up."<ref name="IGN"/>
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==Alleged subliminal message==
According to news reports, a mother who purchased the game for her child reported that the babies in the game say something that sounds like "[[Islam]] is the light" under certain circumstances. The babies in the game generally do not have any spoken dialog.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/strange_news/offbeat_wthi_terrehaute_islam_is_the_light_nintendo_0126200921532177991|title=Video game plays strange message?|last=Hayes|first=Jessica|date=2009-01-27|publisher=WPRI|accessdate=2009-02-02|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225064058/http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/strange_news/offbeat_wthi_terrehaute_islam_is_the_light_nintendo_0126200921532177991|archivedate=February 25, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, according to a representative from the game's publisher, [[Crave Entertainment]], the sound bit came from "a recording of a 5-month-old baby babbling non-intelligible phrases." He pointed out that "the baby being recorded was too young to pronounce these words let alone a whole grammatically correct phrase."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/30/crave-responds-to-baby-pals-controversy|title=Crave responds to Baby Pals controversy|last=Fletcher|first=JC|date=2009-01-30|publisher=joystiq|accessdate=2009-02-02|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202061106/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/30/crave-responds-to-baby-pals-controversy|archivedate=2 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also==
*''[[Purr Pals]]''
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/babypals/index.html GameSpot Summary]
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[[Category:2007 video games]]
[[Category:Crave Entertainment games]]
[[Category:Interchannel games]]
[[Category:Nintendo DS games]]
[[Category:Nintendo DS-only games]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:THQ games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Virtual baby video games]]
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