I feel like this is just a really overblown meme at this point, but I’m not sure. I’m not sure where this trend started, but after more gameplay was shown of Persona 3 Reloaded, a feature that SO MANY people love, has been finally added. Time to show Koromaru your appreciation in the most gratifying way.

That’s right, a feature that the OG Persona 3 was missing, and desperately needed, was the ability to pet Koromaru. Now everytime people are given the ability to pet a dog or animal, people go nuts over it. I’m pretty sure at this point, it’s just a meme and people don’t really think this enhances the gameplay experience. But I can be wrong. Some of these people enjoy some crazy things.

Recently I’ve played Fate/ Samurai Remnant, and Ghost of Tsushima.  Both games included petting animals. Hell, in Ghost of Tsushima, you can pet a FOX!!!

But does it excite my experience? No, not really. Hell, I sometimes forget to pet the fox after it’s done helping me. It’s just a little extra thing that doesn’t gain you anything. So I wouldn’t even be sad if the feature wasn’t even in the game to begin with. But, I guess it being in the game doesn’t hurt either, it adds to the world I guess. But if the game is shit, it’s shit. I know petting the dog feature isn’t going to save it, so focus on that first.

I'm looking at you Final Fantasy 16.

Do you like petting dogs in games? Is petting animals in games just a meme? Do you think the gameplay experience is more immersive with dog petting? Tell us in the comments.