NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today that National Geographic Panda has gone gold for Nintendo DS. Nurture and play with your own cuddly panda using intuitive touch screen controls in this virtual pet simulation game. Learn more about pandas with the game's library of recent and past National Geographic magazine articles, each accompanied by the landmark photography the magazine is known for. Also included with each copy of National Geographic Panda is an hour-long bonus DVD, Secrets of the Wild Panda. Everyone will be captivated as they interact with and learn about these majestic animals.
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Pocket Gamer reports: There have been enough virtual animal simulations on DS now that we might normally not pay a newly announced one that much attention. But ¿ look ¿ this one has pandas! And seeing as pandas are universally accepted to be the cutest animals in the world (though they will try to bite your arm off should you get too close) it's got to be worth a mention.

National Geographic Panda is set to be released by Namco Bandai later this year. The game enables players to raise a panda from fluffy cub to lazy adult, building them an enclosure with tyre swings, see-saws and slides, as well as buying them food and toys. You're even able to build up a group of pandas, which we're going to be very disappointed if isn't as cute as this.
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