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Nirwana called Zippy up and down the mountain to try to find the perfect frame, while we clustered near his feet or tried to find flat ground near his back legs while pulling the camera as far back as possible in photo mode. Nirwana SAO is the size of Zippy’s toenail! Image: Hello Games via Nirwana SAOĪfter it hatched, we spent the next half an hour trying to take pictures of Zippy, which was difficult as we hardly fit in the frame with the creature. (When in social areas, pets are shrunk down to a more manageable size so they don’t break through the ceiling.) What’s especially charming is that these beasts can be small or really, really large, like the big baby named Zippy who threw me off a mountain. No Man’s Sky lets you keep the original size of the animal, at least outside of social areas where fans mingle. A series like Pokémon will tell you that Wailord is way bigger than a humble Wooloo, but they appear basically the same size on the battlefield. If they’re so inclined, they can turn those pets into murder machines.Īll of this animal diversity is maintained after players tame their pets. Now, space travelers can take one of these weird, procedurally-generated beasts, regardless of size, and tame them. 17, but the game has always had tons of cool creatures to find when exploring the galaxy. Spacefarers have only had access to pets since Feb. I showed up on her world to witness the hatching. Nirwana SAO is a long-time No Man’s Sky builder and content creator, and she received the egg as a gift from another member of the Pan-Galactic Builder’s Federation. No Man’s Sky has pets now, thanks to the recent Companions patch, and I witnessed the hatching of a player’s pet. I was immediately disoriented when the big baby emerged, his head crest caught me, and I was thrown into the sky and straight off the mountain. We both looked adoringly at the big green egg in front of us, which was due to hatch. I climbed a mountain covered with beautiful blue-green grass, and stood next to another figure in a spacesuit.
