History VideoGame / PocketStables

* OnlySixFaces: While a staple trope of many Kairosoft games, ''Pocket Stables'' takes it UpToEleven by having ''every single guest'' that visits your ranch appear indistinguishable from the others of their class type. For example, all gardeners look alike, all students look alike, etc.

* GameBreakingBug: It's possible for a rival horse to kick your horse into a corner and get you stuck, ensuring that [[UnwinnableByMistake there's no way for you to finish the race unless you retire]]. Likewise, it's possible for the computer to do this to it's own horses.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Some players have tried playing with an extra condition where they forfeit the game if they managed to get to the point where their assistant have to sell off her valuables to fund the ranch. Invariably, this means trying to '''not''' dip below $50k in cash (it feels disgraceful because your assistant is selling ''her'' valuables to fund ''your'' ranch).

* CaptainErsatz: True to KairoSoft fashion, you can find knockoffs of celebrities ranging from the late Creator/BillyMays to Creator/ChuckNorris and beyond in the game.

''Pocket Stables'' is a horse-racing and ranch-building sim game from Creator/KairoSoft, released in November 2013 for iOS and Android, the latter onto both Google Play and Amazon App Store. In this game, you have just acquired a ranch and you must now acquire horses for racing, the ultimate goal being to win the triple-crown derby. The sim part of the game comes into play with the fact that you must build out your ranch with training facilities, lodging for your jockeys and horses, and even attractions to earn money from visitors. And then there's research. Win races and build out certain attractions to earn medals, which can be put towards unlocking courses, new breeds of horses and researching and upgrading abilities. All this while balancing on a very tight budget.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In game, Mare's Milk is said to enhance food and ice-cream flavor. TheOtherWiki says consuming mare's milk is a very bad idea[[note]]According to the other wiki, mare's milk is a very potent laxative and one can easily die of dehydration after consuming it[[/note]].

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Played with. It's actually possible to win the Novice race the first time you start playing. But that would mean praying to the RandomNumberGod to give you a horse with rather high initial stats, and possibly [[spoiler:having a Speed Feed from the NewGamePlus]] or training until you're low on cash. Also, winning the race immediately means you do not unlock the ([[MercyMode much easier]]) Maiden race, which gives some excellent goodies (like another Speed Feed) when won.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Some players have tried playing with an extra condition where they forfeit the game if they managed to get to the point where their assistant have to sell off her valuables to fund the ranch. Invariably, this means trying to '''not''' dip below $50k in cash (it feels disgraceful because your assistant is selling ''her'' valuables to fund ''your'' ranch).

** The 1.0.2 update for [=iOS=] somehow managed to break support for [=iPads=] with Retina display if the [=iPad=] has [=iOS 8.1=] or newer by not detecting the context buttons at the bottom of the screen. Invariably, this means being locked out of the save and menu/back button, pretty much making the game unplayable.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mimi Meers, a jockey that not only wears bunny ears, but is actually one of the more proficient jockeys with decent stats that you can hire.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Some players have tried playing with an extra condition that renders them forfeit if they managed to get to the point where their assistant have to sell off her valuables to fund the ranch. Invariably, this means trying to '''not''' dip below $50k in cash (it feels disgraceful because your assistant is selling ''her'' valuables to fund ''your'' ranch).

* SelfImposedChallenge: Some players have tried playing with an extra condition that renders them forfeit if they managed to get to the point where their assistant have to sell off her valuables to fund the ranch. Invariably, this means trying to '''not''' dip below $50k in cash.

* SaveScumming: You'll find yourself doing this a lot in the early parts of the game, whether it's restarting a race over and over to find the best strategy (or changing your starting booth or rivals and their strategies), or restarting the day to raise your horse differently. The fact that the game doesn't penalize you for it adds to the temptation.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: In ''both'' the research ''and'' shopping aspects of the game. Every time you buy something, the price of that item goes up so that it's more expensive the next time you buy it. The same goes for researching of new breeds- every time you research a breed, the cost of researching the next breed goes up by 10 medals. Justified in that they're not only the OnlyShopInTown, but ''they're also run by one of your rivals''.

* SaveScumming: You'll find yourself doing this a lot in the early parts of the game, whether it's restarting a race over and over to find the best strategy, or restarting the day to raise your horse differently. The fact that the game doesn't penalize you for it adds to the temptation.

* LuckBasedMission: Racing can be this. The only thing you have control over is the strategy to use. The computer picks the rivals and their strategy at random, as well as your starting cage number which may or may not give you an edge in the race. This is only averted if your horse is well-trained.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: In ''both'' the research ''and'' shopping aspects of the game. Every time you buy something, the price of that item goes up so that it's more expensive the next time you buy it. The same goes for researching of new breeds- every time you research a breed, the cost of researching the next breed goes up by 10 medals.