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Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  352 reviews
Sales Rank: 226
Format: Nintendo
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 4.9 x 0.8
MPN: 100730
Model: 45496735517
UPC: 045496735517
EAN: 0045496735517
ASIN: B0009UBR3K
Release Date: August 23, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: No case. 100% guaranteed against defects. Contact us within 7 days if there is any defect, and we will gladly refund your purchase. Our standard shipping method is USPS Media Mail. If you upgrade shipping we use USPS Priority Mail. Your satisfaction is our goa
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 Great for kids, good for adults too! May 12, 2008
This would be a terrific game for kids--it's good fun, easy to master, and sneaks in some educational lessons on responsibility. That said, I'm an adult and I like it too! It's a little simplistic, but the puppies are cute and since I live in an apartment where I can't have a real pet, this is a nice alternative. Plus you get to take it for walks without getting off the couch, and all you have to do to clean up its poop is tap it with the stylus! If that's not a perfect pet, what is? The one downside is that if you want your puppy to stay with you, you have to make time to feed and walk and play with it even when your schedule gets busy, but I guess that's good practice for raising a real puppy too.
Nintendogs game April 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My daughter really enjoys playing Nintendogs Dachshund & Friends. She plays this game because she really enjoys taking care of her dogs and having it learn new tricks.
Better than any other virtual pet game. . . . March 29, 2008
Nintendogs isn't like Puppylove, Dogz, or anthing else like that. You teach your dogs how to do tricks on command, enter them in GREAT contents, bathe them, brush them, feed them, take them on walks (where you can play with other neighborhood dogs, find fabulous surprises, or even a broken disposeable camera, and train for disc and agility.), and.... so much more!!
the graphics are awsome. my four puppies look as real as if someone took a pictures of a Shih Tzu, Husky, Shiba, and Cavalier then animated them. it's great. this game totally brings out all the potential of the DS in every way that makes it unique. You can call ur dog and teach it all sorts of tricks with your voice, and it will respond to u and only u. you can pet ur puppy and guide it along an agility course with the stylus on the touch sreen.
There are four versions of nintendogs, Chihuahua, Dashund, Lab, and Dalmation. Each version starts you off with six breeds to choose from and different special items that u can find on walks. You can unlock every breed on your own by earining trainer points (u earn those by entering contests, going on walks, teaching new tricks, etc.), but the special items can be unlocked by going on Bark Mode with ppl who have different versions. You can also unlock one breed from each person u go into Bark Mode with, too. Example, If they have a Corgi on Bark Mode, and you haven't unlocked that breed yet, then it will become available to u. and Vice Versa. So basically EVERYTHING in all of Nintendogs can become available to u.
This game is absolutely gtreat. I can understand how some ppl would get bored of it, but those are also probbably ppl who could get bored or tired of a real pet, too. Go on, give it a try!
 A teen's reveiw: Nintendogs February 21, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The basic idea of the game is to own a dog without the mess and the costs it takes to both own and take care of a pet. As one who can not afford a pet myself, I decided to try out this game. Every had been going nuts about for so long, a assumed it would be this fabulous creation. Despite some of the negative reviews it had received.
Sadly, I found out the hard way that the game gets old very quickly. Sure, the dogs are adorable. And for the first few minutes, sure, it's fun to yell like an idiot into the microphone of your DS as you teach them their names and different sorts of tricks. But that will get boring, especially if your dogs too stupid to learn the move (my husky apparently is such a dog. After about fifty times of trying to teach it shake, I gave up).
There are the contest, but you only get three a day, and not as much money from it as you'd hope. And of course there's always the fact that if you put down your DS for a few days and don't check up on your dogs, you're fined what precious little money you have is enough to turn someone from the game.
I would definitely not recommend this game to anyone, except for perhaps children.
 Fun but could get tedious for some February 13, 2008
Nintendogs is a cute game that any dog lover could appreciate. Where else can an average person have up to five dogs at once and still live a normal life?
Once you get the hang of it the training for the dogs is a breeze, although I may just be picking the right dogs. The animation is fairly realistic as far as animal games go.
The contest options are also fun. The disc competition is my favorite as it doesn't require you to speak perfectly, like the obedience competition, and the dogs seem to catch on quicker than they do with the agility competitions. Regardless, all three modes can be a fun way to earn more money to pamper your dogs and upgrade your living environment. I'm currently saving up for the most expensive home style.
As you train your dogs, you also earn trainer points which unlock different dog breeds in the kennel. This is also a fun option, leaving you plenty of choices when choosing a new dog.
My only dislike, however, is that Nintendogs runs on real time based on the clock option in your DS, making it a necessity to play every day if you want to keep your dogs happy while continuing to train them. If one's leisure time is limited, this could become an issue. Sometimes you have to neglect your dogs if you want/need to do other things, possibly leading to runaway dogs or who knows what else.
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