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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $27.99
You Save: $2.00 (7%)
New (17) Used (8) from $20.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  247 reviews
Sales Rank: 178
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 1 x 7.5
MPN: 100730
Model: 45496736453
UPC: 045496736453
EAN: 0045496736453
ASIN: B0009YDS10
Release Date: August 23, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
 Popular game; addictive February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My child loves this game. It's a bit addictive, and at first somewhat frustrating. It's fun, though, and my child has learned a few things, too. The time spent with the game is limited by the 'rents.
Go Dawgs! January 21, 2008
This was by far the best 40$ I have ever spent. My child loves this game. I'm really surprised it's not wore out yet. The effects and all the stuff you can do is really cool. There could be more stuff added. Like being able to take the dogs to the vet, dressing the dog up in clothes would be nice touches. But overall, well worth the money. It teaches them to take care of pets without actually having one.
 Great idea, boring gameplay January 19, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Okay, I can kind of see the concept behind this--a virtual puppy if you can't have a real one. On the other hand, the execution has lead to a BORING, BORING game.
Getting into the game initially is hard--training my dog to respond to its name took quite some time, and the instructions given in the slim manual included were nearly useless. I am beginning to wonder if the increasingly awful documentation included with "hot new" titles is intentional--a drive to get you to buy the "official" guide.
Having said that, after many tries, I got my dog to respond to its name and how to sit. Now what, you ask?
Well, you have to do more repetitive stuff in order to buy supplies for your dog--once you "unlock" the menu to feed, water, walk, and groom your dog, you have to just keep repeating things in order to do more of the same. You then apparently enter contests in order to get more money...to feed and water your dog, and so on and so on.
I can't figure out the appeal here, whatsoever, unless you really, really, REALLY like dogs--and doing the same thing over and over again.
 nintendogs dog is misbehaving January 15, 2008
My 7 year old daughter received Nintendogs with her DS for christmas. She really likes it and thinks it is a really good game. Her dog is very cute. However, she's a little frustrated with it because it won't come when she calls it. The voice recognition software doesn't seem to work that great. It is difficult to program names and commands.
Goodness,Gracious,Great Balls Of Fur!!! January 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've owned and played a number of DS games yet have become bored with them within several hours...NOT THE CASE WITH NINTENDOGS!!! I bought the Lab+Friends with some money I got from my parents for Christmas as my roommate owns one of the other versions,so I wanted one of them for myself since her's looked like loads of fun...especially being the dog lover that I truly am,that is.
True,you do start out with choosing between one of the breeds mentioned on the front of the case/box in which may start out as "bare bones"(Pardon the pun.)yet
it's equally true that you eventually do unlock the remainders of the breeds that are not yours to own/buy just yet.
A few buyers failed to mention the "personality" part of the puppies. Every single puppy has it's personality traits that you might want to read at the bottom of the view of the puppy you are looking at for a possibility...IF YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED NOR ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH NINTENDOGS,THEN BEWARE OF PICKING ONE WITH SUCH NEGATIVE PERSONALITIES WHICH WILL CONFUSE YOU LET ALONE FRUSTRATE YOU!!! May I suggest looking at the particular puppy breed you desire yet if you don't like the coat colors available,gender availability,etc. then I might reccommend you to select "quit" on the
puppy(breed?)by tapping on the "back" arrow,is it? Anyways,you can always continue to do this procedure that may very well take some time,but it's rewarding if you happen to find what you're exactly looking for...keep in mind,there are only 3 coat color patterns per breed. To some,the puny amount of breeds that the Nintendogs series is only so few yet it's not a problem for me since I love most of them!!
I love Nintendogs as to I can never put it down!! I currently own: female chocolate lab("Tootsie"),
female miniature pinscher("Cynthia"),and a female
German Shepherd Dog("Skipper")...yes,I was successfully able to unlock the pug and the German Shepherd Dog thus far. On the subject to "Unlocking Breeds" that one or more of the buyers previously mentioned,I disagree on racking up points or finding particular items to unlock all the breeds...I did the "bark mode" with my roommate's Dalmatian+Friends as to she introduced me to her Dalmatian and I introduced her to my pinscher so she was able to unlock the pinscher breed as likewise,I was able to successfully unlock the Dalmatian breed without finding the Fireman's Hat...no questions asked!! Believe me,it works!! It will only work on if you and a friend each have a different breed as to each of you desire a breed that one or the other has unlocked/has available already!!
I have had this game for about a week now and here's my proud accomplishments...oh yeah,FYI you can only compete in Agility once you visit and practice at the gymnasium located on the very right of the map screen slightly towards the bottom.
Cynthia(Female Miniature Pinscher)--
Disk: Championship;lost a few times...never won. v_v
Agility: Championship;won 5 consecutive times!!! ^_^
Obedience: Expert Cup;have yet to compete in Expert Cup.
Tootsie(Female Chocolate Lab)--
Disk: Master Class;lost once. v_v
Agility: Championship;won once!! ^_^
Obedience: Open Cup(She is stupid,but not all labs are!!)
Skipper(Female German Shepherd Dog)--
Disk: Master Class;I only owned her for 2 days!! ^_^
Agility: Expert Cup;Shepherds are great for agility!! ^_^
Obedience: Open Cup;have yet to compete in Open Cup.
One last thing...I have owned male puppies,but have had no luck with them whatsoever. T_T Perhaps some of you buyers have had better luck than me with male pups?
Oh well,this game gets a five star rating for fun,
originality(It was the DS' FIRST Virtual Puppy game!!)as
well as I give Nintendogs a HUGE high-five for the AWESOME graphics on the puppies. OR should I say,I give Nintendogs a HUGE "high-paw"...ha,ha,ha,ha!!!
(If you look at the puppies up close,you'll DEFINATELY know what I mean...)
Good Luck,Buyers+Nintendogs Trainers!!!
*J. Allen*
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