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This game is good.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I am 8 years old and I just got this game for Christmas and have only played this for just a few days. This is a very simple game to play. There are no levels.

A good part of the game is you can play with your dog a lot, you can take him on walks, play fetch and frisbee with him and you can feed him. He learns his name, and how to sit, rollover and sit up.

A negative part of the game is it is difficult to choose the dog that you want. You play with the dog and see if you like him, but if you don't like him, you can't go back to get another dog. It takes a while for the dog to learn to sit, and learn his name and that is half the time I played.

I like it and it is a pretty good game so far.

Pretty Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game isn't the best, but it's pretty fun. I gave it a 4 because once your dog learns a few tricks, the days are exactly the same. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday you go to school and then walk your dog. On the weekends you can have parties and enter contests, which is fun. I'm not saying this game is bad, I just think it gets kind of boring after a while. It is still in my top 5 games for DS.

surprisingly fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for christmas and i was expecting it to be alot like nintendogs. but its not! i've gotten kinda bored with nintendogs so dogz is a nice treat. "Dogz" is more cartoon-ish than nintendogs (which are so life like). In "dogz" you can pick from atlest 10 different breeds (unlike nintendogs where you can only pick out from like 5 breeds). You can play with the dog for a little while and if you don't like it you can pick out another one. You also have a time schedule.. which on weekdays you go to school and when you come home you take it for a walk, train it, feed it, and have dinner. Then before you go to sleep you write in your diary about your day.

Better than Nintendogs!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 51 / 55
Date: January 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Before I got this game, I thought it would be te same thing as Nintendogs. I was wrong! Nintendogs is a good game, but I got bored with it a lot. In Dogz, you actually pick if you are a girl or a boy, name your character, and have a house with more than one room unlike Nintendogs.
In this game, you are going to the pet shop to get your first puppy! You can choose from the dogz they have there, or, if you don't like any, you get to pick one from a catalog. If you pick one from the catalog, you pick the typre of dog, the color, and the gender. It will be there the next week. You don't wait long though; after you exit the pet store and go home, go to bed, etc. it becomes the week after you went to the pet store. Then when you go, te dog you picked will be there, along with some other dogz. After you play with the dog you picked for a few minutes or less, you can decide whether you still want that dog or not. If you don't, you can pick a different dog. If you do, you name your new dog and take him/her to your house.
Once you get home, you have to teach your dog it's name. You have to touch the microphone icon at the bottom left corner of the screen(or press L) and say your dog's name to call it. It may take a few times, so be patient. You can do the same for other commands such as sit or shake, but first you have to go up to your dog and touch the dog icon near the top right corner of the screen(or press Y) and when the command menu opens, touch the microphone icon. Then, you can say any of the commands that now have the microphone icon next to them to teach your dog that command. This also might take a few times, and the DS may think you are saying something else. For example, you might say sit and the DS might think you said go to bed. An easier way to teach your dog a trick is to open the command menu and tap the command(or select it with the D-pad and press A). You have to keep doing this until your dog learns the command, and then when you do it your dog will get it right every time. Also, every time your dog learns something your mom gives you a present.
For the first week, you can't take your dog for a walk because it needs vaccinations. You can still spend that time training, playing with, or brushing your dog. First, you have to wait until your dad gives you brushes to brush your dog. When he does, you can take them out of the toy box in the living room anytime to brush your dog. You have to make sure he is in the same room though, because you can't leave the room with the brush and you have to go up to your dog and press A or tap him with the touch screen to brush him.
If you open the menu(press start), you can see you dog's status. To do this, touch status(or select it and press A) and it will display your dog's Friendship(with you), Health, Coat, and Stress in hearts. This ranges from bad(0 hearts) to perfect(5 hearts). To get your dog's friendship up, you must brush it and play with it a lot. To get it's health up, feed it and don't let it get too stressed out. To get it's coat clean, brush it or shampoo it(which you can only do on Saturday). Last, to get it's stress up(which I'm pretty sure is good, because I think if it has 0 hearts for Stress it means your dog is stressed, not the other way around), you have to brush or shampoo it, and make sure you don't try to train it too often.
If you click the arrow in the bottom right corner of the screen(when it is showing your dog's status), it show your dog's training. This shows all the commands your dog can learn. This also ranges from bad(0 hearts) to perfect(5 hearts). To get these up, train you dog with the command you want it to learn, and the hearts will start to go up. Once a command is at 5 hearts, that mean your dog has learned that command.
Once your dog gets it's vaccinations, you can take it on walks from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. When you go on your first walk, an info screen pops up and tells you that when you cross the street, you have to go up to the pole that has the button on it and press the button to cross. Once you press it, it shows the traffic ligths changing to red and then you can cross the road. There are people all over the town that have dogs, and every time your dog sees their dog, a little pink icon appears over their dog's head. The first time you see someone, you have to talk with the person. Once you meet someone, try to have your dog visit their dog every time you go on a walk(they are always in the same place). Some people only come out after a certain time, though. Once your dog sees the other dog at least a few times, the become good friends. Then when you dog sees the other dog, a heart appears over the other dog's head instead of a pink icon. Once you have at least one dog friend, you can tell your mom(on Saturday, when she asks if you want to have a party) that you want to have a party and on Sunday all the dogs that your dog is friends with will come over to play with your dog. Also, sometimes your mom asks you to go on errands and gives you a list of things to get for her. To do this, just go to the store in the mall(which is located in the center of the town) and once you are near the shop that your mom told you to go to, a screen will pop up and your character will say the place your mom told you to go. Once you talk to the owner of that store, your character will give the owner the list and he/she will give you the items your mom asked for. Once you go home then, your mom will reward you with a present. When you are on walks, you can visit the pet shop and buy one thing every day. Also, on Saturday and Sunday you can enter contests there. If you go in the park, you can enter a race(only on Sunday) or practice any day other than Sunday. You can visit the vet and ask the doctor questions about stuff, too.
Some more things is that nothing happens in real time, on weekdays you go to school, you can decorate and buy things for your room, go on a computer in your house to get help with taking care of your dog, and take pictures to put in a diary that you can write in every night. Overall, this game is very fun and hardly ever gets boring!!!

Give Dogz a chance!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you have a DS and have Nintendogs, this game may look like an imitation of Nintendogs. Let me tell you: it's not. Dogz is different in many ways. In the game, you have an avatar character as yourself. There is a much wider range of dog breeds than in Nintendogs, although you can only have one dog at a time. Dogz has good graphics, if you have Nintendogs you will know it's graphics are better than Dogz's. Oh, and there are some other downs about Dogz. Your character has family rules (bedtime, meals). The conversations between your character and their family and friends are very repetitive. I only gave this game 4 stars because the graphics aren't the best, but the game is very cute.

And don't forget to read my Nintendogs Dalmatian and Friends review, "Nintendogs is an awesome game!"

Wow! Better than Nintendogs!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I first got Dogz, I thought It would be the same thing as Nintendogs. But it totally isnt! First of all, In Dogz you get to pick your own character. Also you can walk around your house and even decorate your own room! You go to school Monday-Friday but That only takes a second. When your dog learns a new trick, you dont have to say it's name over and over into the mic like Nintendogs, all you have to do is click on the button sit or lay down. There is really nothing bad about this game eccept when you first get your dog you have to wait intill saturday for your dog to get its vaccines. If your dog doesn't have its vaccices then you cant take it on a walk but luckily in the game, 2 hours our time is a day in Dogz time, or something like that. Give dogz a chance.....You will surley fall in love with your new puppy, just like I did!!!

Dogs, Dogs and yes thsi game has Dogs

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: February 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great game for kids. Dogs, dogs, dogs. That's about it. Scenario's include walking dogs, training dogs, calling dogs, talking to dogs, bathing dogs...you get the idea.

Really good game for wasting hour after hour of time. Although you could buy your kids a real dog...and actually go outside and play instead of sitting around getting more obese.

Played It Once, I'm Gettin' It

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 19
Date: February 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

At first when I found out they were making Dogz and Hamsterz Life, etc., the only one I didn't want was Dogz. I thought it was a repeat of Nintendogs. But then on Christmas, I played all four games at my friend's house and I found out that I like Dogz better than Nintendogs. I mean, what's the whole deal with teaching your dog to sit before you can walk your dog and feed it in nintendogs? Pointless. Now I'm getting the game as a present because I was sick from my parents. And I chose it out of all the DS games there are. It must be good then. If you're trting to decide between Nintendogs and Dogz, choose Dogz. You don't have to train it to walk it. It took me about a year to train mine in Nintendogs, and finally, my friend had to help me. And I still haven't trained my other two Nintendogs. GET DOGZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 11
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am six and I love this game, except that you are only allowed to have three dogz -- so choose your dogz carefully, unless you don't mind deleting dogz you love. This is the best of the new Nintendo DS "petz" games (I have them all). This game is way better than Nintendogs -- the walks are much longer and the training isn't as irritating. If you love dogs, you will love this game!

Nintendogs and Dogz

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: April 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I got this game, I thought it would be better. I've read some of the reviews saying Dogz is better than Nintendogs, and I have Nintendogs, so I wanted to see for myself! First of all, Dogz doesnt have good graphics - practically two pixels on the screen, LOL. Nintendogs is FANTASTIC! The graphics are awesome, you can find stuff and meet other dogs on walks, you can get more puppies - it's very realistic. But on the other hand, Dogz is too, just not in the actual realism of the graphics. In dogz, well, you have a family and a house, and you have to go school, and take care of your dog. But, I have to say, I do love dogz, though. Theyre some things you can get in Dogz that you cant get in Nintendogz, aka family, house, school, decorating your house, etc.
But if you want a really realistic game, I would recommend Nintendogs.
To read more of my Nintendogs Vs. Dogz (LOL,) go to this link and read my review called Nintendogs and Dogz Pros and Cons. Nintendogs Dachshund & Friends

Read my other reviews: Sims Complete Collection

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