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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!!!

Forget my other review...Dogz is Awesome!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: April 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Okay, my other review, called Nintendogs and Dogz - - - forget it! I hadnt played it enough to really like it. After I got it a few days ago, I played for a few more hours (more like a million hours) and I love it! In Dogz, you pick a character and clothing, and it starts out on a Saturday, when your parents take you to the pet shop. You pick out the dog you like, you name it, and you get to take it to your house, which consists of a living room, kitchen, hallway, piano room, and the upstairs has your bedroom, which you can decorate. You can train your dog to sit, lie down, go to bed, and shake, plus other tricks.
You can take your dog on walks, but not until it gets vaccinated, which is the Saturday after you get your dog. Then, you can go on walks, and sometimes, your mother will want you to run an errand for you, like go to the Greengrocer on your walk (the grocery store) and pick up some things. If you do this, your mother will give you a gift.
On walks, you can stop by the park, too. At the park, you can play ball or frisbee with your dog. Or, on Saturdays and Sundays, you can enter a race with your dog, where you lead your dog through tunnels and over hurdles until they get to the finish line, where you can earn trophies.
Also, on Saturdays and Sundays, you can take your dog to the Pet Shop, and there will be a contest, where you do tricks with your dog, and the judges give you a score. You can get trophies for these too. Also, at the pet shop, your Mom lets you get one thing per day, from a new lamp for your room, to a new type of dog food. :-)
In Dogz, you are a child though, so you have things like breakfast time, lunch time, dinner time, bedtime, and you have to go to school Monday - Friday, too, but you dont actually 'go' there...you walk to school, then it will show you getting home at 2:30pm. You also have a "WALK" time. Your mother will allow you to walk your dog once a day after 3pm, but you have to be home by 6pm for dinner.
Just a small thing, but worth noting - there are mini-games in Dogz too, but you have to earn them. If you are doing a good job taking care of your dog, your mother or father might give you one of two mini-games, which will be put in the toy box in the living room. So, whenever your bored, you can play a game of "Match-A-Puppy" (aka Memory) and other games.
At bedtime each night, you can choose to see your dog's "Status" which is, their stress level (I'm guessing 5 hearts of 'Stress' means no stress), and how good they are at tricks, like, if your dog's "Lie Down" heart level is full hearts, then it has mastered that trick. Whenever you master a trick with your puppy, your Mother or Father will be proud of you, and give you a present.
During walks, you can stop by the Vet, where a doctor will answer your questions about things like Friendship with your dog, and your dog's Stress level and things like that. I suggest you go to the vet at least once a week to keep your dog healthy. The doctor will also give your dog a check-up telling you if it's sleeping enough or eating enough, etc.
The graphics really dont matter much to me anymore, because it's cute and colorful, and the game is great.
I dont know of any cheat codes for this game, but I dont need any - the game is perfect in itself, and is a fantastic boredom buster for those rainy days, or sunny days for that matter---any day, any time, this game is by far, the best Dog game I have ever played, and the best DS game I have played.
Well, just writing about this game wants me to go pick up my DS from the table across the room and play it for hours on end....but, parents, if you're the kind that doesnt want your son/daughter playing for hours on end, I must tell you, it's very educational if you are getting a dog, your kids want a dog, or if you just want your kids to be more responsible with pets, because they have to feed it, potty-train it and clean up it's uh-ohs when its in other places than the potty, take it for walks, and of course, they have to give it affection and love, or your dog will be unhappy. I think it teaches them more than if they play Nintendogs, because in Dogz, you need to juggle caring for a dog between breakfast, school, dinnertime, and bedtime. It's a fantastic game, and it's not hard to use - - - it took me a few minutes to sort of understand how to maneuver my way around the house, but it is fairly easy to do so.

Thanks so much for reading my review. If you have any questions, email me: gifted6@gmail.com, or comment this review.

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!

Dogz

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: April 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my daughter on her 10th birthday!!..
She loves being able to interact with her dog.
WOuld buy it again.

Dogz is Super-cool!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: June 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Dogz is awesome! I got it 2 days ago and have played it non-stop! You start off in a pet shop. If you find the dog you like, you will go to a room in the pet shop, and play with the puppy. If you like the dog, you can take it home with you. If you don't, then you can go look at the rest of the dogs. Then you go home. Your house has a bedroom, kitchen, family room, computer room, and a front yard.

Before you take a walk you have to get your dog it's shots. In the meanwhile, you can feed your puppy, teach your puppy tricks, and other fun things. You do have to go to school Mon-Fri, but all you do is go to the front door, and then it will show you coming home. Once you get your shots, you can take your dog for a walk. Then you walk the big town with your dog. There is a vet, pet shop, dog park, and more! Also when you take your dog for a walk, your mom might ask you do run to the candy store or something like that. Then she'll give you a present. When you go on the walk, you can meet people with dogs. Keep visiting the people, and your dog will make friends with their dogs. Once you have a couple friends, you can have a party on Sunday. Your mom will ask you if you want to have a party. Also on the weekends, you can enter a competition. There will be one at the pet shop and one at the dog park.

You can train your dogs to do tricks. When the trick is learned, your mom will give you a present.

At night when you go to bed, you can write in your diary and view your dog's status. Five hearts is the best and zero hearts is the worst.

In your closet, you can change the character's outfit, decorate your room, and put toys and decorations in your room.

There are also mini games in the toy chest. Your parents give them to you as gifts.

Sorry if I missed anything else. Just writing my review makes me want to get my DS, and play Dogz!

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!!!

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!"

Wonderful

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: July 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Item was in perfect condition and my daughter has a lot of fun with it.

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.

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