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Finally a game that shows off the DS & has created Many New DS owners!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 10
Date: November 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Nintendogs is that rare game that both shows off what the DS is capable of and is so well done that it has caused tons of people to buy the DS solely for this game. Nintendogs has literally become a system seller just like Super Mario Kart has recently become. I am an older gamer who bought the Nintendogs teal bundle which includes a special "Best Friends" version of Nintendogs which has the 6 most popular dog breeds available from the start. I may be alot older then alot of Nintendogs owners but I am not ashamed to say I LOVE it! I am not even 30 minutes into the game and I can see how FUN Nintendogs is. It's simply amazing at how truely innovative Nintendogs is and the amount of work that was put into creating this game! If you haven't already seen a demo at your local game store or Electronics store then head on over to [...] where you can see actual video clips of the dogs in motion! It's one thing to see video of it but quite another to actually see your little puppy run up to you after you call her/his name. It's just so adorable! The ability to name your puppy is nothing special really but it's the ability that Nintendo created where you can actually speak into the microphone on the DS so you are "calling" your dog that's really special. Your puppy will "hear" you and once you have said your puppy's name several times then your puppy will learn his/her name. You will have to be careful to say your puppy's name the same way each time or at least in a similar inflection/tone of voice. One bit of advice I will pass on to everyone who might be having a problem with their dog coming over to them when they are trying to call them or perform tricks is that you shouldn't talk "cute" to them. Do not talk to the puppy like you do when you are talking to a real live dog or a baby. Simply talk in your normal voice and try to remember the tone of voice you recorded the dog's name in so it will be alot easier for your dog to respond to you when you call it.

As mentioned before, you can get your puppy to performs tricks and this is another aspect of Nintendogs that is really something to behold. I have taught my miniature dachshund only two tricks so far. It's really amazingly rewarding to see your puppy actually not only learn the trick but perform it on demand for you! All you have to do is record any name you want for the trick, call your puppy over,clearly say the name of the trick and Voila! Your puppy will be sitting, shaking, rolling over and even breakdancing with the proper dog training!

You can also unlock other puppies by buying them or smarter yet by earning enough trainer points so you can get more puppies that way too. You can also get them through Bark Mode which is a really cute option in the game where you can hook up via wireless to another nintendog owner. You can give the other nintendogs owner a gift or you can get a puppy from them. If you don't know anyone with nintendogs this feature is useless but it's fantastic that it was included in the game and shows once again how innovative this game really is. Once you have trained your dog, you can enter the lil guy or girl into contests which gain you more points and money so you can upgrade! You can get alot of really cool stuff for your dog and your home! There is a bubble blower, an item where you actually blow into the microphone and bubbles comes out of the item just like a real one! Is that cool or what? It's features like this that make Nintendogs worth playing. If all you had to do was simply play your puppy, teach it tricks and walk it well it would get very very boring I think but by adding the ability to upgrade really adds to the replay value. I haven't gotten bored with it yet but to be fair I have played in short bursts so I think it's a game to be played throughout the day if you want but in short measures of time.

The Good:
The Graphics are very well done and you will just marvel in wonder at how realistic the puppies look/act!
Interactive feature of speaking to your dog & teaching it tricks
You can buy items for your puppy & buy/unlock new ones
Contests to enter and win
Very fun gameplay and actually rewarding when your puppy responds to you
Excellent Pet simulator for young/old people who can't have a dog or want to know in a tiny way what's it's like to own one.

The Bad:
Might become tedious after repeating the same tasks
Puppies stay babies and can't grow old or breed
The background graphics could have been alot better

Overall after only playing with the game for a very short time I have to recommend this game to EVERYONE whether you are 7 or 80 years of age! If you are only into action games this might not be your cup of tea but if you are a patient gamer and want to see what the DS can REALLY do then BUY THIS GAME or the "Best Friends" Nintendogs Bundle!! Who would have guessed a little game about owning puppies would have caused such massive interest and made people who wouldn't have ordinarily bought the DS rush out and buy it? It is fantastic that the DS is finally hitting it's stride with great games like Nintendogs and I hope a sequel or a similar pet simulator is on the way!

Incredibly innovative game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

One of the few games from the DS that makes great use of the touch screen and microphone technology. Also, possibly one of the cutest things I've ever seen.
At the start of the game, you buy a puppy from one of the pre-selected breeds in your version, and take him home. There's actually different colors within each breed, as well as many different personalities. The puppy's personality can greatly affect how it plays, and how well it can be trained.
From here on you will be feeding, watering, washing, training, walking, and so on...
Your puppy also never ages.
Walking your dog allows you to meet other dogs, increase your dog's endurance, and find items on the streets for your dog to play with. Most everything you find early on is pretty useless, though (broken cameras, empty boxes, etc.)
Playing and training your puppy allows it to gain skills to compete in doggy games for money. Really, the only way you can make money in the game to buy more puppies and supplies! Not all dogs are great for the games, though... (oh, my poor slow and tiny weiner dog!!)
Train your puppy to come when you call its name and to do tricks using the voice function, and the stylus to pet the puppy when it is good. Training was sometimes tedeous for me, and you need to make sure to speak clearly and consistantly, and to not be in a noisy place.
Use terms that don't sound at all similar, or your puppy will be confused (ie: sit down, and lie down don't work at all.)

Really, this is a great game. It is adorable, tons of fun, and it is an amazing use of the DS's capabilities. More developers need to find innovative ways to use the touch screen for more than just cycling through menus.
The only thing that keeps this from being the best game ever is the same issue all interactive items of this kind have: repetition and replay value. This game is amazing for the first while, but it also does wear thin after a while.
Especially as you start on your second puppy, you are essentially doing the same thing all over again.
I started to lose interest eventually, and haven't played in a long time.

But, this is still a great game while it lasts, and I totally recommend it.

My daughter's favorite game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: September 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my daughter thinking she would really enjoy playing it. I guess that was an understatement. She absolutely loves this game so much that she does not play ToonTown Online as much anymore.

The game is easy to understand and play (my daughter is 12). It also has great graphics and sounds. It's funny to hear the puppies barking as she plays.

If you're looking for a good birthday present or something nice to buy you child.....then this is for you.

Nintendogs is soooooo fun.....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Nintendogs is in my opinion the best game ever made for a DS. No game can compare to the endless fun brought by it. Your adventure begins at the kennel, where you can buy the puppy of your choice, then you are ready for your new life with your dog. You can feed your puppy, wash your puppy, take it for walks, enter it in competitions, and teach it voice commands with the DS microphone. The graphics in this game are amazing, it is hard to tell a real puppy from the ones in the game. I especially like how your dog never gets any older, but remains a puppy forever. You can earn money in the competitions to buy supplies at the shops, or if you feel like saving up, you can purchase new designs for your home from the interior decorator office. You can play with your puppies using the touch screen, and you can purchase new puppies from the kennel for your dog to play with. Some people do not like this game, but I just think they are being silly, because my younger sister says that just watching me play with my puppies is fun. The only thing I do not like about this game is that you have to play with it every day, you are responsible for your puppie's survival, which means you do not get a break. This game is exellent practice for someone who loves animals but is not ready for one yet. Though not everyone likes dogs, there are several different breeds avaliable in the three Nintendogs games, and you will probably find at least one of them irresistible. I have the Miniature Dachshund and friends version, and I have earned almost all the breeds avaliable. So remember, as your trainer points increase, you will eventually earn all the breeds from every game. Also as your trainer points increase, you can earn new things at the store and new rooms at the interior decorator, you will also find incresingly rarer items on your walks by passing through the blue question marks. If you find yourself getting bored with the game, you do not have to worry about just leaving your dog there. By pressing L, R, A, B, X, and Y all at the same time, you can erase all you have done on your game. Another thing that I think is really cool is if you have a friend who has a DS and Nintendogs, you can visit eachother using Bark Mode. You and your friend can talk and even send short voice messages all while your puppies play together. After playing this game for even just a few short minutes you will find yourself saying, "Isn't everything in life better with a puppy?"

Bobby-Jo
age 12

Very entertaining!

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

Let me start by saying, I'm a Nintendo Junkie, even at age 39!

With that said, I have enjoyed this game immensely. One really can play with this game for hours; there are several different things to do. You can walk your dog (don't forget to scoop the poop or your neighbors will complain!), you can practice for contests, you can enter into contests, you can play with your dog with different toys or sports items and you can even play music in the form of a record or a keyboard. You may have to GENTLY remind frustrated little ones to speak a command the same way every time for the dog to learn it. I have also found that speaking in a relatively low monotone voice can be helpful as far as recognition of commands. Even my 5-year-old can play this albeit her voice being so "young", it has a difficult time understanding her voice but she can otherwise participate in the other activities. And if you're really good with your dogs, they'll run away and bring back presents!

The game itself is relatively simple but Nintendo really outdid it self for a game that can be played for hours and even days without getting boring (we've been playing with ours for months now). We took this game along on a car trip and never tired of it during the long ride.

I do feel that this game is better suited for the younger crowd; I think teens might find it a bit boring since there really is not that much skill involved. Elementary school level students seem to love it and it really is a cleverly designed game with wonderful graphics that can be a lot of fun.

Nintendo DS Nintendogs Dachshund & Friends

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You only need ONE version of this game, as all 4 games share the same 20 breeds. you start of with 6 breeds, and as you progress in the game, you unlock another 12 breeds, 2 additional breeds are only available when you find the firemans hat (Dalmation) and Jack Russell book (Jack Russell) while out on walks with your dogs. so don't be fooled into buying more than one version, unless it is for other siblings, so you know whose version is whose. It has taken me just under 2 months to fully unlock my game. I have all 20 breeds, all the rooms and, most of everything else, I just might have the odd record to find while out on walks.
The only noticable difference is that some of the toy/sports, like the rubber bone might be available in different colours on different versions, but if a friend has it they can swap on bark mode.
The walks and the constant brushing can get a bit tedious at times though. Select the dog you want carefully though, as some are harder to train than others. I have a 5 different dogs, and the Dachshund is my favorite by far.
I'm an adult with 3 kids. and 2 of my sons have this game as well, so we have 3 versions. But I still love playing this version of the game.
my youngest kid hasn't got this game as he isn't old enough for a ds yet.

woof-a-riffic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: September 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well first of all, please don't read the other review(s) and panic because Nintendogs been compared to "1984". That's absurd, honestly. It's a simple game, and like many things in life you get out of it what you put into it.

First off, you don't need to spend hours & hours with this game. Just 20-40 minutes a day will do. But it is best when played several times a day, every day.

Our journey begins at the kennel, where you choose your starter puppy (intial breeds vary upon which Nintendogs version you buy, but eventually all breeds become available). Once you choose your puppy, you buy some basic supplies and head on home, where you begin to train it.

Training utilizes the DS microphone function. When training, you need to speak clearly and about 6 inches away from the microphone, and because of this, I'd say skip this game for kids under than 8. It's also important that you don't yell and speak in the same tone each time you talk to your puppy. Your first mission is to teach your puppy their name, then you move on to teaching them commands & tricks (sit, shake, wag, beg, lay down, and so forth).

In Nintendogs you will also need to provide our dog with regular feedings, waterings, walkings, and bathings. In the beginning, your dog will not walk very far, but as you progress in the game the walks become longer, and can take a bit of time, so it's best to have some patience when playing this game. And in this game, your patience can be rewarded with prizes that your puppy finds for you. The gifts can be sold for money (used to buy more supplies and puppies), or used with your puppy (hats, glasses, wigs, collars, and so on to decorate your puppy with). Bathing your puppy is also fun, and a necessary chore to have your pup win in certain competitions.

Competitions are the way you earn money in Nintendogs (used to buy supplies for your puppy). There's a frisbee tournament, an agility tournament, and an obedience tournament. Each one has practice areas in the game, and the competitions are all very short (there are 4 levels of mastery in each area of competition) and fun to do. They are something you have to do in this game, to buy things to keep your puppy happy. Besides that, competitions are a good way to raise your trainer points.

Trainer points are bascially experince points, and once you collect a set amount of trainer points, certain things become unlocked. These things include new puppy supplies, new environments to buy, and previously unavailable breeds. This is really your incentive for playing the game. For along with unlockables, your dog will also begin finding more rare items in the game, you can sell these, as they worth more money than the regular items in the game, or you can keep them to put them to use later in the game.

This game is really innovative, the kind of innovative that Nintendo is known for. And while it will have it's naysayers, the game is fun for those with time, paitence, and a fondness for puppies. The game is more complex than I could ever get across in an amazon review, but is really pure and simple joy.

WATCH OUT FOR WANDA!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: March 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If you get the dachshund nintendogs, I warn you. If you go on a walk, or to the park, you might meet, Wanda. She is very rude and annoying and always steals my dogs toys from her when we are at the park. Her owner, Jack is a stuck up snob too. Anyways, this game is really fun. I've had it for about a month and I have over $4000.00. Some people are complaining about the competitions and how you can only enter three per day. Well, your dog does need some rest you know! And why does this person keep writing about how he wants to kill his dogs and cut off their tails? That's really gross. And it's a lie, you can't cut off the dogs tails. Or kill them. You can starve them, but it won't kill them. So the person who keeps writing that gross review, please stop. It's not going to make people buy it if you say stuff like that. I don't much care for the disc competitions. My dog isn't very good in them. She is a golden named, Daisy. Sometimes training them can get frustraiting, but you just have to keep working. I have won alot obidience trials. Some people say that they are the hardest, but I think agility is. That is just my opinion. You must work very hard with your dog. And I warn you, the hardest trick to teach your dog is, beg. So don't try to teach it that at first. Wait until you go through the begginer class and the open one. And then teach that to it. It took me over a week to train that to my dog I think. You can't go and buy alot of dogs at once either. They are about 500 to 600 dollars and it will waste all of your money. I have four thousand dollars and only one dog. Well I hope my review was helpful! Enjoy your life with you dog! P.S. Daisy says hello!

Nintendogs Rocks!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: October 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Okay,first off,I don't have nintendogs.But my best friend does,and she lives next door and brings it everyday!She has the Labrador one,and she doesn't have any real pets because she's allergic,so this is a first for her.But I have a Shih Tzu,and now I'm getting the Dachshund one in a few weeks so I'll have my real dog,and a golden retriever(they're my favorite!)And then in Bark Mode(which you and a friend's dog meets up)I'll be able to get a labrador from my friend.This game is really worth the $30 or $40 to buy it.Don't believe me?Well,here's the list-
-Wonderfully puppy like graphics
-Wonderfully puppy like emotions
-You can walk your dog,feed your dog,clean your dog,train your dog,etc.
-Your dog can never grow up and/or die,so you can be 10 right now and be playing in 20 years!
-Incredibly fun and unable to put down!
-Your dog recgonizes your voice!
And last you are able to...
Get any dog from any game if you A)Do Bark Mode,many many times or B)Get plenty of trainer points from contests,walks,or just playing with your dog!
Superiorly fun,this is the new Hey You,Pikachu without the imaginary friends!I'm certain that Nintencats will come out,and if it does,I'll have virtual versions of my cats and my dog!^_^
Believe me,you won't be dissapointed with this game!

SUPER FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love dogs ! So when i saw this i wanted it soooooo badly !! when i got it i put it in my nintendo ds and got a Dachshund. After i knew My dog needs a name soo i named her Patunia. I told her her name a few times befor she knows it her self . Now its time for i walk i thoght . so i got her a lech and walk alll day long i saw a lot of dogs on my way there and got a few stuff for her . when we came home she needed a good bath . Awwww how cute she is when shes wet . Now its time to dry my Patunia up. Then i put her nice hat on. The next day i went to the park with her and played ball . the first 4 times she didint even went to go get the ball but after a long time she was a pro. After days and days of practice i put her in a competion .:) she was in the three winners but she broght home a experience never to forget. I saw she was lonely and needed a friend sooo i got her a new toy. i feeded her and bathed her btu she was still lonely soo i got her a friend dog Kirty. Now she is very happy:D

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