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Not Just another Game to put down a month after play

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 155 / 158
Date: November 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I first got Nintendogs last Christmas, I expected myself to do as normal; love it for the first month or two, and then set it down. However, this game was not the case.

Adopting Your New Pet
I was.. extatic for my first pet. I believe you start out with $1,000 dollars, enough to buy a $600 pet and starter supplies. For me, I adopted a Shiba, gave it a red collar, and wah la! My real life puppy in my hands. Of course you start out with the dogs on the cover, Lab, Mini Schnauser, Toy poodle, corgi, mini pinscher, and shiba inu, and one of those will be your first pet. As you work with your dogs, petting and gaining their love, you will earn trainer points, which will later enable you to the rest of the dogs from all versions. Yes, you can get all dogs.

Trainer Points
You can earn training points from petting your dog (look for the "sparks" to fly), playing in competitions, and a lot more. The more you earn the more dogs and items you can have. For the pets:
Pug- 2,000 points
German Shepherd- 4,000 points
Shih Tzu- 8,000 points
Boxer- 10,000 points
Beagle- 14,000 points
Golden Retriever- 20,000 points
Cavalier Spaniel- 22,000 points
Siberian Husky- 30,000 points
Yorkshire Terrier(Yorkie)- 35,000 points
Dachshund- 45,000 points
Chihuahua- 50,000 points
Dalmation- You must take your dog on a walk and find the firemans hat
Jack Russell Terrier- Take your pup on a walk and find the Jack Russell Terriers book.
Of course you can also unlock items such as a jump rope, but you can look that up via internet. Sorry!

Walks
You can take your pup on a walk all over "town". Basically, you can see a map of the "town" and you can drag your stylus around the streets to get to where you desire. Aim to hit the little blue boxes that have a question mark on them as those will be your special events.

Special Events and Destinations
Of course on walks you will have areas and events to do. Aim for the blue "?" boxes like I mentioned earlier, and you can either:
1.) Have your dog stop and see another dog
2.) Have your dog get a present for you
However, it is random.
As for destinations, you can go to one of two discount shops where you can buy food, supplies and toys at a discounted price, go to one of two parks, and go to an Agility Training arena to practice for the competition.

Competitions
There are three competitions, agility (obstacle course), frisbee and Training (have dog perform tricks). Beat the current first place person's score to win first! You can either get first (most prize cash), second (middle prize cash), or third (not too much cash) or not a place (no cash). Win first to move up to the next level of the competition. Note: three plays per day.

Bathing and Feeding
You will bathe and feed your dogs. Make sure to stock up on that kind of supplies, cleaning supplies every other day, and food and water everyday.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, its your GAME.
Your dogs will know it's you! The built in microphone will pick up your voice as you name your dog with your voice, and train it with your voice. No more siblings stealing your game! The dogs won't recognize them!

Well, I hoped this helped! I put in about as much as I could think of, sorry if I missed a couple things. Good luck with your game!

One of the best pet simulators?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 26
Date: August 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Nintendogs ushers in a new era of handheld pet simulators with crisp, fresh graphics, touch screen interaction and voice recognition. In Nintendogs, you first have to decide which puppie you want (each version has diiferent breeds). Then, you raise the puppie and feed it, give it water, wash it, play with it, and train it. The game is real time, so you can't completely forget your dog for weeks without it completely disliking you. You use the stylus to play and pet your dog, and certain strokes of it will cause the dog to sit, lay down, etc. While doing the stroke, you can say the command (for example, rub you stylus across the dog's back and it will sit, if you say sit when you do the stroke, it will learn that you saying sit means to sit.) Nintendogs look like an incredible game and truly shows the power ofthe Nintendo DS.

It's so real!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 22 / 24
Date: August 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is very realistic. You get to pick a dog breed and raise your dog. At first, the game was a little hard because it was hard teaching my dog its name with voice commands on the speaker. It took me 2 hours to teach it its name. After you get that, the game gets fun. You get to teach your dog tricks and use them to win a dog show competion. If you win a dog show, you can buy stuff for your dog. If you get enough money, you can buy another dog! I really like taking my dog for a walk. You can meet other dogs around town. The onley problem I have with this game is that your dog goes to the bathroom on the floor. All you do then is to touch the paper bag with your stylis and it's automatic cleanup! Since my parents will not let me get a dog, this game shows me how to take care of a dog, so it's like my own dog! I recommend this game highly for dog lovers! Woof!(Bye!)

100 out of 100! The best nintendo game yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: January 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Hey there,
I got this game (with a ds) for Christmas- and I love it!
First, you choose your dog. When
you're at the kennal, in case if there isn't a special
color you want, go back to choosing your dog,
and keep going back to the breed you want until you get what
gender and color you want.
Then, you take your cute puppy home.
They say that you have to wait for your puppy to
get used to its new home.
In case if it doesn't settle down after a while; give it
love and pet it for a bit.
Then, it'll calm down. Once it has, you have to pronounce
its new name loud and clearly.
Some dogs learn fast, therefore it wont be hard to train
them. Some puppies take a lot of patience to train. When
you buy your new puppy, it'll say what the puppy's like.
Your puppy's name can only have seven letters. Shame, I wanted
to call mine butterscotch!
After your puppy has learned it's new name, time to train
it sit. Again, it might take a while to train your puppy.
When it has learned sit, it'll be time to go to the store.
You'll need to buy food, water, shampoo, a brush and a collar.
In case if you don't know if your puppy is a short-hair
or long-hair; when you're at home you can click on it's name
and it'll tell you. It'll also say how dirty or hungry it is.
If you don't have much money, take your puppy out on a walk to
the discount shop. Everything's cheaper there. When you're
drawing the rout you want to take, go ontop of the question
marks- they could be other dogs or presents. If you find
presents you don't want, you can sell it at the discount shop.
When you're out on walks, you must obey the law and pick up
poop. Disgusting, I know. Tap on the poop to pick it up.
If you find presents on the floor, grab you puppy's leash
and drag it to the item. When you meet other dogs, drag your
puppy's leash towards the other puppy.
After you've been on your walk, your puppy's probably thirsty.
To keep them healthy, give them water and dry food. If they've
won a contest, you can treat them by giving them milk and
a can of dog food.
Your puppy might be dirty. Take a look for yourself.
If they are, get prepared. With the shampoo you bought,
scrub your puppy and soak it with suds. When the shower icon
blinks, it's time to rinse. I'm sure you know you have to
wash off the suds.
The dirtier your dog is, the longer it'll take to get them
clean.
After you've bathed them, it's best to brush them to get them
REALLY clean.
It's best to make them this clean if you're entering a
contest. If you want to enter them in an agility contest,
take them on a walk, a half an hour later than last time, and take them to the gym. Oh yeah, the more you take them on walks,
the longer you can take them. Make sure when you're drawing
the rout to end it back at your house.
So, practise makes perfect. The more you take your dogs in
contests, the better they'll get. My dogs walk all over town
and they're champions in every contest. Now, I do diagree with
other reviewers about the contests. I think it's good that
you can only take them three times a day because that way they
wont be tired out! Going in contests and selling things
you don't need at the second hand shop is a good way of
making a little money.
After such a big day, your dog will be hungry. With the food
you bought, you must feed them when they need it.
Make sure you have enough food, drink and shampoo before
you go out buying toys. If you've bought tous, it's time
to play! After you've played and your puppy is happy
you can train them. Don't train them too much, otherwise
they wont want to until the next day.
The more you go into contests, the more points you'll get
and they'll add up. Sometimes you'll get new dogs in
the kennel.
The more you play with your dog at nght, the more they'll
spend the daytime sleeping.
If you want another dog, you'll have to save up a bit
more than the dog costs because you'll have to buy more.
And if you have a long-haired dog, the more expensive
things are. You can only have three dogs at home. But, you
can always let the dog hotel look after a dog or two and you can buy more. Bot I say that having more than three dogs is
hard because you have to swap them in the hotel.
If you don't want a dog anymore, if you go to the hotel,
you can donate a dog and they'll be adopted by another
person and you'll never see them again. I think this
is a great game for those who can't get a dog. The graphics
are very good and very realistic.
I have all the nintendogs packs, and I'd recommend all three
of them to anyone who loves dogs! Oh, and one last VERY
important thing. Nintendogs are almost real, and since you
have to ick up they're stinky business, you must bathe, feed and water your dog every day. If you don't, they'll think
you don't love them and they'll run away for a while.
You must play with them everyday, too otherwise they'll
run aay because they're lonley. When they come back,
don't yell. Give them lots of attention and love them
twice as much.
Enjoy the game, and if you don't have it,
stop looking at stores and get it, already!

JUST GIVE IN AND BUY IT ALEREADY!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: May 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

NINTENDOGS is the best thing that nintendo has come up with yet! The game has the BEST graphics!! You can interact with you're dogs by using the Nintendo's touch screen and microphone, so you can teach your dogs tricks by using voice commands! You can also play frisbee, jumprope, and fetch! You can even put cool collars and silly hats on you're dogs(I'ts so cute!!)Some of the funnest things about NINTENDOGS are...

1.)You can go on walks to find items and interact with other dogs and their trainers.(and run you're dog's energy out!)

2.)you can go to the park(get there by going on a walk)


3.)you can give your dogs baths, but you have to use the right kind of shampoo or else you're dogs won't get clean

4.) you can brush your dogs( you have to use the right kind of brush too.)

THE GAME WILL TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF BRUSH AND SHAMPOO THAT YOU NEED!!

On NINTENDOGS the dogs stay puppies for ever so they can't die! Some people say that some of the versions of nintendogs are better than others, but you get all of the kinds of dogs by earning trainer points, and the only other difference beetween them are the locations of the buildings when you're going on a walk! So if you're looking for a game that's fun for all ages, THIS IS THE GAME FOR YOU!!!

Nintendogs is the best game I've played for the DS so far.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: August 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This review is based on Lab and Friends version.

The kennel: When you first power up Nintendogs you'll find yourself knocking on the door of a kennel. Inside you'll find six starting breeds with 3 different types for each one that vary between gender and personality. The types of the dogs change after each time you enter. You have only 1000 dollars to spend and you can only pick one dog. I picked a male Shiba Inu and then we were back at home.

Home: You are limited to your house after you come home from the kennel. Your house is where you will train your dogs, feed them, and play with them. It is also the link to everywhere else. You have to calm your dog down before you can name it. You have to say your dog's name several times before it actually learns it like any trick. You then have to teach it to sit following the on screen instructions before you can do anything else. After that you can basically do anything.

Supplies list: This is where everything you found, bought and need for your dog. They are divided into groups to make it easier to find what you need.

Go Out: This is the link to everything else.
The following titles are located in Go out.

Walk: You will probably be spending the most time in this section. Before you can walk you have to draw the route you want to go and come back to your house. When the stamina bar goes to the bottom, you can't go any farther and you have to redraw the route. The more you walk, the more your stamina bar will increase so you can go to new places. To enter something, just draw up to the entrance and continue on with your walk. Your dog can only walk every thirty minutes. The places that you can enter are:
Parks: These are wide open places that perfect for disc competitions. Sometimes there are other dogs there who you can play with. Basically your house except it's bigger and you can't teach your dog new tricks here.
Gym: These are used for practicing for the current level of agility trials you are on. They contain obstacles that match the current skill level of agility trials you are on. Only after coming here may you do agility trials.
Discount Store: Basically a pet supply store only the items are a lot cheaper.
When you're dog is walking it's the only time you're dog goes to the bathroom so make sure you clean up after them or you will be fined. If you go over a blue item box on the screen you'll find neighborhood dogs to play with or your dog will find a free gift.

Info: Which is located in the go out section displays trainer points, friends list, your profile, trainer accomplishments, and things like that.

Contests: Which is located in the go out section has three different contests you can enter each having five difficulty classes. If you you get third place or above, you get a trophy with a cash prize and you move up to the next difficulty. If you don't get in the rankings, you go down one difficulty level.
Disc competition: You throw a frisby and judging by how far it goes and if your dog catches it in mid-air will determine how many points you'll get. Poke your dog to make it come back and do it over again. You have sixty seconds to get a certain number of points. If your dog misses it, you won't be awarded any points and your dog still has to bring the disc back.
Agility Trial: You control your dog and make it jump over obstacles and go through tubes and things like that. If you mess up on an obstacle you'll get a fault. Get a certain number of faults and you'll lose. Whoever has the best time and the least amount of faults will win.
Obedience Trial: I have not tried this out yet but I believe if you say the right command and your dog does it correctly, you won't lose any points. But if your dog doesn't obey the comannd, you'll lose points and whoever has the least amount of mistakes will win.
You can only enter 3 contests per day with each dog.

Bark mode: Multi-player. I can't do it yet because my brother doesn't have the game yet. You can play together. I think that sums it up pretty nicely.

Shopping: Well this is where you buy and sell stuff. The following titles are links.
Kennel: Buy and look at dogs.
SecondHand shop: Sell stuff here.
Interior Decorator: Remodel your house.
Pet Supply Store: Buy supplies here. I usually just buy stuff from the discount store because it's so much cheaper.
Dog Hotel: Since you can only have three dogs in your house, this is where you can put other dogs or just if you want to take care of only one dog at a time. You should swap dogs every now and then to make sure they're fed and have enough water.(Your dogs won't die if you don't feed them or if you don't give them water.)

The Dogs: My family doesn't have a dog but the dogs in here act like real dogs. I'm guessing it's similar to raising a real dog too. The graphics display the dogs perfectly. No other system could have been better for this game. The town looks amazing when you walk through it. I love watching my dogs wrestle and mess around in my house. The sound effects are cool too. I love how each dog has their own bark.

Overall a great game, good replay value. The game is kind of boring in the beginning because you can't do much but after you another dog, it's awesome. A must buy. My only regret is I want more places to go to when you're walking your dog. I wish you could go to other people's houses and play with them instead of encountering them when you go over a blue box.

Whoever wrote the review of them making Nintendogs for PSP is stupid. One thing is you don't have the touch screen, another thing is that you don't have the microphone or dual screens. Nintendo only makes games for their own systems too.

$28 or $1,000???

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: August 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Chapter 1: Intro

Welcome, you are reading the Unofficial Guide to Buying Nintendogs by a kid. You are purchasing a video game where you are the owner of your very own dog! But, don't think that this is going to be a piece of cake. It is very hard taking care of a video game pet. It's like a pet without spending so much money. (at least not in the game)

Chapter 2: Choosing Your Dog

In the Lab ans Friends version, there are 6 different dogs and 3 differnt colors and personalities for each one. Each coat even has a different personality. But the prices are the same between the 3 coats. Here are the dogs. The Labrador Retriever costs $535. The Miniature Pischer costs $565. The Toy Poodle costs $595. The Miniature Schnauzer costs $525. The Welsh Corgi costs $530. The Shiba Inu costs $560. It's all you here. You start with $1,000, so don't worry so much about those prices.

Chapter 3: Daily Needs

Water bottles are used for thirst. They cost $0.60 each. Dry food is what your dog eats. They $1.50 each. Shampoo and brushes are needed for when your dog gets dirty. Shampoo for short-haired dogs are $1.30 each, while shampoo for long-haired dogs are $1.80. Rubber brushes for short-haired dogs costs $6.00. While wire brushes which are for long-haired dogs take on a crazy amount of $40.00!!! Once you buy 1, the price goes up. Both red and blue flying discs cost $6.00. Red and black collars are $10.00. Red and yellow ribbons are $6.00 each. You do start with a few items, so check before you buy.

Chapter 4: Walking Your Dog

Taking your dog out on walks can take you to new places in your little town. You may find gifts, or CPUs with dogs. But, you might find garbage, too. Yuck! This will give your dog excirsise and take you to places like the discount store, which has the same items but for lower prices. Look for yourself and have fun. Make sure you pick up any poop, but as for pee there's no law. When you get back you must give your dog water, but make sure you check your status, by clicking your dog's name to see if he is hungry, too.

Chapter 5: Competitions and Trials

The Obedience Trial is where you can show off your dog's listening skills. The Disc Throwing Competiton is where you make a catchable toss for your dog to get points to win. The Agility Trial shows obstacles for your dog.

Chapter 6: Other Places

The secondhand shop has a few other items that aren't need like a bubble blower. The dog hotel is a day care. You can only fit 3 at a time at your house, so use the day care for those extras. The interior decorator changes the decoration of your room. There's a designer condo for $500. There's an early american for $1,000. Finally, there's a tami room for $5,000!!! That's right, $5,000!!!

Chapter 7: Voice Commands

Normal DS games only use the touch screen and the buttons. But, in this game you can call your dog. In the beginning, you teach your pet to sit and to come over. (call its name) But, you can teach it to roll over, spin, jump, and more. You don't have to use a microphone or something like that. You just speak and there you go. You first get him usto it, and then you give the command a title.

Chapter 8: Bark Mode

What is bark mode??? The answer to that is multiplayer. In multiplayer, you have your dog visit someone else's dog. Sadly, there's no online so they have to be 65 feet away at maximum. Give your dog a good time, by giving him a fun playdate.

Chapter 9: Categories

There are a few categories of items. Sports holds tennis balls and discs. (frisbees) Toys hold things like bubble blowers. Accesories hold food and water. Care holds food, water, brushes, and shampoo. Clock shows different clocks, such as digital and so on. Music holds records. Finally, etc. holds other things like sticks which you can find on walks.

Chapter 10: Audio

The audio is definitely solid. The dogs barking, walking, drinking, and eating are all sounding like the real thing. They are past decent.

Chapter 11: Graphics

The graphics are very good. They are excellent for a DS game. The dogs don't look wonderful, but the backgrounds are very detailed. The items, such as food and brushes look great. All I can say is that they're well-done.

Chapter 12: Conclusion

This is a long life with a loyal companion, but it's worth it. So, buy this game and have a good time with it. I wish you good luck!!!

Another innovative game from Nintendo!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 14
Date: August 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Hi, first thing's first - This game isn't everyone's cup of tea, some like pet sims, some like shoot-'em-ups. This review is for the former, or those that want to buy this game!

Nintendogs is a charming game (yes, folks, it's still a game!), with nice music, sweet animation and graphics and innovative gameplay.

"Sounds" - The dog barks are very realistic, and the little jingles when you teach a dog a new trick fills you with happiness (that could just be me...). The music is very suited to the game, and the piece when you take your dog for a walk is amazing - a French tinge to it, I'd say....
Graphics - An important part of this game, as it's trying to win over people with the cute little puppies! Very smooth and realistic, a few glitches here and there, like the frisbee fuzzed in the dog's head, but it is a very interactive game and these things can't be helped. The dogs interact realistically too.
Gameplay - The best use of the mic in any DS game to my knowledge (I'm in the UK), it is a little frustrating when trying to teach a new trick but the dog just looks at you with THOSE eyes (you know the ones...). Eventually they learn it, and the little jingle fills you with satisfaction and pride. One thing though, don't take this game out into public - it makes you look like a girlie when people see what you're playing (apart from Japan, where it's the norm) and talking to your handheld? Man, other people don't realise it has a mic, unless they own a DS too, I s'pose... Anyway, it just makes you look like a berk.
In-game 'things' - You can walk your dog (one of my favourite bits, you don't have to walk with it!), feed it, wash it, pet it, teach it tricks, take part in competitions etc. There are loads more, but you definitely need a break from it after a while, to let the dog get hungry, dirty etc.

If you are thinking about buying this game and have pestered your parents / talked to laods of people about it, buy it. If you are thinking about it but haven't done any of the above, think about it a bit more. I just love Nintendo, so I was destined to buy this game! Personally, I'm now looking forward to Animal Crossing DS, and I'll probably get that for Christmas because I'll bug my parents about how you can live in this village and lead an alternate life and fish and catch bugs and pay off a mortgage and live by the sea and- here I go again.... Bye for now, next review should be for AC DS!!!!!
P.S, My dog is called Ninty (short for Nintendo) and is a female Labrador. She is currently leading a very healthy, happy existence inside my DS!

Oh my god this is the most fun DS game ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: November 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Hi, once again back to rate your toys (...), the (...)old toy expert. This game is awsome, it lets you pick which breed of dog you want then you buy it food, toys, water, shampoo, brushes, collars, bows, and much much more. You get the dog then you teach it its name which takes quite awhile like it took my boy black lab like 20 minutes or something but it only took my girl black lab not even 5. So you walk it, clean it, brush it (etc). Its all the fun of having a dog with no mess. Once its good at catching frisbees enter it in a compotition. It can meet other dogs play with other dogs any thing a real dog can do is in this game. If your trying to play catch with your dog in the park don't go there when there are other dogs there they try to steal your frisbee. I really recommend this game.

*************** My top 100 ranking: 03 ****************

Astonishing.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: August 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the most inventive and sohpisticated games to come out in years. The sheer brilliance of making the microphone on the DS the primary interactive method brings an entirely new level of immersion to gaming. This game is enjoyable, and extremely satisfying, and it is completely open ended, with no defined goal to reach. The game is both complex and simple in many ways.

The little touches, such as the variety of items that can be found, the remote control toy cars for the dogs, and the fact that the bubble blower toy works by the user actually blowing on the microphone, give the game a feeling of being so alive and vibrant.

One of the best titles of 2005.

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