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Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends (Nintendo DS) | 
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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £20.49
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 243
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: simulation-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
Age: 3 - 18 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.7 x 0.8
MPN: NINDOGS
UPC: 045496462970
EAN: 0045496462970
ASIN: B000FTQRAI
Release Date: June 16, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Once the players have bought their dog, they have to take full care; i.e. feed them, wash them, take them out for walks in the neighborhood, play with them, ad cuddle them. Through the built-in DS microphone, players can also each their dogs voice command-lead tricks ? from the classic ?sit? to the more advanced ?backflip?. Once players have trained their puppy up, they can enroll their dog into competitions to prove their talent and earn prize money. There are three different type of competition: an obedience trial, a Frisbee-catching contest, and an obstacle course (against time). With the competition earnings, the player can buy food, toys, and accessories for their dog. It is possible to buy and own up to three puppies at any single time. Features: Total of 20 dogs as in the other versions 6 different breed unlocked from the beginning: Dalmatian, Boxer, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Yorkshire Terrier, Beagle 12 other breeds can be unlocked in the game through collection of dog owner points Plus 2 secret breeds that can be unlocked through finding the rare items; the Jack Russell Terrier (item: Jack Russell?s Book) and Shiba Inu (item: Japanese Collar) When a Dalmatian is met in Bark Mode, it will be unlocked automatically for those who do not yet have Dalmatian available within their games rooms Initial indoor room design of the flat is ?Early American? Rooms in the Reform Shop from the beginning of the game; Northern European Style, Designer?s Mansion, Japanese-style Room. 3 Hidden Rooms: Desktop Space, Seaside & Outer Space Items Items available from the beginning: Fireman?s Hat (the US Best Friends version had a Santa?s Hat as a promotional item) Over 100 items can be bought or found for the dogs to either play with them or dress them up. Overall probability of finding items remains the same apart from Santa?s Hat (Standard) and Japanese Collar (rare). Players need to collect over 20,000 Owner Points to
Amazon.co.uk Review
In a nutshell:
The ultimate evolution of virtual pet: Nintendogs gives you opportunity to preen and look after a selection of cute puppies in a virtual home, with virtual currency, where you can buy toys and accessories for their enjoyment. You can clean the pups, feed them, walk them, play catch with them, and even talk to them.The lowdown:
Nintendogs is brimming with character. Each pup looks out from the DS touchscreen and paws longingly. You can respond to your virtual pet's need of attention by stroking the screen, using items such as balls and brushes with the aid of the stylus, and talking to your dogs through the DS's inbuilt microphone system. Impressive 3D graphics give lifelike animation to these canine wonders. Most exciting moment:
After a few attempts to speak commands into the microphone, your puppy understands the meaning of "sit", barks approval, and sits down. It's good to talk. Since you ask:
You can keep three pups in your home at any time. When left to their own devices, they'll play and play-fight together. And they call this 'puppy love'. The bottom line:
A Nintendog is not just for Christmas.
Jonti Davies
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Got boring quick January 5, 2009
kdizzle
Wasn't very impressed with this game, it was my first for my DS but would recommend getting a different one like the brain training first.
I guess I'm a bit old for this kind of thing anyway but was kinda hoping for a similar type thing to the tamigotchi's where you have to actually look after the animal. You do have to feed the dog/s and walk it, occasionaly wash it but that's about it. It got so repetitive trying to teach the thing new tricks too, constantly saying the command over and over in the mic.
You can only enter 3 competitions a day and only walk it every half an hour or so. Just found it quite boring really and not worth the money..
Nintendogs December 28, 2008
MademoiselleBoleyn (Earth)
Great game! Can get boring but i have had mine for 5 years and never once thought about trading it!
you can't name your dog September 15, 2008
J. Mclean (Scotland)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After seeing my child struggle for over 40 minutes to get the nintendo machine to recognise the name she was calling (has to happen more than three times) and allow her to type it in, I felt compelled to warn other parents. It is a shame, its a good game which has been completely killed off by unnecessary voice recognition security. I hope someone from nintendo is listening, I am sure people have returned this game due to this design fault.
Cute and fun virtual pet game! September 5, 2008
Gabbi (Cornwall, UK)
When I first got this game for Christmas almost 2 years back I never got the hang of it because my dog (a Beagle) never listened when I called its name, so I left the game collecting dust amongst my other DS games. However I started playing it again quite recently thanks to my younger brother who kept the game going, and it's really adorable!
The graphics are nice (especially on the puppies themselves!) and looking after them is pretty straight forward. The commands are also easy to do and it's great to see your puppy run at you after calling its name.
The only downside is that you can only enter a certain tournament 3 times a day. Same goes for teaching commands to your dog. Because once you've done the tournaments and such, there's not really much left to do except still look after your pups and watch them.
In short this game is really fun and REALLY cute! I definitely recommend this to dog lovers and people that enjoy virtual pet games.
Nintendogs dalmation and friends is the best!!!!!! July 26, 2008
WOW! I have not had my DS for long and only have 5 games but I have played on lots and lots of my friends games as well. Out of all the games I have played I would probably put this in my top 5!!! Its fun and you can have up to 8 dogs. You get to name them, teach them there name and tricks, play with them, walk them, take them to agility practice, take them to the park, feed them, dress them, enter them into comotions and lots more! This is also the best nintendogs game! Even though they are all very similar this definatly has the best breeds. Its a easy game to play and I would recomend it for 5 to 14 year olds. The only problem with this game is it can get a bit annoying when you have to keep repeating things. Id say thats the only downside to this game so Id definetly buy it if I were you. You can even get cool keychains, nintendo ds stickers, screen wipers and cuddly toy dogs that are all the same as the game. Its absolutly GREAT!!!!!!
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