Nintendogs - Lab & Friends (NDS)
Product Description
Put a puppy inside your Nintendo DS! Described as a "puppy simulator", this innovative new title gives you a small amount of money to purchase your own puppy...and from there, the sky's the limit! Using the Nintendo DS's built-in microphone, you can name your dog, and then teach him tricks! Nintendogs also makes heavy use of the DS Touch Screen. Use the stylus to pet your dog, rub him on the belly, or touch his nose! But be careful: different dog breeds have different personalities, and not all like to be treated the same way.
Purchase one of several breeds available at the beginning of the game, then start spending time with your pup. Throw flying discs and balls to improve the pup's agility, bathe it when it gets dirty, and repeat voice commands to train the dog to do tricks. If you train it well enough, you'll excel in dog shows and agility contests, which will earn you money to buy other supplies and puppy breeds. When you earn enough cash, you can buy even more puppies to live with yours.
Walking your pup around the neighborhood is vital, as you'll find supplies and meet other dogs. Over time, your pup's stamina will increase so you can explore farther and farther. You can also interact wirelessly with your friends' nintendogs—you can set your DS to bark at you whenever another puppy is within wireless range. Special Features:
- This version includes a Labrador Retriever, Miniature Schnauzer, Toy Poodle, Corgi, Miniature Pinscher and Shiba.
- Pick from more than 15 of the most popular dog breeds, then care for and train the puppy using the touch screen and microphone.
- Pet the pup, acquire and play with more than 100 items like tennis balls, flying discs and even clothing accessories. Teach your dog to do tricks by creating your own personalized voice commands.
- Train your pups well and compete in obedience and agility trials. Win these competitions to earn cash, which you can use to buy supplies and even more dogs to keep your first puppy company.
- Walk puppies around the town to meet neighborhood dogs or interact wirelessly with friends’ Nintendogs using the innovative Bark Mode.
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Customer Reviews for Nintendogs - Lab & Friends:
Number of Reviews: 4
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Author: Lorna Hennessy
From: Hornsby, NSW
10 Jan 2008 16:37:19
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Fantastic
It is great fun!
you get to take it on heaps of walks which are are just so cool because you get to meat other dogs it not only has that but you can also compete in contests and if your friend has the game you can meat them at the park.
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Author: Jessica
From: NSW
29 Sep 2007 18:55:53
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Absolutely Brilliant
This game is fun for all ages. Its one of the only games i havent gotten sick of playing as there is a wide range of things to do - shopping, training, competing etc. To make it even better you can choose which dog to take out so when one dog is tired another is there to play with! Each dog has its own personality and strengths. Its a fun way to let kids learn how to care for dogs and i would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
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Author: Burak Haliloglu
From: New South Wales
6 Oct 2005 17:55:09
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Innovative
Nintendogs is an adorable and innovative gem for the Nintendo DS handheld console which is a fun ride while it lasts. However taking care of your dog, and training it etc does get awfully repetitive, and it's appeal is questionable after a few days.
The voice recognition and touch screen functions are great, and the graphics are realistic, but if you're looking for a game you would wish to play for hours on end, look elsewhere.
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Author: Neville Nicholson
From: Horsham, Victoria
6 Oct 2005 15:11:49
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Pixelated Puppy Pleasure
Just as there are cat people and dog people, there are those that will adore this game and those that simply won’t get it. But whichever category you might think you fall under, this is one puppy that’s worth a try.
Nintendogs is Mario-creator Shigeru Miyamoto’s pet project which puts the DS through its paces in every way imaginable, from stylus input to voice recognition and wireless play. Basically, it shows you everything that makes the DS unique in one simple, beautiful package. Along with the yet-to-be released sound/music experiment Electroplankton, Nintendogs sums up Nintendo’s ideal of “non-games” – titles which offer something different from your usual racing, platform or FPS game and opens the market up to those who never thought video games were their thing, whilst offering an appealing diversion to those who consider themselves a bit more hardcore.
When you start up the game, your first task (shockingly enough) is to purchase yourself a puppy. Each of the three versions comes with six breeds of dog to choose from, with every breed unlockable by meeting up with other proud Nintendog owners. Once you’ve brought your new puppy home, you can begin to gain its trust by playing with it, feeding it, and then giving it a name. By speaking into the microphone, you can call your puppy whatever you like (keep it clean, folks), and after a few attempts, it will recognize its name and come to you when you call. Similarly, you can then go on to teach it commands like “sit,” “roll over” and “beg.” The voice recognition works well for the most part, though anyone else will have a hard time trying to get your dog to understand them, and you have to be sure not to use similar-sounding commands or you’ll confuse your puppy and aggravate yourself. Getting your puppy to perform the tasks you want it to learn is relatively simple. By sliding the stylus down, you can get it to sit, then tap an icon and say the word/s you want it to associate with that command. You can then use the stylus to pet your puppy to reward it for performing said trick, or just whenever you think your Nintendog needs a little lovin’.
The point of all this? There are three different types of competitions you can enter your pride and joy into, each with 5 increasing levels of difficulty. These are an obedience trial, a throwing disc competition and an agility trial. The obedience trail is where you can show off what your pup can do by getting it to perform specific tricks, followed by an open performance where you can really go to town. The throwing disc contest requires some practice at the local park, where you throw a Frisbee and (all going to plan), your puppy will catch it, thereby gaining points, bring it back to you and then let you pry it from its vice-like jaws. The agility trial is more akin to the dog competitions you see on television, where you guide your pup trough a series of obstacles, clearing hurdles, teetering across see-saws and zig-zagging through poles. Again, this contest requires practice at the local gymnasium if one hopes for their puppy to do more than just sit, scratch and lick itself. The prize money from these competitions enables you to purchase mundane items (like food, water and dog shampoo to keep your Nintendog happy and sparkling clean) to toys and accessories to dress your pup up in style.
By going for walks, you can build up your puppy’s stamina, so each time you take him or her out, you can go a little further each time. The major benefit of this is that you can come across some of the hundreds of secret items that you can’t purchase directly from the pet supply store. There are a wide array of accessories, and even more toys and odds and ends for your puppy to play with (or sniff and growl at). Each of these objects, from tennis balls to teddy bears and antique statues, reacts with realistic physics, making them as much a joy for you to watch as it is for your Nintendog to chew on. And the wide variety of items makes the seemingly dull task of taking your dog for a walk into a treasure hunt of sorts, and will keep collector-types coming back over and over.
The graphics in Nintendogs are really in a league of their own. Whilst there isn’t much in the way of particle effects, explosions or invading spacecraft, each of the breeds is crafted exceptionally well and animate beautifully. So much so that you can easily sit back and watch a few of your puppies play with each other as the time slips by.
And that’s really the beauty of Nintendogs. While you won’t be getting the hour-long play sessions that some meatier games provide, it’s the perfect example of a pick up and play title that you can enjoy for 10 minutes while you’re waiting for a bus or in line at the movie theatre. The only downfall to this is that these environments are likely to be too noisy for the voice recognition in the game – and that’s only if you’re brave enough to be yelling “Sit down!” “Beg!” amidst a crowd of bewildered onlooker’s.
But that’s not to say that crowds are a disadvantage to the enjoyment of this game. Bark Mode allows you to put your DS in Sleep Mode while it searches for other Nintendog owners in your area. Should you find one, you can then trade your trainer stats and have your puppy spend a little bonding time with theirs, even exchanging gifts should you choose. The advantage of this is that if the other person has one of the other versions of the game (Lab and Friends, Chihuahua and Friends or Miniature Dachshund and Friends) you can then purchase the breed of dog that your new friend is using from the kennel. This only works once with each version of the game, meaning you can only get one breed from each person you come into contact with, so unlocking every breed will involve a LOT of socializing.
All in all, Nintendogs is definitely worth a look-see, just to see if this puppy works its magic on you, even if you consider yourself a hardcore FPS nut. Or a cat person.
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