Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends Review

By Ellie Gibson Published 20 June, 2006

101 out of 10?

Version tested: DS

First things first. Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends is exactly the same as Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends, Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends and Nintendogs: Labrador & Friends, with one rather obvious difference.

Yes, the new edition of Nintendogs lets you raise a spotty puppy. Or a boxer, beagle, German shepherd, golden retriever or Yorkshire terrier, if you prefer, since those are the breeds you can choose from at the start of the game. A further 14 can be unlocked later (but as Nintendogs aficionados will know, unlocking new breeds can take aaages - hence they've released Dalmatian & Friends even though it's possible to unlock the dalmatian in other versions).

Once you've picked your pup, it's time to head home and teach your new dog some old tricks. Your first task is to teach your pet its name by saying it into the DS's microphone a few times. Then you can set about teaching your doggy to sit, roll over, shake hands etc. on command.

Just as with the other versions of Nintendogs, you're responsible for ensuring that your puppy is fed, watered and clean at all times, and for taking him or her for walks. You can also enter your dog in obedience competitions where they can show off the tricks they've learned, along with frisbee-catching competitions and obstacle course contests. Pets really do win prizes, and you can spend the cash you earn on more food, toys and accessories for your pup.

Then there's Bark Mode. Switch this on and your DS will alert you when another player with the game in the same state is nearby. You can link up with other Nintendogs owners wirelessly, watch your pets play together and swap any spare items you might have lying around.

Spot the difference

'Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends' Screenshot 1

Nintendo sent us some Dalmatian and Friends screenshots - but none feature dalmatians, oddly.

All of the above features appear in all the other versions of Nintendogs, of course. So if the game's the same (different breeds aside), why bother reviewing it again?

Well, because it seems like a good opportunity to look back at our original review, and to admit that our opinions have changed somewhat.

That said, we'd stand by our assertions that Nintendogs is a fresh, innovative game, and a highly impressive achievement. The puppies in Dalmatian & Friends are just as cute and engaging as those in the other games (in fact, the dalmatian is quite possibly the cutest of them all).

But our original review also questioned whether the game could get too repetitive, to the point where it's not much fun to play any more. And we've since discovered that the answer to that is most definitely yes.

The problem is that the novelty of Nintendogs wears off - and once that's happened, there's not really enough to make you want to keep on playing. At least, not if you're over the age of ten; we know kids who still happily play with their doggies months after getting hold of the game. But then kids tend to think there's nothing funnier than farts and bogies, eat their scabs and think Balamory is a real place, so their opinions are not to be trusted. (Not until they're old enough to realise that boobies and winkies are much funnier, that other people's scabs taste nicer and that Balamory is only worth watching if you are unemployed and drunk.)

Park life

'Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends' Screenshot 2

Not the most fun we've ever had.

The main problem is that there's just not enough to do. There are only three competitions you can enter, as outlined above, and they get pretty boring pretty quickly, particularly since your success in them doesn't always have a lot to do with your own skills. Take the frisbee-catching contest, for example - your chance of winning doesn't seem to have anything to do with how well you throw the frisbee; it's simply about how long you've spent chucking the frisbee at your dog in practice sessions up the park. Which, in itself, is a very repetitive and ultimately tiresome experience.

Much like walking your dog, in fact. As the game progresses, your puppy is able to go for longer and longer walks - which means you have to spend more and more time staring at the screen while it trundles along. Granted, stuff happens to break things up a bit; your dog might meet another dog, in which case you have to wait around while they get to know each other, or your dog might go to the toilet. Hardly thrilling.

At first, it's exciting when your dog finds a present for you - but after you've played the game for a while, you learn that said present has only a one in ten chance of being remotely interesting. For the most part, you're presented with useless objects like a stick or a broken disposable camera. Which, obviously, is rubbish.

Then there's Bark Mode. We have yet to come across a stranger who also has their DS in Bark Mode, and frankly we're not keen to. True, it's great fun to watch your puppy play with your friends' doggies, and we've managed to collect some very cool items this way, but it all gets a bit dull after five minutes or so.

One ticket to Battersea, please

'Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends' Screenshot 3

Isn't Shiba a kind of cat food? So THAT's what happens to Nintendogs when they die.

The fact is, we haven't touched our original copy of Nintendogs for months now. As painful as this is to admit, our puppies are probably now completely, irretrievably mental and riddled with fleas. We're too frightened to boot up the game and find out, haunted by visions of their emaciated corpses being stripped to the bone by gargantuan rats (even though we know that Nintendogs cannot actually die on account of how much it would upset the kiddies).

After finishing our original review, we played Nintendogs for a few more weeks, but then things just got too tedious. Walking, cleaning and training the dogs took too much time and became too monotonous, and it all started to feel like work.

On first booting up Dalmatian & Friends, however, a bit of the old magic did return. We were reminded just how adorable the puppies are, and how much fun it is to have a virtual pet that looks, behaves and responds just like a real doggy would.

In other words, Nintendogs still stands up as an impressive piece of software and a game that makes brilliant use of the DS's capabilities. But it is a shame that there's not more depth to the game, and not enough incentives to keep you playing as the weeks pass.

Of course, there are some young Nintendogs fans (and a few older ones with more patience than us, we'd wager) for whom the novelty will never wear off. But only the most serious of completists should consider buying Dalmatian & Friends too, since it's basically the same game.

Good breeding

'Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends' Screenshot 4

There's no denying it - they really are adorable.

If you've never played Nintendogs, and are thinking of investing in a copy - perhaps to go with your shiny new DS Lite - Dalmatian & Friends is a good choice, in that there's a nice selection of breeds and the dalmatians really are THAT cute.

And if you do invest in a copy, we're sure that you'll be utterly enchanted. You'll have hours of fun playing with your new puppy, and you'll be keen to show him or her off to everyone you know - not just because you're so proud of your doggy, but because Nintendogs is a great example of what the DS can do, and of how not all games have to be about pushing buttons to fire guns or beat people up.

But if, like us, you don't have a vast amount of time on your hands to spend walking around a rather dull virtual landscape every day, and if you like a bit more from your games in terms of incentives and variation, chances are you won't be playing Dalmatian & Friends in a few weeks' time. It's sad to have to say that, since we still think Nintendogs is an amazing achievement and a great game - it's just not a great game for very long. In other words, if you're a grown-up, if there are limits to your patience and your time, and if you want a game that's not just for Christmas, it's probably not a good idea to pick Nintendogs.

6 / 10

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  • firm3d #1 6 years ago

    I totally agree with the stated shortcomings; bought a version for my partner who's mad about all things cute, and even she admits there isn't much to it and has barely played it at all.

  • Bitkari #2 6 years ago

    no wifi deathmatch then?

  • MadMirko #3 6 years ago

    That was quite a long winded way of saying "it INDEED lacks long term motivation".

  • reality_cheque #4 6 years ago

    They should release a cat version so I have an excuse to buy a DS Lite.
    Edited by 1 at 20/06/06 @ 08:39

  • hypernova #5 6 years ago

    What's the point of this release? Is it a worldwide launch to coincide with the DS-Lite launch, just to remind people that buy the Lite that Nintendogs exists?

  • The_Pope #6 6 years ago

    I don't mean to knit-pick but if the Dalmations really are SO cute ("in fact, the dalmatian is quite possibly the cutest of them all";) then why aren't there any screenshots showing Dalmations? :(

  • regmund #7 6 years ago

    i bought the lab version of this way back , and i totally agree with this review. i loved it for a short while, but there is no way i'm ever going to earn enough credits to buy the fanciest apartment. Voice recog is a bit iffy too.

  • DaM #8 6 years ago

    And Balmory is real!*












    * Though some may call it Tobermory, and Miss Hoolie probably doesn't live there...

  • JetSetWilly #9 6 years ago

    I think that review is spot on.

  • mad_caddy #10 6 years ago

    so how come the other nintendogs review gave it 8/10 and this only gets 6/10?

  • Fozzie_bear #11 6 years ago

    When's Nintenmonkeys coming out? That'd be great.

  • Zuiyo #12 6 years ago

    Bow-wow-wow.

  • SeesThroughAll #13 6 years ago

    so how come the other nintendogs review gave it 8/10 and this only gets 6/10?

    I agree, both should have had 6/10.

    Hype fades away, thankfully.

  • el_pollo_diablo #14 6 years ago

    Right Nintendo, sort your lives out.

    With less than 4 days to go before you release the DS Lite, I've seen ONE advert for the thing. One advert! In it, a hotel porter plays Brain Training with a guest or something, and it manages to skip over both the content of the game AND the system itself. Although I know full well what the game (and system) is about, I wouldn't expect my Mum to get her head around it.

    If you really want to make the DS something that appeals to gamers and non-gamers alike, you'd better a) get your skates on; and b) tell the non gamey people what your system IS, what it can DO, and what games you can buy for it. Otherwise how are you expecting to break into new markets?

    Thanks.

  • Kiigan #15 6 years ago

    Nintendogs is great. I don't really see the point of this new review to be honest. The game is fun, accessible, and unique. By the time you've tired of it, you've already had your value for money. No, it doesn't deliver months of play, but it delivers enough. To knock something months after the event because you're bored of it now is kinda missing the point... if you're picking up Nintendogs for the first time today, there's no way it is a 6/10 game. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Not when you consider the tat that EG regularly hands scores of 7, 8 and 9.

  • Kafeen #16 6 years ago

    Ninty do like to continue with their releasing multiple versions of the same product.

  • Xerx3s #17 6 years ago

    so how come the other nintendogs review gave it 8/10 and this only gets 6/10? The first was original and this doesnt add that much?

  • oerhoert #18 6 years ago

    If the game is really a six out of ten, I would think it should have been possible to tell already some days after the first launch, aye?

    Agreed about the longevity of the thing, but still, my sister's playing it more or less daily still. After <em>half a year</em>. So I guess it's not an issue for the true target group. :)

    But yeah, the game would have been even more ace if they included a larger story arc, city map or something like that. A cross between Jones in the Fast Lane and Nintendogs would keep my interest for longer, I reckon.

  • albundy #19 6 years ago

    So, when EA milk a franchise to death, they are villains, and the sole reason for the 'death' of videogames.

    But when Nintendo bring out the 1,000th Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Metroid, Luigi, Wario, Ninendogs game, etc, then nothing gets said?

    Well, I'll say something. MEH! Zzz Zzz Zzz Zzz Zzz..........

  • mad_caddy #20 6 years ago

    "The first was original and this doesnt add that much?"

    Wrong surely, they have 4 versions of nintendogs, and from what I see you pick up which dog you want to own. Therefore this is just another version with different dogs and it was never meant to add anything......other than a choice at the point of purchase.

  • Teeth #21 6 years ago

    Too many N games that require you to do a bit every day. It was funny the first time.

  • MadMirko #22 6 years ago

    So, when EA milk a franchise to death, blablabla

    Please, can we quit with that? The industry has been around for a while, and sequels are an important economic factor for developers and publishers.

    But you are conveniently missing that this is not a sequel, merely another edition. You know, like the GBs come in red, blue, yellow, etc. It does not claim to be Nintendogs 2006, like EA would probably do.

    That's why nothing is said. Aside from trolls, that is.

  • Eraser #23 6 years ago

    "But when Nintendo bring out the 1,000th Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Metroid, Luigi, Wario, Ninendogs game, etc, then nothing gets said?"

    Short sightedness to the max here!

    What you don't realise is that the difference between EA and Nintendo is that while Nintendo do re-use a franchise from time to time, each game is pretty much unique in it's own rights. Mario Bros is completely different from Mario Kart or Mario Golf or Mario Tennis.
    EA's titles all play pretty much the same. One FIFA game doesn't add much over the other FIFA game. That's the problem.

    Nintendo innovates within a franchise, EA just recycles old garbage.

    I do agree that this Nintendogs re-release is a bit iffy though.

  • SeesThroughAll #24 6 years ago

    Mario Bros is completely different from Mario Kart or Mario Golf or Mario Tennis.

    Each Mario Bros is a platformer, each Mario Kart is a Power Drift style racing game, each Mario Golf is a golf game, and each Mario Tennis is a tennis game.

    Even within each genre, there's a bunch of iterations of basically the same game with often small incremental changes.

    Each of these genres could have had entirely new franchises and characters, instead of just slapping Mario in it. See the lack of imagination there?

    All this is quite normal though, no need to react in denial either.

    Nintendo innovates within a franchise, EA just recycles old garbage.

    Nintendo seems to use the catchphrase "innovation" as mindlessly as Microsoft. By quoting their catchphrases, you only lose credibility.
    Edited by 2 at 20/06/06 @ 10:56

  • ecureuil #25 6 years ago

    Nintendogs is crap and boring, with a lifespan of around 3 hours. You can't even use the excuse it's for women - my girlfriend got bored with it quicker than I did, she'd much rather play Kirby. How this got 40/40 in Famitsu I'll never know.

  • Kurgan #26 6 years ago

    I have to agree with Kiigan (and not just because our handles share some of the same letters). Why doesn't EG re-review every game after 6 months or so to see how it stands up? Because if that were the case, I'm sure that a large percentage would be downgraded in this way. Yes, there were initial concerns about the game's longevity, but the original score of 8/10 took that into account. This purpose of this review seems to be just an excuse to say that you've tired of the game...

  • Aretak #27 6 years ago

    "so how come the other nintendogs review gave it 8/10 and this only gets 6/10?"

    Spot the guy who was too lazy to read the review and just skipped to the score.

  • chupachups #28 6 years ago

    This makes no sense, this is exactly the same game that was released last year, why is it being reviewed again?

    And why does the same reviewer on the same website give it a different score?

    Wouldn't it have made more sense just to say "see the review from last year"?
    Edited by 1 at 20/06/06 @ 11:07

  • The-Bodybuilder #29 6 years ago

    >"each game is pretty much unique in it's own rights"

    Damn right.
    /goes to play mario party [insert number here].

    >"Because if that were the case, I'm sure that a large percentage would be downgraded in this way."

    Then why don't we just re-review games after a decade and and give them 2/10. Games, no matter how good, WILL get boring after some point. The point of a review is to make potential buyers find out about the game prior to buying it. No body cares if you get bored 6 months down the line, you've got your fun.

    But the famitsu 40/40 is just another nintendoggy-style loving from fami.

  • reality_cheque #30 6 years ago

    Plus as the review said - you can get the dalmation in the original, this is just for people who don't want to put that much effort in.

  • reality_cheque #31 6 years ago

    "This makes no sense, this is exactly the same game that was released last year, why is it being reviewed again?

    And why does the same reviewer on the same website give it a different score?"
    Did you read the review at all? It does say in there "Well, because it seems like a good opportunity to look back at our original review, and to admit that our opinions have changed somewhat."

    As in - this was original and nice at the beginning, but now we've had it for a while we've realised it's a little bit repetative.

  • Reaver #32 6 years ago

    Yes, because one Mario Kart game with slightly new stuff in it per console is just as bad as EA releasing Need For Speed, Fifa, Madden et al every single year.

    Are Nintendo bad for doing sequels? Maybe, but 5 Mario Karts over the last decade really isn't that bad.

    However, as someone rightly pointed out, Mario Party is an entirely different matter, and should be laid to rest right now.

  • chupachups #33 6 years ago

    >Did you read the review at all? It does say in there "Well, because it seems like a >good opportunity to look back at our original review, and to admit that our opinions >have changed somewhat."
    >
    >As in - this was original and nice at the beginning, but now we've had it for a while >we've realised it's a little bit repetative.

    I don't own a game for a year before I decide whether I like it, in fact I'm bored of most games that I've owned for that long, however good they were when I first played them.

    This review is stating the bleeding obvious, you get bored of innovative games when they no longer feel innovative.

    Personally I love the original but think this release is a shameless cash-in for Nintendo, they've advertised this as if it was a new Nintendogs game without any kind of disclaimer on any of the adverts saying you can unlock the Dalmatian in the other editions.

    Come to think of it, I know someone who works in a game shop who told me during the original Nintendogs launch that there were people buying several editions because they wanted all the dog breeds, and he was amazed when I told him you can unlock all the breeds in all the games as no one had told him. It makes you wonder what proportion of those sales were repeat customers being conned out of £25.

    I'm now worried that instead of developing the game further, Nintendo are going to try and do another Pokemon, releasing the same game over and over and over again.
    Edited by 1 at 20/06/06 @ 11:18

  • ecureuil #34 6 years ago

    chupachups - to be fair to Nintendo, it clearly states on the box that you can unlock every breed without needing the other editions.

  • Daikon #35 6 years ago

    Many Japanese don't have enough space or spare time to keep a real dog, which is how games like this come into existence.

    Btw take a look at the website of this Japanese dog shop. They offer dog rentals!

    For 500 yen you can take a dog for walkies for 30 minutes.
    For 10.000 yen you can take him home for the night!

    Rough translation:

    "Dog Walking Experience"
    "I want to keep a dog but I can't at the moment. I want to be with a dog..."
    "How about a Dog Walking Experience with one of our staff dogs?!"

    You can choose between Pin (the little pooch) and Cherry (the boxer).

    Japan can be very weird indeed.

  • JetSetWilly #36 6 years ago

    Since all publishers on all platforms milk their most popular franchises, bashing them for doing so seems to come down purely to whether you like said franchise or not.

  • chupachups #37 6 years ago

    >to be fair to Nintendo, it clearly states on the box that you can unlock every breed >without needing the other editions.

    It can't be that clear if my friend didn't know, and the customers didn't know, and it doesn't state this in the adverts either.

    And incidentally, I just looked at my copy from last year (Dachsund & Co) which has no disclaimer whatsoever on the box, it just lists the unlocked breeds and doesn't mention anything about the locked ones. It mentions it in the manual, but that's not exactly clearly marked, and you wouldn't be able to look at the manual if it's wrapped in cellophane.

    Sorry. I'm probably in a bad mood because I haven't eaten yet.

  • el_pollo_diablo #38 6 years ago

    I'm with JetSetWilly on this one. ALL companies milk popular franchises, and N are no better or worse than any of the others.

    Sometimes I'm happy to be rinsed for what amounts to little more than a level pack (Tony Hawk springs to mind), and sometimes I'm not (Mario Kart, although I'm probably alone on this one). It just depends on what you like.

  • Ruuh #39 6 years ago

    Errr... can you play Psychonauts or Darwinia, or Resident Evil (or whatever are the games EG staff seem to worship) for couple of months straight without getting bored to the bone? Imho, if you've played Nintendogs for a month or two, you'd surely have gotten you money's worth. And, as Kiigan & Kurgan already said, there hardly is a point in re-reviewing essentially the same game after half a year or whatever. Surely, Psychonauts then should be degraded to 6/10 because there's not much long-term incentive to keep playing after finishing it for first or second time.

    And, imho, selling variations of the same game is no different than all those GotY/Platinum/Diamond/Pile-o'-Crap editions.

    Yeah, all I was trying to say was - there was no bloody need in reviewing this. Still, for some reason I read it :(.

  • smoison #40 6 years ago

    I still think 6/10 is VERY generous for a DOG tamagochi game.

    It seems less interesting then Seamen on the Dreamcast....

  • RedPanda #41 6 years ago

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  • DaveTheHutt #42 6 years ago

    I know we're approaching the summer, new releases are thinning out and you need something to fill the page with, but really... what is the point of this review?

    So you played a game a lot and eventually got bored of it... well, who woulda thunk it!!! If you're going to start down-rating things on that basis, well... you're entering a whole world of hurt.

    I thought this was a great little toy (it's not really a game, though it has game elements) - had a lot of fun with it for a while but then grew bored of it. So what? It entertained me for a while, fair's fair.

    I know kids who've been playing this for months and still love it, so kudos to Nintendo for creating something so well targeted.

    Oh, and anyone who calls this a dog tamagochi clearly hasn't played it.

    Hutt out




  • Nikanoru #43 6 years ago

    Mario Bros is completely different from Mario Kart or Mario Golf or Mario Tennis.

    Each Mario Bros is a platformer, each Mario Kart is a Power Drift style racing game, each Mario Golf is a golf game, and each Mario Tennis is a tennis game.


    That's a big fat bunch of nonsense.

    The first Mario Bros came out in 1985. That's 21 years ago. And now, in 2006, we're getting part 4. Even if you add the japanese SMB2, and count Super Mario World and the first two gameboy games as "Mario Bros" on basis of similarities, that still isn't much. And frankly, if you think SMB3 is a rehash of SMB1 then I just don't want to talk to you. :( Hell, SMB1, 2 and 3 have been pretty much completely different.
    Also, I hope we can all agree that SM64 is a separate breed entirely, and its spiritual sequel, Sunshine, isn't even very similar to that because the waterpack just makes it a completely different experience, as anyone would agree whether they liked the game or not.

    Mario Kart has stayed pretty similar over its 14 year existence (aside from Double Dash), but that's 14 years for 5 games. And, well, you know how some of the fans wailed when they changed the formula slightly in DD (even though I liked it), so it's hardly Nintendo's fault for listening.

    Mario Golf? Well, you remember how the GBA version was suddenly an RPG?
    Sorry about the overused statement, but: "Nuff said."

    And you can hardly look at the latest Mario Tennis game and go "well, this is like any other tennis game, I wish they'd try something different."

    There is only one Mario Strikers, there is only one Mario Baseball, there is only one Mario Basketball.

    Smash Brothers should speak for itself, as well as the RPG games.


    As for Mario Party, I don't know what's up with that. Me and my friends enjoyed the first two, then we kind of forgot about it. Until we got to play MP7 the other day. It was loads of fun, even though, aside from the microphone, it was pretty much the same game as part 1, but with new minigames. I guess "party" games that you only play at a get together just really lend themselves to new iterations that only differ in content, not really in mechanics. Sort of like any Fifa or Madden then.


    Right, my rant points for today are spent.

  • beep #44 6 years ago

    When's Nintenmonkeys coming out? That'd be great.

    Forget that. i want to see Nintenchild. Choose a baby and raise a freak.

  • YourMessageHere #45 6 years ago

    This is ridiculous. Stop going on at EG for reviewing a new release. If you want to bitch at someone, bitch at Nintendo for releasing the same game again after six months; naturally, this is a fairly big release for the DS, so ignoring it would be stupid. A reviewer should review based on what they think, and I'd far rather EG said "you know, this really isn't as good as we first thought, and most people buying this will probably feel the same" than if they said something robotic and glib like "If you like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you'll like! 8/10 again!!!". Perhaps it's just me but I respect EG's ability to not patronise.

  • Poorandugly #46 6 years ago

    Nintendragons? Just a thought.
    /Runs off.

  • JayScott #47 6 years ago

    But most of the games I own do get tired after a while. That's why I buy new ones. I'm not defending 'Nintendogs' as such, but rather the notion that a game should offer unlimited replayability. I don't think I've ever bought a game expecting that.

  • Pac-man-ate-my-wife #48 6 years ago

    TO EVERYONE ARGUING ABOUT INNOVATION AND SEQUELS

    Yes both Nintendo and EA milk sequels, so does every fucking other publisher in the games industry. For every original title there are millions of shite sequels.

    But Nintendo also spend a lot of time producing original titles. See Polarium, Another Code, Pikmin, Chibi Robo, Brain Training etc.

    Also EA publish some fantastic titles are truly the best of their kind such as Tiger Woods, Fight Night, The Sims etc.

    Get over it. Sequels exist, if you don't like 'em don't buy 'em and support the original stuff that is out there.

  • Tomo #49 6 years ago

    Haters be gone. Nintendogs is superb. Granted, it had several flaws but as an acheivement for converting non-gamers, it has been a resounding success and you've gotta admire that. My gf loved it, certainly.

    Haven't read all the posts if this repeats others..

  • Lim-Dul #50 6 years ago

    When people are asking "Isn't every game bound to become boring after a while?" have they considered, that not every game is released 4 or 5 times in succession without adding anything new?

    So yes - IMHO the first release of Nintendogs deserves at least an 8/10, then this edition, which tries to pull people back to a game, that basically hasn't changed, while making them pay for it, deserves at MOST a 6/10.

    I've known patches to games that have been more exciting than this poor attempt at reviving a game that has been played to the death.

  • Pac-man-ate-my-wife #51 6 years ago

    They aren't trying to pull people back to the game. They are repackaging the game to conincide with the release of the DS lite.

  • Zond3 #52 6 years ago

    What do you mean Balamory doesnt exist? Did they build the town out of papier mache or what?

  • Liggur #53 6 years ago

    My Girlfriend summed it up nicely.

    "Why would I want to play with a fake dog, when we have a real one in the house"

  • miiiguel #54 6 years ago

    Tomo: DS is still a good machine... you're allowed to dislike some "just-for-the-money" tactics Ninty does (like everyone), they wont take way your member card.

    By the way, how many breeds can you Nintendogs "blind lovers" take ? The possibilities are almost endless...:
    Affenpinscher, Afghan Hound, Airedale Terriers, Akbash Dogs, Akitas, Alapha Blue Blood Bulldogs, Alaskan Klee Kain, Alaskan Malamutes, American Bulldog, American Eskimo, American Foxhound, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terriers, American Water Spaniel, Anatolian Shepherd, Australian Cattle Dog, Australian Kelpie, Australian Shepherds, Australian Terrier, Basenji, Basset Hound,Beagle, Bearded Collie, Beauceron, Bedlington Terrier, Belgian Malinois, Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Tervuren , Bernese Mountain Dog, Bichon Frise, Black and Tan Coonhound, Black Russian Terrier, Bloodhound, Border Collie, Border Terrier, Borzoi Boston Terrier, Bouvier des Flandres, Boxers, Briard, Briquet Griffon Vendeen, Brittany, Brussels Griffon, Bull Terrier, Bulldog, Bullmastiff, Cairn Terrier, Canaan Dog, Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Catahoula Leopard Dog, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Central Asian Ovtcharka, Cesky Terrier, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Chinese Crested, Chinese Foo, Chinese Shar-Pei, Chow Chow, Clumber Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel, Collie, Coton De Tulear, Curly-Coated Retriever, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Doberman, Dogue de Bordeaux, English Cocker Spaniel, English Foxhound, English Setter, English Springer Spaniel, English Toy Spaniel, Estrela Mountain Dog, Field Spaniel, Fila Brasileiro, Finnish Spitz, Flat-Coated Retriever, Fox Terrier (Smooth), Fox Terrier (Wire), French Bulldog, German Shepherd Dog, German Shorthaired Pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer, Giant Schnauzer, Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Great Dane, Great Pyrenees, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Greyhound, Harrier, Havanese, Ibizan Hound, Irish Setter, Irish Terrier, Irish Water Spaniel, Irish Wolfhound, Italian Greyhound, Jack Russell Terrier, Japanese Chin, Keeshond, Kerry Blue Terrier, Komondor, Kooikerhondje, Kuvasz, Laekenois, Lakeland Terrier, Lhasa Apso, Lowchen, Maltese , Manchester Terrier, Maremma Sheepdog, Mastiff, Miniature Australian Shepherd, Miniature Bull Terrier, Miniature Pinscher, Miniature Poodle, Miniature Schnauzer, Neapolitan Mastiff, Newfoundland, Norfolk Terrier, Norwegian Buhund, Norwegian Elkhound, Norwich Terrier, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Old English Sheepdog, Otterhound, Papillon, Pekingese, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Pharaoh Hound, Pointer, Polish Owczarek Nizinny, Pomeranian, Portuguese Water Dog, Pug Puli, Rat Terrier, Red and White Setter, Redbone Coonhound, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Rottweiler, Saint Bernard, Saluki, Samoyed, Schipperke, Scottish Deerhound, Scottish Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Shetland Sheepdog, Shiba-Inu, Shih Tzu, Siberian Husky, Silky Terrier, Skye Terrier, Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers, Spinone Italiano, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Standard Poodle, Standard Schnauzer, Sussex Spaniel , Tibetan Spaniel, Tibetan Terrier, Toy Manchester Terrier, Toy Poodle, Vizsla, Weimaraner, Welsh Springer Spaniel, Welsh Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, Whippet, Wire Fox Terrier, Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, Xoloitzcuintli, Yorkshire Terrier
    Edited by 1 at 07/07/06 @ 16:32