Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends

by Nintendo

Product Features

• More than 100 items like tennis balls, flying discs and even clothing accessories.
• Choose from a wide range of pets - Dalmatian, Boxer, German Shepherd, Golden retriever, Yorkshire Terrier and Beagle.
• Socialize your pups by walking them around town, where they'll meet neighborhood dogs -- and maybe even find new toys.
• Walk it, buy the right supplies and work with your puppy to increase its stamina.
• As a puppy competes in obedience and agility trials where owners can win money to purchase other puppy breeds.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HEB3U0
• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 17, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (113 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,709 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #12 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Simulation > Life
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends is an animal simulation where you can raise one or more adorable puppies and play with them to your heart's content. Teach your pups new tricks. Just speak into the system's microphone and they'll respond to the voice commands you've taught them, then use the DS touch screen to play with your puppy. Breeds available in the game include: Dalmatian, Boxer, German Shepherd, Golden retriever, Yorkshire Terrier and Beagle.. 6 pups to love and care for. View larger. Gameplay In Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends owners purchase one of the six breeds available at the beginning of Nintendogs, then start spending time with their pups. They 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 owners train it well enough, they will excel in obedience and agility trials and disc competitions, which will earn money that they can use to buy other supplies and puppy breeds. When owners earn enough cash, they can buy even more puppies to live with their original pup. Key Game Features Visit the kennel and select a puppy from some of the most popular breeds, including Labs, Chihuahuas, dachshunds and more, 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. Owners teach their dogs to do tricks by creating their own personalized voice commands. Owners who train their pups well can compete in obedience and agility trials. They win these competitions to earn cash, which they can use to buy supplies and even more dogs to keep their first puppy company. Owners can set the DS to Bark Mode, then take it with them as they head out into the real world. The DS will bark to let them know when another Nintendogs owner is in range and ready to meet. Screenshots: Get plenty of exercise. View larger. Build physical trust. View larger. In-game items and services. View larger. Visiting the Pet Store. View larger.

Product Description

Put a puppy inside your Nintendo DS! In this game choose from Dalmatian, Golden Retriever, Yorkshire Terrier, Beagle, Boxer and German Shepherd Dog.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

169 of 177 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Did you find the Fireman's Hat?, October 23, 2006

By 

gailmarie "gailmarie" (Saline, MI USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends (Video Game)

The only way you can unlock the Dalmation is to find the Fireman's hat during a walk. If you have been unlucky and want a dalmation, you can buy the Dalmation edition.

Basically there are 20 dogs in all... 18 of which are featured in the first 3 editions (see below). Dalmations and Jack Russel Terriers are the only dogs that are not featured in any of the first 3 games. This newest edition includes Dalmations and 5 other popular dogs from the other 3 games. I assume they will release Jack Russel edition next. lol

Games and dogs included:

Dachund & Friends: 1) Dachshund 2) Beagle 3) Shih Tzu 4) Pug 5) Golden Retriever 6) Siberian Husky

Chihuahua & Friends: 1) Chihuahua 2) Boxer 3) Spaniel 4) Yorkshire Terrier 5) Shetland Sheepdog 6) German Shepherd

Labrador Retriever & Friends: 1) Lab 2) Corgi 3) Min Pin 4) Poodle 5) Shiba Inu 6) Miniature Schnauzer

Dalmation & Friends: 1) Dalmation 2) Boxer 3) German Shepherd 4) Golden Retriever 5) Yorkshire Terrier 6)Beagle

NOTE!!!!! EVERY EDITION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO UNLOCK ALL 20 DOGS. So if you want to do it on your own you can!! That's what I hope to do.

REGARDING THE JACK RUSSEL: you can unlock it by finding a book on Jack Russel Terriers during a walk.

54 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AVOID THIS GAME..., December 29, 2006

By 

Eyesk (from the swamps of Jersey) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends (Video Game)

Avoid this game if you don't want your child laughing and giggling and
plain ignoring all the other gifts she got for Christmas. Avoid this game
if you don't want your child learning about dogs and their care and
feeding. Avoid this game if you don't want your child excitedly
interrupting you to show you the latest trick she taught her dog or what a
good groomer she is, etc. Avoid this game if it is important to you that
your child is constantly engaged in some loud, life-or-death violent
struggle with some alien, or demon, or other enemy, as opposed to having
an imaginative and constructive virtual relationship with man's best
friend.
Will the game get boring, as some comments have intimated? I think it
depends on the person, and whether you like dogs. Some people get
bored with walking and caring for real pets, too. And some people look
forward to their walks with their dog, and don't mind in the least the
cleaning up that goes with it. I can also see how this game could be
appealing to any age group, again, assuming you like dogs.
Also, from what I've heard, the Nintendogs game seems to appeal more than
the SIMS PETS, especially from a graphics and interactive standpoint, but
that the SIMS PETS is fun and nice if you have other SIMS stuff.
The yelp your child makes when s/he first discovers that they can actually
blow against the touch-screen to blow bubbles to the puppy is priceless.
My one concern so far is what happens to the dogs if one doesn't play the
game for a few days? Do they become famished? Since not playing the game
hasn't become an issue, it may be awhile before I find out the answer to
that.
Time will tell of course about how long this game will generate enthusiam,
but I already feel that we've already gotten more than our money's worth
out of the game, in just this short while, especially compared to other
games the kids exhaust after only ten or so hours.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, but gets boring . . . ., January 19, 2007

By 

H. Hubbart "Deer Lover" (Petaluma, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends (Video Game)

When I got this game, I was thrilled and amazed at how complex it was: you can purchase your dog from a kennel, name it with your own voice, and talk to it, pet it, interact with it. But after awhile the game gets very repetitive. Feed. Water. Go for walk. Go to the park. Enter a competition. Feed. Water. Walk . . . you get the idea. As you earn "trainer points" (by interacting with your dog, winning competitions, etc.) you can unlock items and new breeds, which is pretty fun.

Overall, as a person who grooms, shows and helps breed dogs for a living, the realism in the game is fantastic, but it does get old!