Pet Pals: Animal Doctor

by Majesco

Product Features

• Use the touch screen to administer 40 tests on animals
• Examine and treat 23 different animals including Yorkshire Terriers to pythons
• Perform perfect treatments to earn trophies
• Question distraught pet owners to learn crucial patient background information
• Learn about animals through mini-games played on the office computer

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000Y3TB9E
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5 x 0.8 inches ; 16.2 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 6, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,588 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #24 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Strategy
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

In the world of veterinary medicine, your skill and compassion are the difference between an animal's life and death. Enter this exciting field as a fresh-faced rookie, then work your way up through the ranks to become the top veterinarian in this fun and realistic veterinary simulation. It's up to you to treat and pamper all of your patients back to health!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Logic is lacking, March 30, 2008

By 

Schizocat (Dallas, Tx United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pet Pals: Animal Doctor (Video Game)

It's a cute game and semi-educational, but sometimes things just don't make sense. I often end up hitting the hint button because I've tried to inspect the parts of the animal that were mentioned by the owner and they're wrong. Then the hint says to look at something unrelated out of nowhere. There's nothing to direct you that way. Items can't be done out of order whether or not they're related. I can understand not randomly letting you bandage or give medicine before you've realized there's an injury or sickness, but why does it matter which order you check pulse, temp and breathing? And more importantly, if it matters why aren't they consistently in the same order so you can know which one to hit?

The concept of the game is pretty good. The graphics are ok and the tools are all well laid out and all function well on the touchscreen (except I consistently had trouble with the x-ray not registering). I just lost all interest in it because the only option was to pick something at (semi-)random and lose points for it or click hint and play the entire game as an elaborate version of simon says.

Oh, and those mini-games where you can "learn about animals" are trivia questions, the square tile-sliding puzzles and match. What are you going to learn about animals from sliding tiles and matching picture cards?

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Animal / Pet Game - Fun AND Learning, February 16, 2008

By 

Brian Dreyer "DS Fan" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pet Pals: Animal Doctor (Video Game)

My kids love this game and unlike other pey/animal games, here they actually learn something and have fun learning. The sounds, colors and actions are really engaging for the kids and we all have fun with the Triva game... again fun and education and they actually feel like a real Vet!

This is a can't miss 'no-brainer' if you have kids and would like them to learn somethin every now and then while having fun with their Ninetndo DS! WELL worth the money...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars really nice game!!!!!, October 8, 2009

By 

Jersey Girl 137 "Jersey Girl 137" (Cape May, New Jersey) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Pet Pals: Animal Doctor (Video Game)

Hi everyone! i am 11 i love this game,you play as a vet and have to treat animal such as dogs,cats,lizards,and even GOLDFISH!!!! this game has great grafics,altho, there is only one time were you get to to SURGERY,most of it is just stuff like not eating and sweating. this game is long, which i like,and you can visit the animals in the recovery room and take care or them.
you can also to mini games and trivia. BUY THIS GAME IF YOU LOVE ANIMAL AND WANT TO BE A VET