Nintendogs

Gudrid · 08-25-2005, 10:23 PM

a WoW friend is fanatic about this game and i can't understand why...is it really any good? the commercial i saw was directed at little girls. it looks like a glorified digipet to me. anyone play it and have a review?

philogurk · 08-25-2005, 11:31 PM

If you are guilded with this WoW friend, your guild must be a noobie zerg alliance crew...cause hes a major prepubescent noob.

Schar · 08-25-2005, 11:48 PM

I bought it because i'm a huge Miyamato fan and it's had massive success in Japan. I really like it.

It's essentially a glorified digital pet, as you said. I don't think of it as a game, but more of an innovative work of art. There are definitely game elements to it, such as improving your dog's stamina, teaching it new tricks, winning competitions and earning money to buy new things with, finding all the items, etc. But it's mostly just being in awe of how realistic the dogs look and act, and being surprised at how attached you actually get to them. Call me a pussy, but i'm telling you it's true.

There's really not much depth to the game at all, so it's not for powergamers. Just a highly polished, innovative (uses everything the DS has to offer perfectly, it feels like the DS was made for this game) work of art.

Kiksar · 08-26-2005, 04:58 AM

Saw it at GDC and it was the cutest damn thing ever. It was during the Nintendo keynote speech so there was like 4000 people in the room, 90% guys, and we were all going "aweee" and giggling :-/

Kasonic · 08-26-2005, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Schar

it's not for powergamers.

...Most puppy simulators aren't.

I also have a friend in WoW obsessed with it; I'd like to play it, but I don't have a DS, and I'm not about to buy one for that.

His dog answers to Penis and he throws toys at its head. Kind of thankful he doesn't own an actual dog.

Gudrid · 08-26-2005, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by philogurk

If you are guilded with this WoW friend, your guild must be a noobie zerg alliance crew...cause hes a major prepubescent noob.

Actually he was the guild leader and it was the #2 horde guild on Deathwing ;p we both quit awhile ago though.

Tuco · 08-26-2005, 07:00 AM

Can you teach it to kill other people's dogs over the internet?

That'd be internet gold if you logged into an MMO sort of world, and you could kill people's dogs. Especially if they had perma-death...

Vinen · 08-26-2005, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Tuco

Can you teach it to kill other people's dogs over the internet?

That'd be internet gold if you logged into an MMO sort of world, and you could kill people's dogs. Especially if they had perma-death...

Nintendogs Pitbull Edition?

Samus Aran · 08-26-2005, 08:18 AM

I want to try this out...but I just don't think I could get into a dog-simulator.

I heard there are minigames...but are they the type that I could just randomly pick it up and play the minigames for like 30 minutes or an hour?

Lord Thanos · 08-26-2005, 08:29 AM

I saw the game today at my local Game Crazy cause my cousin works there, and I got to see it on the DS display they had

The puppys really look adorable, I couldn't figure out much of it cause it was a demo, but you can teach him tricks witht the stylus, like make him jump, roll over, play dead

That's all I was able to do on the demo, am not sure if there's more to it, definetly a cool game, but not quite the money game that would make me go out and buy a Nintendo DS

Still waiting for that killer title...

Kaxmax · 08-26-2005, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Vinen

Nintendogs Pitbull Edition?

Man, that would be an awesome game. Wi-fi dogfighting after building up your little killer would make me buy a DS. They could branch into cock-fighting next....Nintencocks.

Tuco · 08-26-2005, 10:05 AM

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Man, that would be an awesome game. Wi-fi dogfighting after building up your little killer would make me buy a DS. They could branch into cock-fighting next....Nintencocks.

They really do need a more violent version of pokemon. All the game mechanics are there, it's just too kiddy. It'd only work if it was online and you could fuck somebody's pet up, not permadeath necessarily, but perhaps have limited training per day, then having a tournament everyday at set times, one tournament to enter per day, multiple ones etc...

If I were making a game that's what I'd do, hah.

Duhulk · 08-26-2005, 12:43 PM

It was still gold when Miyamoto got his mario cap wearing dog to sexual assault another one during the E3 press conference.

Zarcath · 08-26-2005, 02:28 PM

I didn't go to that keynote :\

They need a dinosuar version asap! I bought the Lab and friends version.

Jadaki · 08-26-2005, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Thanos

Still waiting for that killer title...

The new Advance Wars is probably the best app for the DS.

08-25-2005, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gudrid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 351 -1 Internets	Nintendogs a WoW friend is fanatic about this game and i can't understand why...is it really any good? the commercial i saw was directed at little girls. it looks like a glorified digipet to me. anyone play it and have a review? Last edited by Gudrid : 08-25-2005 at 10:26 PM.

08-26-2005, 04:58 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kiksar X-D Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 819 +3 Internets	Saw it at GDC and it was the cutest damn thing ever. It was during the Nintendo keynote speech so there was like 4000 people in the room, 90% guys, and we were all going "aweee" and giggling :-/ __________________

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Tuco Forum Janitor Join Date: May 2002 Location: Detroit Posts: 8,217 +12 Internets	Can you teach it to kill other people's dogs over the internet? That'd be internet gold if you logged into an MMO sort of world, and you could kill people's dogs. Especially if they had perma-death... __________________ Arthur's Hall: A Forum for men.

08-26-2005, 08:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
Lord Thanos Paisa y bien picado pa que vea! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: West New York, NJ Posts: 776 -2 Internets	I saw the game today at my local Game Crazy cause my cousin works there, and I got to see it on the DS display they had The puppys really look adorable, I couldn't figure out much of it cause it was a demo, but you can teach him tricks witht the stylus, like make him jump, roll over, play dead That's all I was able to do on the demo, am not sure if there's more to it, definetly a cool game, but not quite the money game that would make me go out and buy a Nintendo DS Still waiting for that killer title... __________________

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Duhulk Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 590 -1 Internets	It was still gold when Miyamoto got his mario cap wearing dog to sexual assault another one during the E3 press conference. __________________ Torquil Ratherdashing Level 70 Swashbuckler Retired

08-25-2005, 11:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
philogurk Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 40 +0 Internets	If you are guilded with this WoW friend, your guild must be a noobie zerg alliance crew...cause hes a major prepubescent noob.

08-25-2005, 11:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Schar Playing UT2k4 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 776 -1 Internets	I bought it because i'm a huge Miyamato fan and it's had massive success in Japan. I really like it. It's essentially a glorified digital pet, as you said. I don't think of it as a game, but more of an innovative work of art. There are definitely game elements to it, such as improving your dog's stamina, teaching it new tricks, winning competitions and earning money to buy new things with, finding all the items, etc. But it's mostly just being in awe of how realistic the dogs look and act, and being surprised at how attached you actually get to them. Call me a pussy, but i'm telling you it's true. There's really not much depth to the game at all, so it's not for powergamers. Just a highly polished, innovative (uses everything the DS has to offer perfectly, it feels like the DS was made for this game) work of art.

08-26-2005, 08:18 AM	#9 (permalink)
Samus Aran Sons of the Storm Heal Bitch Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 771 +1 Internets	I want to try this out...but I just don't think I could get into a dog-simulator. I heard there are minigames...but are they the type that I could just randomly pick it up and play the minigames for like 30 minutes or an hour?

08-26-2005, 02:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
Zarcath Read Farmer Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 5,198 +19 Internets	I didn't go to that keynote :\ They need a dinosuar version asap! I bought the Lab and friends version.

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