Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends

released on Apr 21, 2005

Nintendogs (Japanese: ニンテンドッグス Hepburn: Nintendoggusu?) is a realtime pet simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan, and was later released in North America, Australia, Europe, and other regions. It was originally released in three different versions: Dachshund & Friends, Lab & Friends (Shiba & Friends in Japan), and Chihuahua & Friends. It has been re-released twice since then, first as a bundled release with a special edition Nintendo DS with a new version called Nintendogs: Best Friends, and then later as Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends. Nintendogs uses the DS's touchscreen and built-in microphone. The touch screen allows the player to pet a dog, as well as to use various items that can be found or purchased. These range from balls and frisbees, to toys, to grooming supplies to keep the dogs happy. The microphone is used to call to the player's dog by speaking the name given to the dog in the beginning of the game as well as to teach the dog tricks such as "sit" or "roll over". Players can bring their dogs on walks and to the park if they so choose. They may interact with other players in multi-player by using the DS's wireless linkup. It also uses the DS's internal clock and calendar to allow the dog to grow hungrier or dirtier based on the elapsed time. Nintendogs received critical acclaim. It has an aggregate score of 85% at Game Rankings,[3] and has won many awards, including the 2006 Innovation Award from PC World and Best Handheld Game from the Associated Press. As of March 31, 2015, all versions of Nintendogs combined have sold 23.96 million copies worldwide, making it second on the Nintendo DS best-sellers list, behind only New Super Mario Bros.[4] Because of Nintendogs' success, Nintendo has made several related products, including Nintendogs toys[5] and a series of Nintendogs trading cards.[6] At E3 2010, it was announced a sequel, titled Nintendogs + Cats, would be released for the Nintendo 3DS.


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my apologies to these poor dogs- I’m sorry that i gave all of you horrendous names

Release Springer Spaniel & Friends you cowards

Creo que es este el que tengo en casa, primero juego que jugué peak peak peak peak peak

this one has the best selection of dog breeds out of all of the DS games, in my opinion. speaking about all of the games, though: the microphone's already a bit tricky on original hardware and becomes more of an issue if you're emulating, but using melonDS and speaking closely to your microphone helps mitigate that. i have no idea how an accent or impediment would affect things though, i'm from one of the most mild-sounding places in the united states with no speech issues and had no problems with it recognizing what i was saying.

for what it is, it does its job well and i have zero complaints. if you don't like this game, i think it's an issue with you not liking the "virtual pet" genre as a whole. it doesn't help if you're playing this for the first time as an adult who never had any childhood interest in it.

I'm not sure if I put more hours into any DS game I owned more than this one. I adored this game and all the little dogs I had. My only regret is that I was never able to find the RC helicopter or any mario karts. I definitely wanna go back one day and find them finally

These games have a lot of hype behind them that i dont quite understand. i think they must have been neat for when they released, but now its less impressive in the sea of nintendogs clones that exist. these games still probably have the highest quality out of any in the genre though.