Nintendogs
Friday, December 9th, 2005I’m not much into games but Nintendogs is too cute that I want to buy a Nintendo DS just to play it. According to an LA Weekly article:
The game starts at the kennel, where you can choose from six different breeds to take home. Once there, you can name your new critter, play with it, feed it, shampoo it, blow bubbles in its face, take it for walks, furiously wave its tail around, and enter it in Frisbee competitions to earn enough money to buy food, accessories, a new house and, of course, more dogs. All this happens with a direct and engaging interface: Rather than buttons, you use a stylus to pet your puppy right on the head, scratch its belly or shake its paw, and you talk into the DS microphone to teach it tricks. Each dog has its own personality and responds to how well it’s treated.
And according to wikipedia:
Nintendogs supports two link-up methods through the built-in wireless network for Nintendo DS. A player can link his or her system up with another person who owns a copy of Nintendogs, face to face, to let the players’ puppies play together. One can also enable the link up system, called “Bark Mode”, in the game option, then close the DS. Instead of putting the DS to sleep, it will continue looking for other Nintendogs users. If another Nintendogs game in Bark Mode is detected while the DS is closed, the two systems will exchange information to be used later when gameplay is resumed.
So cute! I don’t know anyone who owns a Nintendo DS or has this game but I really want to try it just to see if buying a portable gaming console is worth it. I’m not very familiar with the DS. I think Sony’s PSP is better looking and has better capabilities but as for PSP games, the only one I could think of which could match Nintendogs is The Sims 2 for PSP.



















