Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog and New Friends
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Product Summary
Brand: NintendoAudio: English (Unknown)
Release Date: 2011-03-27
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Model: CTRPADBE
Color: One Color
Publisher: Nintendo
Product features:
- More than 27 breeds to choose from, including puppies and kittens
- Each puppy and kitten has unique coloring and personality possibilities
- Breed choice depends on game version. These include French Bulldog, Toy Poodle and Golden Retriever
- Utilize Nintendo 3DS StreetPass and SpotPass functionality to share your experience with friends and other players
- With Nintendo 3DS augmented-reality feature, you can watch your puppy play on your dining room table or sit in the palm of your hand
Video Game Reviews of Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog and New Friends
Customer Review: A decent pet simulator despite some issues
Summary: 4 Stars
This is not a traditional game. It's not a game that you can play for more than 30-45 minutes at a time (and I mean this quite literally). Nintendo has instead delivered an extremely cute pet simulator, and I dare you to seriously sit down with this game and NOT smile at least once. The gameplay is extremely simple, and it's the perfect game for people of all ages.
At the start of the game, you pick out a puppy (no cats yet). You take the puppy home and calm it down by petting it and playing with it, then you get to name it. The game will record your voice three times so that you can call your dog over to you by name. Then, it's up to you where you go from there. You're given a certain amount of money which you can use to buy more pets, buy pet supplies and accessories, and decorate your home. If you need more money, you take your pet to competition. For just some simple time-wasting, you can also take your pet on a walk. Just about every part of the game will let you take a photograph of your pets to be stored on the system's SD card.
The graphics are very good, and the dogs and cats look absolutely adorable. Seriously, Nintendo deserves some props for presentation here. They also did a good job capturing the animals' mannerisms. The barks and meows sound a little generic, but are very cute nonetheless.
It's not all puppies and rainbows though, some problems do crop up. Firstly, teaching your dog tricks can be pretty frustrating. The tutorials for each trick are poorly done like a sort of slideshow, so when it asks you to wave a treat around your pet, it doesn't really give a good clue as to what part of the screen, how close to your pet, etc. Your dog will do the tricks if you trigger it within a pretty tight window. My biggest complaint is the limitations on the competitions. There are three competitions available: Disc catching, lure coursing, and AR (augmented reality) obedience. Each competition can only be done twice per day (going by the 3DS' internal clock), so once you get your six tries in, you can't do them again until the next day. This would be fine if you didn't have to go through so many growing pains with your dog. Coming in last place in the Junior Cup (the first available option) nets you $10, but new pets costs upwards of $1000. This makes the first part of the game drag something awful, as it literally takes days to expand your game and have it really become fun. My first puppy (an adorable French bulldog named Stella) absolutely sucks at disc catching. Unfortunately, you can't really practice it unless the option decides to appear when you take your dog for a walk.
Lure coursing is fun, but the AR obedience is definitely the best place to make money provided you teach your dog each day's selection of tricks. Essentially, you use the 3DS' AR cards that come bundled with the system to superimpose an image of your pet on your coffee table, and then have him or her do the tricks it asks for. Unfortunately, you can only teach your dog three tricks per day, with the next day bringing more. The microphone is pretty responsive, so your dog will do tricks like a whiz. My biggest complaint with the AR obedience though, is that the AR adds nothing to the game itself, so it's kind of cumbersome to do this competition as you have to find your AR cards. If you lost them, you're out of luck as you can't do this competition without them.
Cats are a nice addition, but you can't really do anything with them. They'll wander around, occasionally bringing you little knick-knacks they find. About the only interaction you have with cats are petting them, feeding them, and playing with them. Not the biggest problem since it's pretty much an accurate representation of cats, but they're not as integral to the game as Nintendo would imply.
The 3D effect in this game is very well done. It doesn't add anything to the gameplay itself, but how can you refuse to see your little puppies and kittens in 3D? The best is when your puppy props him/herself on the screen and starts licking you...you see the little spit bubbles literally fly out of the screen towards you. It's a really neat effect!
One more thing. I never played the first version of Nintendogs which launched on the original Nintendo DS. However, from what I've read, Nintendogs + Cats does NOT add anything you haven't done before if you've played the first game with the exception of cats.
All in all, I didn't find myself bored with the game at all. I just wish I could play it longer before running out of things to do for the day. The pets are adorable beyond description though, and more than once I found myself wearing an ear-to-ear grin. Great little game if you don't expect too much from it!
Description of Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog and New Friends
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends are back in the palm of your hand on the Nintendo 3DS system, with even cuter and more expressive puppies and, for the 1st time, kittens! The fun from the original Nintendogs game returns, with multiple breeds to choose from, accessories for your puppies and kittens to wear, and the ability to let your puppies and kittens train and compete in different challenges and activities. Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog & New Friends features over 20 breeds that vary depending on which game version you choose, whether it is French Bulldog, Toy Poodle or the Golden Retriever game. Each puppy and kitten has unique coloring and personality possibilities which you can see even more clearly than ever in 3D.
Visuals aside, Nintendogs + Cats allows you to play and learn from your pet unlike any game before with its variety of tools and features. With the Nintendo 3DS augmented-reality feature, you can watch yo
Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog and New Friends is a single player, handheld, Pet Simulation game for Nintendo 3DS.* The latest game to date in the wildly popular Nintendogs franchise Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog and New Friends is one of three versions of Nintendogs + Cats released simultaneously along with the 3DS gameplay system. Features include: care, feeding and training functionality pioneered by the Nintendogs franchise; touchscreen and microphone interaction with pets; 3DS camera-based technology; and augmented reality features utilizing handheld game cards.
The Pups are Back and Have Brought Friends
Nintendogs' puppies are back in the palm of your hand in Nintendogs + Cats: French Bulldog and New Friends for the Nintendo 3DS system. This new, special game features even cuter and more expressive puppies and, for the first time, kittens. The fun from the original nintendogs game returns, with multiple breeds to choose from, accessories for your puppies and kittens to wear, and the ability to let your puppies and kittens train and compete in different challenges and activities. In addition, Nintendo 3DS functionality expands gameplay in a variety of ways, for example: the built-in player facing camera allows pets to recognize you and react accordingly; StreetPass and SpotPass functionality allows you to share your experience with friends and other players wirelessly; and special augmented reality features utilize playing cards to bring your pets into the real world.
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Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo 3DS is a groundbreaking hardware release that brings 3D gaming to the handheld market for the first time. The fourth major release in the DS product line, the Nintendo 3DS utilizes 3D Slider functionality and an improved top LCD display to present a glasses-free 3D effect in compatible games, while giving players the option to moderate the effect as they see fit. Taken together with additional features including full analog control in 3D game environments, motion and gyro sensors that transfer the movements of the handheld into the game, 3D camera functionality, an adjustable stylus and full backwards compatibility to all Nintendo DS games and you have not only a must-have system, but a revolution in handheld gaming.
Key Game Features
- More Than 27 Breeds to Choose From
- Each puppy and kitten has unique coloring and personality possibilities.
- Breed choice depends on game version. These include French Bulldog, Toy Poodle and Golden Retriever.
- Puppies and Kittens Come to Life
- Puppies and kittens look fluffier, softer and more expressive than ever in 3D.
- Adorably lifelike puppies and kittens react to your touch and your voice using the built-in camera, touch screen and microphone. The facial-recognition technologies on the Nintendo 3DS even let puppies recognize their owners.
- You can take pictures of your puppies and kittens by simply tapping the camera icon on the screen, which you can save to your album and share with your friends.
- Share Your Experience with Friends and Other Players
- Exchange your Mii characters, puppies and kittens, and presents with other nearby players over a wireless connection (StreetPass).
- Seamlessly hop online and download new game content such as new Mii characters and items such as pet accessories (SpotPass).
- Play with Your Puppies and Kittens in Your World
- With the Nintendo 3DS augmented-reality feature, you can watch your puppy play on your dining room table or sit in the palm of your hand.
- You will be able to walk with your puppy and have your steps counted by the built-in pedometer on the Nintendo 3DS system when you have the game inserted and in sleep mode.
- The Journal feature will keep track of your daily activities in the game. You can view other players you've encountered with StreetPass, view your pedometer data, etc.
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 More than 27 breeds. View larger. |  Enjoy cats for the first time. View larger. |  All-new events & functionality. View larger. |  Classic pet sim gameplay. View larger. |
* Nintendo 3DS sold separately.
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