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Post by wanderingshadow on Jun 1, 2006 18:48:13 GMT -5
www.peta.org.uk/feat/proggy/2006/winners.html The PETA UK has awarded NintenDogs an award for Best Animal Friendly Videogame of 2006.It's in good company. Other winners of the Proggy's include Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Vegetarian Shoes, March of the Penguins, and Italy.
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Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 2, 2006 0:49:34 GMT -5
Huh? Animal friendly? Never heard of this award...
But if this award exists (and not literally, I suppose videogames are designed for humans whatever the theme of the game is), I'd have no surprise that Nintendogs gets the award. Maybe they should go for other pet simulators.
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Post by wanderingshadow on Jun 2, 2006 7:03:42 GMT -5
Nintendogs did win the award for being a pet simulator. PETA said that its a good alternative to getting your kid a dog for Christmas when you know that the kid really can't take care of it.
Other games that have won are Deer Avengers 4 (for letting deer shoot hunters as well as the other way around) and Whiplash (for featuring a lab animal).
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Post by amazingeee on Jun 2, 2006 11:24:03 GMT -5
Well its good to know that PETA approves... Whats the deal with Nintendogs? Do you just pet and feed your dog? According to www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/worldtotals.php , Nintendogs has already sold close to 7 million copies, outselling every GC game, and moving into the top 10 best selling handheld games of all time. If it keeps selling so much, it could easily move into the top 20 best selling games of all time. Thats astonishing. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Jun 2, 2006 12:07:55 GMT -5
You can get up to three dogs at one time, you train them using verbal commands, pet them, feed them, play with them, talk them for walks, take them to the dog training competitions to win some money... spend that money on more toys, dogs, house designs...
But I found it got quite tedious quite quickly.
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Post by amazingeee on Jun 2, 2006 13:52:39 GMT -5
I noticed at Best Buy that they had different boxes with different kinds of dogs... Are those different editions, or just different art?
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Post by Nester the Lark on Jun 2, 2006 18:24:11 GMT -5
I noticed at Best Buy that they had different boxes with different kinds of dogs... Are those different editions, or just different art? They are different editions, but the only difference between them is which dogs are immediately available from the start. But in the end, all the same dogs are unlockable in all versions. |
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Post by Fryguy64 on Jun 2, 2006 18:52:25 GMT -5
Some items and accessories are only available in certain versions as well.
Oh yes, and only the Chihuahua one is acceptable to buy if you are a male above a certain age. And you have to quote Ren and Stimpy when you get to the counter. Otherwise everyone thinks you're gay.
Or pretend you're buying it for your girlfriend... whatever.
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Post by amazingeee on Jun 2, 2006 23:29:15 GMT -5
I noticed at Best Buy that they had different boxes with different kinds of dogs... Are those different editions, or just different art? They are different editions, but the only difference between them is which dogs are immediately available from the start. But in the end, all the same dogs are unlockable in all versions. I see. I would totally get the daschund. If I were going to buy the game. Which I'm not. Because I had a Tomagotchi 9 years ago. I was just interested because its climbing the all-time sales chart very fast... |
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Samus ZERO
Pikpik Carrot
Well, doesn't that just beat all?
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Post by Samus ZERO on Jun 3, 2006 6:45:51 GMT -5
I believe there is a new dalmatian and friends edition now? Well, I once had Dachund and Friends and enjoyed it at the time because I never before used the DS for such interactivity.
But as Fryguy says, it soon got tedious and so very boring, I would leave my dogs for weeks and they would still be happily walking around, or, in worst case scenario, dognapped or ran away from home.
There was only one thing for it, £20 was just too tempting...
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Saim
Balloon Fighter
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Post by Saim on Jun 4, 2006 16:14:01 GMT -5
Yeah same here.
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