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New Nintendogs Breeds Announced
Company: Nintendo
Nintendogs has become a pop-culture phenomenon in Japan and will be available Aug. 22 in the United States. Dogs have become hip fashion accessories, complete with their dedicated lines of jewelry and clothing.

Nintendo's kennel club represents a virtual "who's who" of best-in-show contenders. The U.S. version of the smash-hit pet simulator Nintendogs for Nintendo DS will come in three different packages, each with six different breeds of puppies to begin with, including three breeds - golden retriever, Siberian husky and boxer - not available in the Japanese version. Owners will be able to choose from the most popular breeds to train on their Nintendo DS systems.

Three different packages to choose from:


Package with Labrador retriever on the cover includes:
  • Labrador retriever
  • miniature schnauzer
  • toy poodle
  • Pembroke Welsh corgi
  • miniature pinscher
  • shiba inu

Package with Chihuahua on the cover includes:
  • Chihuahua
  • German shepherd
  • boxer
  • cavalier King Charles spaniel
  • Yorkshire terrier
  • Shetland sheepdog

Package with miniature dachshund on the cover includes:
  • miniature dachshund
  • golden retriever
  • beagle
  • pug
  • Siberian husky
  • shih tzu

Nintendogs lets owners choose a puppy from one of 18 breeds, then raise and train the pup. As you start spending time with your pup you can throw flying discs and balls to improve the pup's agility. You can bathe it when it gets dirty and use your own personal voice commands to train the dog to do tricks. If you train it well enough, your dog will excel in obedience and agility trials and disc competitions, which will earn money that you can use to buy other supplies and puppy breeds. When you earn enough cash, you can buy even more puppies to live with your original pup.

Players can socialize their pups by walking them around the town, where they will meet neighborhood dogs, and maybe even find new toys. Trips to the park and gym offer valuable training time to prepare for agility trials and flying disc competitions. Over time, the pup's stamina will increase so players can explore farther and farther. Players can interact wirelessly with their friends' Nintendogs -- they can set their DS to bark whenever another puppy is within wireless range.



-Starscream, GameVortex Communications
AKA Ricky Tucker
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