Nintendogs: Dachshund and Friends

THE GOOD:
- Good Graphics.
- Good Music.
- Perfect Gameplay.
- Easter Eggs.
- Many Dogs To Select From.
- Many Things To Unlock.
- Many Things To Do.

THE BAD:
- Doesn't Have Online Mode.
- No Story.
- No Voice Acting.
- Very Limited
- Gets Boring After A While.
- You Have To Play It Every Day.
- Repetitive.

SUMMARY:
All the Nintendogs games are practically the same, this review will show you the general positive and negative points of this game.

The graphics are very good, however, we can't call them perfect. The dogs are very well detailed, you can see that they are almost real, the fur they have is very nice and detailed.
The places that you go to are also very detailed. Your house, for example, is a very good place and you can decorate it the way you want. You can see everything in your house, the graphics "Adjust" to the place. Same in the park, you can see the nature elements very clearly.

The music is good, therefore, it can get bored after a while because it is repetitive, but luckily, you can always get some extra tracks when you go in a walk for your dog. The music in your house and most of the competitions events are very similar.

The gameplay is the only perfect element here. This game is taking the advantages of the DS to the maximum level. You use the TouchScreen to navigate through menus, pet your dog, and you teach your dog techniques using the TouchScreen and the Microphone. You play with your dog using the TouchScreen.
Now, the microphone is used to call your dog. When your dog is far away, just say his name into the Michrophone, your dog will go directly to you. You also use it to give instructions to your dog.
Now, to train your dog, you use both TouchScreen and microphone in a synchronized way. You slide the stylus on the screen, then you have to name the command using your voice.

This game has easter eggs. You can dress your dog, but that's not all, you can dress it using Nintendo accessories, like a Mario Hat or a Luigi Hat, there are many options for you.

There are many dogs to select from, every dog is very different. They have different attitudes and features. There are many to name them.

There are many things you can unlock and collect. That includes some accessories and even more dogs.

There are many things you can do. You can participate on three different competitions. You can also take your dog in long or short walks.

This game doesn't have online. To be honest, I am not sure if could be implemented, there isn't too much to do alone, I don't think how much it would change playing online.

There's no story. You are a normal trainer, but there's no story. The events won't "procede" in the game.

No voice acting, everything is plain text. It would have been nice, though, at least in the competition events.

Very limited. Even when there is a bunch of dogs to select from, you can only live with three, and have 4 in the Dog Shelter. If you want a new dog when you can't get more, you will have to sell one of them.
Also, at first, your walks have to be very short, they increase in lenght the most you take them to a walk. However, when you take them to a walk, you have to wait 30 minutes before doing it again. This factor caused me to give a 3 to this game. It's not nice to wait 30 minutes before walking again.

It gets boring, specially when you have to wait 30 minutes before walking again. There's nothing you can do in the game to wait that ammount.

You have to play it every day if you want to keep your dogs in your house and keep them clean. if you don't play after a while, your dogs may scape from your house and return after a while. If your dogs aren't in your house, there's NOTHING you can do.

It gets repetitive. The events are bored after 2 or three times, you may want to wait a while before playing them again.

Overall, to be honest, I don't recomend this games if you like long, non-repetitive games. This game is good for casual gamers. If you are a hardcore gamer, stay away of this game.