AQWBlaZer91's First Impressions: Nintendogs + Cats Eshop Demo
Game Title: Nintendogs + Cats
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Genre: Pet-raising Simulation
Developer: Nintendo EAD
Publisher: Nintendo
Demo Released: 23rd February 2012
Date of Full Game Release: February 26th 2011 (Japan), March 27th 2011 (North America), March 25th 2011 (Europe)
Age Rating: ACB: G, CERO: A, ESRB: E, PEGI: 3+
As a child who always would have wanted a pet dog or a cat to have in their family there were big responsibilities to have. For Nintendo's pet simulator it was great for kids to have their own virtual pet that was less annoying to look after. They sold amazingly enough to casual gamers on the DS but how about seeing a version of Nintendogs on the 3DS but also invites the cats for the fun.
The demo version lasts for about 10 uses before it expires and the demo lets you only play for about 5 minutes so I really can't get into too much depth for this Blog.
When you begin the demo you got the choice of 3 different pairings in the demo that are Poodle, Frenchie and Retriever. I honestly don't know how the pairings or pet set up works in the full game.
If your familiar with Nintendogs on the DS then you'll feel right at home with the 3DS version. You need to raise your pet by petting and stroking it, feeding it water and pet food, use toys like Tennis balls, Cat Wands, Baloons, Flyig Discs and others to keep your pets entertained. You can teach them some tricks as well as command them using your voice through the microphone but however they are not seen in the demo.
You can also give your pets some petting using the stylus by stroking the Touch screen on the shading of the current pet your playing with. You can switch between pets by going back to the pet menu and selecting the pet you wish to play with which maybe confusing but it gets easier as you get used to it.
The toys you play with can be controlled by the stylus and when using the balls you slide the stylus but not to hard otherwise you'll end up dropping the ball. The Boomerang has the same control but however you throw it sideways instead.
You can feed your pets by giving them water or by different kinds of Biscuits. Feeding biscuits requires you to call out your pet so that you can place it in it's mouth. As a Virtual pet simulator Nintendogs + Cats does an excellent job in bringing the formula to the 3DS dispute that it's beginning to age but I'm only saying that cause I never played the original DS version before.
In addition to look quite well on the 3DS the 3D effect is decent. The best of the graphic is the life like animations of the pets. They can react to the way they been petted, fed, washed and the way they can reacted to the objects successfully brings the pets to life. When each of the pets bark or meow they actually sound like it. One thing that is amusing is that you can dress them up with different types of collers, hats, ribbins and glasses which ignores the Fashion curiousty line.
Although I never played the original version of Nintendogs before but however this sounds like a fun game to play. I would consider a further look into the game but however I already got one to put with so far and I really didn't give much attention to Virtual pets.
Although it's pointless for me to post my first impressions playing the demo due to the games already out but I'm doing this to show off my opinions on playing it.
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Anthony Hayball (AQWBlaZer91)