Cheats and tips for Nintendogs

Here are some fun cheats and tips for Nintendogs.

• Get TP (trainer points) fast: This is a very easy cheat: Groom the dog until it is 'Beautiful'. Then pet the brush (wire or rubber, depending on the coat length) on the dog, plug in the DS and just leave it alone. Don't close the DS lid. You get 1, 2, or 3 points per minute.
• Do more contests and learn more tricks in a day: Do three contests then save and turn off the DS. Set the DS time to 23:59, wait one minute until the clock says 00:00, then turn off the DS and start the game up again.
• Get lots of items on walks: click on the 'walk' button and select a dog. Then look at where the '?' boxes are. There are a few arrangements with lots of '?'s. If you don't see enough, just go back and try again. It takes a little longer, but it's worth it.
• Confused dog: If your dog is confusing a certain trick with another trick, make it un-learn one of the tricks and name it something else. For example, I was having a problem with dogs doing the 'shake' trick instead of 'sit'. I un-learned 'sit' and said 'yo' instead. The dogs stopped doing to wrong trick.
• Unlimited walks: Walk to the park and go to as many '?'s on the way to the park as you can. At the park, change accessories. The game will save as you do so, and you can restart the DS. You still have the items you got, but you can go for another walk.
• If you are losing a contest: Save the game before entering a contest. If you know that you will just lose, restart the DS and try again.

Have fun!

Review: Nintendogs

I decided to get a new game for my D.S. The Nintendogs game sounded like a lot of fun. I got the Dachshund version, because that was the only version with instructions at GameStop when we went there. By the way, ALL the dog breeds can be unlocked in any version! So to get all the breeds you only need one game.

Later that day I bought Lucy, a Shih Tzu. She was very realistic. It was kind of annoying that before you could play a game or go for a walk, you had to teach the dog to come when it was called, and sit. In Nintendogs, the dogs respond to your voice, but they won't obey every time, especially at the beginning. Lucy will sit, lie down, and shake.

As soon as I had enough game money,  my brother wanted a dog. We got Ed, a beagle. When you get a second dog you don't have to train it right away, but Ed will come when he is called.

You can play three games with each dog every day. Lucy is great at agility, and Ed is learning disc. Neither one is good enough for obedience. Every 30 minuets you can walk some where, to a discount store, to the park, or the agility gym.

This is the game I bought.

As you train and play with your dog, you can earn points. Get enough points, and you can unlock a new dog breed.

If you don't play every day, the dog will get very hungry, thirsty, and dirty. You can fix this by setting your D.S. clock backwards!

The training can be annoying, as well the fact that you can't play or walk as much as you want, But overall this is a good game.