Nintendo Times DS Price Drop With Nintendogs Launch

Posted on August 17, 2005

Nintendo has announced a $20 price drop for its hand-held Nintendo DS video game system. Starting August 21, Nintendo DS will sell at an MSRP of $129.99. The price drop comes a day ahead of the launch of Nintendogs on August 22nd.

Nintendogs is a lifelike puppy simulator made only for Nintendo DS. Nintendogs was a big hit in Japan, selling over 700,000 copies. Nintendogs sounds a little ridiculous -- but it definitely sounds like something kids will enjoy.

In this game choose from Labrador Retriever, Miniature Schnauzer, Toy Poodle, Corgi, Miniature Pinscher or Shiba! Nintendogs lets you pick a puppy from a variety of breeds available at the beginning of the game. 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 the original pup. Players can socialize their pups by walking them around the town, where they will meet neighborhoods dogs, and maybe even find new toys. Trips to the park and gym offer valuable training time to prepare for agility trials and disc competitions. Over time, the pup's stamina will increase so players can explore rather and farther. Players can interact wirelessly with their friends' Nintendogs - they can set their DS to bark whenever another puppy is within wireless range.

Who doesn't want to hear barking Nintendo DS devices?

Here's a trailer for a new version of the game that also has cats.