Nintendogs

Nintendogs is a video game, similar to a virtual pet, made for the Nintendo DS. The player is given the ability to interact with virtual puppies via the DS stylus, touchscreen and microphone. It began as a project for the GameCube, but was later scrapped and re-worked for the dual-screen portable. The game made its debut at the 2004 Electronic Entertainment Expo as a tech demo for the system. At one time, the U.S. version was going to be called Puppy Times.

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The game has been well received by critics, and in the May 2005 edition of the notoriously unforgiving Famitsu magazine, Nintendogs received a perfect 40/40 score. Only four other games have attained this score: ', Soul Calibur, Vagrant Story, and '. It was also one of the first DS games to earn an Editor's Choice award on Gamespot, the other being .

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In the latest list of games given ratings by the ESRB, a new game has been added by Nintendo of America: Nintendogs: Holiday Edition, given an "E" for Everyone rating.

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