Nintendogs

Nintendogs uses the DS' touchscreen, where the owner can: play with, train, pet, walk, brush and wash a virtual dog.{{cite book|url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/DS_Nintendogs.pdf|title=Nintendogs manual|year=2005|version=Nintendo DS|section=pg 26|access-date=2020-08-04|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728061525/https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/DS_Nintendogs.pdf|url-status=live}} The game also utilizes the built-in microphone, where the player can call their puppy or teach the puppy tricks.{{cite book|title=Nintendogs manual|section=pg 13|version=Nintendo DS|year=2005}} Money can be earned by placing in competitions or selling items at the secondhand shop and can be used to purchase supplies, puppies and home decor. Dogs can be walked and can be taken to the park where they can practice disc catching skills for disc competitions and to the gymnasium to practice dog agility for agility trials. While walking, question mark icons on the map point out areas that may contain neighborhood dogs or presents, though presents can be found unmarked as well.

Only three dogs may be kept at the player's house at one time and up to five dogs can stay at the dog hotel, where dogs can be swapped, dropped off and picked up at any time. The player can also choose to part ways with a dog by donating a dog to the hotel.

As time passes without the dog being cared for, its condition will slowly deteriorate as it becomes more hungry and dirty. The condition of the player's dogs can be found by clicking its name. Hunger is listed as: Full, Normal, Hungry and Famished. Thirst is listed as: Quenched, Normal, Thirsty and Parched. The condition of the dog's coat is listed as: Beautiful, Clean, Normal, Dirty and Filthy.

Nintendogs features a variety of contests, which are the player's main method of earning money and trainer points. There are three contests Disc Competition, Agility Trial and Obedience Trial. In each of them, there are 5 classes: Beginner, Open, Expert, Master and Championship. Each contest is commented on by two men, named Ted Rumsworth and Archie Hubbs. If the player's dog places 3rd or higher in its class, the dog will proceed to the next class, where the contest increases in difficulty level. Prize money earned differs depending on which contest has been entered, what place is finished and the class the dog is in. If the player does not place in the top three, they will be dropped to the previous difficulty level.{{Cite book|title=Nintendogs instruction booklet|publisher=|pages=24}}

Nintendogs allows users to communicate wirelessly to other Nintendogs users through Bark Mode.{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Craig|date=August 19, 2005|title=Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends|url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/643/643652p2.html|access-date=2009-12-25|website=IGN|archive-date=2009-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091116175433/http://ds.ign.com/articles/643/643652p2.html|url-status=live}} Before activating Wireless Mode, the player can choose to give the other user a present.{{Cite book|title=Nintendogs instruction booklet|pages=27}} When another user with Bark Mode activated is nearby, the player will have an opportunity to play with the other trainer's dog and if the user has recorded a voice message on their White Record, the other user will hear the voice message.{{Cite book|title=Nintendogs instruction booklet|pages=28}}

Dogs do not die, have puppies or age (meaning they remain as puppies).{{cite book|author=Nintendo |title=Nintendogs manual|section=pg 08|version=Nintendo DS|year=2005}}

First publicly mentioned in 1997, Shigesato Itoi (designer of EarthBound), Tsunekazu Ishihara (designer of Pokémon) and Shigeru Miyamoto codeveloped a Nintendo 64 prototype of a pet creature breeding game called Cabbage. Its four-year development was fundamentally enabled by the real-time clock and mass writability introduced in the requisite 64DD peripheral "such that even if the power is cut, [the game] can still raise the creature" and with optionally purchasable enhancement data. A subset of creature maintenance functionality would be made portable on the Game Boy and could be synchronized back to the 64DD disk, via the Transfer Pak. It was expected for release in 1998 and then, in 2000, but all further development was distracted. In 2006, Miyamoto concluded: "It disappeared, didn't it ... However, the conversations and design techniques that popped up when we were making Cabbage are, of course, connected to Nintendogs and other things that we're doing now."{{cite journal |last1=Miyamoto |first1=Shigeru |author-link=Shigeru Miyamoto |last2=Itoi |first2=Shigesato |author-link2=Shigesato Itoi |date=December 1997 |others=Translated by Yomuka |title=A friendly discussion between the "Big 2" |url=http://yomuka.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/itoi-miyamoto-interview-64dd/ |journal=The 64DREAM |page=91}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/05/nintendo-still-cooking-cabbage |title=Nintendo Still Cooking Cabbage |website=IGN |date=2000-04-04 |access-date=2014-02-25 |archive-date=2014-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223063258/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/04/05/nintendo-still-cooking-cabbage |url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=64DD: The Games | date=January 29, 1998 | author=IGN Staff | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/01/30/64dd-the-games | access-date=January 25, 2015 | archive-date=January 29, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129025943/http://www.ign.com/articles/1998/01/30/64dd-the-games | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Miyamoto Opens the Vault | date=August 21, 2006 | first=Anoop | last=Gantayat | website=IGN | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/08/21/miyamoto-opens-the-vault | access-date=January 28, 2015 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152037/http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/08/21/miyamoto-opens-the-vault | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=64DD Pet Projects | date=December 10, 1997 | website=IGN | url=http://ign64.ign.com/articles/061/061567p1.html | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060314205040/http://ign64.ign.com/articles/061/061567p1.html | archive-date=March 14, 2006 | access-date=November 21, 2015}}

The project which ultimately became Nintendogs began as a technical demo on the GameCube long before it was considered for the DS. It was migrated to the DS when the handheld was still in development. Shigeru Miyamoto originally came up with the idea for the game when he and his family bought a dog, which inspired him to create the project.{{cite interview|last=Miyamoto|first=Shigeru|interviewer=Peter Rojas|title=Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto|url=https://www.engadget.com/gaming|access-date=2009-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724064136/http://www.joystiq.com/2005/10/03/the-engadget-amp-joystiq-interview-nintendos-shigeru/2|archive-date=July 24, 2013|publisher=Joystiq|date=2005-10-03}} The game's producer, Hideki Konno, looking for a game to take full advantage of all of the Nintendo DS's features, decided on a dog simulation game. Nintendogs, first called Puppy Times, was originally designed to have fifteen different versions, one for each breed of dog. Satoru Iwata suggested this to convey the feel that the player was choosing a dog from a kennel. However, the debugging process for each version was deemed too time-consuming to be feasible. After going back and forth between several versions, they eventually settled on three, with six dogs each and the rest available after completing in-game goals.{{cite web|url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/616/616923p1.html|title=E3 2005: Nintendogs Interview|work=IGN|date=19 May 2005|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-date=11 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211070742/http://ds.ign.com/articles/616/616923p1.html|url-status=live}}

In late 2005, Nintendo of America released the first series of Nintendogs "6-Card Fun Paks". Three different pack designs (each based on the US-released designs of the DS game) contains an assortment of "Collectible cards, stickers & more!". Each pack randomly contains two of 18 different Breed cards, one of nine different Dog in Training tip cards, one of six different Miscellaneous cards, one of 18 different Pop-Up Cards, one of six sundry sheets of stickers, one of four temporary tattoos and one Sweepstakes card. Another series of these cards were released in early 2007 by Enterplay, LLC.[http://itog.com/item_info.pl?id=16283 Nintendogs - Is That One Good?]{{Dead link|date=March 2013}} These cards, officially licensed by Nintendo, were created by the same individuals who worked on the first series. As such, the cards greatly resemble the first series. Keeping the "6-Card Fun Pak" name, each package contains two of 20 different At the Kennel cards (which feature all eighteen breeds from the games,{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/cards/cards_index.jsp|title=- Nintendo - Customer Service - Cards|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-date=12 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512222239/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/cards/cards_index.jsp|url-status=live}} including the Dalmatian and Jack Russell Terrier), one of nine Dog in Training tip cards, one of four Miscellaneous cards, one of 20 Pop-Up Cards, one of six sheets of stickers, one of four temporary tattoos and one Sweepstakes card. The next series also features three sundry packages, this time with a Dalmatian, Beagle and Pug on the front of the package.

A line of Nintendogs plush toys were released in Japan, featuring the most popular breeds in each game.{{Cite web |date=2005-04-14 |title=グッズ紹介 |url=http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/adgj/kgoods/index.html |access-date=2022-01-24 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414043216/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/adgj/kgoods/index.html |archive-date=14 April 2005 |url-status=dead}} They are also available at the Nintendo World Store. Various Nintendogs T-shirts were also made available at the Nintendo World Store.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} In Europe and Australia, a series of plush toys with an electronic sensor were released, and when the owner shook the bone, the dog would walk and bark.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} Nintendo has also released a set of plushes through Earthwood Toys.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}

Nintendo also commissioned several specially designed Nintendo DS systems to tie in with the game's release, with one of them being a diamond-studded pink Nintendo DS designed by Peach NYC. This particular DS went up for auction in 2024, with bids easily exceeding nearly $20,000.{{cite web |last1=Norman |first1=Jim |title=Random: Crystal-Studded Nintendo DS Expected To Reach £15,000 At Upcoming Auction |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/04/random-crystal-studded-nintendo-ds-expected-to-reach-p15000-at-upcoming-auction |website=NintendoLife |access-date=1 May 2024 |date=April 30, 2024}}

{{Video game reviews

| title = Nintendogs: Chihuahua & Friends

| GR = 85.27%{{cite web|title=Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends Reviews|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/926847.asp?q=Nintendogs|publisher=GameRankings|access-date=2008-11-21|archive-date=2009-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110205030/http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/926847.asp?q=Nintendogs|url-status=live}}

| MC = 83/100

| 1UP = B+{{cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3143004&did=1 |title=Nintendogs DS Review |last=Matsuzaki |first=Kimi |date=August 20, 2005 |website=1Up.com |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619093727/http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3143004&did=1 |archive-date=June 19, 2006 |url-status=dead}}

| Edge = 7/10

| EuroG = 8/10{{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-nintendogs-ds |title=Nintendogs |last=Reed |first=Kristan |date=November 17, 2006 |website=Eurogamer |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209075215/https://www.eurogamer.net/r-nintendogs-ds |url-status=live }}

| Fam = 40/40

| GI = 8/10

| GamePro = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/ds/games/reviews/47846.shtml |title=Review: Nintendogs |last=Burner |first=Rice |date=August 22, 2005 |magazine=GamePro |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122164829/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/ds/games/reviews/47846.shtml |archive-date=November 22, 2008 |url-status=dead}}

| GMaster = 82/100

| GSpot = 9.1/10{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nintendogs-review/1900-6131604/ |title=Nintendogs Review |last=Massimilla |first=Bethany |date=August 19, 2005 |website=GameSpot |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205123653/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/nintendogs-review/1900-6131604/ |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |url-status=live}}

| GSpy = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/nintendogs-shiba/644047p1.html |title=Nintendogs: Lab & Friends (DS) |last=Theobald |first=Phil |date=August 22, 2005 |website=GameSpy |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227091418/http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/nintendogs-shiba/644047p1.html |archive-date=December 27, 2008 |url-status=dead}}

| GameZone = 9.3/10{{cite web |url=https://nds.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r24992.htm |title=Nintendogs Review |last=David |first=Mike |date=September 12, 2005 |website=GameZone |access-date=February 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412155439/https://nds.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r24992.htm |archive-date=April 12, 2009 |url-status=dead}}

| IGN = 8.8/10

}}

The game was well received by critics, with an average score of 85% at Game Rankings. In the May 2005 edition of the Famitsu, Japan's most popular gaming magazine, Nintendogs received a perfect 40/40 score. Only four other games had attained this score at the time.Ashcraft, Brian. [http://kotaku.com/5012898/famitsu-gives-metal-gear-solid-4-perfect-score Famitsu Gives Metal Gear Solid 4 Perfect Score] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324114643/http://kotaku.com/5012898/famitsu-gives-metal-gear-solid-4-perfect-score |date=2017-03-24 }}. Kotaku.com. Retrieved 06-04-2008. It also received an 8.5 out of 10 in Nintendo Power.{{cite magazine |last1=Sinfield |first1=George |last2=Myers |first2=Andy |date=October 2005 |title=Nintendogs |magazine=Nintendo Power |publisher=Nintendo of America |issue=196 |page=96}} Game Informer gave Nintendogs an 8 out of 10, reflecting on the game's lack of an ending.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200504/N05.0408.1929.45149.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723182258/http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200504/N05.0408.1929.45149.htm|archive-date=2008-07-23|title=Exclusive Nintendogs First Look|magazine=Game Informer |url-status=dead|access-date=28 January 2015}} Game Oracle gave it 85% and a recommendation saying that unlike most sims, it has a lot of depth.

In the first week of its release in Japan (April 18, 2005, to April 24, 2005), the three versions, Shiba & Friends, Miniature Dachshund & Friends and Chihuahua & Friends, sold 75,000, 49,000 and 44,000, respectively, totalling 168,000 units. This title game also boosted the Nintendo DS system sales by over 4.2 times the previous week to 95,000 units, up from 22,000.{{cite web|url=http://ds.ign.com/articles/608/608232p1.html|title=DS Sales Skyrocket in Japan|website=IGN|date=April 28, 2005|author=Anoop Gantayet|access-date=July 20, 2005|archive-date=May 7, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507131404/http://ds.ign.com/articles/608/608232p1.html|url-status=live}} It was the 91st best-selling game in Japan in 2008, selling 142,591 copies combined, with cumulative Japanese sales of 1,850,984 combined by 2008.{{cite web|title=2008 top 100|url=http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkbkq103/yso/top100/2008.htm|publisher=Kyoto.zaq.ne.jp|access-date=2009-01-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213082759/http://www.kyoto.zaq.ne.jp/dkbkq103/yso/top100/2008.htm|archive-date=2012-02-13}}

In Europe, it was the top-selling Nintendo game of 2005 with {{nowrap|1.6 million}} copies sold that year.{{Cite web|last=Jordan|first=Jon|date=January 5, 2006|title=DS lead increases further|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/news/ds-lead-increases-further/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-13|language=en|archive-date=2021-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113111051/https://www.pocketgamer.com/news/ds-lead-increases-further/}} The game went on to sell {{nowrap|23.96 million}} copies worldwide, making it the second best-selling Nintendo DS game of all time.{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/ds.html|title=Sales Data - Top Selling Software Sales Units - Nintendo DS Software|publisher=Nintendo|date=2020-09-30|access-date=2020-11-17|archive-date=2016-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427092514/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/ds.html|url-status=live}} According to Nintendo, the majority of Nintendogs owners were female.{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Jon |date=27 October 2006 |title=How DS created a new generation of girl gamers |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/news/how-ds-created-a-new-generation-of-girl-gamers/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Pocket Gamer |archive-date=2022-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519202853/https://www.pocketgamer.com/news/how-ds-created-a-new-generation-of-girl-gamers/ }}

In addition to recognitions from publications such as Entertainment Weekly, BusinessWeek and the Chicago Sun Times, Nintendogs also won a wide variety of awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/01_12_06_07_03AM.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420051511/http://www.gamezone.com/news/01_12_06_07_03AM.htm|archive-date=2010-04-20|title=Nintendogs Packs the Doghouse With Year-End Awards|date=January 12, 2006|publisher=Video Game News|access-date=Feb 1, 2010}}

• E3 2005 Game Critics Awards: Best Handheld Game.{{cite web|title=2005 Winners|url=http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/2005winners.html|publisher=gamecriticsawards.com|year=2006|access-date=Feb 1, 2010|archive-date=June 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623153723/http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/2005winners.html|url-status=live}}
• TheG33ks Bronze Award for best Nintendo DS game.{{cite web|url=http://nintendo-video-game.com/nintendogs/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130061427/http://nintendo-video-game.com/nintendogs/|archive-date=2010-01-30|title=Nintendogs|date=September 28, 2009|publisher=Nintendo Video Game|access-date=Feb 1, 2010}}
• Associated Press: "Best Game of 2005"{{cite web|url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/01_12_06_07_03AM.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420051511/http://www.gamezone.com/news/01_12_06_07_03AM.htm|archive-date=2010-04-20|title=Nintendogs Packs the Doghouse With Year-End Awards |date=12 January 2006|publisher=Gamezone.com|access-date=7 February 2010}}
• 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival: Excellence Prize{{cite web|url=http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2005/entertainment/000474/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624021024/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2005/entertainment/000474/index.php|archive-date=2009-06-24|title=2005 Japan Media Arts Festival Entertainment Division Excellence Prize Nintendogs|publisher=Japan Media Arts Plaza|access-date=7 February 2010}}
• PC World: "2006 Innovation Award"{{cite web|url=http://pcworld.about.com/news/Dec292005id123942.htm|title=2006 PC World Innovations Awards|publisher=About.com|access-date=7 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202091533/http://pcworld.about.com/news/Dec292005id123942.htm|archive-date=2 December 2009}}
• D&AD: Yellow Pencils Award 2006{{cite web|title=Yellow Pencil Awards|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9488|publisher=gamesutra.com|access-date=2006-05-26|archive-date=2006-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627033554/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=9488|url-status=dead}}
• PETA: Best Animal-Friendly Video Game 2006{{cite web|title=2006 Winners |url=http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/proggy/2006/winners.html |publisher=PETA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526043609/http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/proggy/2006/winners.html |archive-date=May 26, 2006 }}
• IGN: Editors' Choice Award{{cite web|title=IGN Editors' Choice Games |url=http://ds.ign.com/index/choice.html |website=IGN |access-date=2006-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716202100/http://ds.ign.com/index/choice.html |archive-date=July 16, 2008 }}
• IGN: Best use of touch screen for Nintendo DS{{cite web|title=IGN.com presents the Best of 2005 |url=http://bestof.ign.com/2005/ds/15.html |website=IGN |access-date=2008-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308185446/http://bestof.ign.com/2005/ds/15.html |archive-date=March 8, 2008 }}
• GameSpot: Editors' Choice award{{cite web|url=http://au.gamespot.com/misc/editorschoice/index.html|title=Editor's Choice - GameSpot|website=GameSpot|access-date=Feb 1, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115091802/http://au.gamespot.com/misc/editorschoice/index.html|archive-date=2010-01-15}}
• AIAS 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Handheld Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering (tied with Guitar Hero).{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/02/10/dice-2006-interactive-achievement-awards |title=DICE 2006: Interactive Achievement Awards |author=IGN Staff |website=IGN |date=17 June 2012 |access-date=27 October 2023}}{{cite web |url=http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-9/winners.asp |title=9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Winners |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=27 October 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060307200848/http://www.interactive.org/awards/IAA-9/winners.asp |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Nintendogs also had very successful launches in North America and Europe, with first week sales of over 250,000{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6393|title=Nintendo Reveals Impressive U.S. Nintendogs Figures|website=Gamasutra|date=September 1, 2005|access-date=October 12, 2005|archive-date=November 19, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119043353/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6393|url-status=dead}} and 160,000{{cite web|url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/nintendo-claims-european-sales-boost-for-ds|title=Nintendo Claims European Sales Boost For DS|date=October 12, 2005|website=Gamasutra|access-date=October 12, 2005|archive-date=December 12, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051212092205/http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=6811|url-status=live}} respectively. Lab & Friends received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520070249/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3945 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3945 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Double Platinum |work=Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association |archive-date=May 20, 2009 |url-status=dead }} indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918063107/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php |title=ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK | author=Caoili, Eric | date=November 26, 2008 |work=Gamasutra |archive-date=September 18, 2017 |url-status=dead }} ELSPA also gave Dalmatian & Friends a "Platinum" award, for at least 300,000 sales in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515224703/http://www.elspa.com/?i=3944 |url=http://www.elspa.com:80/?i=3944 |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Platinum |work=Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association |archive-date=May 15, 2009 |url-status=dead }} By August 2006, in the United States, Chihuahua & Friends had sold 570,000 copies and earned $17 million; Labrador & Friends had sold 620,000 copies and earned $19 million; and Dachshund & Friends had sold 730,000 copies and earned $22 million. During the period between January 2000 and August 2006, the games were respectively the 50th, 44th and 32nd highest-selling games launched for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable in the United States.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052300/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0 |title=The Century's Top 50 Handheld Games| author=Keiser, Joe | date=August 2, 2006 |work=Next Generation |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |url-status=dead }}

On March 23, 2006 at GDC 2006, Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata announced that international sales of Nintendogs sales had reached 6 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/23/gdc-the-nintendo-keynote-blow-by-blow/|title=GDC: The Nintendo keynote blow by blow (Updated)|publisher=Joystiq|access-date=2006-06-30|archive-date=2006-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612213018/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/03/23/gdc-the-nintendo-keynote-blow-by-blow/|url-status=live}} By March 31, 2008, the game was the best-selling Nintendo DS game published by Nintendo.{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080425e.pdf#page=6|title=Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2008: Supplementary Information|publisher=Nintendo|date=2008-04-25|format=PDF|page=6|access-date=2008-08-03|archive-date=2008-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910032513/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2008/080425e.pdf#page=6|url-status=live}} As of March 31, 2015, the combined sales of all versions has reached 23.96 million and it is now second on the Nintendo DS best-sellers list behind New Super Mario Bros..

In 2010, 1UP.com included Nintendogs in their list of five "Essential Newcomers" of the decade, describing it as one of "five revolutionary new games" of the past 10 years, for its impact on drawing "non-gamers to console and portable systems" and establishing the "new" Nintendo. Despite derision from many hardcore gamers, Nintendogs sold tens of millions, mostly among casual gamers and paved the way for the Nintendo DS's worldwide success. This gave rise to a non-game trend, previously limited to PCs, on consoles and portables. Nintendo followed it up with more casual games such as Brain Age, Wii Sports and Wii Fit, establishing Nintendo as the most successful developer and publisher of the decade.{{cite web|last=Parish|first=Jeremy|title=The Decade That Was: Essential Newcomers: Nintendogs |url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=4&cId=3178082 |page=5 |website=1UP.com |access-date=23 September 2011 |date=February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020060041/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=4&cId=3178082 |archive-date=20 October 2012}}

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It was announced during Nintendo's 2010 E3 presentation that Shigeru Miyamoto was working on a new Nintendogs project, involving some new innovations.{{cite web |url=http://e3.nintendo.com/3ds/game/?g=ndogs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714074409/http://e3.nintendo.com/3ds/game/?g=ndogs |archive-date=14 July 2010 |title=Nintendo E3 Network |work=Nintendo Network |publisher=Nintendo.com}} The game, titled Nintendogs + Cats was finished in 2011 for the Nintendo 3DS and was released as a launch title in all regions.

A microgame based on Nintendogs appears in the game WarioWare: Smooth Moves. A Nintendogs Labrador Retriever puppy also appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an assist trophy; owing to the nonviolent nature of the Nintendogs game, rather than fighting actively, the dog "plays" in front of the screen, blocking view.{{cite web|url=http://www.fragland.net/reviews/Super-Smash-Bros-Brawl/1247/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227145946/http://www.fragland.net/reviews/Super-Smash-Bros-Brawl/1247/|archive-date=2012-02-27|title=Review: Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)|publisher=Fragland|access-date=7 February 2010}} A French bulldog appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, taking the role of the Labrador Retriever, and the Nintendo 3DS version features a Nintendogs + Cats stage. Both the assist trophy, now represented by a Toy Poodle, and the stage reappear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Multiple Nintendogs themed items are available as downloadable content in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

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