27th July 2005, 7:57 PM
My Nintendo rep came in today, and left me some goodies.
We got a new Gamecube demo disc that only had one playable demo, for Mario Baseball. Mario Baseball is fun. The odd-shaped fields are a thrill :D
Also on that disc was a trailer for Twilight Princess. I stared at it so long someone asked if I was retarded. It looks fucking fantastic.
Finally, she brought in a playable demo of Nintendogs.
In the demo, you're in a little backyard area, and there are three dogs, a medium-sized lab, a little dachshund, and the tiny chihuahua. They play and romp around together and you can watch them. You can also select indivisual dogs (I love the chihuahua :love: ) and pet them, scratch their ears... make them sneeze by petting their nose, and give them enough loving that they turn on their back and let you at their belly.
There are also toys you can play with, pull ropes, jump ropes, frisbees, soccer balls, you can dress them in collars, ribbons, a ten-gallon cowboy hat, a bow and a rose. You can feed them and groom them too.
Now, on the outside this looks rather pedestrian, but I have to say, it's not fun in the traditional sense that a videogame is, but it is fun because you're playing with dogs! I was totally enthralled just petting and scratching the chiwawa puppy... it's so terribly cute... and the behaviors of the dogs are so realistic. If you show one of them attention, the others may leap at you to share the love. If you sit idle, they'll wrestle each other or chase each other. You can throw them the soccer ball and they'll bounce it around, sometimes off of their heads.
It's hard to understand just what the draw is without playing it, so look around in stores and find yourself a demo and prepare to lose track of time.
We got a new Gamecube demo disc that only had one playable demo, for Mario Baseball. Mario Baseball is fun. The odd-shaped fields are a thrill :D
Also on that disc was a trailer for Twilight Princess. I stared at it so long someone asked if I was retarded. It looks fucking fantastic.
Finally, she brought in a playable demo of Nintendogs.
In the demo, you're in a little backyard area, and there are three dogs, a medium-sized lab, a little dachshund, and the tiny chihuahua. They play and romp around together and you can watch them. You can also select indivisual dogs (I love the chihuahua :love: ) and pet them, scratch their ears... make them sneeze by petting their nose, and give them enough loving that they turn on their back and let you at their belly.
There are also toys you can play with, pull ropes, jump ropes, frisbees, soccer balls, you can dress them in collars, ribbons, a ten-gallon cowboy hat, a bow and a rose. You can feed them and groom them too.
Now, on the outside this looks rather pedestrian, but I have to say, it's not fun in the traditional sense that a videogame is, but it is fun because you're playing with dogs! I was totally enthralled just petting and scratching the chiwawa puppy... it's so terribly cute... and the behaviors of the dogs are so realistic. If you show one of them attention, the others may leap at you to share the love. If you sit idle, they'll wrestle each other or chase each other. You can throw them the soccer ball and they'll bounce it around, sometimes off of their heads.
It's hard to understand just what the draw is without playing it, so look around in stores and find yourself a demo and prepare to lose track of time.
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