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'''Nintendog'''<br> | '''Nintendog'''<br> | ||
''A puppy for you to train on your Nintendo DS. They come in a wide variety of breeds, colors, coat styles, and personalities. You can train them, use dog toys to play with them, and feed them treats to establish a real link with your virtual pet. Other features include the ability to enter your dog in disc-catching contests and agility trials on obstacle courses.'' | ''A puppy for you to train on your Nintendo DS. They come in a wide variety of breeds, colors, coat styles, and personalities. You can train them, use dog toys to play with them, and feed them treats to establish a real link with your virtual pet. Other features include the ability to enter your dog in disc-catching contests and agility trials on obstacle courses.'' | ||
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The Nintendog appears in the Nintendogs series of games. The franchise was originally conceived by Shigeru Miyamoto, and is now one of the most successful series of games on the Nintendo DS handheld system. In this simulation title, the player takes the role of a dog owner and uses the various capabilities of the DS to look after their chosen puppies. They can walk them to several different locations, buy them lots of essentials and train them for competitions. The game was released in four different versions: Labrador & Friends (known in Japan as Shiba & Friends), Chihuahua & Friends, Dachshund & Friends and Dalmatian & Friends.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Nintendog appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It was first seen in the trailer at E3 2006 and was believed to be an item of its own. However, much later it was confirmed to be an Assist Trophy. This Assist Trophy covers the whole screen, including players' names. Also, any CPU characters that are covered by the Nintendog do not do anything until the dog incursion subsides. The puppy will always bark twice at the bottom left corner of the screen before leaving.
The Nintendog featured in Brawl is a Labrador Retriever breed. Game director Masahiro Sakurai stated in the update on the Smash Bros DOJO!! that he chose this type of puppy because it is the most popular kind in the world.
Assist Trophy Origin
The Nintendog first appeared in the DS game Nintendogs. This breed of Nintendog is from the Labrador & Friends version of Nintendogs. Nintendogs is a real-time simulation on taking care and playing with puppies. When a player turns on the game, the puppies that the player bought will "greet" the person by jumping in front of the camera and barking. The Nintendogs also do this when the player pushes the "Call Dogs" button, or by calling or whistling for the Nintendog in the DS microphone. In Brawl, a Nintendog appears on the stage for a short period of time. The Nintendog then jumps in front of the camera in a similar fashion to how they did in the Nintendog games.
Trophy
Nintendog
A puppy for you to train on your Nintendo DS. They come in a wide variety of breeds, colors, coat styles, and personalities. You can train them, use dog toys to play with them, and feed them treats to establish a real link with your virtual pet. Other features include the ability to enter your dog in disc-catching contests and agility trials on obstacle courses.
: Nintendogs
Trivia
- Occasionally, pausing the game while the Nintendog is on the screen will instantly cause it to leave.
