Nintendogs: Lab & Friends

 DS
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 127 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 127
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 127
  3. Negative: 18 out of 127
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  1. Diehardnintendofan
    Sep 7, 2005
    2
    I eat drink and think nintendo but this game is only for two types of people those aged between 5 and 8 and the other being teenage girls. the game looks pretty but where is the gameplay and fun. i have to say that this touch screen technoligy on nintendos DS aint going to catch on for future consols and this game is just another tech demo and thats it.
  2. Alex
    Sep 2, 2005
    0
    Poorly Executed Game. It Appears Nintendo also met ten years ago, as this is very smiliar to "Dogz" for PC. Gimmicky at best, but as nintendo fanboys across the world say, "it's a tech demo."
  3. Samantha
    Sep 27, 2005
    3
    Way over priced for what it is, mind you even my 3 year old little bro thinks its poo poo, and that saying something.
  4. GarthD.
    Nov 7, 2005
    2
    This was sposed to be better than everything but its just rubbish. after a little bit of initial novelty it just goes down from there. it needs more to do more, like be fun.
  5. Peter
    Sep 19, 2005
    3
    After reading the reviews for this game i thought i would go out and pick it up. gawd what a dire game, ive played for about 4 hours hoping to get somthing out of it and i have come to the conclusion that this type of game can be freely downloaded from the internet for any pc, funny how nintendo just repackaged a old game and gave it a stick to play with, AVOID at all costs. on the other After reading the reviews for this game i thought i would go out and pick it up. gawd what a dire game, ive played for about 4 hours hoping to get somthing out of it and i have come to the conclusion that this type of game can be freely downloaded from the internet for any pc, funny how nintendo just repackaged a old game and gave it a stick to play with, AVOID at all costs. on the other hand if you are below the age of 13 then your going to think this game rocks and is the best thing since sliced bread.… Expand
  6. DrewF.
    Sep 25, 2005
    4
    You either really get it, or you really don't. Count me among the latter. It's interesting for the first 10 minutes, as it REALLY is a fantastic demo of the DS' capabilities, but you can literally see pretty much everything the game has to offer in those 10 minutes. I lived thru the tamogotchi craze 10 years ago, and all this is is a spruced up take on that. Yawn. People You either really get it, or you really don't. Count me among the latter. It's interesting for the first 10 minutes, as it REALLY is a fantastic demo of the DS' capabilities, but you can literally see pretty much everything the game has to offer in those 10 minutes. I lived thru the tamogotchi craze 10 years ago, and all this is is a spruced up take on that. Yawn. People who talk about how 'attached' they become to their 'dogs' scare me a little...… Expand
  7. aditya1101
    Oct 6, 2017
    4
    Perhaps I'm the wrong audience for this kind of game, but to me I felt like every part of this game was a pretty poor imitation of what I imagine real dog ownership is like. Everything feels pretty artificial, and while that's not incredibly abnormal for a video game, nintendogs has few other redeeming qualities.

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#10 Best DS Game of 2005
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#9 Most Discussed DS Game of 2005
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#29 Most Shared DS Game of 2005

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 54
  3. Negative: 0 out of 54
  1. Edge Magazine
    70
    There’s more to be got out of this new kind of play than Nintendo has found this time around, and some of it could be better implemented. But, for now, it offers an experience that can’t be matched. [July 2005, p.89]
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  2. Weekly Famitsu
    100
    10 / 10 / 10 / 10 - 40 platinum [April 2005]
  3. Game Informer
    80
    There's no denying how adorable the puppies are, how amazing the technology that runs them is, or how much stuff there is to find, but I can't help thinking that bending the rules of reality would have made for a better game, in the traditional sense. [Sept 2005, p.114]
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