Little Friends: Dogs & Cats

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  • Summary: It's time to meet your new Little Friends! These adorable puppies and kittens can't wait to meet you in the first pet training game for Nintendo Switch. Play with up to 3 pets at once and own up to 12. Get to know their personalities and feed them their favorite food. Play with your petIt's time to meet your new Little Friends! These adorable puppies and kittens can't wait to meet you in the first pet training game for Nintendo Switch. Play with up to 3 pets at once and own up to 12. Get to know their personalities and feed them their favorite food. Play with your pet using their favorite new toy or take them out for walks and compete in the flying disc tournament, using the Joy-Con™ motion controls or Nintendo Switch touch screen. Each pet has its own personality, behavior and looks. Look after your pet to develop a bond and grow your friendship. Dress them up in more than 600 stylish accessories to make them look their best. Care for your new furry friend to develop a long-lasting friendship.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. GameSpace
    May 28, 2019
    70
    If you’ve been hungry for a pet breeding simulator to arrive on the Nintendo Switch, this will certainly scratch that itch. But, if you’re after something more satisfying to chew on, the shallow and repetitive gameplay are likely to disappoint.
  2. The Games Machine
    Jun 4, 2019
    67
    Little Friends: Dogs & Cats is a bit of a wasted opportunity. Too few content, too little gameplay, for a game that could have become the new Nintendogs.
  3. The Digital Fix
    Jun 3, 2019
    60
    Little Friends: Dogs & Cats is a great virtual pet simulator for children but I feel sadly it doesn't cater for much more than that. It's adorable and there's nothing better than some doggo's in a game but my play-time felt shortened by some of the restrictions. It has a lot of potential but with no real originality I just felt something was missing whilst I was playing it.
  4. GameGrin
    May 28, 2019
    50
    Adorable they may be, but having a virtual dog or cat was an already old idea that somehow has even less features and charm on newer hardware. Proof that not everything needs to come to Switch.
  5. Switch Player
    Jun 3, 2019
    50
    Little Friends: Dogs & Cats allows the player to live a simulated experience of raising a pet. It is a shallow one, clearly aimed at kids, but it can work as an idle game if you’re after this kind of experience.
  6. NintendoWorldReport
    May 29, 2019
    50
    ​Little Friends delivers on its promises, but its failure to do more to capture my attention left me mildly disappointed. The dogs and cats are adorable, and there are many outfits to buy and customize. But after the daily feeding and watering of your friends is over, the gameplay becomes a little rote. Perhaps a more laid back player will find this charming game amusing enough to occupy their sparse free-time.
  7. Game Revolution
    May 27, 2019
    30
    Unlike Nintendogs, Little Friends isn’t a meditative game in which you joyfully play with and e-cuddle a bunch of adorbs animals. Instead, it’s a laborious slog in which strengthening your bond with your virtual pets takes too long, and the end results aren’t worth the time invested.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. Bubbatidd
    Sep 22, 2020
    10
    I personally enjoy the grind to level up your cat or dog. It gives you something to work for instead of it being handed to you.
  2. MaddoxWhite
    Apr 24, 2021
    5
    Thought this would be the Nintendogs replacement. Clearly not, because those games are actually fun.
  4. buggie
    Jan 2, 2022
    4
    I hesitated buying this game for a while and sadly regret it. Its such a huge waste of potential, like a soulless recreation of NintendogsI hesitated buying this game for a while and sadly regret it. Its such a huge waste of potential, like a soulless recreation of Nintendogs

    It's insane to me that there are only 6 breeds of dog, and even less of cats, in a game that revolves entirely around the dogs/cats you have. The actual dog graphics are pretty decent but the accessories and items glitch through the models repeatedly and make it very off-putting. Another huge missed opportunity was to allow voice commands through the switch online app, it would have made it so more interactive. The dog just randomly teaches itself tricks which you can hardly utilise, the only grooming is a single brush to clean whatever fungal disease you dog has contracted away (no bathing? why??). There's also no mention of an XP/friendship cap so you're left wondering why you can't gain any more friendship levels - yet the game constantly bombards you with instructions on how to do every activity every time you do it.

    The walks are tedious and boring, the visuals on these walks are also extremely boring and pretty ugly too, especially the obnoxious balloons. I don't know why they had to lock the ability to obtain a cat so deep into the game, I'm sure most kids playing would have lost interest by the point you're a high enough level to obtain one.

    Overall its just a very empty and boring game and total waste of potential. If this game had any heart or substance it could have easily been huge, many players both young adults and children alike would love a reincarnation of the Nintendogs franchise - this isn't it.    … Expand

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