1.1.2 Need an Apple!/Need Some Cherries!Īfter helping Tom recover from his injuries, the player is tipped off to the fact that Saul has gone to Whisker Woods and hasn't returned.
And each fashionable item is available in three different colors, too, which further expands the available variety. Once you've earned enough money by scoring enough baskets, fetching enough Frisbees or feeding your dog enough bowls of hot ramen noodles, you'll find that the amount of available fashions is fairly vast - everything from top hats to sunglasses, diamond-studded collars and festive Christmas boots are available for sale (though not all at once, as individual items become available slowly as you continue to play). And it works pretty well here with the touch screen substituting for the MotionPlus-enhanced Wii Remote, too. This Frisbee-tossing fetch design is essentially the DS equivalent of Nintendo's Disc Dog, featured in the upcoming Wii Sports sequel.
One of the most interesting, in the aftermath of E3, is the "Pup Catch" mini-game. None of them feel broken or annoying, as many other DS titles' mini-games have felt in the past - these designs aren't tacked on, or an afterthought. There are some DS mini-games staples like card-matching and simplified sports designs made to utilize the stylus in basic ways. There are some traditional puppy activities like going for walks and running and jumping. The mini-games are actually done pretty well, on the whole. There are 16 of them in all, and successful completing the "quotas" in each one earns you cash, which can then be used to buy the latest looks at the little doggie fashion boutique. What's unique about Petz Dogz Fashion, of course, is its focus on earning more and more different costumes for your dog to wear - and this is achieved primarily through playing mini-games. All those core elements that you'd expect to be in a virtual dog game are here, organized creatively into a swirling ring menu that gives you easy touch screen access to the many different activities.
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As is usual with virtual pet games you start out as a wide-eyed kid getting her very first pet, and helpful NPCs teach you how to feed it, care for it, take it for walks and the like. You won't be taking your dog down the catwalk or posing him for paparazzi photo shoots - instead, you'll just be a normal new owner of a virtual pup who just happens to have access to a fairly robust selection of doggie-sized outfits and accessories.Ī+top+hat+and+glasses,+classic+style+for+a+dog. Redeemingly, Petz Dogz Fashion offers a solid, satisfying virtual pet experience here within which the doggie dress-up mode is only a piece of the design. I suppose it's more humane to degrade digital dogs instead of forcing actual puppies to put on sweaters, hats and "bling." But the whole idea is still about as appealing as the tabloids it came from. It's a hobby that's been popularized by vapid Hollywood celebrities and fueled the creation of such "art" as Disney's upcoming feature-length Taco Bell ad - and now it's the focus of Ubisoft's latest Petz-brand release, Petz Dogz Fashion. I think a little part of all of us died inside.Īmerican culture can certainly be shallow, but likely one of the most surface-level pursuits anyone in our great nation can engage in is dressing up their dogs. As I and my friends watched its teaser trailer together in terror, we realized that Beverly Hills Chihuahua was, in fact, an actual film. An extended commercial for some kind of soft drink, perhaps, or a spoof of some sort that would give itself away at the end.
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