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Nintendogs is a virtual pet simulation game that was released for
the Nintendo DS in Japan on April 21 2005.
There are three different versions of the game, each with a different initial selection of dogs.
You use the touch screen to pet, entertain, and play games with your dog,
along with using the DS' microphone to teach it commands.

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Nintendo plans to release the game in the US in 2005,
although no concrete release info is available yet.

These pages are intended as an English guide to this Japanese text-heavy software.
Latest version: 1.29 - 26th December 2005
This page is written by Tomas Engström (faq/guide) and Titney (for the translation guide) of GameFAQs.com.
They hold the rights to these documents, I'm just the web page publisher/host.
I will add screen-grab images to the guide as and when I can.
I'd like to thank Tomas Engström (a.k.a ConraDargo) and Titney of GameFAQs.com for their
excellent guides to Nintendogs and all the other contributors at GameFAQs.

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Chapter 8: TRICKS
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Tricks like learning your puppy how to sit, lay down and roll over are pulled off by using your stylus.

For example, in order to have your puppy sit, place the tip of your stylus somewhere on the touch screen
and swiftly move your hand downwards, like you were drawing a straight line.

If you did it right, your puppy will now sit and an icon will appear at the top right corner of your touch screen.











This is how you issue voice commands and tie them to tricks just like that one: simply tap on the icon
(which has the image of a head with a light bulb) and record a word or a sentence before time runs out.






 

Once your puppy has managed to learn a voice command you'll immediately be prompted to write down a name for it.
This is to stop you from forgetting a recorded command - you may have a look at what tricks you've written down at
any given time in order to refresh your memory (Chapter 4: Status).

NOTE: Remember to pet your puppy whenever you manage to pull off a trick!

As in real life, it's important to show your puppy that he/she did a good job :)

Also, you cannot teach your puppy too many tricks each day - eventually, you'll get a message saying that his head
is too full to learn more and that you should wait until tomorrow.

HINT #1:
Sometimes while petting your puppy after he/she has pulled off a trick, a yellow bone will appear below your puppy's head.
This is a treat which you can feed your dog with - simply touch the bone with your stylus and move it to the puppy's mouth.  
It seems that this will increase your Owner Points a little (Chapter 10: System Options).

To see a list of some of the tricks that can be taught, open up your inventory and tap on Caretaking (Chapter 5: Inventory).
Now scroll down until you see some green books (they look like boxes though) which has tiny puppies on them and tap
on the second book. Pages 4 to 11 have tricks on them and they're not very hard to understand either.
You will also find a list of tricks on this site, shown here.

Also, every time you say something that you want your puppy to remember, there will either be a light bulb or a question
mark above the puppy's head. The light bulb indicates that the puppy could understand what you just said while a red
question mark means the opposite.

Oddly enough, you can feed your puppy with the light bulb by dragging it to the puppy's mouth, but I don't have a clue
on what it might be good for....enhanced learning capacity, perhaps?

Should you see a blue question mark then what you said interferes with another trick, i.e. you've already assigned this
word to something else.

HINT #2:
Do not SHOUT into the microphone!! Speak with a normal tone, it's not necessary to raise your voice -
The DS's microphone is pretty sensitive and will catch your words even if you use a regular tone.

You can even adjust how sensitive it should be. See Chapter 10: System Settings and then System Settings.

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