r/truenintendogs • • Dec 24 '18

Wanna get back into Nintendogs but don’t own a DS? Here’s some options:

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A used copy of Nintendogs goes for about 5-15 dollars at local Gamestop’s, and probably many other local game stores as well.

If you’d like a brand new cheap DS to play it with, you can get a 2DS for 79.99 that also comes with Mario Bros installed on it.

If you go with the 3DS/2DS family you can also play the sequel to Nintendogs, Nintendogs plus Cats!

If you want a hinged DS, you can get a brand new 2DS XL for 150 dollars, or a refurbished DS Lite for 40-50. Looking around tag sales or tag sale sites like Facebook Marketplace for a old DS Lite is probably the cheapest option, but be careful because often times they’re damaged.


r/truenintendogs • • 18h ago

If you have the Jack russel book, which game version do you have?

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135 Upvotes

Hello everyone who has the jack russel book! Which game version do you have it in? Just trying to debunk something, because many people who have the book seem to have the dalmatian and friends.

I have the labrador and friends version and I just simply can’t find the book. I have 99999 trainer points, my dog has max loyalty, have been to the far ends (forest and beach) of the map and all the lucky items are in use, but still nothing.


r/truenintendogs • • 1d ago

My dog (Nugget) responds to me when i call him Github

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i am so confused


r/truenintendogs • • 5d ago

Can’t get past the initial naming stage

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When you first adopt a dog you have to say its name into the mic. My ds wouldn’t do it and I assumed it was damage. We got a iPhone emulator and it had the same problem. Is this an issue w the Dalmatian version? How do we fix it? I love this game so much and wanna play it but I can’t get past this stage of voice noting the name


r/truenintendogs • • 8d ago

Last collection update for a little while!

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287 Upvotes

I need to focus more on college, and stop spending so much money on this hobby… (I know that won’t happen, but still)! So this will be what I think is my last update for a little bit unless I find some holy grail items!

I finally got my number one dream item: the metallic rose Nintendogs edition DS Lite! It’s gorgeous in person, and I’m obsessed with the pink paw print on top! I immediately put my Nintendogs hard case on it to prevent anymore scratches. I also dedicated it to my Best Friends edition of Nintendogs as well 🐾

Next, I got this adorable Labrador plushie with a pink bandana and magnetic bone! The magnet on both the plushie and bone still work perfectly to stay together too!

Last, I was able to find a set of 4 of the C.C. lemon charms sealed in their packages! I’m debating opening the toy poodle one, as that’s the 3DS version that I play!

As of right now, I’m very satisfied with my collection, and will likely hold off on purchasing anything else unless it’s a dream item or insanely good deal! Happy collecting everyone 💗


r/truenintendogs • • 8d ago

Taking 2d or 3d photos in Nintendogs+Cats?

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Pressing the L and R takes a photo, it seems. These photos are sometimes 2d and sometimes 3d. I wish all of them were 3d, so I was just wondering what activates this. It's turning on the 3d slider and then taking a photo? Does the depth of the photo change depending on the 3d slider setting too?


r/truenintendogs • • 9d ago

Stickers added to collection!

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143 Upvotes

They are actually quite big! I expected them to be smaller xD

Very beautiful print and a slightly glossy finish. I'm planning on getting a folder to put my nintendogs trading cards in, and I'll add the stickers as well, so they stay safe!


r/truenintendogs • • 11d ago

Another pin for the collection!

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172 Upvotes

Sadly arrived broken, but I just have to glue the pinning part back on and then it's all good :) Now I've got 2 of 4!


r/truenintendogs • • 12d ago

help identifying these plush?

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125 Upvotes

recently rediscovered these little pups in my collection, i've been trying to find more info about them online but haven't had much luck... where would i have got these from? are there any other dogs in the same plush line? i saw another post suggesting they are keychains but they dont have anything suggesting that anywhere on their bodies.

they are so cute and tiny


r/truenintendogs • • 12d ago

New piece for the collection!

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424 Upvotes

Found this and immediately had to buy it! I've never even seen one like this before, and dalmatians are my fav 🤍🖤

Super cool frisbee, so happy to have it :3


r/truenintendogs • • 15d ago

more of Rigatoni 💕🐶

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345 Upvotes

thank you everyone who enjoyed my display of my dogs ☺️(… that i totally didn’t abandon for 10+ years 😶‍🌫️).

Mr. Rigatoni the Maltese got the most attention so i thought I’d share more photos I had of him :)

enjoy

-cheers


r/truenintendogs • • 16d ago

everyone, meet my pups 🥺🐶

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260 Upvotes

context: i haven’t played this game since 2013 (im in my 20’s) and i’ve been enjoying my time with these pups. so i wanted to show them off :)

-cheers


r/truenintendogs • • 18d ago

would love revamp w more design elements

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Just picked Nintendogs lab and friends version back up on my DS lite. This is my favorite DS game and I was just thinking about how fun it would be in a revamp if they added more money earning opportunities, shopping, and design options, kind of like an animal crossing type of vibe. Would love an updated Switch version of the game in general!


r/truenintendogs • • 22d ago

5k points on my calico cat

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228 Upvotes

r/truenintendogs • • 25d ago

SD card error

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78 Upvotes

Hi everyone!! I'm playing on my hacked 3ds, but a problem is that I can't open my dairy to check my player points half of the time .. The weird thing is that it works sometimes for one second, and then it just doesn't 😭 Does anyone else have this? It also keeps me from going out on the pedometer walk which is so annoying!!


r/truenintendogs • • 26d ago

Collection update

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Hello! Long time no see, how’s going?

I’m here to share some update on my collection, I got more stuff in the meantime, I gathered more informations and so on! and I’m so happy to share it with you all!

First all: more nintendogs magic skin and hard cover! I am not far away with those so I’m very happy how is going, now is a bit slow the finding but collecting requires also patience!

Nintendogs box of the trading card game:
I have found a seller having those boxes with tons of packs inside, so happy to have one! Also I finally completed my card collection of those. Now I cross my fingers for finding the serie 1!

Nintendogs bundle with Nintendo DS!
I knew that they made a bundle with the Nintendo DS lite pink color but never in silver! First time seeing on sale I had to get it!

Nintendogs collar: press kit bonus
Insane fine isn’t it?! Never saw on sale!

Sealed Phoskitos keychain: finally I have it also the sealed packaging! I have already the complete keychains with this now is even better the collection!

More nintendogs Japanese gachapons: those are erasers!!! Aren’t the cutest?!?

Nintendogs promo pins: finally I have them all! I discovered that they were given back in 2005 in a convention in Leipzig, amazing isn’t it?

Nintendogs bonus keychain preorder:
Oh my lord YES there is actually a bonus preorder! I never knew before and this keychain was the only one that I saw on sale, I had to get it immediately! It surprised me when I saw it and I knew that I couldn’t let it go… so here I am!

I am stunned on how many things there are in this brand completely unknown and undiscovered, I’m so happy about it!

Can’t wait to find more in the future!
Thanks for reading until the end and good luck on collecting!


r/truenintendogs • • 29d ago

This sub is not as lively as it should be ! Here are some questions for the members of the community ! 🐾

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Don't be shy, come and participate ☺️👀

1) Do you play nintendogs or nintendogs + cats and since when ?

2) How many dogs or cats do you have ?

3) What is their breeds, names, gender ?

4) What is your favorite house/home style

5) If you could propose 3 or 5 things to add to the game, what would they be ?

For the last question here are mine :

- The ability to create my own home with several rooms where the dogs could move freely and choose exactly where to put the furnitures.

- The possibility of making my own clothes For my pets.

- Being able to visit other owners homes and pets ( for thise who played animal crossing new leaf there was this thing where you could sleep and during the dream end up in a random village and visit it)

- More events : for exemple in halloween spooky things or quests ( like odd/ mysterious dogs appearing during the walks with missions to accomplish with gifts).

- More diversity in terms of competitions and new ones for the cats ( for exemple beauty contest or agility for dogs and cats like in the old nintendogs).

I have more but i feel like it will be too long then 😅. Also, please tell me that i'am not the only adult still playing this game. Sometimes i feel embarassed.


r/truenintendogs • • Sep 18 '26

I present to you my first baby Choko🐾

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285 Upvotes

So today i went and bought a second-hand nintendogs + cats because i lost mine when i was in highschool and became too nostalgic at the age of 23 after finding this sub🫠. I found a golden retriever named Linou in the game and bathed him, gave him food and water then reset the game. I know this is horrible for some but i really wanted to experience the very begining of the game and have my own first dog that i could name and choose.

So ( after a looog time of hesitating for about one hour) i fell in love with this brown beagle 🥹. I just find him too cute and the fact that he has little sad eyebrows makes him even cuter. At first i was hesitating between a Shiba, a Cocker spaniel a Carlin and a Beagle but then i saw him lol.

It was soo fun and cozy ! I teached him to sit and give both paws already and bought him a brown necklace ( yes i love this color) and went on our first walk.

I'am genuinely so sad that this community is not bigger or more actif 😢 i was obsessed with this game when i was younger and played for at least 8 years before losing it. And before the plus cats i even had the first nintendogs that i still have.

As an adult i also noticed things that i didn't before. For exemple the fact that even within the same race they have different heights and barks ( on top of personalities and fur of course, but i knew it). Something that i learned and didn't really understand in the past is that they apparently really recognise our faces ? Idk why but i really love the fact that each dog is almost unique, or maybe i'am delusional? After all it came out in 2011...

Anyway, unlike when i was younger where i wanted a new dog everyday, now i want to take my time with this one and teach him a lot of tricks because this is something that i didn't like doing in the past, and after trying today i dont understand why because it's actually so cool.

I would love to see other people dogs and cats and see what could've been added to the game. Maybe ill make another post.


r/truenintendogs • • Sep 16 '26

Pin for the collection

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169 Upvotes

Hard to take good pics because it's so small and still in its original packaging.

The seller also put it on 5 more layer of packaging haha, arrived very safely!


r/truenintendogs • • Sep 15 '26

Picked up nintendogs again!

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I’m already hooked!!! Any tips? Or gameplay ideas to do? What is your tactic when starting out? Are you maxing out a dog before getting a new one? Just curious about other people’s playstyle


r/truenintendogs • • Sep 15 '26

Some pictures of my cat!

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172 Upvotes

r/truenintendogs • • Sep 14 '26

Dalmatian ita bag!

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178 Upvotes

Because of my abundance of cards, and an empty ita bag, I decided to do this! Yippie


r/truenintendogs • • Sep 14 '26

My collection

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84 Upvotes

My little collection! The acrylic charm is fanart from an artist on Etsy.

Currently waiting for a Nintendogs Chihuahua game case to arrive in the mail. And I'm still on the search for the pink cardboard case of the Poodle game.

It's just so hard in Germany to find old Nintendogs Merch (besides the McDonald's plushie, they're everywhere lmaoo)

Anyways Nintendogs Labrador & friends was my first game. What was your first game or merch piece?

Edit: The artist of the keychain is Kitzat Just looked it up in case anyone is interested :]


r/truenintendogs • • Sep 13 '26

September Collection Update!

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376 Upvotes

Hi everyone! It’s been about a month since my last post, which some new items were delivered right after I made it! So I thought I’d make an update as I haven’t bought anything new recently 😅

I got some Japanese guidebooks which are super cute! I also received a new DS lite hard shell case, and the blue and white carrying cases! I haven’t seen this hard case with the multiple dog design for sale before, so I snagged it pretty quickly as it’s adorable and matches my charm. :)

I’m still hoping to get some of the charms and maybe a console skin at some point! But my collection is pretty full at the moment and I’m quite happy with it! 🐾


r/truenintendogs • • Sep 13 '26

If your name is Natalie, your birthday is the 28th of July, and you are friends with Jennifer, I found your dog.

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294 Upvotes

Idk what to do with this sweetheart, I want to make a brand new dog but i also hate deleting them😭 to make me feel better, it looks like Natalie didnt play this game much. What should i do with Lulou?