Train your own Nintendog plush
by Ross Miller 
{ Nov 13th 2006 at 10:00PM }
Two types of Nintendog-licensed plush pups will be available. The Trick Trainers include a magnetic bone that reacts to magnets of opposite polarity inside the plush toy, giving the appearance the puppy is following the bone with its eyes, wagging its tail, or reaching its paw out for a delicious handout. The Interactive Play Pups (or "Nintendog deluxe") are more robotic: they wag their tails when you touch them, bark and howl when you howl, and growl when you play tug-of-war.
The Trick Trainer and Interactive Play Pups are available on Amazon UK for £9.99 and £24.99, respectively (or approximately $20 and $48 for those interested in the US). Our search found a wide variety of available plush pets. Nintendogs was a runaway success: how many of these pups are going to get squeezed out of parents' bank accounts?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
iceatcs @ Nov 13th 2006 10:14PM
Seem it isn't working for my little sister.
She alway want a dog after play Nintendog, when she saw that but no luck and still want a real one. :(
Any tip?
mountain_rage @ Nov 13th 2006 10:21PM
Its funny how Nintendo who was originally a toy company doesn't have their own toy devision. Instead they just license out their characters.
pixelator @ Nov 13th 2006 11:07PM
Nintendo doing what Nintendo does best - pandering to kids and the secondary collector market. No wonder they're partnered with McDonald's.
Ryoji @ Nov 13th 2006 11:44PM
Quick point of information, @2 -- although Nintendo DID manufacture toys at some point during their company life (that hand toy, for instance -- its name eludes me at the moment), it was originally a Hanafuda card company, and still partakes in that business today.
But you knew that. ;D
Solidus @ Nov 14th 2006 12:45AM
iceats: Any tip? Other than buying her a dog? Get her a nice hamster.
Trainable nintendog plushes? Someone kill me now, this is even worse than those stupid little pocketpet handhelds that went on a keychain or animals you could 'own and train' on your desktop.
BrotherEstapol @ Nov 14th 2006 4:30AM
I swear that these have been out here(Australia) for ages...
Etheo @ Nov 14th 2006 9:14AM
... and this is different from any other Dog Plushies because of...?
Tom @ Nov 14th 2006 2:22PM
This would be so much cooler if you could control it with your DS.