Petz Dogz 2 | Fun game, especially for the price!

Petz Dogz 2 | Fun but misleading

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Petz Dogz 2

	Petz Dogz 2 Nintendo Wii \| UBI Soft, 2008 average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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Pick a puppy pal from a pack of fuzzy and adorable puppies in Petz Dogz 2! Together, you and your new cuddly companion will encounter a world that's fun to play in, explore, and share. Dress up your puppy in fun puppy clothes, play for hours with new toys, or look for hidden surprises that can give your puppy new abilities. Customize your puppy's environment with items and toys, and unlock more goodies as you get better at caring for your new best friend. Watch your puppy grow, go on quests and adventures together, and unlock awesome mini-games.
Carefully read well what other puppies tell you. It might contain a clue. Buy accessories and give them as gifts to other villager puppies, they will wear them! Collect insects, flowers and fruits to get special items! ESRB Rated E for Everyone

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Fun game, especially for the price!

I got this game primarily because it had a miniature schnauzer available as a breed(!), but I actually find it fun and a great way to utilize Wii gaming without such fast-paced gameplay as I get with Mario Kart Wii, PES 2008, or Guitar Hero III. The graphics are solid, the different locales in this game are expansive, and the tasks are numerous. Also, this game seems to be very similar in style to The Dog Island for the Wii which came out more recently (both from UbiSoft), so I recommend this one if you want to save some $$$ but get a fun-to-play game at a great value...

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Fun but misleading

You gotta wonder if the product descibers and the product manufacturers were on the same page. Seven different breeds, mix and match, keep a journal, rewards, etc. all lies! This game starts with you choosing and naming your puppy (And there are about forty breeds to choose from!) and then you guide your puppy through a virtual world according to instructions from others, like, go to Dolphin Coast so we can play. Although other characters talk to you, you have to imagine what your puppy is saying back, to some extent. For example they'll say, "I need some cloth." and your puppy will bark, and they'll say, "Oh, you'll get some for me? Thank you!"

About the plot. As everyone has said, it is about an evil wolf named Ivlet. Naturally, the box neglected to mention this all important fact and made it sound like, "Oh, happy day, la la la, I'll just dress up my puppy and design my village" when it really is so much more than that. You can't "design your village" anyway; what they're referring to is helping to rebuild the village after Ivlet destroyed it; you have absolutely no say in what the building looks like. The only designing you do is planting flowers.

As someone mentioned, this probably would be too violent for a five year old, so maybe you should wait until your child's a little older. However it is extremely mild for a game with a villain (you defeat him by throwing pebbles).

This game can get boring after a while; all you do is run and find people and/or sniff out objects. There is very little variety. Also, at some point the aquarium guy asks you to catch a fish for him in Polar Fields. You apparently have to go to a special dock to be able to catch it. I found the dock and fished for fifteen minutes and I still haven't caught it. Talking of fifteen minutes, there is a really long cutscene near the beginning of the game that takes about that long if you skip the text.

But the worst thing about the game is more of a moral issue. Your puppy is sent by adults into very dangerous situations; although your parents tell you to let the authorities get the Magic Hat back from Ivlet, Beat (Who is supposedly the good side of the magic hat) convinces you to go get it back anyway; worse than that, you are later encouraged by several adults to fight the monster instead of them. The fish the guy at the aquarium wants you to get is to cover up a lie that he'd already caught it himself.

All in all, this is a fun game which can get a bit annoying at times, but don't let your child learn morals from it.

~Russian Blue Witch (RBW)

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Games for kids

Bought this game for my daughter but she liked the Catz version better. Disappointed that the dog and cat are exactly the same. I would have only bought one, not both. Still very enjoyable for any child who loves animals. I actually played and did have a good time. Took me about 2 hours to beat the game. Nothing hard but my daughter enjoyed watching. We had a great time together.

PET DOGZ FOR WII

THIS GAME IS OKAY, IT LACKS ALOT, BUT WOULD BE OKAY FOR A YOUNG CHILD.

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