20 Years Ago, One Unexpected Nintendo Game Showed The Power Of A Good Pet

20 Years Ago, One Unexpected Nintendo Game Showed The Power Of A Good Pet

NintendoEveryone wants to pet the dog in video games. That desire led to the creation of a wildly popular Twitter account (back when the site was still called that and was useful for more than being called slurs), which itself made dog-petting a point of pride among developers. But way before it became a sought-after feature and a social media phenomenon, a wave of games made petting the dog the whole point of playing, and one of the best to eve…

TESTOLOGIES - Released on April 21, 2005 and the second best-selling title of the Nintendo DS portable console, this simulation where the player has to take care of every day of a canid has marked a generation of children in love with animals.

Visiting my Nintendogs After 20 Years

The first game I owned on the Nintendo DS was Nintendogs, and I happened to have two different copies. I remember how I really wanted the Chihuahua and Friends one, because as much as I loved the Labrador and Friends one, I was desperate to have a German Shepherd. Blame the fact that I used to have one that I absolutely adored when I was a kid. I remember spending hours running around, cleaning my dogs, playing with them, and just training them …

It's been 20 years since Nintendogs released, and I need it on the Switch 2 like my e-pups have needed food since 2007

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