Dogz Game Boy Advance
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Nov 17, 2005
  • Also On: DS, PC
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48 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Summary: Dogz is a pet simulation game that lets owners name, train and play with a realistic puppy. Players create and control a main character and choose one of 49 different dogs from 18 different breeds. As characters in the game, owners can take their puppies everywhere within the virtual environment, from through the house to around the neighborhood to visit friends. Gamers will earn their puppy's love and loyalty by remembering to feed and groom it and reward it when it does things correctly. Owners can train the puppy to lie down, shake, fetch and perform many other tricks.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 6 out of 9
  1. Game Informer
    68
    There's a fair amount of depth, with various tricks, items, and things to do with your dog. [Feb 2006, p.113]
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  2. Gaming Horizon
    42
    This is an extremely poor copy of Nintendogs. The visuals are nice, the music is easily ignored, and there is some worthwhile puppy variety (18 breeds isn't bad), but its boring gameplay is repetitive to the point where you just want to die.
  3. Digital Entertainment News
    40
    This puppy is high maintenence and he doesn't like to play.
  4. Gamers' Temple
    40
    The "z" in Dogz is for the snores this game produces in its players.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 4 out of 11
  1. FangT.
    10
    This game is AMAZING! I played at my friend's house, and hopefully maybe I'll go to Target and buy it!
  2. CarlW.
    8
    I wouldn't say that "everyone should give this game a ten," in fact I think Ubisoft's CATZ game is far better. however, this game has some quirks about it that make it more fresh, fun, and rejuvenating for your child to play than Nintendogs did. granted, the game was probably inspired by Nintendogs, so people will have negative things to say about it, but for the most part the game is a good pick for your kids to play.… Expand
  3. TheQuietGamer
    6
    A noble attempt at a portable pet simulator, but in the end there's just not enough to do, on the plus side the graphics are fantastic, but the game just is just so repetitive, you will literally do the same things for as long as you play it, I could literally predict after 20 minutes how everything was going to play out, it's got some interesting features and ideas I would like to see expanded upon, but this just to boring and repetitive to recommend, especially when you can just buy a real dog.… Expand
  4. DesmondH.
    2
    Nintendogs is a better dog sim than Dogz, but owning a real dog is better than both.

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