Product Description

"Pick the puppy of your choice from a variety of breeds and customize his look with different outfits and accessories. • Experience gameplay adapted to Wii and the Wii Remote. • Compete in exciting races against your friends in multiplayer mode"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #774 in Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Model: 17438
• Published on: 2008-11
• Released on: 2008-11-04
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .59" h x 5.41" w x 7.50" l, .36 pounds

Features

• "Adopt your favorite pet from a wide variety: Choose your pet from popular, well-known breeds, from the Golden Retriever to the Chihuahua. Collect all 18 breeds. Use the Wii remote to interact with your Dog: Pet him, throw the ball, and teach him tricks.
• "Race with your friends: 36 agility courses for you to compete with up to
• "Create a strong bond and relationship with your pets: Play, train, walk, feed and interact with them as if they were real. Teach them over 22 tricks, such as roll over
• Customize your dog: Unlock costumes, hats and special accessories like sunglasses; dress your dog in hundreds of different ways.

Customer Reviews

fun game
Got this for kid's for x-mas. opened it to see what game was all about. Loved it cant set it down. Think mom might be playing this more then kid's! You can dress your dog, which is fun, but the race games wow! what a blast! jump ropeing a little hard to get the hang of but still fun. A great game over all easy enough, but i think the kid's will love it and adults who love dogs will too!

Another Adult Hooked on Petz Sports
I bought this because I compete dogs in dog agility. I couldn't help myself! What a fun game. Not terribly difficult to figure out, so kids can play, but entertaining enough for adults too! I wish I could get my dogs to weave through the weave poles by pointing the controller at them! :) The dogs in this game are well done. Realistic in their looks and mannerisms.

I am having a great time with this game!...
When I went back to check how long I had been on the Wii the first night I got this game, I had spent almost three hours playing with those puppies! I don't know how the time went so quickly; I guess I was just enjoying myself.

It took a little bit to figure out how to pet the pups so they would enjoy it and I would earn some "heart" points. It also took me more than a minute to figure out how to get the treat from start to the end without the puppy eating it! Once I figured it out, it is just a matter of a steady hand not to drop it out of the lines before it gets to the end.

I haven't played this long enough to know all the perks that will come along the way. I know Amazon's description says you can feed your dog and walk your dog. So far, I've only been able to feed them dog biscuits that they earn after doing a trick or routine. I haven't seen any way to walk them yet either, but maybe that is something I will unlock with time.

I love the races; they really give my upper arms a workout to get those puppies to run fast when it seems like a competitor might beat my dog! A few times I didn't move the remote to see what would happen, and the puppy ran and went around the obstacle that they encircle four times without me even moving the remote. However, if I don't move it at the start of the race, my puppy just walks and does not run. Also if you don't hit the "B" button at the hurdles, your puppy will not jump but will just knock the hurdle over which everyone in track and field knows adds to the racer's completion time. :-)

I could not figure out the "play ball with your puppy" games at all. I haven't tried them since I never hit anything with the ball that first night. But I figured out the jump rope pretty easily and get some good arm working out with that one too.

My 16 year old has a prior version of this game for his Nintendo DS that has some things I prefer. For instance, his dogs respond to his voice. If you whistle for them, they come to the screen. I miss that with my Wii game, but other than that, it seems to be just as much fun. I am interested to see how much more my puppies will be able to do the more I "play" with them.

Obviously this is a game for "children" of all ages. :-)
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Update January 30, 2009

I had to come back to update my original review. I did figure out how to play ball with the dogs, as well as how to jump rope right so they don't hurt themselves. :-) I have been having a ball with this game. My co-workers laugh when I talk about what I did with my "dogs" because most of them know I mean this Wii game. Again, fun for all ages, and if you have any problems figuring out how things work, use the + key to get to the tutorial. It is very helpful.