Author Topic: Ubisoft Announces 'Dogz' (Read 5429 times)

Karl Castaneda #2 · « **on:** October 10, 2005, 11:44:40 AM »

"Woof woof! Look at me! I'm money!"

UBISOFT TO PUBLISH DOGZ VIDEO GAME EXCLUSIVELY FOR NINTENDO GAME BOY ADVANCE IN NOVEMBER

First Puppy Simulation Game Available for Game Boy Advance Owners

SAN FRANCISCO - October 10, 2005 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with MTO Co., Ltd. to distribute Dogz, the first puppy simulation game to be available exclusively for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. Ubisoft will distribute Dogz worldwide, with the exception of Japan, in November of this year.

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.

"Ubisoft is pleased to bring such a unique puppy simulation game to the millions of Game Boy Advance owners around the world," said Tony Kee, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft. "We are confident that players will enjoy caring for and watching their puppies grow, and we have a significant television campaign in place to get the word out about this extremely fun and rewarding game."

Key Features:

Three Mini-games Available: Run Puppy Run!, Puppy Reversi and Puppy Quiz with a cuddly new companion.

Visiting Mode: By linking two Game Boy Advance systems, players can send their puppy off to a friend's house.

Always Together Mode: After players complete the game, up to three puppies' data are saved through an included backup feature. When players go to Always Together Mode, they will be able to load one of their previous puppies' data and play with it anytime.

Dogz carries an ESRB rating of "E" (everyone). For more information and updates about Dogz, please visit www.ubi.com.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:45:57 PM »

Good lord Christ. Talk about blatant, cheap rip-offs.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:47:09 PM »

gally · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:58:46 PM »

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"Ubisoft is pleased to bring such a unique puppy simulation game to the millions of Game Boy Advance owners around the world,"

Unique?

Many of the features named can already be done in Nintendogs. Furthermore, who wants to bet that many of Nintendogs' unique features aren't in Dogz? And who also wants to bet that the realistic animation of the dogs' playful nature isn't in Dogz either?

kirby_killer_dedede · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2005, 01:19:04 PM »

Some other dev announced a doggy sim for GBA last week too...it was on GCA, idk if it was here...

TheYoungerPlumber · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2005, 02:53:50 PM »

If you're talking about Pocket Dogs, I remember hearing about that as far back as E3.

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:02:14 PM »

Attack of the clone games!

Still, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:57:13 PM »

So, any chance Ninty will sue?

NotRimmer · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2005, 04:03:24 PM »

It's hilarious how you people think Ubisoft is the one doing the ripping off here

gally · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2005, 05:17:51 PM »

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Originally posted by: NotRimmer
It's hilarious how you people think Ubisoft is the one doing the ripping off here

Good point. I do remember "Dogz" and "Catz" being announced - and made - some time back. I guess they didn't come out in the US, but rather in Europe? They were apparently based on some toy line.

Which makes this two of the things I hate about "creative" industries:

1) tie-ins
2) ripoffs

The "ripoff" here is that once Nintendogs became extremely popular, THEN they decided to announce this game for the US.

IceCold · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:35:55 PM »

As edgeblade said in that other thread, what will you use to interact with your dog? Buttons, as compared to a touchscreen?

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #11 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:15:48 PM »

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Visiting Mode: By linking two Game Boy Advance systems, players can send their puppy off to a friend's house.

"Here, you take him, I think I played too much PUPPY QUIZ"
"Man, he's got flies all around him, and looks kinda dead. Kinda REAL dead"
"Shutup, I've got my ancient GBA link cable out, no turning back now!"

KDR_11k · « **Reply #12 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:42:44 PM »

Catz and Dogz were PC games. Nothing interesting, rather crappy and nowhere near as interactive as Nintendogs. Sure, they were first but they are like Space Invaders to R-Type Final.

kirby_killer_dedede · « **Reply #13 on:** October 11, 2005, 03:16:36 AM »

Judging by the screens it's going to be a much different game than Nintendogs...

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #14 on:** October 11, 2005, 04:20:29 AM »

It sure is, for starters this game is called Dogz!

NotRimmer · « **Reply #15 on:** October 11, 2005, 05:58:43 AM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Catz and Dogz were PC games. Nothing interesting, rather crappy and nowhere near as interactive as Nintendogs. Sure, they were first but they are like Space Invaders to R-Type Final.

There's also an almost-six-year-old Game Boy Color version. I can't comment to how it played. Just sayin', Nintendo is far from the first to develop a dog sim.

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #16 on:** October 11, 2005, 06:21:11 AM »

fine...they were the first to get it right.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #17 on:** October 11, 2005, 06:47:12 AM »

Nintendo is the Christopher Columbus of Dog sims. They weren't the first there, but they were the first to make people take notice.

RABicle · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2005, 03:59:37 AM »

DOGZ? WTF I WONTED RABBITZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh man I'm so angry now.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:58:32 AM »

But a Rabbitz game would be AO!

mantidor · « **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2005, 12:19:13 PM »

I want oddballz, catz and dogz were kind of boring, oddballz was great.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2005, 05:11:35 PM »

Now I'm reminded of that horrible Ballz fighting game on Mega Drive.

mantidor · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2005, 05:35:40 PM »

now that I think about it, it will suck on the GBA, this are PC games that need a mouse, or of course, a touchscreen.

Nephilim · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2005, 06:50:04 PM »

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Originally posted by: Infernal Monkey
Now I'm reminded of that horrible Ballz fighting game on Mega Drive.

It was decent on 3DO
porting a 3D engine game to megadrive was a stupid idea thu

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