Dora Puppy

Ready Up Junior: Amber

Age : 9

What did you like about this game?

Amber: It’s like Nintendogs. You have a puppy but you can’t choose a type. It’s ok, though, Dora’s puppy is cute. He’s brown with floppy ears and a smiley sort of face (I know dogs don’t really smile)

First you learn about the map and how to take care of him. Feeding him and giving him a bath is easy, you just use the stylus, like just squiggly lines or circles. After you learn how to do everything you can see when he’s hungry and thirsty in the top screen and he makes a sad face if you don’t feed him. If you click the map you can choose to go outside and play. Dora asks you to choose a coloured ball, red, yellow or purple and you click on it and you make her throw it for the puppy. You can blow bubbles – star shape, triangle or square and the puppy will chase them and pop them. If the puppy needs a bath you tap on the bathroom and then shampoo him and brush him.

You can collect Puppy Tokens by playing the mini games and you go to the Puppy Club store to spend them. The first thing I bought was a red collar with diamonds on. You can buy hats and hoodies for your puppy or games and toys for the backyard. I got a tyre swing, for like 10 tokens. He jumps through it and you have to say ‘Good boy’ into the mic to go on to something else. You have to tell him he’s a good boy a lot in this game. Especially when you teach him tricks like sit and jump. He won’t do anything unless you say it. He just sits there with his tongue out.

Was there anything you didn’t like about the game?

Amber: It was too easy for me, that’s it, really. I loved Dora when I was little, I wish I had this game back then. It’s still fun but I was bored after a while. I didn’t know what some of the items in the store were til I bought them. One was a ticket to a Puppy show, it gives you another mini game to play. I would have just liked to know what it was before I used my tokens.

Parent’s comment: If you don’t like Dora the Explorer, you have no heart. This is an endearing, gentle little game that’s easy to pick up and is sure to put a smile on any fan’s face. Even though Amber claimed it was ‘too babyish’ for her she still got a couple of hours of entertainment out of it. For a younger child, it would be ideal; it could be a great choice for a very first DS game.


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