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Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« on: August 30, 2005, 03:01:12 PM »
The popular puppy sim is going to be available for an extremely tempting price on September 22nd.

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Australia, Melbourne, August 30th 2005 – nintendogs™, for Nintendo DS™, has become a pop-culture phenomenon in Japan and will now be available in Australia on September 22nd 2005, for the fantastic suggested retail price of $49.95.    


nintendogs lets owners choose a puppy from one of 18 breeds, then raise and train the pup. The pet simulation uses sophisticated artificial intelligence to produce incredibly realistic and adorably cute puppies that respond to voice commands and petting on the touch screen. Owners can teach their puppies new tricks, compete in obedience trials and agility trials or compete in flying disk competitions. Successful trainers earn money and trainer points to use to buy additional breeds, new toys and accessories. nintendogs is the pet for people who can't have the real thing.    


The Australian version of the smash-hit pet simulator nintendogs will come in three different packages, each with six different breeds of puppies to begin with, including three breeds – Golden Retriever, Siberian Husky and Boxer – not available in the Japanese version. Owners will be able to choose from the most popular breeds to train on their Nintendo DS systems.    


The package of nintendogs featuring the Labrador retriever on the cover also will have breeds like Miniature Schnauzer, Toy Poodle, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Miniature Pinscher and Shiba Inu.    


The package with the Chihuahua on the cover also will have breeds like a German Shepherd Dog, Boxer, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Yorkshire Terrier and Shetland Sheepdog.    


And the Miniature Dachshund edition also will have breeds like Golden Retriever, Beagle, Pug, Siberian Husky and Shih Tzu.    


nintendogs is rated G by the Office of Film and Literature Classification and has a suggested retail price of $49.95.

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RE: Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2005, 03:31:53 PM »
$50 AUD = $37 USD.

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RE:Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2005, 12:20:49 AM »
still cheaper then import stores, which sell it for 45US

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RE: Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2005, 03:46:54 AM »
We're still getting ripped off as far as I'm concerned.
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RE: Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2005, 03:48:29 AM »
$50 should be the maximum we pay for (handheld) games, this is still great news though, I am now buying Nintendogs.

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RE: Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2005, 04:14:55 AM »
I hope this results in more $50 first party games.

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RE:Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2005, 07:47:16 PM »
I went to kmart and ultimate gaming today, both sold out

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RE: Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2005, 02:53:47 AM »
It hasn't been released yet...

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RE:Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2005, 03:46:28 AM »
Did they actually say they were sold out? Or did you suspect seeing as there was no copies?
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RE:Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2005, 03:24:15 AM »
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RE:Bargain price for Nintendogs in Australia
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2005, 03:37:44 AM »
Don't worry they didn't have any copies of Mario 128 in stock either....
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