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Issue: 194
Page: 28
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warned! It's BIG!)
Text:
Center: "Chew On This: Before
Nintendogs causes Nintendo DS dog owners to puddle this summer, we wanted to get
you thinking about its influences."
Top Left: "The Family Tree: Tracing the
Lineage of Games."
Top Left: Seaman | Hey You,
Pikachu! | "Voice Recognition: Everybody talks nowadays, but who's really
listening? A fish with a human face, that's who!"
Top Right: Gerbil | Pet Rock | Robot
Dog | "Unusual Pets: Wackiness prevails when owners pick their pets. We say,
if you make a connection, go for it."
Bottom Left: Dogs Playing Poker |
Anubis | "Art History: From priceless works to velvet paintings, dogs make
great art subjects. It could be 'cause they work for kibble."
Bottom Right: Jet Force Gemini's
Floyd | Star Fox's General Pepper | "Nintendo Dogs: And we're not even
counting doglike dino Yoshi."
Page: 50
Text: "Nintendogs: Even the
hardened game journalists at Nintendo's pre-E3 media briefing melted in awe at
the sight of Nintendogs' digital puppies and G4's Tina Wood when the TV host
took her pug Mia through the paces of touch- and voice-controlled command.
Shigeru Miyamoto even got in on the act with a Mario-hat-sporting shiba. The
pair exchanged stories of canine ownership while their puppies nuzzled.
In NP's interview with Hideki Konno, the
producer explained that the game is about 'establishing communication with your
puppy, teaching it to do things, training it and just enjoying the experience.'
Already a huge hit in Japan, Nintendogs is set
to reach North America in August with a selection of breeds tailored to the
western audience. Konno said that the breeds vary in personality, as do the
individual dogs in each category. Players select dogs, from three in each breed,
to match their own personalities."
Picture Text: "Tina Wood and Shigeru
Miyamoto interface while their Nintendogs do the same."
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