[Kaeru]

:/ Walk the dog a few times a day and feed it. Anyone who is older than ten that wants to play shallow pet sims which can barely approximate even the most basic feeling of companionship that comes from pet ownership is not completely all there. From an American perspective. I don't know about Japan and their bizarre fascination with stands ins for things.

Japan has petcafes with among other things dogs and cats which you can pet for a reasonable(800 yen and up) fee per hour.
Yes, Japan is god please bow down.

[Amir0x]

Like carrying a teddy bear around and calling it a friend. Fucking creepy EmCee.

[Count Dookkake]

Why do some people enjoy stand-ins for war or even just physical prowess?

So disturbing.

[EmCeeGramr]

Like carrying a teddy bear around and calling it a friend. Fucking creepy EmCee.

i don't see how people going "oh this video dog is cute" is like an adult being schizophrenic

[sprsk]

Anyway, wait is killing me.

Like, I know Nintendo is mostly going to be casual crap, but E3 Needs some sort of hardcore showing.

Nintendo and Sony is all we got left.

[WillyFive]

Like carrying a teddy bear around and calling it a friend. Fucking creepy EmCee.

As far as your senses would notice, the dog would be just as alive as you are through this message board.

Except the dog would be in 3D.

[DeathbyVolcano]

Why is that Bloomberg article not getting more responses? I thought a Bloomberg article on a product usually makes something 100% confirmed, with the details in the article being true as well.

[Twig]

Again, if you're allergic to dogs specifically, then find a pet that you are not allergic to. Pet Sims, and bad ones like Nintendogs at that, do absolutely nothing to fill in any measure of what it is like to own a pet. It's bad as a game, naturally, but it's also pointless. If you need pet companionship do not get it from shitty A.I., get it from something you CAN own. Get a fish.

What. That's dumb. You can't interact with a fish. You can interact with a shitty AI.

Dumb.

[Ashes1396]

I did wonder a long time ago what kind of a grown up would buy nintendogs, but it never occured to me that it would be creepy. :/

[Mudkips]

Now if that effect can be done with the Gary Busey gif on the photo, the thread might be over.

[IMG]http://i49.************/5yf60p.gif[/IMG]
Now someone needs to edit it so that Gary's holding the pic of Reggie zooming in.
Then use this as the Reggie zoom base.

[beelzebozo]

i would rather have a fake dog than a real fish. i mean, seriously.

[Game-Biz]

Well you don't have to clean any of your "NintenDog's" shit, so it's already better than real pets by default.

[WillyFive]

Why is that Bloomberg article not getting more responses? I thought a Bloomberg article on a product usually makes something 100% confirmed, with the details in the article being true as well.

With Nintendo's conference tomorrow, it's kinda pointless reading any news articles on them preceding them.

[Skiesofwonder]

Again, if you're allergic to dogs specifically, then find a pet that you are not allergic to. Pet Sims, and bad ones like Nintendogs at that, do absolutely nothing to fill in any measure of what it is like to own a pet. It's bad as a game, naturally, but it's also pointless. If you need pet companionship do not get it from shitty A.I., get it from something you CAN own. Get a fish.

I get the feeling while I was smiling my ass off during the Kinectimals demo presentation this morning you were puking your brains out, right?

[EmCeeGramr]

i once got three big fat goldfish of different colors and my brother was putting them into the tank and he dropped one and the floor and it fell under my bed and we searched for like a whole minute for it and it was missing scales and we freaked out but it ended up living the longest

well that's my story

[Rez]

this reeks of making an argument on gut reaction and then just sticking to it for the sake of it rather than conceding that, upon further reflection, the point was kind of poorly conceived

[Gahiggidy]

Why is that Bloomberg article not getting more responses? I thought a Bloomberg article on a product usually makes something 100% confirmed, with the details in the article being true as well.

Uhh,, wasn't it Bloomberg jpn that years ago started a rumor that Nintendo was going to buy Sega? Or was it Namco?

[EmCeeGramr]

Why is that Bloomberg article not getting more responses? I thought a Bloomberg article on a product usually makes something 100% confirmed, with the details in the article being true as well.

we wanted to talk about mario games, but amir0x wanted to talk about his puppy simulators

[DeathbyVolcano]

With Nintendo's conference tomorrow, it's kinda pointless reading any news articles on them preceding them.

No it's not. As far back as I can remember, Nintendo's new products have had a press release and major news outlets report very specific details of the system the night before or the morning of their conference.

edit: if Bloomberg Japan is indeed not trustworthy, pardon my ignorance. I just thought Bloomberg in general was highly respected.

[Smiles and Cries]

Why is that Bloomberg article not getting more responses? I thought a Bloomberg article on a product usually makes something 100% confirmed, with the details in the article being true as well.

puppies rule

[Count Dookkake]

Pet simulation is probably more accurate than war simulation.

[comedy bomb]

The idea of full grown men jizzing their paints at feeling up a 3D version of a poorly modeled dog flapping about on one of its extremely limited A.I. routines because you threw it a bone is, however, unsettling.

Grown men getting worked up over video games at all is unsettling. And yet, GAF still exists.

[Tathanen]

Again, if you're allergic to dogs specifically, then find a pet that you are not allergic to. Pet Sims, and bad ones like Nintendogs at that, do absolutely nothing to fill in any measure of what it is like to own a pet. It's bad as a game, naturally, but it's also pointless. If you need pet companionship do not get it from shitty A.I., get it from something you CAN own. Get a fish.

Sometimes maybe people like to enjoy some kinda-fun things without the responsibility of owning and caring for a real animal. Maybe they want to play with it for a week then be done with it. Unless you endorse the tossing of kittens into the river, perhaps these games serve a purpose.

If someone plays Nintendogs like they'd own a real dog, using it every single day, bonding with the game and forming legitimate emotional attachments, then they are mentally ill.

But it's a game, isn't it. They just want to dick around and say Hooray because that's what you do in a game.

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

[IMG]http://i49.************/5yf60p.gif[/IMG] Now someone needs to edit it so that Gary's holding the pic of Reggie zooming in. Then use this as the Reggie zoom base.

You almost got it!!!!!!

Still :lol :lol :lol :lol

[sprsk]

Why is that Bloomberg article not getting more responses? I thought a Bloomberg article on a product usually makes something 100% confirmed, with the details in the article being true as well.

Investor speculation though.

[EmCeeGramr]

No it's not. As far back as I can remember, Nintendo's new products have had a press release and major news outlets report very specific details of the system the night before or the morning of their conference. edit: if Bloomberg Japan is indeed not trustworthy, pardon my ignorance. I just thought Bloomberg in general was highly respected.

frankly, there's nothing in the article about mario specifically, oddly enough

[J-Rock]

this reeks of making an argument on gut reaction and then just sticking to it for the sake of it rather than conceding that, upon further reflection, the point was kind of poorly conceived

Shhhhh...this is getting good.

[Amir0x]

As far as your senses would notice, the dog would be just as alive as you are through this message board. Except the dog would be in 3D.

I have a feeling you thought this was a good point. Which is scarier than everything so far.

What. That's dumb. You can't interact with a fish. You can interact with a shitty AI. Dumb.

Yes you can. In infinitely more complex and varied ways then you can any virtual pet currently on the market, I can assure you.

I get the feeling while I was smiling my ass off during the Kinectimals demo presentation this morning you were puking your brains out, right?

yes like I said I'm older than 10.

[The Technomancer]

Pet simulation is probably more accurate than war simulation.

Nothing beats war themed hat simulation though.

[Vizion28]

With all these Wii Fit and Wii Sports clones I'm kind of being more disinterested in the video game industry. I mean seriously, where is the originality? Hopefully Nintendo will surprise us once again with something fresh and innovative not just with hardware but with software as well.

[ShockingAlberto]

Is there a game that accurately represents how it feels to get angry at what other people want Because it looks fun but I need to dip my toes in first

Seriously guys

[IMG]http://i45.************/1g4rra.jpg[/IMG]

It must be so awesome to get legitimately red-faced at this sort of thing but I'm just not capable of it

WHAT WONDERS I MUST BE MISSING

[charlequin]

I think we're done here.