| Dog Island (Wii) | 
| From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: adventure-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6
EAN: 3307210257246
Release Date: April 11, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Who is the game aimed at? August 24, 2008
Steve R (London, UK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
That's my question to the producers.
I bought it for my son, but with a depressing storyline and a lot of plain freeky stuff it just isn't suitable.
The game runs well, gives a cute/cuddly image and has something of the older Japanese RPGs about it. Not my thing but I thought my son would love it.
I was disappointed by the bad grammar firstly, so for his reading it would be a bad education. Then you have a story that is so sickening unhappy its just not the sort of thing you want in a children's "game".
Seriously, does anyone want their children to get spammed in-game by a doctor reminding them of the imminent death of a family member?
Yes the game works well, yes it has some interesting story elements. You don't have much freedom in the early parts of the game (I've played it for ten hours over a few weeks and not managed to diverge from the plot at all) but there seems to be a lot of the game left.
I really regret buying this for my children (under 7's), when what I wanted was pictures of dogs for them to dress up and point at.
 this game is horrible! August 9, 2008
Pizor (London, England)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my 4 year old who is very good with most wii games. We wanted one of those dog games where you can customize and train your dog, but this certainly wasn't it.
This game has so much text in it, I had to read everything for my daughter. That wouldn't be bad if it helped move the plot along, but most of the text was completely pointless and slowed the game play down to a crawl. As for the game play - there is none. You pick your dog and then you read hundreds of lines of text just to learn that you need to find one other dog 3 houses away. Then you read more text to learn that you have one simple task to do, and so on. When there is a task, my daughter enjoyed it, but it felt like there was hours of reading for every simple task you had to complete.
This game reminds me more of a project a student wrote in college then something that is for sale commercially. Without a doubt, the worst video game we've ever bought. I would give it zero stars if I could. Save your money and buy something else...anything else would be better.
 I Love This Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! June 4, 2008
Mrs. A. J. Burke (Manchester, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Dog Island is an amazing game buy it now!! i'm 12 and i think it's hard, but really enjoyable. All the pups are cute and the storyline is amazing and the person who put 2 stars are so wrong perfect for dog lovers it's just an amazing game. The storyline also has sad parts to it. But it is an amazing game you would be out of your mind not to buy it
 Better than you'd expect... May 25, 2008
A. E. Van Weyer (London, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game has been under-rated, by the other reviewer on amazon and by professional game critics. It is definitely a game for children, that I do not deny, but it should not be damned for that. The game is a cross between Animal Crossing, Nintendogs, Pokemon and the Zelda games - there is a storyline, a host of characters, a large area to explore, a host of fish, bugs and other items to search for, and a huge number of mini-quests and mini-games dotted throughout it. It's got a lovely sandbox feel - you can keep progressing through the story or just muck about enjoying the scenery, or buying and even creating new accessories for your chosen breed of dog (44 to choose from). The variety of options open to you is enormous, and obviously a huge amount of care and attention has gone into its design. It's also easy to play - my 8 year old daughter can play it solo with few difficulties.
It may not be everyone's cup of tea, and is definitely not for grown-ups, but parents with children under 10 should definitely be advised that for the price this game offers a surprising amount of depth and quality.
My son (a doggy fan) really likes this game - The lack of two player interaction might limit it's play appeal though April 30, 2008
Keith Joseph (West Berkshire, England)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I knew my son (12) wanted some doggy game or other and he has just bought a Wii console. So I purchased this cheap game thinking it was the one he desired - in fact it was 'Dogs life' on the PS2 he wanted and apparently I had bought it for him already at Xmas. Anyway this game was accepted gratefully and he started it up. I was disappointed it was a single player only (do they really still make these for the Wii - apparently yes). The big headed dogs look incredibly cute and this is kind of Nintendo Dogs for the Wii (amazingly this is the Wii's first dog sim and it's not by Nintendo). However game play involves little more than choosing your big headed pooch, learning that it's big headed brother is terminally ill, and then walking off around the island in search a legendary flower to cure him. You trudge through towns, grasslands, deserts and even snow, chatting to all and sundry on your quest. As the chat is all reading I thought great, my son (a poor reader) will have to practice reading for once, but he just flicks through the chat and moves on hunting another cutesy animal to 'talk' to (obviously the clues from the whole conversation aren't that critical - my son says `you only need to read the words in red anyway'). Occasionally the odd animal is less friendly, so you walk round them, forgoing the social pleasantries - or you can creep up behind them and bark, scaring them off. And that's about it, although there are a few mini-games [insect collecting, football, foot-racing, sledge-pulling & fishing], plus a bit of trading, and you can sniff around for food and flowers or search for an item lost by another dog [if asked to]. This should all be familiar territory to 'Animal Crossing' Nintendo DS fans, which is still a real hit with both my kids, although unlike Dog Island it has some two player DS interaction.
No Nintendo Dogs/Tomagotchi caring and cuddling though. This Japanese game is based on `The dog' soft toy characters [last seen as free with a kids hamburger meal], hence the dogs big-headed looks. The Japanese version has been translated to English for our PAL market. In it's favour, this game makes Wii Super Mario Galaxy look fantastic in comparison (as indeed it is). Admittedly Dog Island is half SM Galaxy's price and it's stylish simplicity does give it a certain charm.
Would I have bought `Dog island' if I had known what it was like ? Err definitely no. Does my son like the game and want to keep it, err definitely yes. That said, I don't see this game played often [if at all] on their Wii, most probably as it's not a 2+ player and they have many other games to choose from. The game might prove popular with younger age groups though [provided they can read]. So if you have kids who like dogs, are between 8 and 13, and can read a bit, Dog Island could well appeal at a 4/5* level. My daughter [13], who does like cutesy, also likes `Dog Island' as much as `Dogs life' on the PS2 - although in `Dogs Life' the dog speaks in English rather than just talking in text bubbles (although as she points out `well yeah, but they do go woof'). She isn't a dedicated console games player [The Sims on the PC is more her bag] so probably the simplicity of the controls and the relatively slow doggy inter-action also appealed. For the rest of us though, unless you are really really into cutesy, I'd steer well clear.
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