User manual GAMES NINTENDO DS NINTENDOGS

[. . . ] Box 957, Redmond, WA 98073-0957 U. S. A. www. nintendo. com 58289A PRINTED IN USA INSTRUCTION BOOKLET PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE SEPARATE HEALTH AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS BOOKLET INCLUDED WITH THIS PRODUCT BEFORE USING YOUR NINTENDO ® HARDWARE SYSTEM, GAME CARD OR ACCESSORY. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION: READ THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS BEFORE YOU OR YOUR CHILD PLAY VIDEO GAMES. WARNING - Repetitive Motion Injuries and Eyestrain Playing video games can make your muscles, joints, skin or eyes hurt after a few hours. Follow these instructions to avoid problems such as tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, skin irritation or eyestrain: · Avoid excessive play. It is recommended that parents monitor their children for appropriate play. [. . . ] If your puppy poops while on a walk, be sure to touch the poop to scoop it up! You can practice for disc competitions (pg. 30) on this nice open lawn. Discount Shop Gymnasium This is your puppy's stamina. Your puppy can walk only as far as its stamina will allow. Laws in most places require dogs to be on a leash at all times. When walking a real dog, never let your dog off its leash. Come here to buy supplies at lower prices than you can get them at the pet supply store. Come here to practice for agility trials (pg. 30). 26 27 Contests Life With a Dog Touch the icon on the Go Out menu to enter your dog in one of three different types of contests: obedience trials, agility trials, and disc competitions. If you fail to finish in the top three, you'll drop down one level. Participating in a contest with your dog is always a memorable experience. Be sure to practice hard before entering Touch the name a contest. You can also read up on the of the contest you different contests in the competition books found under the Care category of want to enter. When you win a contest, the results will be displayed under your Trainer Info (pg. Additionally, if you win the championship level of competition, a ribbon will be shown, along with the number of consecutive championships you've won. When raising real puppies, remember that training a dog for strenuous activities like disc competitions and agility trials before the dog is fully grown can be dangerous for the puppy. 28 29 Disc Competition Obedience Trial This is a competition to see how many points your puppy can earn by catching discs you've thrown within a given time limit. The points earned for catching the disc depend Slide the stylus to on how far the disc was thrown. Your puppy will chase after it. Agility Trial This contest measures your dog's ability to follow commands. Catching the disc in midair results in higher points. Required Skills Perform Skills Dogs must first perform several skills consecutively in a particular order. Maintaining a Skill Dogs must perform particular skills and hold that pose for a specific minimum time frame. Free Performance This competition requires you to use the stylus to guide your puppy through the course, clearing obstacles along the way. Tap the map with the stylus or slide it along the map to help guide your puppy. The map shows the order in which the obstacles must be cleared. If your dog strays from this order, points will be deducted from your score. Try to complete all the required commands within the given time limit. This is the dog's opportunity to shine. Instead, the trainer issues commands freely within a given time frame to demonstrate the dog's different abilities. 30 31 Meeting Your Friends' Puppies On the Go Out menu, touch the icon to communicate wirelessly with another Nintendogs owner via Bark Mode. To do this, you simply put your Nintendogs Game Card into wireless mode, and then when you pass by another Nintendogs owner in wireless mode, you will automatically communicate. 42­43 regarding using the Nintendo DS wireless function. Note that Bark Mode uses more battery power than searching for a PictoChat session (pg. If the battery runs out while playing or while in Sleep Mode, you will have to restart your game from the last time you played. If the trainer you're communicating with has recorded a voice message on his or her white record, you will hear the voice message. When another trainer with Bark Mode activated is nearby. . . First, choose a puppy to communicate with. 32 Next, decide whether or not you want to give a present to the other trainer. If so, choose the present you want to send. Once your preparations are complete, tap Yes. Even if you close your Nintendo DS, it will continue its wireless search. [. . . ] Use of any such device will invalidate your Nintendo product warranty. Nintendo (and/or any Nintendo licensee or distributor) is not responsible for any damage or loss caused by the use of any such device. If use of such device causes your game to stop operating, disconnect the device carefully to avoid damage and resume normal game play. If your game ceases to operate and you have no device attached to it, please contact Nintendo Customer Service (see below). [. . . ]