Posted on 04/11/2006 7:14:47 PM PDT by Calpernia
Who has bought Nintendogs and how much do you know about the bark mode?
I just gave my child Nintendo DS today for a birthday present. This is a handheld game unit with a special game cartridge called Nintendogs.
This evening, I've learned it has a special feature called bark mode. When this is enabled. Anyone in our neighborhood, if they are also playing with a Nintendog game, can send their dog into my child's handheld for the dogs to play together.
When this play date occurs, the child's name and birthdate are acquired. Now I'm reading more about it and I'm learning audio clips can come in with the dog.
I'm searching chat sites about this feature and I see a message board I'm not familiar with claiming some kind of downloads can be transmitted too.
Who has this handheld? Who is familiar with this? Can dogs/users be blocked? What kind of audio clips can be transmitted? I don't see any privacy features either to block personal data, is there one? Can the position of the person sending the dog track your location???
Anyone?
THANKS!
Since we moved into our home, 3 homes had turn overs.
Those homes are now owned by an illegal immigrant network.
The homes were redone and there is a continuous slew of people coming in and out of the basement....cots, different type of contractor vehicles showing up for the job of the day.
Since this turn over, a lot of gang type people come and go to these three homes too.
Since this turn over, my neighbor got raped. My house had an attempted break in...my dog saved us.
These really, really scary men can't keep their eyes off my daughter.
Not a great situation.
No - I guess it doesn't sound like a great situation.
I guess I don't picture illigal immigrant construction workers being really into Nintendog. It might just be a kid. Can you ask it questions?
The dogs, when they go visit another dog in bark mode can carry a voice clip. I have not found out what else it can do yet.
I know the handheld is compatible with other gameboy accessaries. I am going to try to test it to see if it can carry cam shots (gameboy had a camera attachment). As to what else it can do...I'm still searching gamer's chat boards. Seems this handheld is relatively new.
Wow, bad situation.
Lock and load! And move to a red state while you're at it...
A red state would be wonderful. But, we have alot of family here. We spend alot of time with them. We have been seriously going back and forth on this. This bizarre neighborhood turn over only happened within the past few years.
Thank you for all the insight on the game unit.
No problem- my kids made it easy.
My mom moved from Hoboken, NJ in the late 60s. What a dump! But I guess it's much better these days. Personally, I love the Tampa area. I was born here, and so was my wife. We have never considered moving anywhere else.
FL just passed a new law recently. You can shoot someone in your yard now. The law used to say that they had to be in your house.
People are so polite around here...
We lived in N. Miami while my husband was in Med School.
We also lived in Immaculati Florida for an ER rotation.
Much different than NJ!
I don't think I can EVER adapt to finding a scorpian in my shoe.
http://www.nintendo.com/overviewds
Wireless Network
You can connect with a local wireless network of up to 16 players.The wireless range can be an incredible 30 to 100 feet and for some games, multiplayer requires just one Nintendo DS game card.
Future games may take advantage of the DS Wireless LAN connection for more multiplayer possibilities.
Note: Nintendo DS wireless communication, including PictoChat, is not private and is not monitored by Nintendo. We recommend that you never reveal any personal information or arrange to meet a stranger.
Microphone Port
A built-in microphone port means that with Nintendo DS, you only need to tell your games what to do.
Developers could create games which identify everything from voice commands to hand-clapping. Imagine moving your characters simply by telling them which way to go! Communication-based games could use the microphone and you can chat with others over a local network, or even the Internet in the future.
The Nintendo DS microphone gives you even more ways to interact with your favorite games.
System
With Nintendo DS, dual screens and touch-screen technology allow you to interact with games like never before. Wireless communication allows you to experience real-time multiplayer gameplay, while built-in PictoChat software gives you the power to draw, write and send messages wirelessly. Nintendo DS revolutionizes the way games are played.
Cross referencing:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1873592/posts
Sexual Predators And Communication Technology: Two-Way Radios
(GPS tracking, exploit)
Damn, I just had tonka trucks & legos, and a fishing pole.
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