Nintendogs + Cats
| Nintendogs + Cats | |
|---|---|
North American box art for Toy Poodle & New Friends | |
| Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Yasuyuki Oyagi |
| Producer(s) | Hideki Konno |
| Designer(s) | Daisuke Kageyama |
| Composer(s) | Asuka Hayazaki |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 3DS |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Pet-raising simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Nintendogs + Cats (ニンテンドッグス＋キャッツ, Nintendoggusu + Kyattsu) is a 2011 real-time pet simulation video game for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a sequel to the Nintendogs games for the Nintendo DS systems. It was announced alongside the 3DS during Nintendo's E3 press conference and is a launch game, released February 26, 2011, in Japan, March 25, 2011, in Europe and March 27, 2011, in North America, launched earlier in Australia.
It is one of the first online-enabled games to use the Nintendo Network and is the first such Nintendo-published game, although the Nintendo Network brand itself was not revealed until early 2012. All three editions of the game were re-released on the Nintendo eShop on January 30, 2013, in Japan, December 19, 2013, in Europe and November 6, 2014, in North America.