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Does your child have a Nintendo DS?

Last fall, Nintendo sent my son Jackson a Nintendo DS Lite so that we could review various games. Jackson was six at the time, and had been begging me for a DS. He was saving his allowance to buy one when Nintendo sent us the DS Lite. Perfect timing. (Jackson was beyond ecstatic of course — and he used the money he had saved to buy his first game, Lego Star Wars.)

And it is because of moments like this…

playing-nintendo-ds

…that I love his Nintendo DS almost as much as Jackson does!

On long car rides, on airplane rides, or even on afternoons at the cabin like the one pictured above, it is so wonderful to enjoy the peace and quiet of Jackson enjoying his Nintendo DS!

But since Jackson’s favorite game is his Lego Star Wars, I am always interested in him trying out games that aren’t based on good vs evil, etc. I like it when that little box of wonder is challenging his mind in other ways than just zapping the bad guys.

So I have been pleased to see Jackson enjoy games like Brain Age 2, which is actually for adults, but Jackson had fun trying it out, and Nintendogs, where you get to raise and train puppies!

The latest game Jackson tested out was Animal Planet Emergency Vets for Nintendo DS.

We took it on our trip to the cabin this past May, and Jackson – along with our friends’ two kids who were vacationing with us – was hooked by the game.

They spent hours taking turns pretending to be veterinarians by performing veterinary procedures on different animals, like teeth cleaning, medicating and operating with the NDS stylus and playing games that challenged their memory and dexterity.

This “E” rated game was a hit with ALL of us!

animal-planet-emergency-vetAbout Animal Planet Emergency Vets for Nintendo DS:

Key features:

  • Fifteen vet mini-games with five levels of difficulty for each game:
    -Memory Games: Check-up exams-what instrument is used for which body part?
    -Puzzle Games: Fix bones by piecing them together like a puzzle
    -Matching Games: Match the correct animal with the correct medication
    -Dexterity and Action Games: Dragging fleas, bath time, and more!
  • Thirty different animal species to care for and interact with – dogs, cats, horses, birds, rabbits, ferrets and many more
  • Talent from the TV series provides helpful guidance and instruction to the player
  • Facts and “Did You Know?” questions directly from Animal Planet

The game is rated “E” for everyone and retails for $29.99. (But Amazon has it for $19.79 and Discovery Store.com has it for $19.99, as does Toys R Us.com)

WANT TO WIN?

If you want to win a copy, Animal Planet has provided us with a copy of “Emergency Vets” for Nintendo DS to giveaway, simply leave a comment below.

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Please see our site’s Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our contest and giveaway rules.

This giveaway is open to US shipping addresses only and will end on Friday, July 10th. We will announce our winner on Saturday, July 11th.

Written by Janice

Reader Interactions


310 Comments

  5. my daughter has a ds and would absolutely love this game. She is a huge animal lover, and would spend hours playing. Thanks for a great giveaway!

  9. This would be an excellent game for the kinder. She has determined that she will be a rock star and a vet.

  19. This would be a great game for my little nieces and nephews to play with when they visit me.

  29. I just got this game for my niece for her birthday, and my daughter loves it! Everytime we go to their house, she jacks tha game! Thanks for the chance!

  30. I would love to win this for my son. He is such an animal lover. He loves all animals and is just so caring and gentle. He loves watching animal planet. I know I have a future Vet in the family!

  31. When the older kids play video games, I play video games with my chubby-huggy (she’s 4). This sounds like a game that she can handle (and me too!). She loves animals, she loves to play vet. This games sounds perfect.

  32. My daughter would love to win this! She loves animals and this would be so great for her!
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  43. My Bambi loves everything to do with animalds. She would love this game. Thank you for having this giveaway.
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  44. My grandson (age 9) wants to be a Veteranarin and own a zoo. Pretty hefty plans! He is determined and will love this prize. Thanks!

  47. As the owner of two dogs and a cat, my son is at his veterinarian’s office routinely. Having just received a Nintendo DS Lite as a gift, I’m sure that he would really enjoy this.

  51. This would be great for Wee Man.. Both his father and I are in the field and he is interested in it..

  53. The reason why I have a Ds is so my kids are never bored when we go to the doctors office, car trips to the store, BBQ’s with family and they are the only kids there, and so much more. Between them they have different ideas of games. One like Dora and one likes Spongebob..haha..I have my own DS also for games I like..

    I do subscribe to your feed.. Soon will sign up for the newsletter..

    Just wanted to know how do you become a member to review products like a DS or games?

  59. My daughter loves her Nintendo DS you can’t hardly separate them . And she has told me over and over again that she wants to be a vet so she can save animals when she gets older. She would love it if we won this game

  61. My daughter has been asking for this game. We would LOVE to win! Thanks!

  75. I love the emergency vets. I didn’t realize they made a video game of it. Maybe they’ll make the evet interns game too.

  77. My son loves animals and I think he would love this game. Please I need something to keep him business in the car LOL

  83. My daughter thinks she might want to be a vet when she grows up. This sounds like the perfect game for her.

  93. My kids have already done all the Pet/Dog games, it’s time they learned how to really take care of their pets.

  99. I would love to win this for my daughter, she’s determined to be a vet when she grows up!

  103. Our grandchildren love animals and have Nintendo DS. (keeping my fingers crossed)

  104. This would be for my grand children. they all love their DS’s and the games. They love animals so this would be a perfect addition to their game collection.

  109. I love games like this. I play my daughters ds all the time. We would both love this game.

  111. My daughter would love this game as she thinks she wants to be a vet when she grows up, along with a horse breeder and a cat breeder. She loves anything to do with animals.

  134. well this would be out of the world for me and my siblings because we’d love our pets, with 8 lovebirds, 2 dogs, 2 bunnies, 2 hamsters, and 80 gallons of tropical fish~ sign me up thanks

  135. Animal Planet Emergency Vet Video Game for Nitendo DS, I’d love this one, I’ve have 2 kids who’d like to be vets, and I’m hoping that one of the 2 of them, would be a Vet some day, because they’re going to need to have a good education for their jobs

  145. love watching animal planet’s Emergency Vets. This would be an awesome addition to our games.

  149. My daughter is an animal lover and says she wants to be a vet. She would absolutley love this game!

  159. I subscribe to your feed, newsletter and have your button in my sidebar. Thanks!

  178. We have Animal Crossing and love it, would like to win this and find out how it compares.

  192. My daughter and I would love this game!! She loves anything that deals with animals and being a vet! Thanks
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  198. My son is almost 6 and this sounds like a perfect game for him!

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  205. My daughter is such an animal lover and would really love this game! Thanks for this giveaway.

  208. 10 year old Taylee hopes to be a veterinarian one day so she would really enjoy this game.

  211. I would love to win this game and share it with my family. I’m sure each of us would like it a lot. Thanks for the giveaway.

  233. My youngest wants to be a vet and he would so love to win this game! Thanks for the opportunity!

  236. My daughter would love this. She wants to be a Vet when she grows up and loves playing these sort of games.

  249. My daughter loves her DS and would be thrilled with this game. Tomorrow is her birthday – so it would be a nice surprise!

  258. My son loves his DS. He actually won his back in February of this year. I am so thankful because there was no way I would have been able to buy him one. I hope I can win this game for him. I think he would really enjoy it. : )

  261. I’m not seeing my first post! I stated that I hoped I’d win for my son. I wonder where it vanished to???

  268. my kids are too little for this, but this would make a terrific gift for my friends child!! 🙂

  270. My son would love this game! (And actually, so would I! 🙂

    Thanks for the chance to win!

  281. I subscribe to your newsletter. (and wordpress told me to slow down…I’m posting my comments too quickly.) 😉

  293. My daughter would love this game. She always likes the keep, care, or dress animal games.

  303. Ooh, we just got two dogs from the shelter, and my daughter is big-time into taking care of them. This would be great!

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  308. My daughters have both decided to become singing veterinarians, so I think I seriously need this to start training early.
    Thanks!!