Launching today on Nintendo Switch is Animal Doctor, the latest title to take a crack at Nintendogs-style animal care gameplay.
In Animal Doctor, you'll choose your in-game character before starting a first-person adventure of sorts. At first, you'll be training as an intern learning the ropes, but before long you'll be treating pets and farm animals, feeding wild animals, and more.
While the trailer above doesn't exactly ooze with quality in terms of the game's animations, it does seem to offer a wealth of content. Take a look at this feature list – you'll be travelling on horseback to discover side missions and collecting ingredients to craft recipes among other things.
- A unique adventure for the whole family, allowing you to engage fully in 1st person mode after choosing your in-game character.
- An array of exciting assignments lies ahead where you will be tested by examining, treating, feeding and caring for a wide variety of animals.
- Special tasks will help to grow and improve your skills; providing many realistic experiences: Feed wild animals, rescue ducks and many more sub-missions will challenge you while working out the best ways to treat the patients.
- Explore, find and then collect the ingredients to help create medicines and natural remedies for your sick friends.
- Additional experiences are available allowing you to go from riding your horse over wide fields, treating sick animals through to distributing milk and cheese to those in need! Go even further and explore the forest, but be careful because wild and untamed animals could be dangerous.
- The lifestyle of a working vet with a huge variety of animals to care for wait for you here. Improve your animal knowledge, learn new skills and enjoy the personal rewards these bring.
You can grab Animal Doctor from the Switch eShop today for $19.99. Alternatively, My Universe - PET CLINIC CATS & DOGS is actually discounted at the moment to a similar price, so the choice is yours.
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This really looks like something you'd find at the very bottom of a walmart bargain bin honestly.
This looks like a student project in school of primates.
Why do the graphics look photo realistic and terrible at the same time? I'm so confused.
I wonder if Anti-Matter is getting this.
@Low_ink 100%. He can't afford to miss a terrible game
If only there were a word for a doctor of animals
@Zuljaras @Low_ink
Ancient proverb: "Find somebody who loves you like Anti-Matter loves shovelware" 😉
I don't think it's chibi enough for his tastes though.
I will wait for the sequel, "Animal Testing", where you get to put lipstick on chimpanzees
Well, I just watched the trailer, and this might just be the Game of the year! The animations are 100% perfect, and the animals look so life-like. I can't believe something this graphically intensive is coming to switch! Not to mention one of the fences are missing, but that's only a slight blemish on an otherwise perfect game!
I rate this game a perfect 10/10.
@Clyde_Radcliffe The best proverb!
So if the pet dies it goes to King's pet cemetery then?
@ZeldaFanboy78 Injected corrosive liquid metal into it's veins.
Now I have a dilemma. Should I get this or Monster Hunter Rise?
What a pile of horse SH*T !!! Thank God for Monster Hunter Rise tomorrow!!!!!
PS I would not accept this even if it was a present!! More Nintendo shovel sh*tware!
@karatekid1612 What're you talking about? The game's amazing. One of the best games ever made. It easily outclasses any other game you can buy now.
@VoidofLight seriously??? what have you been smoking today??? thankfully, I do understand your sarcasm, so thumbs up for your comment
The wii shovelware wagon is back
All ready to take advantage of grannies looking to buy a nice game for their grandkids who like animals
“Happy birthday Johnny/Jane!”
@VoidofLight hahah dying! 😂😂
Those lifeless models are terrifying. Now comes a little confession, I played a similar CD game back on PC in the late 90s / early 00s called "I can be am Animal Doctor" which was an awesome game for my childhood mind. Actually had wanted to be a vet or work in a zoo after getting into it. Here's a link to the game https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/i-can-be-an-animal-doctor Anyway, that original game reminded me of this, but after watching the absolutely horrific trailer of this dumpster fire of a game I can happily say my childhood game is probably 1000x better than this trash & that sense of nostalgia remains intact behind a 20 year old wall of time. Guess it'll never get a true successor & will always remain happily dead in our collective memories. But hey, more time for some REAL games now
Ah yes, brings back memories of taking my dalmatian to the vet after spilling green paint on him and then spilling purple paint on him.
Another terrible game on the eshop proven there is no Nintendo seal of quality anymore just a sea of crap
@suikoden There never was really. I'm pretty sure the seal of quality just meant "the game works"
@Low_ink I'll ask him.
Hey @Anti-Matter, are you getting this?
@Low_ink @HotGoomba
Hm, i have to watch the gameplay video first. 🤔
From the trailer, the graphic was great but the animation was look stiff.
The other similar Vet game i already put in buy list was Petz Rescue Wildlife Vet Wii for more cartoonish realistic style.
Also, i will wait the clarification if Animal Doctor will get the physical release.
It looks like it had the potential to be good if only more time and care were put in to the project. There are clearly some talented artists on board with this project, but it's a travesty that the animation is so poor (up-close, the humans and animals look so unsettlingly lifeless).
@Clyde_Radcliffe : Chibi and/or immodestly-attired beefcakes.
Can you go all full-on Mr Chinnery in this?
Alright @Low_ink I got ur answer. It's a maybe.
@HotGoomba Yep, nice!
@ZeldaFanboy78 Haha i too thought it looked strange. After i saw your comment i watched that part a couple more times and yeah.... that's definitely a scalpel. Love how the doctor puts the bird back on the table like "yep, good as new" after doing whatever he did there 😅
@karatekid1612
The game that for you is a garbage, it is a hidden gem for other peoples.
As a veterinary technician I can confirm that this is an extremely accurate depiction of veterinary medicine. That is totally what we do all day long. 🤣🤣🤣
/washes off fresh bloody scratch on arm from today's shift
@Anti-Matter Yep this is true as we all have an opinion. You have yours and I have mine.
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