Nintendog Data from NYC

An Epic Spreadsheet thing

So, after all that junk I wrote about my awesome time bark-moding, let's get down to the numbers.

I entered barkmode 56 times (58 if you count the two times I accidently bark-moded with my own other DS) over the course of 2 hours.

I barked with 40 different users, though 2 of those were celebrities and possibly not actually actively entering bark-mode themselves.

Other than my semi-un-intentionally milking Miyamoto for rhinestone collars, I inadvertantly traded most often with two 'girl' players, 'Hanna[star]' and 'mary'. Probably doesn't mean anything.

I unlocked the rare-dog-types 'Dalmation' and 'Jack Russell Terrier' on both of my games, and between the two games I have access to 20 dog types, which I think may be all of them. I suppose I could do some internet research, but that's too hard!

Below are the Trainer Profiles I received, with 99% of the mis-spellings and errors being verbatim from what the folks sent me.

Here are the resulting Trainer Profiles I received on my 1st DS, 'Reduced' with dog 'Butty'.

Identity Name icon Birthday Comment Trainer Points Ranking Dogs at Home Times DS Used
me amigarad man 7-Jan You must be awesome! 6538 Junior Handler Shihtse(F) 8 r
Brian Man 25-Nov It's a dog's life for me. 5487 Junior Handler Cinamon(F) 1 r
Calvin ? 29-Dec Every body else sucks 731 Archie-Level Lucy(F), Riyko(M) 1 r
Carmine ? 24-Mar MIYAMOTO! 40 Puppy Love lucy(F) 2 r
Chavez Boy 27-Jan I'm the man! 5040 Junior Handler Jake(M), Isis(F) 1 r
Dillon Boy 27-May Nintendogs is awsome 34500 Charismatic Tamer Shadow(M), Sparky(M), Lucky(M) 1 r
DKHigh ? 27-Jul Hey foo! 1642 Amateur Trainer Beatric(F), Goober(M) 1 r
domie Girl 20-Mar I love nintendogs and dog 6554 Junior Handler Cutie(F), Bubua(M), Spot(M) 1 r
drzgamer Boy 13-May Hi people out there 1922 Amateur Trainer cream(F), cookie(M), victor(M) 1 r
Duncan Boy 22-Sep Nintendigs 4 ever! 18884 Dog Tamer Sid(M), Raider(M), Hunter(M) 1 r
Dylan Boy 13-May Yo! Sup in the Hizzle? 4810 Pro Trainer Ralph(M), Roy(M), Rick(M) 1 r
celeb HaylieDuff Woman 19-Feb I [heart] my Nintendogs! 37848 Charismatic Tamer Bentley(M) 2 r
Jay Man 20-Jun 13029 Star Handler Sir(M), Tippi(F), Yorkie(F) 2 r
litlmutt Man 20-Apr digg.com 5063 Junior Handler sneaky(F), blkcrch(M) 1 r
Mary Girl 4-Sep 2250 Semipro Trainer Jade(F), Joker(F) 3 r
celeb Miyamoto Man 16-Nov Hey! It's-s me! Miyamoto! 20311 Veteran Tamer Jack(M) 7 r
momo Man 20-Sep hello, my name is momo 2568 Semipro Trainer milo(M), mozi(F) 1 r
Paco ? 1-Apr 8307 Top handler Chucky(M), Freddy(M), Jason(M) 1 r
Paolo lil' boy 17-Apr I love dogs [heartX13] 2245 Semipro Trainer Rocco(M), Kellie(F) 1 r
Rachel Woman 23-Nov Brooklyn 10221 Star Handler Tella(F), Arfur(M), Lulu(F) 2 r
Rose Girl 15-Oct Hey there! Having fun? 6760 Junior Handler Vespa(F), Piro(M) 1 r
Russell Boy 11-Jun www.russbernice.com 7175 Top Handler Taz(M), Yar(M), BIGTMAH(M) 1 r
Sean Boy 9-Feb hello 7966 Top Handler sky(M) 1 r
Seth Man 1-Jun From www.thegamechair.com 1295 Amateur Trainer Koshi(M) 1 r
Shifter boy 18-Dec I shift like no other [A][B][X][Y] 4130 Pro Trainer Peach(F), Luigi(M), Zelda(F) 1 r
Shoshana Girl 26-Jul 97 Puppy Love Sephy(M) 1 r
Zell Boy 9-Nov Ggrraahr! zelljeff.com 13499 Star handler Robin(F), Jake(M), Samus(F) 1 r


And, here are the resulting Trainer Profiles I received on my 2nd DS, 'amigarad' with dog 'Shihtse'.

Identity Name icon Birthday Comment Trainer Points Ranking Dogs at Home Times
BRIAN lil' Boy 28-Aug I [heart] AND TRAIN ALL DOGS 27784 Veteran Tamer JUSTIN(M), B B(M), MAX(M) 1
Daniel Boy 16-Mar Kids eat free for 99[cents]! 6593 Junior Handler Maxwell(M), Nikki(F) 1
dupe domie Girl 20-Mar I love nintendogs and dog 6554 Junior Handler Cutie(F), Bubua(M), Spot(M) 1
dupe drzgamer Boy 13-May Hi people out there 1922 Amateur Trainer cream(F), cookie(M), victor(M) 2
dupe Duncan Boy 22-Sep Nintendigs 4 ever! 18884 Dog Tamer Sid(M), Raider(M), Hunter(M) 1
Hanna[star] Girl 4-Oct Dogs rule![star] 16099 Dog Tamer Honey(F), Walnut(M), Roxy(F) 4
dupe HaylieDuff Woman 19-Feb I [heart] my Nintendogs! 37848 Charismatic Tamer Bentley(M) 1
JAPANESE Girl 14-Aug JAPANESE [square smiley] 17499 Dog Tamer fuzz(F), zero(M), pongo(M) 1
dupe Jay Man 20-Jun 13028 Star Handler Sir(M), Tippi(F), Yorkie(F) 1
justin Boy 19-Dec on the line for miyamoto-n 10052 Star Handler rosco(M), melinda(F), halo(F) 1
KingShit Man 28-Jul 8631 Top Handler Indiana(M), Solo(M) 1
Kurikshiri Man 22-Apr 11312 Star Handler Pipo(M), Zelda(F) 1
Matt Boy 7-Jun Leon RULEZ 4848 Pro Trainer Missy(F), Leon(M), Ringo(M) 1
Melody Girl 6-Mar Im just lost. 4060 Pro Trainer Lily(F), Taffy(F), Chii(F) 1
Mike Boy 11-Apr mary loves me 1828 Amateur Trainer Mikey(M) 1
dupe Miyamoto Man 16-Nov Hey! It's-s me! Miyamoto! 20311 Veteran Tamer Jack(M) 3
Mr. Peanut Boy 2-Apr Revolution Will Rock 5132 Junior Handler brownie(F), Cathy(F) 1
dupe Paco ? 1-Apr 8307 Top handler Chucky(M), Freddy(M), Jason(M) 1
dupe Rachel Woman 23-Nov Brooklyn 10221 Star Handler Tella(F), Arfur(M), Lulu(F) 1
me Reduced Old man 7-Jan Let's dog! Yes, let's! 6660 Junior Handler Butty(M) 8
Robin Girl 6-Jun Love yourself always. 1781 Amateur Trainer Goody(F), Buddy(M) 1
dupe Russell Boy 11-Jun www.russbernice.com 7175 Top Handler Taz(M), Yar(M), BIGTMAH(M) 1
Stef lil' girl 16-Aug I Rule you! 14951 Star Handler Momiji(M), Bitey(F) 1
Wei Man Boy 18-Oct The Nintendo Difference [D-Pad] 6231 Junior Handler Sky(M) 2
dupe Zell Boy 9-Nov Ggrraahr! zelljeff.com 13499 Star handler Robin(F), Jake(M), Samus(F) 1


Interesting notes:

User Icons

I was the only person to select the "Old Man" user-pic. Even Miyamoto-san, twice my age, went with the "man". Maybe I mis-judged, or maybe you're just as old as you pick your user icon to be!

No 'Old Woman' art was used at all. What a vibrant young group of gamers!

If these selected user icons are to be believed, most Nintendog players in line were male, approximately 70% male and 30% female. Probably better than most video games I guess.

15 boys
8 Girls
2 lil' boys
1 lil' girl
9 Men
2 Women
1 old man


4 people abstained from selecting their user-icon. Perhaps they felt they could not be pigeon-holed into one of the 8 icons? Perhaps they are unborn hermaphrodites?

Birthdays

For birthdays, they were fairly evenly split, but the months with the most birthdays were April and the March. That means their parents were probably having sex in June and July, which makes sense since June is a popular wedding month?

January 2
February 2
March 4
April 6
May 3
June 5
July 3
August 3
September 3
October 3
November 4
December 3


There was only one set of duplicate birthdays, 'Dylan' and 'drzgamer'. Their comments of "Hi people out there" and "Yo! Sup in the Hizzle?" convey the same message but in different dialects. Possibly they are a set of twins separated at birth and one was raised urban-cool and one bland-suburban? Or possilbly it's some dork like me with two DS-es, each representing two halves of his personality? Even with all of my extensive research I'm afraid I may be left with more questions than answers...

Trainer Points

I fall fairly low on the Trainer points scale. Not awful, but I have a long way to go I suppose.

HaylieDuff strangely has the most trainer points, though I sincerely doubt it reflects a dedication to dog-care and contest winning.

Interestingly, 'Calvin' whose comment reads "Every body else sucks" has the 3rd lowest trainer rank.

Comments

The comments could have been better, but there's a bit of creativity left in the world.

My favorites would be:
"Kids eat free for 99[cents]!"
and
"mary loves me"
There's something pathetic and awesome about that.

You don't really have a lot of room to be clever, so I respect the efforts some people made...

However, just like the 'real' internet, there's plenty of crap.

Alright, I think that sums it up,

Bye!