The WEIRDEST Dog Game You've Never Heard Of
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THE DOG Island, while cutesy on the cover, makes for one of the most absurdly dark entries within the Wii’s game library. From murderer puppys, to dogs putting the rizz on your mom, this game is nothing but ordinary. If you’re curious to discover what lies in wait within Dog Island’s darkest corners, this video essay will surely fulfill your interest.
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Music used in video:
Animal Crossing - It's Settled Then!
The Dog Island - Across the Sea
The Dog Island - Hot Weather
The Dog Island - Puroro Town
The Dog Island - Loss
Toro and The Shooting Star - 47
The Dog Island - Victory Gang
Pokepark - Haunted Zone
The Dog Island - Memories
Klonoa - Jugpot King Speaks
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oh my gosh i can't believe you didn't mention how you can go on dates with the gang leaders if you play as a girl
@toma-neko
11 күн бұрын
I HAD NO IDEA WHAAATT… I played as a boy so I only knew you could date Amalia!! This is so crazy I’m pinning this, thank you for sharing this :3
@beccacroce7380
3 күн бұрын
Wait you can?
If there's anything that MatPat taught me is that if the game looks cute, there is dark lore.
*Heavy breathing* We…We did it… After all this time, we f-finally did it… *Starts sobbing* W-We found out… What the d-dog did.
Outta Pocket Puppies: The Game
I took one look at the thumbnail and said "oh my god is this the DOG island?" Thank you game grumps for enlightening me about this beautiful game
@apupthatdraws1001
11 күн бұрын
I learned of this game from SaltyDKDan so it’s fun seeing how I missed all these big channels talking about it
I remember playing this one! Petz Dogs 2 is a lot like it, but you need to defeat an evil wolf with a magic hat.
@thewindofsuicune
2 күн бұрын
The crying dog noises from the prison scene (I think) reverberate in my soul even after almost seventeen years. The predators were also super scary to me as a kid, especially the bear. Great game though.
Why do theses dogs look like eaten an entire hive of bees? How did The dog Island be even weirder than Digimon?
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
WAIT YOURE RIGHT LMAO
@SunshineCo225
12 күн бұрын
There's actually a weird story to that. Back in the 2000s, prints of dogs, as well as cards were sold in that style. Basically the main person who did it, a Japanese photographer, used a fisheye lens to make them look goofy like that. And it eventually got branded under "the dog and friends" to sell. The dog Island is a weird branding branch for that matter, as a videogame based off of photos is crazy, but the models were trying to emulate the goofy fisheye look
when the 2000s game has stock photo cover art u know its gonna be good!!
6:37 WHAT???😭😭😭 THAT WAS PUT OF NOWHERE AND I AM SO GLAD IM ALONE IN MY DOOM RN 😭
@Samich_g00dz
12 күн бұрын
6:53 so THATS where you got that one drawing from. Is this also the game where you got the funny dog picture??
So that's where that one dog image came from, I didn't know it was the cover of a game
@nuniyoa
11 күн бұрын
that was like a whole genre of image back in the day! absolutely wild
Haven't even started watching this video yet, but I love how I am seeing more people talk about this game
I only heard of this game when Game Grumps played it *years* ago.
@maddiemare5093
12 күн бұрын
PRINCESS TAAANX
@HVY526
5 күн бұрын
Because of some autocorrect video I will always think “gay grandpas” when seeing “game grumps”
For some reason this game feels like equal and opposite energy as Nightmare Kart.
This game was my childhood!! I loved it, it was so weird and so cute! I got one of my friends to play it too and we would run around outside pretending to be our dog characters. I will forever remember my beloved first character; the fluffy white Pomeranian, Snowball
@toma-neko
11 күн бұрын
AWWW I played as a Papillon named Levare!! I love all the options you get for dog breeds it really makes each player feel unique
What the dogs doing
@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45
12 күн бұрын
Gang warfare
@localfurry
12 күн бұрын
Barking :3
@hamvex
12 күн бұрын
Also I did the skibidi toilet image
"Look Gary there i am!" 11:05 11:16 ! Very awesome video!!! This game is indeed,, very weird,,!
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
THANK YOU!! Your art is literally the coolest I had to include some >:3
@user-ez1xn1nl7z
12 күн бұрын
@@toma-neko YAYAYA Im glad u like it!!
Hell yeah this game WAS my childhood.
This game was my childhood, I'd always rent it out from the library and play it on my Wii after school :)
Rest in peace princef tanxx
bro i was OBSESSED with this game the disc was probably scratched though because the moment the dog got on the boat the game would always just. stop on the loading screen and never finish loading. we also didn't have a memory card so of course i played through that first part like a hundred times.
No joke, this was my favourite game as a kid and I'm always down for more The Dog Island content
Can you believe this is based on a plush toy franchise? (yeh u probably can) These big headed dog plushies were a fad for a while back in the 2000s, I remember them being in Happy Meals at one point.
i LOVE this game so much, in 5th grade i tried to completely plagarize the story in full detail- its been 10 years and i still play the game on the same disc!!!
My folks had to ban video games during the school week bc I couldn't stop playing this. That guitar based soundtrack lives rent free in my heart. To say THE DOG Island is a core part of my childhood would put it very lightly! 💙🐕
@toma-neko
9 күн бұрын
THATS NUTS LMAOO you were infected by the dog island brainrot (dont worry so was I-)
I remember the skibidi Toma, those were dark times
The dogs designs look so cute! I will have so much fun playing this game with my cousins!
Puppies on crack :D
nah cos this game has the cutest, most heartwarming OST 😭
MY CHILDHOOD DUDE
I played dog island at a vacation house that had a wii n i never finished it and since i was SEVEN i forgot the name for years and im sooo glad ppl are talking abt it now. I loved it for that week i played it
I've had this game for a long time, and only now am I finally attempting to progress the game.
@toma-neko
2 күн бұрын
@@beccacroce7380 Oh awesome!! Yeah there’s a lot to see further down the line, plus it’s just fun gettin to sniff around and be a cute puppy for a while :3
YEAHHH TOMA ANOTHER BANGER
@corndawgtabrocker6969
12 күн бұрын
RYE JUMPSCARE
@Pupp_punch
12 күн бұрын
@@corndawgtabrocker6969YOU KNOW IT
@hamvex
12 күн бұрын
Rye FNAF confirmed
@user-ez1xn1nl7z
12 күн бұрын
TRUE..
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
OMG THANK YOU GOOBERRR :333
I used to have the Doberman plush in your thumbnail lol I don’t think I ever played the game though.
I've never played this game, and right now, there's no way that I can play it because I'm on vacation. But thankfully, I still have a Wii U at home (Even though I hardly play it anymore. I only played it again to play Pokken Tournament, after my first year of college.), so I could find a cheap eBay listing after my vacation is over. Only question is how long it would take for the game to arrive.
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
I believe mine took about 4-6 days? It depends on who you’re buying from but I got mine from like a goodwill’s eBay shop
OMG I REMEMBER THIS GAME!!! i always wanted it but i never got it so id have to watch yt vids on it 😭 this brought back memoriess
You might be my new favorite KZreadr
I’m about to share with my friends this strangely charming KZreadr I just found
@eveferdinandsen6345
11 күн бұрын
Also, if you’re looking to play another wacky kids game from the mid/late 2000s, I highly recommend trying to pick up a copy of the original Fossil Fighters for Nintendo DS… I’ll just say this, it’s one of my favorite games of all time and I just impulsively ordered The Dog Island because the way that you talk about this game is the same way I feel about that one 😁
@toma-neko
11 күн бұрын
@@eveferdinandsen6345AWW Oh I hope you have fun with dog island!! It’s such a treat to play, it’s really nice for calming down or having a chill time. And as for fossil fighters, I always wanted to play it but never got the chance!! I’m a huge fan of pokemon so any “monster-catcher” or “monster-raiser” are right up my alley :3
I brought my Wii to my college dorm, and ordered this off of ebay after i heard the insane reviews. Everytime I would play my roomates would trickle in to do work while watching/just watch, and the ones that weren't there would need to be filled in on the insane story if they missed a session. I could never skip the intro because we all sung the insane song together. for the ending temple i invited lots of friends + all my roomates to watch me fight the T rex and literally save the world from the meteors. i cannot reccomend this insane game enough
THE WAY I GASPED WHEN I SAW THIS BEING UPLOADED TEEHEEEE I feel so happy to see other people know this game and enjoyed it. I played it as a child but never completed it, and decided to do so like, a year ago! It's not perfect but I love it so much, it's so charming! Petasi is my favorite! I wish the magical aspects of this universe were explored sliiightly more, but ig them remaining kinda mysterious leaves a lot of room for imagination!! I wanna draw lil Ancs so much and it would be fun to imagine what their world is like. This video reminded me I still have to play catz 2 which is a very similar game in terms of gameplay, and there's also some magic involved, but I don't remember the plot really well,,, But anyways AWESOME VIDEO AS ALWAYYYSSS
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
Oh yeah I absolutely loved the magical elements!! I wish we could’ve gotten to explore the anc world, but I think leaving it a mystery is fun too, it really leaves the world to your imagination. My favorite character was probably Henry!! He’s so goofy and I loved just has chill and laidback he was, I squealed a little when he gifted the Protag one of his paintings (plus the Santa hat is super cute) I never knew that about Catz 2 btw!! I might have to take a look at it if it’s anywhere similar to dog island, cause playing dog island was such an absolute hoot I wish there was more for me to play-
@lindenislen7787
12 күн бұрын
@@toma-neko Oooh I don't remember much of Henry but I remember he was a chill silly little guy! He's cute indeed! As for Petz Catz 2 yeah from what I remember it has identical gameplay, like, IDENTICAL (I believe there's a Petz Dogz game too but there are zero differences with the cats one if I remember well) but I don't remember much of the dialogues and plot, except that there's an evil wolf using a magic hat for bad things or smth,,, I don't remember if it's as fun and wacky as dog island, maybe it has less personality? Had a slight preference for dog island as a kid, because I thought it was more colorful and I was really invested in the story! I hope it's a fun time for you if you ever decide to try it!! 💖 (I am using "remember" way too much here wow)
5:19 - 5:22 taking this out of context
i never played this game as a kid but now i wish i did lol
i loved this game as a kid!
I SWEAR just you commentating more me ROLLING THIS IS GREAT also uhhhhhhhhh damn you got sent to another state?
I PLAYED THIS AS A KID AND I FORGOT AB IT COMPLETELY
Hello! As someone who has enjoyed watching all 4 of your current videos, you're great! Keep doing things!
OMG MY TRANS MAN IS BACK!!!!!!! Also have you ever heard of "EARTHBOUND" !?!?!?!?!??!?!
There's a very similar game to this one in the form of Petz Dogz (or Catz) 2. No this is not a pet simulator.
I remember getting one of the plushies! You could earn one for free by spending enough at a shop :)
On another subject the puppies in this game reminds me of pound puppies i have alot of pound puppy plushies lol :3 anyway another banger
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
Oooh the pound puppy plushes are so darn cute too!! I love silly lookin dog plushes
@SmokeTheHorsehog
12 күн бұрын
@@toma-neko What about the Pound Puppies cartoons? The infamous Legend of Bigpaw?
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
@@SmokeTheHorsehog I watched the newest one on the hub back in like 2014? But I've yet to watch any of the older stuff, it's definitely something I'll have to check out some day 👀
Speaking of weird ol dog games, there's always A Dog's Life, but that game is a goddamned Crack Fic. Even compared to random murder dog in Dog Island, so not sure if its appropriate for this channel's vibes. Some console games that do suit this channel a bit more: Okage: Shadow King Magic Pengel: Quest for Color (You gotta make a TomaNeko doodle!) Dual Hearts Gregory Horror Show (Its getting a possible new game! I'm very jazzed) Cubivore Chibi Robo Stretch Panic (This is a weiiiiiird one, but its the synthesis of PS2 experimentalism) Bubble Ghost
@toma-neko
11 күн бұрын
Of these games I’ve only heard of chibi robo, but I looking up the others these all look really cool and interesting!! Thank you so much for these recommendations I literally wrote them all in my “to play later” list
@Bird-wz7nx
10 күн бұрын
@@toma-neko One thing I will say is that its been YEARS, so idk if any of these might have some surprise problematic lines or something, and if so, sorry. (I usually loke to 100% vet and warn my queer friends on these kind of things, but most of these weren't even my copies in the first place back in the day and there's no way I'm going to be able to play all of these again any time soon) Except Stretch Panic, that's kinda the point- its an oddity in how such a bizarre piece with such clumsy metaphors for teen self-esteem issues made it into a retail product.
OMG YES DOG ISLAND last time I played it was a few years ago and I named my character after Frisk Undertale lol
silly dogs :3
I forgot you existed for whatever reason.
I dont know if its about the McDonald's toys cuz those existed about this game and i had 1 before i lost it :[ but if i do find it ill let u know its the dog on the left of the thumbnail
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
Aww I hope you find them!! I love the Dog Artlist Collection plushes, I have one of the super big ones, I found him at a goodwill like a week after I first played dog island and I nearly cried in the aisle. ID LOVEEE to do a video on them someday so keep an eye out for that >:3
@Ari05741
12 күн бұрын
@@toma-neko alr I will keep my eye out to see if I can find mine or anymore
also here a video idea talk about snapdragon from high guardian spice she the only trans charater i never hear about and also many say she a bad rep while some says she good or a video talking about a disventure camp charater as they do have a lot of lgbtq charater but if you were to make one do it on aiden or ellie
@toma-neko
12 күн бұрын
I would look into snapdragon more in depth if I was more interested in high guardian spice. I feel like there’s not a lot I can add to the series that others have yet to talk about, but even then I had a hard time getting into the show. Thank you for the suggestion though!
@KamenRiderAo25330
12 күн бұрын
@@toma-neko thanks but also about disventure camp if you want to watch it it here on youtube if you wanna know what the is it basically total Drama but aimed at a more older audience
is it just me or is there a prevalent amount of latinx names in this game? like half the cast have names that make me wanna imagine them speaking in a spanish accent and when it's not that you have ones like the chinese caricature dog..
@toma-neko
10 күн бұрын
Nah yeah that's something I noticed too!! It's kinda interesting ngl