Dogz 2

As in previous games in the Petz series, the player begins the game by adopting a dog giving it a name, and "training" it. However, unlike previous games in the series, the action is presented in an Isometric perspective and with a player avatar performing the player's action. The game also has dialogue with the player character's family, who coach the player in how to look after the animal. The game's simulation runs with a daily cycle, with non pet related chores—changing music, switching on and off a television, tidying up, vacuuming—being included as minigames.

As the western localisation arrived only half a year after Nintendo's extremely popular Virtual pet game Nintendogs, many reviewers saw Dogz as Ubisoft's attempt to cash in a trend and thought it unfavourably compared that game. Mark Green, of NGC Magazine, thought it was overly simplified, and about "as fun to pick up and play as a tennis ball sticky with dog slobber." He also felt the choice to have the pet be owned by an intermediary player avatar made it difficult to bond with the animals. A review in Eurogamer found the interactivity and controls asinine. Matt Helgeson, of Game Informer, opined while there was "a fair amount of depth" in the actions performable with the dog, the mechanics seemed "awkward and static".

The DS port was seen as very similar to the GBA version, with Jeuxvideo.com, criticizing the lack of use of the two screens of the handheld.