We don’t always find our kids’ favorite toys under Amazon’s “hot toys” list. But this year one is so hot, it’s flaming right off the webpage. It’s the new Nintendogs game for the Nintendo DS, that itty-bitty portable game player you see kids’ noses stuck to in restaurants and store. We wanted Nintendogs so much, we spent our allowance on it before Christmas. But alas, it is a cute, if only modestly educational game. You pick your dog, and then by teaching it tricks and successfully playing related games, you can buy another dog. Pretty soon you end up with a puppy mill! Just kidding. No one gets killed in this video pursuit. So it gets my seal of approval. And the puppies are ahh..so adorable!