My 13 year old niece has Nintendogs and the idog (I think it's called). While she loves playing those games, she would never trade it for her real animals. The family has two dogs and my niece has a rabbit that is completely her responsibility. But like someone else stated.....it all comes down to how the child is parented. Yeah, my niece needs to be reminded to feed her rabbit or clean out the cage, but a reminder is all it takes and she jumps up to do it.
Anyway, I voted they were good.