 |
Reviewed for Big Boss Games by: KBN "Ping Pals Won't Earn DS Owners Many Friends" Although the Nintendo DS is at it's heart a revolutionary step forward in gaming tech, the major problem with it's feature rest in support. Release titles for the NDS were scanty, and though there were a few hard-hitters there were just as many that leave gamers scratching their heads and asking why. Therein lies the flaw with Ping Pals, an upgrade of sorts for the Nintendo DS's built-in standard Picto-chat feature. The major problem with Ping Pals is that it is technically a game, not a software patch. Which makes it incompatible with normal Picto-chat. Anyone who owns a DS will attest that it's hard enough to find someone in chat mode within 65 feet without also requiring them to be running the same game. But as you'd expect, Ping Pals does support the DS Download Play system which would allow a friend to download the game and then chat with you. However, that leads us into the second problem. The allure of Ping Pals comes from the customization of the chat experience. Namely Avatars, Music, Backgrounds and textured 'paper' on which to write. However anyone who downloads the game from you won't be able to see or use any of these features. And as you may or may not have expected, these add-ons don't come free. You must use in-game money to purchase items, which can be earned in a variety of ways, most of them painful. Additionally, all the items are very expensive. Many times, you will see an item which is a lot of money, spend hours playing and finally buy it only to find out you hate how it looks. And you can't return it, only sell them to other Ping Pals which can be quite frustrating. All in all, despite it's total uselessness, Ping Pals does have have a few redeeming factors. You do earn a weekly allowance if you log on the first day you booted up the game, and it's not too shabby. Also some items are only available on special days at certain times, so if you're a collector, you need to log on often. So basically the customizable Avatar is the only saving grace. Ping Pals for the DS gets a pathetic 2/5 stars.Read full review
My daughter is 11 years old and she had her own money and wanted to buy a game and she chose ping pals. At first she was a little confused on how to do some of the things but she caught on pretty quickly and now she is always playing it. I have played onj the 2 player mode with 1 cartridge and its pretty cool. but it should have more options to do when you are doing 2 player mode.My favorite game to play on it is the one were you guess the 10 things that the charter is thinking. i think it should have a mode to that were you play 2 player and you can type in a question with the answers and then the other person then has to guess those. but over all the game is pretty cool. my daughter loves the game.
My 9 year old daughter loves this game! She is into the SIMS game and chatting - and this is just perfect for those who also enjoy those activities. She said it's fun to create your own character based on your own choosing and then play with it. According to her it's really fun! She's only 9 like I have mentioned and she seems to have figured it out easily. So, I hope anyone who buys this also enjoys it.
this game is the biggest waste of money i have ever invested into a video game, and believe me i have played alot of bad games. ping pals is basically just a beefed up version of pico chat. so, again why would you want to waste your money on this game. pico chat.hmm this come pre-installed onto every ds ever made. so the reason this game was made is....? yea me neither. graphics are terrible, there are like 2 "games" on it in which you spell words right. pointless? yes i think so. dont waste your $30 like i did.heck, even if i saw it for $5 i still wouldnt buy it. AVOID THIS GAME!!!
i thought this would be a great game for my daughter to interact with others but so far she has no friends on the game maybe theres something we aren't doing right i'm not sure other that that fact i think it would be a great game for anyone
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Video Games
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Video Games
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like
