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Ping Pals | 
 enlarge | From: THQ
Category: Video Games
List Price: $12.99
Buy New: $7.59
You Save: $5.40 (42%)
New (23) Used (12) from $3.88
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 13534
Platform: Nintendo Ds
Genre: Action Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.3 x 1.2
MPN: 36100
Model: 785138361000
UPC: 785138361000
EAN: 0785138361000
ASIN: B00069NVWE
Release Date: November 2, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: ******BRAND NEW****** ** Over 1.5 million orders shipped worldwide and more than 500 000 items in stock, BUY FROM A TRUSTED SOURCE, ESTABLISHED SINCE 1998 - INETVIDEO ~~~
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| • | Up to 16 players can play at a time over wireless link play | | • | only one Ping Pals game pack is needed to start chatting and getting into the game with friends |
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Product Description
Ping Pals is a unique new way to chat with your friends. Instead of the usual text and smileys, you can show off some real personality by adding an avatar and doodles. Develop your chat personality by winning fun games!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Don't waste your money! May 17, 2008
Lianne Elsner (MA)
I got this game for free. Don't pay money for it!!! Like other reviewers said, it's Pictochat with avatars. If it used WFC, it might be cool, but it's only DS-to-DS, so it's pointless.
 Pictochat.. with shopping! January 2, 2008
Jesse (Lalaland, KS)
It's a chat game that lets you draw pictures. But... the DS already COMES with a game that lets you chat and draw pictures! Just use that!
The one fun aspect of this game is that you get to dress up a character that represents you when you talk to your friends. But really, none of my friends have this game, so it's pretty much pointless and boring.
 boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! October 6, 2007
Elizabeth Hammaker
this game was fun at first but now the only fun thing to do is the top 10 game but considering i got it for under 7 dollers i think i should have gotten another one for my friend so that i could acually chat
Ping Me Up, Scotty! There is no Intelligent Life here! July 23, 2007
Big Boss Games (Phoenix, AZ USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
Fun...at first. March 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When you first get the game, it seems really fun, and it is for the first three weeks. You're thrilled by the mini-games, and you go wild when you get your allowance, but when you really get your avatar how you want it to look, there's really no point unless you have several friends that have this game. If you do, great fun, but if you don't, you can't play two of the mini-games. My advice: either get it as cheap as possible with no intention to keep it for more that a month, or make a friend get it with you.
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