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| From: Eidos Interactive
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $24.19
New (5) Used (7) from $19.82
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 4516
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 40042
Model: SPONYEUS00
UPC: 788687400428
EAN: 0788687400428
ASIN: B000N2HF3U
Release Date: May 29, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Money supply makes this game come up short August 12, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
My daughter is 5 and a half. We just got this game and she is already stuck in a catch 22: The pony is sick and we have no medicine -- but we have no money to buy medicine BUT you can't earn money until you complete your chores for the day which include giving your pony medicine -- see the problem? This is really really disappointing. Bascially we need to start the game over with a new horse -- which means we delete the current game, which means all the things she has bought and all custom saddles she has created will be deleted too. :-(
Money is always in short supply and extremely hard to get, not to mention, if you bought too much stuff, there is no way to sell it back to the store to get cash to get what you really need (like medicine). Another way to earn money is to race the pony, but we can't do that either because she is sick.
The menus are confusing, and it is somewhat hard to figure out how to get where you want to go. You can only do chores once a day (which means limited game play time each day unless you continually set your system clock ahead), and you can only really ride a path once a day and expect to get any pictures or money.
The good parts of this game: You get to choose and customize a pony, take care of it, ride it (although, it is from a 1st person point of view and you can't really guide the pony, just look right or left), take pictures of animals, and race it (although you can't control the pony-- the only thing you can do is shout encouragement into the mic and hope that this encourages the pony to go faster).
Accessorizing the pony is one of the biggest draws for this game (just like in Nintendogs where you can put ribbons, hats and sunglasses on your dog); but if you have no money to buy accessories, it's no fun... and neither is trying to play with a sick pony.
I've seen reviews where it says Pony Friends is much better than Nintendogs. I completely disagree. Nintendogs is a very well done game, whereas Pony Friends is a very sloppily implemented, limited clone of Nintendogs. (PS: In real, life I am a video game producer if this lends any credence to what I am saying).
 Good game but has its faults June 29, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Pony Friends is a great game for people who don't know horses that well as it's very basic. I'm 19 and I got it on sale where I work so I play it for fun. Although its a good game, it does have its faults, as they all do.
Pros:
There's always something to do.
You can create a pony to look however you want it to with alot of color options
It's simple to understand and play
Cons:
It can get repetative
The graphics are choppy at times when the horse moves
Not challanging enough for someone who knows horses
Lame Name, Fun Game June 25, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, the name is very childish but this game is actually pretty fun.
Be warned though, if your looking for an action packed horse riding game, you might not want to buy this. This game is mostly about pony care.
In the beginning of the game you can create or buy a pony. If you get enough money you can buy accesories and even another pony. The compitions are like a mini game where you cheer on your pony, not to loud, not to quiet. And the trail rides are like real trail rides, you don't control the horse. The trail rides might be boring if it wasn't for the ability to take pictures of animals for money. Overal this game is pretty fun, but not action packed.
Pros:
You can dress up your pony with fun horseshoes, saddles, bridals and blankets
You can have mutiple ponies
Trail rides can be fairly fun
Cons:
Not much riding
Can be a bit repetative
Lame Name, Fun Game June 25, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes, the name is very childish but this game is actually pretty fun.
Be warned though, if your looking for an action packed horse riding game, you might not want to buy this. This game is mostly about pony care.
In the beginning of the game you can create or buy a pony. If you get enough money you can buy accesories and even another pony. The compitions are like a mini game where you cheer on your pony, not to loud, not to quiet. And the trail rides are like real trail rides, you don't control the horse. The trail rides might be boring if it wasn't for the ability to take pictures of animals for money. Overal this game is pretty fun, but not action packed.
Pros:
You can dress up your pony with fun horseshoes, saddles, bridals and blankets
You can have mutiple ponies
Trail rides can be fairly fun
Cons:
Not much riding
Can be a bit repetative
Pony Friends June 17, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is the best horse game ever. at first you start
out with one horse and then you can save your money and have up
to 3 ponies. I finally saved up enough money to buy 3 ponies.I also love going on trail rides with my ponies. I highly reccomend this game for any horse or pony lover. This game Rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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