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Pony Friends | 
 enlarge | From: Eidos Interactive
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $20.60
New (6) Used (9) from $8.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 4167
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): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.7
MPN: 40042
Model: SPONYEUS00
UPC: 788687400428
EAN: 0788687400428
ASIN: B000N2HF3U
Release Date: May 29, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.
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| Features:
| • | Brush your pony with the stylus to make sure it's the best-groomed pony in the stable | | • | Clean your pony with shampoo and conditioner to give it a shiny coat | | • | Find new trail entrances and hidden gifts by touching the screen on a trail ride | | • | Spot animals on trail rides with the stylus | | • | Use the stylus to write the name of your pony |
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Product Description
Pony Friends lets you choose from 7 breeds to create and customise your very own perfect pony! Make sure it is well groomed, clean and happy. Take it for trail rides to keep it fit and watch out for birds, animals and hidden rare gifts to collect. Make your pony beautiful with gifts and matching sets of accessories ensuring your pony is the best pony in the whole stables! Place rosettes and update your secret diary everyday Use the stylus to remove stones from your pony's shoes
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 horse lovers March 31, 2008
My daughter loves horses so I got her this game. It is fun but she gets tired of playing it fast
 Finally got my pony!!!! March 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a 46 year old that had to try DS. I am not a gamer, but I love my Ds system. I absolutely love this game. It really makes me laugh at all you can do with the horses. Riding on the trails and taking pictures is a hoot. I've always wanted a pony and this is great, no cleanup!!! Enjoy.
i just dont understand February 3, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i bought this game cause i like ponys some reviewers say they have problem with money for those i have bought ten horses over the year and i never had problems with my money ever running out. i don't understand what you people are doing. i have about 6000 dollars and i play my game every single day and i never get tired of it
Great game! January 14, 2008
My daughter absolutely loves this game. She wanted it so it would help her learn to care for her real horse. The game is very enjoyable for her.
 Flaws Pull This "Nintendogs for Horses" Up Short November 1, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
PROS:
> Beautiful and imaginative trail-ride scenarios, easily the best part of the game.
> Lovely introductory video clips to each section
CONS:
> One bug that I've found: The chores list from which a player derives income often refuses to credit the player with chores done.
> Money for horse care accrues so slowly and in such small amounts that it's far too easy to run out of money.
PRO OR CON: This is not an action game and lacks the interactive contests of "Nintendogs." Winning a horse race, for example, comes down to shouting into the microphone; that's the only contest in the program. Players who like caring for and walking their "Nintendogs" will enjoy similar activities here, particularly the superior trail rides, with their lovely scenery. Players who want more excitement may be disappointed.
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THE FLAW: I'm an adult who's played the game extensively over the last week, and I've encountered the same problem on two different cartridges. A player earns daily money by performing three chores for the ponies owned. Supplementary income and possessions come from finding items on trail rides. Unlocking such an item, however, may freeze the "chores checklist" so that you get no further credit (or money) for chores you perform. This effectively shuts down your primary income to support your horses. The only solution I've found is to erase all progress and start again from scratch. The first time this happened, I called the developer and left a message but heard nothing either via phone or email. In subsequent play I've found that often a player gets no credit for the feeding chore when owning multiple horses.
That said, people who like "Nintendogs" will find the same relaxed pace in this game. There are a number of trail rides, and the graphics for these are pleasantly scenic and to me the best feature of the game. So long as your horse is rested and healthy, you can take any number of trail rides, and I used this feature of the game the most as a quick relaxer.
A player gets the full view of a horse only when it's being cared for or in the field. Don't expect the quality of the horse figures to equal that of the "Nintendogs," and multiple horses grouped in the field do not interact in the way multiple "Nintendogs" do at home.
If you're interested in practicing delayed gratification, this game will help! Money accrues in modest amounts ($27 to $43 for daily chores), and though I never hit a zero balance, I can see how you could, as a previous reviewer did, have a sick horse and no money, thus stalling out the game. Once a day a trail ride will offer a small reward for a completed task; the unlocked items, as mentioned above, sometimes locked the chores checklist; the photo assignments about half the time were hard to complete and in one case never registered. There's no way to resell items to get extra money. A lucky and canny player might accrue enough to get a second horse in ten days or so (Horses cost from $200 to $230. The fact that money comes slowly to a player and must be so carefully managed can be either a drawback or a plus, depending on your point of view. Another patience-tester is that most of the trail rides must be unlocked by either opening a gate on an already-open trail or riding a certan number of trails, and finding the gates requires swiveling your viewpoint and thus at least two rides. This gets pretty time-consuming, and a child might find the wait too frustrating.
The game is good at teaching basic horse care, requiring the player to periodically groom and wash a pony and clean its hooves. However, the cost of washing and feeding your horse may eat up half your daily allowance. Similarly, the game warns you via a meter if your horse is getting too tired or ill to ride, and an ill horse might need treatment every two to three days (more money).
I can't comment on the advanced game features: what happens when a pony achieves all goals, because the flaw I found made it necessary to restart twice long before I reached that point.
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