Photo Dojo is hands down hilarious and fun, but there's not enough content to keep you playing for long.
When you start the game, you have to create your own fighter by taking pictures and recording sounds of either a friend or of you. You need 13 pictures and 10 sound recordings in order to create your own ideal fighter. Some of these pictures includes a profile picture, a taunt, and various attack poses. The sound recordings are needed so every time your character performs an action, one of the ten recordings is played. You also need to take a picture of a background for you to play on. You may notice while playing though that the background is reversed every so often. This doesn't pose as a problem since it doesn't affect gameplay. After making your fighter, you then choose a fighting style. There's a total of four of them, so it's best to experiment with each one to determine the best one that compliments your way of playing.
Once your done with your fighter, you can then proceed to either play vs. or single-player mode. Single-player mode allows you to fight up against 100 weaker versions of your fighter. Some look exactly like you, others are smaller versions of you, and some are even giants. No matter what size they are, it's pretty easy to take the 100 enemies out. That makes the game a little dissapointing to know that you can breeze through the game. However, seeing yourself take out those little knock offs is hilarious and satisying at best. If you don't feel like playing through play vs. mode, then you can play against a friend who also owns a custom made character. Just for the record, you can make more than one fighter, so that gives the game even more variety if you are fond of more than one fighting style.
The controls are fairly easy to learn, as the only complicated part is making the fighter. Instead of being fun, it feels more like a chore. The game would've been better if there were some type of sample characters to use. That way, people won't be forced to make a character before actually playing.
Another problem I witnessed was the fact that Photo Dojo doesn't give the player much to do. After you beat the 100 enemies and play against your friends for a bit, there's really nothing else to do. The game is actually funny, but there's really no replay value unless you want a quick laugh.
Overall, Photo Dojo is a decent DSi ware game. It has lots of variety when making a character, while also be hands down funny. Sadly, creating a character seems like more work then it should've been. There's also only two game modes to be played, so there's not enough content to keep the player playing for long. Photo Dojo is a good, innovative start at using the DSi's camera feature. Sadly, hardcore fighting fans should look away. Photo Dojo doesn't seem to be worth 200 DSi points. If you're gonna get Photo Dojo, do it while Nintendo is giving it away for free download.