This game has no reason to exist when a free version comes with the console.
In concept it is a good idea. The game uses the touch screen as a keyboard. It uses the wireless function for chatting without contraints. So, it should be good.
Well, NO it isn't.
The gaming industry is a ruthless play, lots of competition. So THQ make this decent game but from the shadows another company comes and makes a very similar game, and then prices it lower. That company is Nintendo, and they priced it at $/£0.00. Yes thats right. The big wigs at ninty saw it fit to release a slighlty weaker version of the game and give it to you for FREE.
Well it isn't free, it just comes with your DS, built in. So while PP requires you to spend 30-40 big ones on it, Pictochat (the Nintendo equivilent) comes free with the console.
Another problem with PP is that it comes on a cartdridge, so you must actually slot the game in. While this may sound like a rant from a slob who just "can't be bothered to put it in" I am actually talking about the fact that with a PP cartdridge in you have to take out a game.
While Pc lets you talk for a while and then jump straight into a game PP makes you remove it from the machine and put a different game in. And what if you have room to only carry one game. What will you choose? (clue: not Ping-Pals)
So what does the game actually do differently than Pc, not muh. You can have a picture of a guy or gal up when you play (rubbish), collect badges (rubbish), unlock stuff like different backgrounds (rubbish). They only good thing about it is that it is in colour.
Here is the killer blow, this game is only worth using if you have a mate with the game as well. So the chances of you finding ANYONE with the game is unlikely. So buy it now and you can't play with ANYONE because nobody bought the game