Ping Pals is a bad game, but not as bad as people make it out to be.
The minigames in this game are just plain stupid. They have no point to them, you will make more money watching the credits than the minigames, which make them useless. The minigames basically involve talking to characters and for some reason, they will give you money. It is extremely boring when you've talked to the same person several times.
This game isn't 100% horrible though, there are a large group of items you can collect, most of them boing pointless, you will come across the odd cool one. The sound isn't half bad either, I know a lot of people will disagree with me on this one, but I found the main background music kinda catchy, but that is the only song that you will hear through the whole game.
The only perfect thing about this game is it's charm, it definirelt get's a 10/10 for how lovable the game is. The last thing that I like about this game, is that the graphics are appealing. They are really nice, especially for a really early DS game.
All in all, in you find this game for $5 at Gamestop, it's definitely worth getting, as you will probably play this game everyday looking for new items for a month or so, but if you it's any higher than that, I wouldn't recommend it.