My Little Pony: Pinkie Pie's Party

by THQ

Product Features

• Play 8 mini games to uncover the hidden presents ? Making Music with Star Song, Toola Roola Decorates for the Party, Bubble Pop with Sweetie-Bell and many more!
• Unwrap Pinkie Pie?s presents using the Nintendo DS stylus and keep what?s inside to play with at anytime.
• Blow the Nintendo DS microphone to make special birthday presents come alive including a whistle, a pinwheel, a bubble maker and many more!
• Explore Ponyville as you search for the hidden puzzle pieces to play the puzzle mini game and create a fabulous group picture of all the Ponies.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0019QEY3I
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 5 x 0.8 inches ; 3 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 22, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,720 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #34 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Adventure
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

It’s Pinkie Pie’s birthday, and everyone in Ponyville is so excited! All kinds of games are planned. But cute little Sweetie Bell accidentally hid Pinkie Pie’s presents all over Ponyville – help her and the other Ponyville Ponies find them.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 Stars...if you are 4 Years Old, November 23, 2008

By 

Alanna Evans - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: My Little Pony: Pinkie Pie's Party (Video Game)

This game is a rather simple one. My 4 year old completed the game the first time within two hours. However, she continues to play it over and over, asking me to 'erase' so she can start it again from the beginning.

The player walks Pinkie Pie around town. The top screen is a map and the next goal is always marked there so you know what to do next. The town is made up of some of the various buildings in Ponyville, most are directly taken from the toyline and my daughter was excited to be able to go inside Pinkie Pie's balloon house, Starsong's bus and the Sweet Shop. The object of the game is to find all 20 presents and 12 puzzle pieces so Pinkie Pie can have her birthday party. This is done by playing mini games and finding presents "hidden" in various places on the game map. Everything is really small and kept compact. Pinkie is controlled with the D-Pad and most mini games use the stylus. There is a bit of text, but the important things are told in voice as well as text, or easily discovered by walking around so even if your child cannot read yet, with a little help things are easy to figure out.

The mini games are really simple but cute. My daughter especially liked the one where you circle butterflies with your stylus and put the seeds in the ground for flowers to grow (dont let the gophers eat your seeds!)

Another nice addition is having the actual voice actress for Pinkie Pie do her voice (the voice for Pinkie in the current pony movies and toys such as the Sing and Dance Pinkie Pie)and including the "real" My Little Pony theme song. Also after you find all the presents you get to "open" them and each one does something different. A simple memory card game, drums to play with, bubbles to blow, a bag that has a string you can pull and make a rainbow come out,etc.

Recommended for My Little Pony fans around the age of 4-6. An older child will likely get bored more easily since there isn't THAT much to do in Ponyville.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good fun, just like the web site, January 17, 2009

By 

T. Hunsinger "mom of 3" (Cranford, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: My Little Pony: Pinkie Pie's Party (Video Game)

Bought his for our 5 year old daughter. She enjoys playing on the Ponyville web site, so we felt this would be a good introduction to her new DS. I played it the night before she got it and helped her play. It is a scavenger hunt with side games. The format is similar to the web site, so it was easy to follow. She loves it! The only negative is that not all of the instructions are verbal- she cannot read yet, so it was heavy on the mommy-instructions in the beginning. Once she got the hang of it, though, she was off on her own adventure!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great first game for a 3 year old, June 10, 2009

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Sallie Mae "Sallie Mae" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: My Little Pony: Pinkie Pie's Party (Video Game)

My daughter received this game as a gift for her 3rd birthday. I considered returning it because A) I wasn't sure she would understand what to do with it and B) I wasn't sure video games would really benefit her at her age. However, we tried it and she loves it!

As Pinky Pie travels around town, there are two main tasks to complete. 1)Find the presents by tapping them with the stylus and 2)Find the puzzle pieces. On the way she "talks" to other ponies and they give her tasks (puzzles) to complete. She really enjoys racing her scooter (which gets it dirty) and then washing it. After a task is completed, it is added to the list of games that can be played anytime (read: over and over and over again). She also loves opening the presents after she has found them, by rubbing the wrapping off with the stylus. One of the presents is a very simple match game, which she also loves.

She was able to do some of the things on her own, right from the start. Anything involving only the stylus was fun for her. After about a week, she started to move Pinky Pie around using the thumb pad (which I did for her, initially).

At first I thought she wasn't learning anything but that was not true. She is developing dexterity (with the stylus), attention to detail (finding the presents and puzzle pieces), directional control (left, right, up down), memory skills, task order (do this, then this), etc. She is not learning how to read or write, but at her age, the other skills are much better for her to learn.

She loves this game and I don't regret it one little bit! If you have a 3 year old who can already do puzzles on her own, name all her colors and who likes to play "I Spy", then I would recommend this game.

However, I think a 6 year old or a child already familiar with DS games may finish this game quickly and tire of it.