Play Ping Pals (F) Online
Scribble nonsense on the DS touchscreen, send it to a friend, then watch them fail at your janky balloon-popping minigame. It’s like passing a weird digital notebook full of stick figure disasters.
Ping Pals came out for the Nintendo DS in 2004, developed by WayForward Technologies. It was part of that early wave of DS software that really tried to figure out what to do with the touchscreen and wireless communication, focusing more on simple social interaction than a deep single player campaign.
You use the stylus to draw pictures or write short messages, then send them wirelessly to another player's DS. The main goal is just to communicate and play a handful of simple minigames, like popping balloons or guiding a character through a maze, all built around the imprecise drawings you send back and forth. The pacing is entirely dependent on having someone to trade with; it's slow and deliberate, not fast. The whole experience feels like sharing a very silly, slightly broken private joke with a friend.
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