Photo Dojo

PHOTO DOJO



Photo Dojo is a clever fighter (I use that term loosely) for the Nintendo DSiWare service. Until June of this year, it is a free download for anyone who owns a DSi or DSi XL. This is incentive enough for a thrifty gamer in these dire times, but I've found this title to be quite the romp on the playground.

Let's start with the presentation. One word could some this up, and that is: CHEESE. The bright yellows, the almost comic-styled fonts and designs, this game definitely does not take itself seriously. I found the interface pretty intuitive, and taking pictures of someone else is a breeze. My one complaint is that when snapping photos of yourself, the DSi does not want to stand tall and steady for however long you set the shutter. I wasn't even brave enough to try after finagling the thing to try to stand upright. Good thing I'm married.



Now the process of photo-taking. Pure fun and goofiness. Trying to come up with legit-looking (all the while stupid and self-deprecating) character face is fun and goofy work, and it had the wife and I in hysterics. And since I have no friends in real life, I took to taking pictures of super-positionable action figures which was also stupid fun.

The sound. In and of itself this is my favorite feature. Making funny taunts for my Donatello action figure was fantastic ("Guess where my bow is!?") and for people watching it is a funny little distraction. I suggest making a single punch and kick noise respectively, otherwise the game really gets cluttered with lots of noise. Keep the sayings for taunts and special moves IMO.

The controls. Simple, repetitive, and as long as you made funny characters with hilarious quotes and sounds it should entertain you throughout the quest of defeating 100 idiots in a row. I did this in under 4 minutes, but they provide a little extra incentive by giving you unlock able tunes and letter rankings. First time, got a D. Second time I got a B. Nice. Even Verses mode works relatively well, though I imagine it is even better on an XL.

All in all, this game is definitely worth downloading. 1. It's free. 2. It's a decent 25 minute chuckle-fest. I give it 3 out of 5 stars!

ill queue up the dsi when i get home. I havent downloaded anything to it in awhile.

I didn't have any problem taking pictures of myself. With the DS clamshell at a slight bend, it stands on its own pretty well. It was a hilarious romp for my daughter and I. I created a Laker dude (wore my Laker gear in the shots) and my fireball is a huge basketball. The sayings do clutter the experience but in the craziness of the battle it works. Congrats on making it through the 100 man battle. I only got through half. I did get bored of it pretty quickly but the little one wanted to pull it out again today and make another character for herself. It's free so there is no excuse not to play it and you will have fun at least the first day you get it. It does take awhile to get started since you have to take 13 pictures and 10 recordings for each character, but there is a bit of fun in the creation process.

I have a feeling you liked it more that I did ZeldAnTales, but great review that I'll be posting soon to the website. I give this review

Review posted! Find it HERE.

Photo Dojo realllly creeps me out. But it also a really cool game and take pictures of yourself or not I don't know. One thing for sure is I was hoping to take a picture of Ian fighting them but also being a loser to all of us

I ended up not liking this. Not to complain about a free game, but gets a 1.4/5 from me.

1.4??? Dude... you like Raving Rabbids games and this gets a 1.4??? Someday I'm gonna have to sneak inside your brain...

Okay one of these days bro you will get a photo of Ian doing something silly a$$ nonsense of himself. 1.5 for this?.......No I say about 3 of 5 because it's cool, but eventually it will just be the same and that sucks.

I'm with NF!

Ah! The dynamic duo is teaming up against me!

Raving Rabbid games are fun. Any game that requires you to control it with your ass is ok in my book.

Dynamic? Hardly! LOL

How is that Strong Bad game(s) anyway?

Point and click games can be really fun if done right. With Strong Bad 1 and now 2, I really love the humor. It keeps me engaged. The puzzles are just tough enough. I started it awhile back and just jumped back in 2 nights ago. I was stuck on a part where you have to put your rock on a piece of crap (literally) on this wheel thing. Had to look it up, couldn't figure it out. After that I managed to get through it. There are bonus things you can find, like costumes (I dressed him up and sent you a pic), manual pages to the mini game, etc. The characters interact in the most humorous ways and it really makes me laugh. 5/5