My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens

The Good
The game has the nice feel of a ponycare simulator. Though it doesn't teach you about horsecare in real-life it does give you the satisfaction of making sure your custom pony is happy and healthy (if you could call a diet of pizzas, cupcakes, juice and lollipops healthy).

What you can customise (including pictures, cakes and mane styles) have adequate variety that give those activities good replay value. The minigames also add to entertainment. Most of those activities do feel like friendship lessons from Twilight Sparkle, so they're quite amusing to complete.

The Bad
Unlike most Activity Centre software, there's not too much you can do and not a whole lot of ponies (not counting the ones you create), despite the fact there were dozens of pony characters in the toyline. In addition you don't get to know much about the ponies there are such as Morning Glory. The whole world you explore also feels small.

Sometimes the butterfly's nagging and repetition might not be the best way to teach users. It would be better if there was an option to disable the help guide to allow users to explore for themselves.

The Bottom Line
To some, this game is oriented on the sugar-coated side but is not nearly as sappy as the first generation MLP. You might even feel like you're fitting in Ponyville from MLP Generation 4. This is the kind of game that may keep you content for a bit, but unless you're really into ponies you might not play it everyday. This is about the closest thing to a MLP Generation 2 cartoon you're ever going to get, because that generation of ponies did not get the level of love and attention as the later generations.