DreamStation writes: "Back at the Barnyard Slop Bucket Games for Nintendo DS is based on the Nickelodeon TV show that is a spin-off of the Barnyard movie from 2006. In the game you compete in 10 mini games to try to be the Slop Bucket champion. At the beginning of the game you choose from a few different cows that are either male or female to compete in the events."
Worthplaying writes: "I've had to say this more times than I would've ever imagined just a few years ago: Boy cows are called "bulls." They do not have udders. This is something the Back at the Barnyard series on Nickelodeon has sadly refused to educate children about, and it continues to perpetuate the myth of the male udder in Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games on Nintendo's DS."
andPOP writes: "Howdy y'all! Welcome to Play THQ's Back at the Barnyard: Slop Bucket Games. Enter the fun and colorful world of a bunch of talking barnyard animals who all walk on their hind legs just like humans! They think they're people! Well I suppose there isn't much to do on the farm when you're an animal, so this creative cast of characters have arranged to set up a sort of country Olympics. The first thing you do is choose your character, he or she has to be a cow, (I chose a brown moo cow) and then you are set loose upon the barnyard. After a quick meet and greet with the locals you run around meeting every one of them again at their individual posts spread throughout the land. A world map is displayed on the top view screen, which you can use to navigate. The lower screen displays your character running around the barnyard and he can be moo-ved with either the stylus or the control pad."
Honest Gamers: "More disappointing, though, is the lack of humor that makes the show fun. Yes, I love seeing Peck the rooster splat into a bullseye during the Chicken Launch. But before any event is unlocked for the first time, your character has to run around the yard collecting the necessary equipment. Otis the cow, Pip the mouse, Pig (the pig), and the rest of the gang are standing at attention throughout the environment. This downtime would be the perfect opportunity for them to crack jokes or tell funny stories. But everyone is all business, shilling their event and turning you out as quickly as possible. A little more personality would've gone a long way. As it is, this misuse of Back at the Barnyard teeters on the edge of the slop bucket."
