Barbie Groovy Games
A perfect game for a handheld. An inventive take on some standard games which puts
strategy into what was rote and ordinary. Nine games that are designed to have two
players pass the Game Boy Advance from hand to hand, but also let a single player
play against the computer. Bubble Machine is like Tetris, except that you
shoot down groups of bubbles of like color with the bubble in your cannon - the catch is
that the canon bubble is random, so you have to plan ahead. Gems and Jewels is
similar to Tic Tac Toe, except that there are four different types of 'jewels' that will
make for a score, and so there is more strategy involved. There is also a word guessing
game, Daisy Derby, that works surprising well, even for one player. Dance
and Move is a mini version of the games of hitting keys or stepping in time to music.
In Conga Line you score by adding new girls to your conga line. The other games
involve matching, more tic-tac-toes and the proverbial checkers. You can play as Barbie
or one of her six other friends – including Ken for those boys who will want to play. The
games doesn't use the R or L buttons – it's a shame that it wasn't made to play on the
Game Boy also.
Editor Review 10/02
Ages: 6+
