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Summary: Very entertaining game -- even if you don't like horses
Review: I was a little hesitant buying this game since my 6 year old daughter used to be scared of horses, but she surprised me by asking for it. Anyway, she started playing it immediately when we got home and I had to drag her away from the computer a few hours later for dinner. We've had it a couple weeks now and even though she's made it to the end, she continues to go back and play more. She loves all the dress up and even the changing the look of the horse (she's really into horses now). And she loves riding around in the beautiful lands (I must say that the people who made this game did a pretty nice job making the areas in the game beautiful). But her favorite part of the game is talking to the people in differnet areas and figuring out all the puzzles. A great game!
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Summary: Great for most, but not the one I care for
Review: I was surprised by the great reviews on this game, so it must just be me and the five year old I bought it for. I was so excited to buy this game for her. She LOVES animals, especially dogs, and I thought this would be great for her. Unfortunatly she hasn't played it for more than an hour. She finds the hamster maze extremely frustrating, as do I. She wanted to give the golden retriever a bath when she first started but was unable to. She could only bathe the pets she rescued, or so I am told. She was also annoyed that only Stacey could answer the phone for the rescue. She asked how come Barbie couldn't answer it. I give it a three star, because the graphics are really nice and it seemed to have a good story line. It just didn't impress the five year old much. Guess she'll stick to the Putt-Putt games.
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Summary: Daughter can't be pulled away!
Review: My 5.5 year old daughter got this for Christmas and once she played it she can't stop. She loves that she is solving a mystery. She keeps playing again and again. She solved it fairly quickly but she just loves making the horse run though all the paths. She is now learning to manually jump the horse. This item is well worth the money.
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Summary: My Scene is super fun!
Review: My 6 year old LOOOOVVEES playing this game. It's age appropriate for kids of all ages! I love playing it with her, so does her brother! I kind of wish the game was a little longer or if you played it more than once you had different options, like more variety, but it serves it's purpose. It was worth the buy and amazon had it at a great price!
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Summary: Eh. Save your money.
Review: My daughter (almost four) begged for this game all holiday season. It was the sweetest thing, because she shyly told Santa this is what she wanted, and told people all December that Santa would bring it for her. Well, he did, and his reputation is tarnished in our house now!She was bored with it the first time she played with it. Your child's interaction consists of choosing which girl of three to skate (fun), choosing which outfit of five to wear (fun) and pressing the up or down arrow to make Barbie skate faster or slower to do the jumps (zzzz). Not by your own choice, you move the arrow to match the color of the line on the ice. Freestyle mode wasn't much better--go 'round and 'round in circles. There may be more to it but who cares at this point? My own personal mommy beef: Barbie never falls. Barbie either does the jump perfectly or doesn't do it at all. I figured they could put a little extra effort into the design and give the kids the all important (even if subliminal) message that it's okay to not be perfect, and that it's NORMAL to fall, or fail as the case may be. But again, it's Barbie, the perfect girl with the unattainable proportions, so what can you expect? :)
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Summary: Make sure you have required hardware
Review: My daughter got this game for Christmas, when we went to install it we found that we needed a 3D video card. Out of 3 computers none of our computers have this card. When checking on the price I found the card costs more than the game.
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Summary: A great computer game
Review: My daughters received this for Christmas when they were 7 and 10. They both loved playing it, and a year later they enjoy it just as much. It's easy to learn, and has unlimited combinations of hair, makeup and outfits to put Barbie in. I would highly recommend it.
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Summary: A fun game for younger Barbie fans
Review: My three year old adores this game. The game only takes 2-3 hours to complete in one sitting, but my child has played it over and over, and still loves it. The box recommends this game for ages 5 and older, but my daughter can play this game by herself with ease, except for the maze (which is fairly easy, but she needs help working the arrow keys). This game is mostly a "paint" type game, where you decorate different rooms in a castle in order to save Prince Stephan and the castle. You paint and place different decorations about the castle, as well as "build" a planter and a mosaic tile. The game and the decorations are quite cute, and easy for young Barbie fans to do independently. I feel it does have some educational value as well, in that my daughter seems to have improved her mouse skills from playing this game, has grasped concepts like clicking a "done" button when she has completed a task, and seems to have become better at listening to directions. My one and only complaint is that I wish there had been just a couple more rooms in the castle to decorate. Still, for a fairly short game, it has lots of replay value in it, and the length is just right for a young attention span. I would recommend this game to people with young children who are Barbie fans, especially if their kids aren't quite ready for the more advanced thinking that games geared for older kids have. Don't get me wrong, I think older Barbie fans will like this game, too, if they want to play a game that mostly centered on decorating. I've had problems finding games that my daughter can play independently at her age, plus she's a huge Barbie fan, so this game was perfect for us.
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Summary: Barbie short adventure
Review: Nice game idea. Where's the rest of it? My 6 year old solved the "Mystery" in few hours and was left disappointedly looking for more. For the actually play time its not worth the price. Too bad, it looked like it had good potential.
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Summary: She likes it!
Review: Purchased this for my 5-year old. First try, it was a little difficult, after that she could do it by herself. Has been playing and continues to enjoy the different wands and the different colors and designs that the wands make on each scene. Make sure you try different wands at each scene to decorate. We didn't realize that on the first go around. I recommend for 5-10 year olds! Definitely.
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