Barbie: Island Princess

by ACTIVISION

Product Features

• Live the exotic life of Rosella the Island Princess!
• Interact with your native animal friends
• 28 different exciting mini-games
• 2-player capability
• Lush, colorful backdrops in 5 distinct locations

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000TTDLWG
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 30, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,305 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Barbie as The Island Princess follows the storyline of the popular DVD launch in a fun party-style format. You'll play as Rosella the shipwrecked princess who is raised by a "family" of animal friends and rescued by Prince Antonio from her tropical island. Through a series of mini-games featuring music and characters from the movie you will venture from Rosella's island home to the Prince's coastal castle in a fun fill adventure! Features 28 exciting mini-games featuring music singing dancing and more! Experience 5 beautifully recreated locations from the movie: the Deserted Island, the Royal Ship, Harbor Village, Apollonian Castle and the Greenhouse, all while interacting with your favorite movie characters. You can even design your own wardrobe of clothes fit for a princess. Come join the fun with Princess Rosella, Prince Antonio, Tika, Sagi, Tallulah and more! Customizable princess clothes ESRB Rated E for Everyone

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the quality/fun of the prior Barbie games, December 25, 2007

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Lauren Rae Brimmer (Southern California) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Barbie: Island Princess (Video Game)

This game is a Christmas present for our bright 6.5-year old, and after about an hour of play, she's pronounced it good, but not as much fun as the other Barbie games (she has Barbie of Swan Lake, Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus and Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses) which were all solid 5 stars.

Continuing the progression of more advanced/smooth-running graphics in each new game, this one is visually very appealing, but the 'mini game' format is more like a collection of arcade games than a story. In Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus, for example, Barbie went through the levels of the game to defeat the evil Wenlock (?sp). Here, the games are completely separate with no ultimate goal. From a parent's point of view, that's bad.

Also, the games themselves don't seem the least educational...just games with no skill building, although to be fair, we have seen only about half the games so far.

Last, many games do require a bit of reading, so it's not suitable for children who are pre-readers. My 1st grader can read about 80% of the instructions, and I would say most of the UI (User Interface) designers don't have children, as the words in the documentation could have been simplified. Despite both of us reading the directions on the 'buncha bananas' game, it didn't seem to work, as Barbie would not move forward more than a few steps.

In summary, while my daughter is enjoying the game, I don't expect it to hold her attention for repeat play as the other Barbie games have. I suspect this game was rushed out for Christmas delivery, and would have benefitted from a little more thoughtful design that would have tied the plot lines of the book and movie into the game.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy!, January 8, 2011

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Girlymom - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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At $1.99. who could lose on this game? My daughter loves it and has played with it since she received it for Christmas. She loves the games. They are age appropriate and not too hard to play. It is a winner.

3.0 out of 5 stars good barbie game, not long though, May 9, 2010

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Nick Alec (Ny,Ny) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Barbie: Island Princess (Video Game)

I bought this for my daughter who is 6 years old. The graphics are quite nice and better than her other barbie games, though those are older. This is the second newest barbie game on the pc i believe, newest is the barbie musketeer one. She has enjoyed it but hasnt spent much time on it since its not a story and pretty easy.
As other reviewers have said this game is just a collection of minigames. You need to collect "roses", prizes for winning the mini games. Once you have a certain amount on the island you advance to the next island. The most roses you can get each mini game is 3. The amount you get are based on the points your score. You win dresses and other collectibles if you get 3 roses and you can outfit the main character in a "dressing room" mode. But the collection is quite small unfortunately. There are also some video scenes between switching islands. But i believe they are all taken from the movie so nothing new.
The game is short like i said maybe it took my 6 year old, 10 hours to finish her first time even without knowing the instructions and just playing until she got it. The games are easy and pretty simple. Its looks nice but just doesnt give the same amount of hours played and enjoyability as previous story barbie games( 12 dancing princesses, princess and pauper, etc...)
The designers of these games should focus on making a story type game like those instead of improving graphics. I am pretty sure my daughter doesnt care much if her game looks "HD" as i believe she has had more fun in older barbie games with worse graphics. If my daughter wanted to play minigames there are plenty of those on the barbie internet sites.

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