Customer Reviews

Barbie Ocean Discovery

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This game is dull, tedious and altogether boring. Girls software? Somebody can do better. A lot better. Unlike any good title worth its salt with multiple levels and the ability to keep a game going for hours and hours, this one is over the first time (if you have the patience to stick with it that long) and them I don't know who in their right mind would want to play it again. Two thumbs down.

Six year old daughter, loves Barbie, but found this game boring. She wants to return it for a better game.

I got this game for my 9th birthday. I zipped through it in less than an hour. It's probably better for kids under 7. My 7 year-old sister also beat it fast. The colors are great. The dolphin maze is a little hard, but the rest of the games are pretty easy. It might be better if there were some danger involved (like a shark or squid) and Barbie had to face it. Compared to Pokemon and Toy Story II, this game is really easy, the easiest of all the Gameboy games I have.

This game was easy to beat. But I thought it was semi-fun. When you have around 15 minutes to kill, this is a good game. Plus, you can play the games over again to earn charms for earings, necklaces, and bracelets. Although it is definitly aimed at a VERY young crowd, this game wasn't a let down. Just a little easy.

My husband and I purchased Game Boys for both our children, my son is 7 and my daughter just turned 4. This is the game we chose for her since she is into all things Barbie. It was a great let down. I played the entire game in under an hour and it didn't hold my daughter's attention for more than several minutes. As she told me herself, "MOM, it doesn't DO anything!"

She now fights with her brother over the Super Mario brothers, and she is quite good at that one!

This game is just too simple. We all like video games that are challenging and where the character does more than swims around and around and around. That is what this game does. These games are just too expensive to waste your time on ones like this. The only neat thing was that this game cartridge came in a great plastic case. But that isn't worth the money!

My 7 year old has really enjoyed this game. It was not too frustrating or difficult for her to learn on her own but was challenging enough to keep her playing it. This might not be challenging enough for a child older than 10. The manual is even easy enough for us parents to understand!

I bought this game on CD-Rom for my daughter. We were all bored in minutes. Once you win the game there is no need to play it again , not that you would want too.

I bought this for my 4 year old daughter and when I sat down with her to show her how play, I was angry. The game is so simplistic that I found it to be an insult to girls. Does Nintendo think girls aren't intelligent enough to handle a more complex game?

I bought this game not knowing about this but --- This game does not run on Windows XP. After some research, I found this web page: http://support2.vugames.com/kidsgames/answer.aspx?ID=3768
This is the information from the VU official web site. If you have Windows XP, do not buy this software. If this information was helpful to you, please say so. Have a good day!!
B. J. from Poughkeepsie, NY

"Barbie Ocean Discovery" is a game about Barbie having to find a secret underwater treasure. To do this she needs to overcome a challenge like a maze or a picture puzzle. When she finishes a challenge she gets a piece of a map that will lead her to the secret treasure, or a gem that will serve as one of the keys that will help her open the treasure. For a girl my age this role-playing game was pretty boring with very little difficulty and one that I finished in about half an hour, but I think a 5- or 6-year old little girl might enjoy this more.