Customer Reviews

Miuchiz Virtual Companions - Bratz Babyz Cloe

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

 

 

Save yourself a big headache. After my seven year old daughter was 'sold' by their TV ads, I bought one for her. The hand-held game works fine, but my daughter is bored of it (after 2 months). Each time she tries the online experience, however, I must sit in front of the PC and spend over an hour downloading/installing the latest version of the software, rebooting my PC, and trying to re-connect to their website (of course this is in the middle of when I am trying to cook dinner!). After updating the software, it asks me to update it again... I am sent into a circular loop and then it cannot even connect to "Planet Mion." I suspect they spent 99% of their budget on the ads, and 1% developing the product.

This toy can't be unsed unless you go online and "update" it. We have spent countless hours trying to "update" this toy - and ther is always a problem. The website is down or some other technical problem. Then IF the website is up - you go through the whole process and the toy still does not update - so it is unusable! It is a complete waste of money.

I bought 2 of these for my kids (A Roc and a Cloe) and they are both ecstatic about the toy. Not only do they play it offline but when they connect to the virtual world, everything they did offline gets transferred to the world. My son was awed when he dressed his monster up with battle gear and armor only to see it in the world. This toy is for the new era of consumers who understand computers and know how to use them. I read a few reviews from users who just could not get it connected. Like any computer hardware, you need basic understanding of how to install computer software/hardware and how to get them connected to the internet. I suspect these customers that failed to get their game connected, probably had very little if no computer experience. I like to think of myself as computer literate, but found that my son got it hooked up and running faster than I could. Definitely one of the coolest new toys around, I suspect we will see many more of these types of toys/virtual worlds in the next few years.

My daughter who purchased the Cloe unit spent a great deal of time shopping in the store on the handheld and then went into the world. The graphics on the handheld are fairly basic but when you go into the virtual world the graphics are very high quality. The little Cloe's running around all dressed up looked quite cool. My daughter loved going to the changing room and trying on new clothes all the time. She also loves playing some of the arcade machines that are sprinkled around the world. These contain cute little games that you can play like "Memory", and "Mix and Match" that allow kids to earn more money (Creditz as they call it) and then have it go back to your handheld so you can purchase more stuff offline.

The game is just full of options, I do not believe my kids even found them all. I saw them play games on the handheld, dress up their character, feed them, buy toys for them, change their colors and then when in the world, there is a whole new set of activities for them to do. In the world I saw them playing some Arena fight game (very tame and harmeless), then a Laser tag game, a whole bunch of board type/2d games, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, race games, balloon pop games and the list goes on. We do not know what was in the Haven world as we needed a Pawz game to enter that area, but my kids are already bugging me to purchase one so they can find out.

I was very impressed at the great pains Bratz went to in making sure the game was kid friendly. There seem to be lots and lots and lots (almost too much) of checks and balances to prevent inappropriate content for children. Kudo's to them for trying to make this safe for kids.

For $30, you definitely get your money's worth.

My 9 year old loves this game. It was the best thing she says she got this year. It shows responsibility and she knows she can not ignore this one. Best use of her time. It was in good condition and ready to use right out of the package.

My 6 year old loved the interactive aspects of her Cloe. She liked buying new clothes and playing the simple games on it. So she had her $15 worth of fun.I would not have paid more than that for it though.
We had a horrible time trying to download patches and connect to the website,so we finally gave up on that idea.
But the item would often have to be completely reset,as a programming glitch would not allow her to play video games if she was hungry,but she didn't have enough money to buy food. This happened several times,causing my daughter to lose all the "stuff" she had managed to accumulate. Maybe a lesson in spending smarter,but it wasn't done deliberately.
Yasmin was even worse,the screen completely fritzed out after a couple days of play.

I purchased this for my eight year old niece. We were both disappointed when it broke after only two weeks. Be prepared to have limited options for fun without downloading it on your computer. The program takes up a lot of memory on your computer's hard drive.

I wasn't too sure about this when I purchased it for my 6 year old for Christmas, but once we got the hang of it and learned how to work it on and offline, we love it. And I mean WE. I think I like it more than she does. Planet Mion is awesome. They are adding new activities everyday. Right now I'm trying to figure out how to buy a house. Would definitely reccomend this toy not just for kids but adults too.

I bought this for my 8yr old daughter after she saw an ad on TV and "had" to have one. She played with it a handfull of times and hasn't looked at it since. Who knows maybe she is too old for this one?

My 6 year old daughter loved this for a little while but still uses her tamagotchi tons more. If you really want a portable fun toy for your girl or boy, just fork over the $100 bucks and get a nintendo ds. You can get used games cheap and it will last much longer. Another idea, buy a webkinz ($12) and get free online access to TONS of kids games, rooms to decorate, educational quizzes and much more for a year.

I bought this for my 10 year old daughter and she just loves it. It is well worth the money spent on it. Her friend at school had one and wanted to sell her hers for 30 dollars and we found a brand new one on amazon for 5.00. I couldn't have been happier. She plays with it for hours. Thank-you