Nanny Mania

by Dreamcatcher

Product Features

• Juggling the challenges of your everyday virtual life can be fun
• Raise your children from infants to grads ¿ from changing diapers to first dates
• Use your keen multitasking skills to keep the laundry and house in tip top shape, look after the children, and have supper on the table
• Earn dozens of upgrades for your house to help you handle your hectic day-to-day schedule
• Your family will grow to appreciate all you do as a real life Super Mom!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000OI48W4
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: May 15, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,340 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #75 in Video Games > PC Games > Simulation > Life

Product Description

There's no job more challenging than being a ¿Super Mom' ¿ balancing a demanding career, husband, children, and busy household. Put your husband and children to the test or try your hand at running this hectic virtual household while having fun with the family! In Super Mom, choose a profession: psychologist, chef, nurse, teacher, or loving housewife ¿ then enter into a virtual household with children, pets, husband, in-laws and friends.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, But Quickly Turns Repetitive, June 30, 2007

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Meryl K. Evans "Content Maven behind meryl.net" (Plano, TX) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nanny Mania (CD-ROM)

The nanny in Nanny Mania does everything except drive the kids. Then again, the family's head of household is the Suburbia's Mayor, so he probably has a chauffeur.

You're working to keep the house clean and the family happy. Nanny Mania also resembles a Sims game in that you watch the family live their lives. When furniture or book shelves need cleaning, they appear highlighted in yellow. Click once and nanny's arms flail and poof the item is clean. Some tasks take more than one click such as changing the baby's diaper, giving the baby a bottle and cooking a meal.

The game begins with the parents and one baby. Easy. Each level has five rounds. When you complete a level, the parents have another child and the younger ones get older. The most the nanny handles is four children. After that, the only thing that changes is the age of the kids, the messes they make and the frequency of the messes. Eventually, you won't have to deal with dirty diapers or warming bottles.

I thought the game would change once all four kids arrived. It doesn't and the game turns monotonous. I feel like I start every level doing the same steps with small variations. Soon, I dislike Dad because he goes off to work or plays golf leaving Mom alone to eat with the four kids.

I figure out the family's routine. When Dad returns from anything, I expect muddy footprints and a messy dresser. Sometimes I follow him into his bedroom where he changes his clothes and messes the dresser so I can fix the dresser.

A Mac user playing the game became frustrated when he clicked ahead and struggled to undo some moves when something unexpected happened like mealtime. Mac users don't have two mouse buttons on their notebooks -- I am an unlucky gal who doesn't own a Mac, but I imagine the Mac has an option for undo. For PC users, undo actions by pressing the right-mouse button.

The game may attract the younger set as repetition helps them improve game play. But for me, I play enough so I can write this review. I have no desire to play Nanny Mania. The game's strengths are the graphics and speed (some games have subtle pauses or take too long to make something happen). I believe Nanny Mania could have greater success if it would introduce more elements to offer more variety. Apparently, the player takes over the fole of Mom and a teen, but I couldn't take it anymore.....

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Lot of Fun -- Not Worth 20 bucks, May 21, 2007

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tukewl4u720 "Obsessed with Russian Literature... (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Nanny Mania (CD-ROM)

I just finished my hour-long demo of this from bigfishgames. The game is a lot of fun as a "time-management" game, where you have to pick up clothes, do dishes, change diapers and the like (yes that's actually fun in this game); but it's not especially different from many of its genre, though its graphics are a bit ahead of the usual. I'd get it from an online source or wait until it goes down in price. 20 bucks is too steep for a casual game of this nature.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overworked Nanny, September 30, 2007

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H. Decker ""happy Grandmother"" (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Nanny Mania (CD-ROM)

If you like the same thing each time you play, this will work. I enjoyed it but once you reach the highest level, it's over. Nothing new, just start over with a different face for your nanny.