Princess Debut

by Natsume, Inc.

Product Features

• Gameplay is easy to pick up but fun and challenging to master!
• 4 modes of play including story, ballroom, practice and movie
• 20 different outfits to find, 14 unique endings and 18 different kinds of music and dance styles to choose.
• A huge variety of paths and endings for outstanding replayability

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001BGS51S
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches ; 4.5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,425 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

You step through a portal into a magical world where you’re a princess! Can you master your dance moves and woo one of the six handsome princes in time for the big ball? Its part rhythm game and part adventure game. In the game, you find yourself in a fantasy world where you have 30 days to get ready for the big ball; you'll have to master a variety of dances and pick a partner from one of six charming princes. You'll meet and woo the princes of your dreams through the game's large, branching storyline and involving event system. Once you've convinced a prince to be your dancing partner, it's time to go out on the dance floor! You'll use the Touch Screen to guide your character gracefully across the dance floor while matching your partner’s rhythm. All of the dances in the game are taken from motion-captured professional dancers, so the game is just as impressive to watch as it is fun to play. Princess Debut offers four modes of play including Story, Ballroom, Practice, and Movie. With 20 outfits to find, 14 unique endings to experience, and 18 different kinds of music and dance styles to choose from (including Waltz, Latin dance, Tango, Ballroom, and much more), there's no shortage of things to see and do! Do you have what it takes to win one of the prince’s hearts?

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Too Cute? Perhaps. Fun? Definitely., October 23, 2008

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Se - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Princess Debut (Video Game)

So from Cave, yes, Cave, the company known for good shooting games comes this; localized by Natsume. As you can tell; it threatens you to be attacked by sparkles and flowers, at first, but that doesn't stop it from being fun.

This game, and it's sister game in Japan (Kuru Kuru Princess, published as Imagine: Figure Skater here in the US), both stand out with the cute art and fun stylus gameplay. It's a simple yet addicting game.

Basically, you have thirty days to woo a prince before the big ball, and you must not only win his heart but also master various dance routines that are controlled by strokes of the stylus. (You can also bring up a screen that shows the actual dance steps, if you care to try imitating them yourself in real life.) The stylus play is indeed simple, but oddly addicting and fun. So yes; this is a dating sim for girls, but with some added features. You can also unlock many outfits and dance routines.

I was actually impressed with the endings! While I felt the introduction was really corny, I found some of the princess fun, and some nice little plot points that were a bit surprising.

There are some negatives though, mainly two: large, typical ballroom style dresses clip quite badly (as you'll see within the first few minutes), and the little "yay!"s and "Yahoo!"s that sound every time you hit your mark get annoying. But these are admittedly easy to overlook once you get into the game.

While this game is aimed at the pre-teen female audience; you'd be surprised at it's reception; it was Natsume's big show at the last E3, and it seems the gameplay is enough to drag older girls/women and even a few men to the table to try it out.

So if you can get past all the flowers and frills (for which I personally had no problem, and even found it very laughable and kind of cute), you'll find a game with even some comical jokes (something along the lines of rabid fangirls wanting to rip a prince's pants off) and simple but creative gameplay.

Edit: I'd like to add that I think this game would be at about 3.5 stars for me really. I haven't felt like replaying it very much, but I still pick it up occasionally.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cute and fun dating sim!, November 11, 2008

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Chihiro (Boston Ma) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Princess Debut (Video Game)

I've been hearing about Japanese dating sims for boys forever. Princess Debut is a dating sim for girls! Your character swaps places with a princess and meets 6 different princes. One of them you pick for a dance partner and steady boyfriend, although you can go on dates with the other princes too. When you win a contest or do well in the game you win magical items which give you different outfits.
It's kind of geared toward young girls, but I bought it anyway as I would like more female dating sims to come over from Japan. It's a cute game and fun. The dances are an easy version of Elite Beat/Ouendan, and it's pretty fun to pick dialogue choices for your character to say.

sad thing: in order to complete your scrapbook you have to play the game through to the end several different times, and you have to pick different princes for dance partners. The other princes that you played through with are still in the game and I feel kind of sad for them.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Brief But Genuine Fun, October 23, 2008

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Fatima Camiloza (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Princess Debut (Video Game)

While the game is said to offer various modes of game play, 'story mode' is the only one really worth playing. Sadly, if you're over the age of 13 or are known to breeze through games, this will be no exception. Practicing and learning new dances quantify the bulk of the game with some random dialogue between the characters.

A notable treat for gamers, regardless of age, is how the story-line relies highly on your interaction with other characters. I myself was not able to predict the results of my actions and at times it was quite amusing and may get you to play the game numerous times in hopes of tampering with the plot.