Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Mall

Charm Girls Club: My Fashion Mall offers the kind of storyline that fans of prime-time Disney and Nick tween shows are likely to find very engaging. And it's most likely the plot that will keep them playing. Either that or the chance to win new fashions for their avatars. There's a wide range in the entertainment value of the minigames themselves. Some, like sorting clothes into the proper bins, are pretty dull. Others, like several food prep games (which resemble those of Cooking Mama), are more enjoyable, but even they become tiresome when repeated as often as they are in My Fashion Mall.

What it comes down to is that pretending to have the kind of menial summer job teenagers get at a mall is not much more fun than actually having one. The most entertaining bits in My Fashion Mall are the creative challenges in which players are given certain constraints -- for instance, the character loves vertical stripes, hates blue, and needs a skirt -- and must then put together a suitable outfit. There's a very specific audience that will be drawn to this game, but beyond those particular girls, there won't be much appeal.