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Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey (Wii, PlayStation 2, Windows)

common sense media says

Quintet of princesses lead young girls on safe, fun romp.


parents & educators say
  • 67% say there are positive role models
  • 67% say there are positive messages

What parents need to know

Parents need to know that this is a highly commercial game featuring characters from no less than five Disney movies, though no specific products or toys can be seen. Game difficulty is suitable for girls of kindergarten age, though many of the easier challenges can be completed by kids as young as three years old. Has a great co-op mode.

Educational value: Not applicable.
Positive messages: Play involves helping the people you meet by running errands for them, protecting them, or directing their movements as they try to do something, such as catch tumbling gemstones in a basket.
Ease of play: Excellent, responsive, intuitive controls make this game approachable for kids as young as 3. It has a great co-op mode where parents and kids can explore the game together.
Violence & scariness: The player's character uses her wand to turn blobby bad guys known as "bogs" into butterflies and make them disappear.
Language: Not applicable.
Consumerism: No specific toys or products are mentioned, but the game stars the princesses and several supporting characters from five different Disney films, including Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin.

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What to talk about

Talk to your kids

Families can talk about the Disney princesses. What is it about these colorful young women that appeals to little girls? Their beauty? Their lifestyles? Their clothing? Is there anything about their looks that is unbelievable, anything about the way they live that is unattainable or unsustainable? How do real-world princesses compare to these women?

What's the story?

What's the story?

Targeted squarely at your kindergarten-aged girl, DISNEY PRINCESS: ENCHANTED JOURNEY puts her in the slippers of a lass who is led by a pixie to a dilapidated castle and told that the only way to restore it to its former glory is to help a quintet of princesses—Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Little Mermaid's Ariel, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin's Jasmine, and Cinderella—in their struggle against the an evil witch and her minions, blobby bad guys known as bogs.

Her journey takes her to famous locations from the princesses' films, including castles, mines, cottages, and forests. She is bestowed a wand that she can brandish to turn bogs into butterflies, color environmental objects that have lost their luster, and dispel mirages, and she uses it often during the game's wide variety of missions, which range from item hunts to rhythm challenges. Parents can plug in a second controller, which creates a second little girl on screen, and help their kids complete trickier missions.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 

Little girls who love Disney's classic princesses will cue to Enchanted Journey immediately. It's flowing, colorful graphics make it look like an interactive Disney movie, and much of the voice work was done by cast members from the more modern films. What's more, they'll likely enjoy the opportunity to create their very own Disney princess, dressing her up by picking from a small selection of clothing residing in the closet in the bedroom of the castle she's trying to restore. But the real draw will be the game's accessible play. It's a terrific adventure for beginning gamers, offering up challenges that kids as young as three years old will be able to understand, such as searching small settings looking for mailboxes or using a colorful wand to paint trees, turtles, wheelbarrows, and birdhouses.

Know, though, that the difficulty level is harder for some tasks, such as a rhythm game that requires button memorization, and a gem catching mission that requires players to quickly move a basket to nab falling gems and avoid worthless stones. Each of the princesses has her own difficulty level (Jasmine and Ariel's chapters are easiest, while Snow White's are hardest), so parents can steer kids toward games suitable for their age group. However, girls might get miffed if they really want to visit a particular princess whose missions are simply too advanced for them. Still, it's a good -- if rather commercial -- game for young girls.

Game themes & details

Game Details
Available on: Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 2, Windows
Not available online
Genre: Girl
Developer: Disney Interactive
Released on: October 30, 2007
Price: 29.99
ESRB Rating: E for Mild Cartoon Violence

This review was written by Chad Sapieha
 
 

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What parents & educators say

5
Based on 3 parent & educator reviews:
  • 67% say there are positive role models
  • 67% say there are positive messages
  • 33% say they noticed product placement

Most useful reviews by all members

TheExTrEmEpRiN ...
kid, 13 years old
 
I like this game. I have it. My God-sister will love it. My cousin is about to have a girl, and I will let her play will it when she is 4 or 5.

akire
kid, 8 years old
 
i cried i laughed
i was told this is a very nice page for kids to play games have fun and learn

DogLover in DE
parent of 2 and 6 year old
 
Great for for 5 year olds
My 5 year old daughter absolutely loves this game. I actually felt it was a bit hard for new players at first. But she will play this over and over.

leftbehindcrazed8
teen, 14 years old
 
SOO CUTE - minor scariness
This game is so cute! All kids will love it! You won't believe how easy the controls are, so anyone over 3 will be able to play it with ease. And you learn positive messages in Jasmine's world, because the bogs have turned everyone against each other. You must work together with Jasmine and Abu to bring trust into her world again. All the princesses are excellent role models, you it's good for your kids to look up to them. But on the down side, there is violence and scariness. You use your "magic wand" (aka the Wii remote) to destroy bogs and turn them into butterflies. In Cinderella's world you're in a dark forest with scary music playing and the Bogs come up and attack from time to time. I don't think it would scare anyone under 6. So, if there's princess lovers in your family, get this game!!

adpace
parent of 6 and 7 year old
 
One of the favorite wii games for our kids
We bought this game a couple of years ago and it is still in use, sometimes on a daily basis. Adults will find it bland and boring, but the good thing about it is that the kids can pretty much play it on their own without much help. There is nothing to worry about in terms of content with perhaps the exception that a few things might be scary to very sensitive children - but nothing more scary than anything you see in a Disney princess movie. My youngest, who is terribly sensitive, was a little scared of the bogs (the only character you really "fight" in the game) at first, but that wore off quickly once she realized they weren't really that bad and all she had to do was swing her wand for them to turn into butterflies. The character you play in the game is a little girl (who can be dressed up and accessorized by the player) and her mission is to restore color to the world. She meets the Disney princesses along the way and completes mini-games for them on her journey. At the end, you find out that you are a princess as well and you see your photo (of your avatar) with all the princesses - a delight for young girls. And, the best thing for us about this game is that both of our kids could play it together. Both characters are controlled onscreen at the same time. The controls are very easy but a nun chuck is required. Controls basically involve shaking the wii remote to activate the wand and using the knob on the nun chuck to move the character. The game isn't terribly long, but that is common for games targeted at this age group. Still, it has enough content to keep the kids entertained. And, if my daughters are representative of the whole, they don't mind playing it over and over again. So if you're looking for a game for young girls to play on their own and enjoy, I would definitely recommend this one.

devena
teen, 15 years old
 
love it!

chasey
teen, 14 years old
 
awsome for all ages
love it!

Toner_ca
parent of 6 and 8 year old
 
A long-term success
Give up control of your game console because your daughters will be playing this quite a bit. My daughter got this as a gift for her 5th birthday and was immediately hooked, playing it continuously on our Wii for 4 days until she completed it. The kids don't get bored with it after they've completed it, they love going back and restarting it again and again (we're currently at 1.5+ years of continued interest in playing) . The game does allow multiple difficulty levels and also allows my two girls (now 6 & 4) to work together on the tasks or play individually.

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