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Hannah Montana (DS)
- Nintendo DS
- Price: $30
- Genre: Girl
Common Sense Media says
Fun mysteries for the show's fans, but repetitive.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this is a game based on the Disney TV show Hannah Montana. It requires kids to do a lot of reading to solve the interactive mysteries. Playing as Hannah, kids have the option of talking back to her brother or to mean girls at school, but there are consequences. Hannah and other characters skip school and one character hires another student to do his homework. Also, Hannah labels herself as "mathematically deficient," a defeatist attitude that far too many girls have already.
What's it about?
Fans of the popular Disney TV show Hannah Montana with a Nintendo DS will be thrilled -- it's game time. But get ready to do a lot of reading as you solve mysteries with cartoon Miley and other show regulars. Just like the show, Miley lives a double life as a teen girl in school in Malibu, California, and a secret pop star known as Hannah Montana. The game offers three interactive mysteries set in five locations found around Malibu, including Miley's house, her school, the shopping mall, the beach, and the stadium where Hannah Montana performs. All three mysteries start with someone threatening to reveal Miley's secret identity as Hannah Montana. HANNAH MONTANA plays like an interactive short story, with lots of reading accompanied by some fun interactive twists.
Is it any good?
Although initially intriguing, Hannah Montana gets old before the game is over. While there are three mysteries to solve, by the time you are in the middle of second one, the gameplay seems repetitive because there are no new game elements. This game would have been better if the developers had introduced new gadgets, new locations, and more Mini games within each mystery.
Even so, fans of the show will enjoy this game because it stays true to the brand. The cartoon versions of the cast catch the visual and verbal nuances of the actors, and the look and feel of the Malibu world transfer well to this 3-D video game world.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about how difficult it would be to have a secret identity. Would you want to be famous and have the paparazzi following you? How did you feel when Amber and Ashley blocked your way and said things that were hurtful? Did you choose to dish it back or did you choose take the high road and try to be nice?
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Kid, 8 years old
June 21, 2009
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i liked
enjoyable
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Kid, 12 years old
April 9, 2008
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I have this game!!!
I play it alot but on one of the levels i canno seem to pass i try to find somethig at the mall with the magno-glass!!! But i cant... I search everywhere but i cannot find it!!! If anybody has passed this level please tell me how to et through it please!!!!! Thanks!!!!!
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Teen, 15 years old
April 9, 2008
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I laughed
The show and evrything Hannah Montana did is off the chain for real. I now you all say I'm a little to old to be watching this show, but I don't care whtat you all say. I like it very much, why. Because is funny and I can relate to her. I'm just in the high school and girls hating on me but they can get none her or they will get beat down. I try to keep my cool, but these 12th grader are getting on my last nerve. It's not all of them it's just bout three of them. I'm not telling you all kids fighting is the solution. Its not!
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Teen, 14 years old
April 9, 2008
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hey its john hi
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Parent of 17 year old
August 15, 2009
AGE
Hi i am hannah'biggest fan.
I LOVE U HANNAH'S.
What other families should know:
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Teen, 15 years old
April 12, 2009
AGE
hannah montana's biggest fan
hi i amm hannah'biggest fan i love her and i know every song of hers
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| Platforms: | Nintendo DS |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Girl |
| Developer: | Disney Interactive |
| Release date: | October 12, 2006 |
| Price: | $30 |
| ESRB rating: | E for (Nintendo DS) |
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