Disney Princess: Charmed Adventures
By Mieke VanderBorght,
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Solid graphics, some fun, but shallow games and purchases.
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What’s It About?
In DISNEY PRINCESS: CHARMED ADVENTURES, Rapunzel, Ariel, Belle, and Tiana are each on a mission. Kids enter the princesses' worlds to help them accomplish their goals, such as see the floating lights (Rapunzel) or prepare a new menu (Tiana). Complete four mini-games that mix art, timed challenges, scavenger hunts, and more in each world to move the princess closer to her goal and earn charms for a bracelet. Kids place collected charms on five charm bracelets and snap pictures of their creations. Rapunzel is available for free, but kids can only access the other characters through an in-app purchase.
Is It Any Good?
Nice graphics and magical adventures are wasted on shallow games and interactive elements that will mostly appeal to hard-core princess fans. The premise of Disney Princess: Charmed Adventures is solid, since it can be fun to interact with the characters and feel a part of their story. And each princess has a collection of games and challenges to complete before reaching her goal. Yet, while some mini activities are better than others and all are beautiful to look at, they're very basic and leave little room for creativity or expression. Navigation throughout the "worlds" can also be a bit awkward at times, and the princesses continue to say canned phrases that seem unrelated to anything that's actually happening. The charm bracelet is fun, but after putting on a few charms and taking a picture, the process just repeats. Finally, most content is locked behind in-app purchases, and parents will have to hand over a considerable sum to allow kids to access everything.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about Disney Princess: Charmed Adventures as a part of the Disney brand. Why do you want to play this game? Does it help to recognize characters?
Make up your own story about these princesses and their thoughts, motivations, and actions. Ask kids to elaborate on what they're doing as they play and why they're doing it.
Like princesses? Explore princesses in other settings as well, like ones in real life, or go to the library or hit up the internet to find princesses in classic fairy tales, children's books, and more.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
- Pricing structure: Free to try (optional $1.99-$14.99 in-app purchases to unlock more content)
- Release date: August 17, 2016
- Category: Entertainment
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy, Princesses, Fairies, Mermaids, and More, Adventures, Fairy Tales
- Publisher: Disney
- Version: 1.2
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 8.0 or later; Android 4.2 and up
- Last updated: July 11, 2020
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