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By Erin Bell
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Bratz dress-up game offers more than shopping.
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Bratz: Fashion Boutique
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What's It About?
In BRATZ: FASHION BOUTIQUE the four Bratz girls (Yasmin, Cloe, Jade, and Sasha) open their own fashion boutique to earn cash and bring customers back to their local shopping mall, which is in danger of shutting down. Players help the Bratz to create new outfits, upgrade the boutique's decor, serve customers, and put on fashion shows to earn fame and cash. Players can also dress up their Bratz avatar in hundreds of different styles as they are unlocked.
Is It Any Good?
The best part of Bratz: Fashion Boutique is its dress-up element, which lets young players choose from hundreds of outfits, hairstyles, and makeup styles to create appealing looks for both the Bratz and their customers. Kids can also decorate four different boutiques with furniture and other accessories. The characters in the game are all supermodel-thin, obsessed with shopping and clothes, and wear a lot of makeup, so they might not be the best body image role models for young girls and tweens. Also, the tasks that kids must perform –- which include cutting fabric and sorting buttons –- quickly become repetitive. Still, the game has decent graphics and production values, and kids will enjoy seeing the outfits they’ve created modeled by the Bratz.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the business of running a shop. Which tasks would be the most fun, and the most challenging?
Families can also discuss whether shopping is really that important. Are the Bratz over-the-top when it comes to buying clothes and accessories?
Game Details
- Platforms : Nintendo 3DS , Nintendo DS
- Subjects : Language & Reading : following directions , reading comprehension , Hobbies : fashion
- Skills : Self-Direction : achieving goals , Collaboration : teamwork , Creativity : making new creations
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : Activision
- Release date : October 30, 2012
- Genre : Girl
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : November 11, 2020
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