Fancy Nancy Tea Party Time
By Christopher Healy,
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Lots of variety in fun, unabashedly girly adventure.
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What’s It About?
FANCY NANCY TEA PARTY TIME is a game based around the glitz-loving picture book character, Fancy Nancy. In the game, her neighbor Ms Devine, doesn't have time to prepare for a big tea party she's hosting, so Nancy and her friends offer to help out by collecting the various items she needs. There's a lot of variety in the game, including platform-jumping levels (in which Nancy can change costumes to use different "powers," like a butterfly suit that helps her float and an explorer's outfit that allows her to dig in mud), hidden-object scavenger hunts, and arcade-style puzzle games. Throughout, kids can collect "fancies" -- little gems and baubles -- that will earn them stickers to place into customizable scenes that can also be unlocked through gameplay.
Is It Any Good?
Lovers of the Fancy Nancy books will likely find everything they're looking for in Fancy Nancy Tea Party Time -- dressed-up little girls, pampered pooches, shiny jewels, delicate porcelain items, long important-sounding words, and a whole lot of pink. The adorable-yet-resourceful Nancy comes across very well as a video game character, and the look and feel of her books are accurately represented. There's a surprising amount of variety here, especially when you consider the arcade of mini-games that can unlocked. The reward system is a very nice one for younger players, as the amount of "fancies" you have never decreases. Once you have enough "fancies" to earn a prize, you can just take that prize -- you don't need to spend your fancies on it and then head back to the game to start earning from scratch for your next prize.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about Nancy's obsession with "fancy things." Does that part of her personality define who she is? What else does she do in the game that shows more about her true character?
If you have a DSi, you can use the camera to take a picture of yourself and "make yourself fancy." Is this something that appeals to you? Why or why not?
Game Details
- Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi
- Available online?: Not available online
- Publisher: THQ
- Release date: September 14, 2010
- Genre: Girl
- ESRB rating: E for (No Descriptors)
- Last updated: August 30, 2016
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