Parents' Guide to

Lalaloopsy

By Carolyn Koh, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 5+

Mini-games simulate craft projects in collectible toy game.

Game Nintendo DS 2011
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What you will—and won't—find in this game.

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yavannapr
yavannapr Parent
October 26, 2014
age 5+

Good for Lalaloopsy fans.

My 4yo love the game. Is fairly easy play, she needed little help at first to find out what to do since she doesn't read yet, but is repetitive enough that she can figure out on her on as she advance playing it. Plenty of opportunities to talk about what is happening, like taking care of pets, helping friends, completing simple task, like finding stuff around or crafting gift, etc by dragging, tracing and rubbing the screen. She love talking about what she discover around. Remember is a game designed for little ones, is pretty simplistic in the interactions and complexity. Is free-play style, which mean you don't need to complete certain task to be able to keep going. It can get boring pretty soon for older kids. I consider it entertaining not educational. Complains i have about the game: the background music is louder than the voice that give you the instructions, making it hard to just listening instead of reading.

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What’s It About?

Kids choose to play one of the 12 collectible dolls in LALALOOPSY and go around the world with their pet, meeting other dolls and making friends. Kids will help each girl doll they meet find their lost pets, and then play mini-games that simulate making crafts, including creating friendship bracelets, sewing mittens, and others. Friendship with the doll characters is then reinforced by giving them gifts and helping them keep their pets happy.

Is It Any Good?

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The Lalaloopsy game is particularly well suited for young girls who love the pretty rag dolls upon which the game is based. The dolls have hand-made details like button eyes. Each doll is a character in the game and true to its personality, crafting skills, clothing, and pet. Kids walk across the cutesy fantasy world and find items for making crafts and unlock mini-games that simulate doing crafts such as painting, baking, and sewing. As kids play the games, they unlock new patterns to try in each craft.

The games allow young players to practice skills like color and pattern matching, as well as tracing. There is some creativity involved as well, as kids do not have to match the patterns perfectly but can design their own creations as they play the games over and over again.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about video games as marketing devices. Parents can ask kids if they know how this game helps to promote Lalaloopsy toys even though nothing in the game looks like an ad. Did you want this game because it came with a Lalaloopsy toy?

  • Can you think of any other video games that also help to promote toys and or movies?

Game Details

  • Platform: Nintendo DS
  • Available online?: Not available online
  • Publisher: Activision
  • Release date: November 6, 2011
  • Genre: Girl
  • ESRB rating: E
  • Last updated: August 29, 2016

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