ZhuZhu Babies
By Carolyn Koh,
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Fun, easy pet sim focused on established toy license.
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What’s It About?
In ZHUZHU BABIES, kids get to travel the world to find Razzmatazz, who got lost in South Africa. Kids journey through cities of the world by taking their pets through mazes while collecting treats along the way. There's not much of a plot per se, nor any visuals of the cities, but distinguishing city icons such as movie reels and cameras show up in the mazes.
Is It Any Good?
ZhuZhu Babies features the license's new line of toys, which is composed of the tiniest ZhuZhu animals of all: Babies. Kids play the virtual pet nurturing game, then take their animals through tube-like mazes. With simple controls and voice-over help, even younger kids should be able to handle this game by themselves.
Our only complaint is that the game is very linear. Kids stuck on a certain maze will not be able to try another one. Assuming they don't get stuck, there are enough levels here to keep kids who enjoy ZhuZhu toys playing for a long, long while.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about virtual pet games and why they are so popular. What did you like about caring for the pets in this game? Is it different from caring for a real pet?
Families can also discuss the notion of games aimed at girls as opposed to boys. What sorts of things to girls like to do that boys generally don't? Do you think most games can be enjoyed equally by kids of both genders?
Game Details
- Platform: Nintendo DS
- Available online?: Not available online
- Publisher: Activision
- Release date: November 1, 2011
- Genre: Girl
- Topics: Princesses, Fairies, Mermaids, and More
- ESRB rating: E for Comic Mischief
- Last updated: August 29, 2016
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