The game was so fun and cute when it launched. I had a character that I enjoyed playing with. You could earn coins by adding friends, but even then it was a money-based game because you needed to spend money to get more coins. I stopped playing it for some reason, but logged in out of curiosity years ago and found that the gameplay had changed significantly. Now, it's all about spending money - you can't do anything for free. I noticed that many other players online feel the same way. I am surprised that it is still operating, but it seems that it may still be going due to its addictive nature.

Edit: ok, I see it closed a wee while ago. It still lasted too long.

I am unsure why this game claims its release date was in 2017, as it actually launched around 2012. Initially, it was a good game that was enjoyable, fun, and easy to progress in. However, I stopped playing it due to frustration and I was playing other bingo games at the time I preferred. Over the years, I played it sporadically, but never for an extended period. In recent years, the game has become heavily commercialized, with the addition of advertisements on the internet (which were not present before), celebrity endorsements, and overall changes to the game. The "special" bingo rooms now seem extremely difficult and potentially rigged, as I experienced a game where I could not achieve a bingo after at least 50 turns. The regular rooms (cities) are now very challenging to find other players in, as most people gravitate towards the special rooms. Previously, it was easier to progress to the next cities, whereas now you must complete one city before moving on. The main screen now features side-scrolling gameplay, which differs from how it was about a year ago due to frequent updates. The game has now gained significant popularity, a stark contrast to its earlier days. Ultimately, I find the current version of the game to be lacking compared to how it was in 2012/2013 when I first began playing. The special rooms felt fair and enjoyable back then, unlike the current version. I also don't like all the pop-ups which appear to spend money as soon as you open the game. Not what it was.

I tried this for mobile and liked it to start with for a few levels, then it got progressively harder and I had no hints and couldn't finish it. I am unsure if you had to spend real money to get hints. Didn't enjoy it due to difficulty and lack of hints. There is a PC version of it I tried today, which I tried which also difficult. You get a hammer, but this only is charged up the more you play, so not very useful. You do get hints which tell you moves, but you have to wait (not sure what "show moves" is compared to "Show hints" as the game isn't move based that I noticed?? I didn't enjoy this.. not for me

Probably categorized as a "play-to-win" game and incredibly addictive. It affected my sleep health to the point where I couldn't sleep. I never spent actual money on it, but the game constantly encourages you to keep playing. In order to obtain characters you don't have, you have to gamble in the gacha system and run the risk of getting a repeat. Additionally, you need to have quick reactions and good techniques. I found myself constantly waiting for lives to replenish, playing non-stop, and feeling my heart rate elevated to an uncomfortable level and it did something to my body to make me unable to sleep.

I remember being 12 or 13 getting this game from Scholastic. I was so excited to get it. The game itself isn't very good though.


Dance Class: My favourite part. Just was videos of them dancing to one stereotypical dance move of an era up to the 00's. You could slow down the videos too. I always thought the 1970's dance move was cool and once I tried do the dance with a friend at school. I used to like watching them dance. Fun for a little while.
Dress up to dance: dress-up game. I was never too fond of this. Never played it much. The dress-up items were kinda funny though. Just was items of certain eras again.
Let's have a dance party: just shows you recipes, invitations to print out scrapbook page to print out and a basic activity page. I never had a party with any of this. I wasn't a girl who had lots of friends.
Name that tune: guessing name of Mary-Kate and Ashley songs. I never knew their songs. I actually at some point had 3 of their albums, but could not guess name of the songs
Name that dance: memorizing steps and guessing what dance it is. HOW ON EARTH CAN I KNOW BY CLICKING ON FEET? I never liked it or understood it.
Scrambled eras: time game to click on items to the era at the bottom

overall, not what I expected as a child. I was expecting something different and so I was disappointed. I thought it would have more, like controlling the girls dancing

This game title is a bit deceiving as It doesn't have any options to do makeup or beauty in any sense. The only game play is putting brushes or stamps on images of Barbie and her friends. The brushes/stamps weren't very good. Such as the "hair" brushes/stamps looked nothing much like hair, but chains or metal and the other ones didn't properly fit the shape of the head. There were animated brushes such as stars and hearts etc but these weren't adding to the appeal of this game. Never enjoyed it much.

The opinions on this are generally bad but I don't think it was awful in the strictest sense. I played it a lot as a child and found parts of it good and bad

the bad:
The snowboarding game was far too difficult for me. I always played it with the easier competitor and the easiest snowboard. I did enjoy this mini game however.
The photograph game was unnecessarily hard for me as a child. Looking back on it, it is basically stalking.

The "running" around the mall was awful, it was like slow motion jogging and would bother me how slow they took to go places

the good:
the dance game enabled you to put in your OWN MUSIC to dance to. Not sure how the technology of this worked, but that was awesome!

There was a gambling type game called BONUS BOUTIQUE. I loved this for some reason? It gave you bonuses to make the game easier, though I never noticed them working that much.

so-so:
Fashion show game. NOT ENOUGH CLOTHING and no customization. I enjoyed it a bit as a child. Too much going back and forth in the dressing room bothered me though.
Restaurant game was pretty entertaining IMO, but controls a little awkward.
Dance game. FAR TOO HARD. I was able to pass it but it involves wildly pushing buttons and it takes a while to finish the song doing this (leads to sore fingers)

Rating 3/5 starts out of 5