Bratz: Forever Diamondz (video game)

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Bratz: Forever Diamondz
Developer(s) Blitz Games
Publisher(s) THQ
Release date(s) PS2, GameCube, DS, GBA
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single player
Multiplayer (PS2 and GameCube)
Rating(s) OFLC: G
ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo DS
GameBoy Advance
Media DVD, UMD
System requirements PS2, GameCube, DS

GBA
Input PS2, GameCube, GBA

Nintendo DS

    This article is about the video game. For the doll line with the same name, see Bratz Forever Diamondz. For the album, see Bratz: Forever Diamondz (album).

    Bratz: Forever Diamondz is the third video game based on the wildly popular fashion doll line, Bratz. It is the second video game published by THQ. It is released on September 18, 2006 only on GameStop, then three days later nationwide. This video game is based on the direct-to-DVD movie, Bratz Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz and the doll line, Forever Diamondz.

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    [edit] Gameplay

    [edit] PS2 and GameCube

    The gameplay of the Bratz Forever Diamondz is mostly the same as its predecessor, Bratz Rock Angelz. There are four playable characters: Yasmin, Cloe, Sasha and Jade. During the game, all of a sudden blue coins appear, called Blingz, which are money for the Bratz girls. There's a mobile phone menu, where you can read messages, and see the objective, what the player currently has to do.

    The player can explore three locations

    • Stilesville - the Bratz's home
    • Florida
    • New York City - the place, where America Rocks Fashion is set.

    It has the explorable roam, like in the Grand Theft Auto series. When the player is not in an objective, he/she can take a character to collect character coins (which are can be used to buy movie clips. There are 25 for each Bratz girl), Blingz tokens, take pictures, and play mini-games for extra money. With the collected money, the player can take the Bratz characters to shops for buying the latest trends (Sweet Dreamz Pyjama Party, Princess, Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz, etc.).

    The new features in the video game, that there are timed objectives, which means that you have to do the objective in the amount of time. There's an ice rink, where the girls can perform ice-skating skills. The biggest new feature is that the player can adopt a pet (cat or dog), and take him/her to pet shows, accessorize it, etc. The pet helps in certain objectives, however, after that the player should give a treat for it.

    The mini-games can be activated to go into a place, or talk to a person.

    • Posing game: a ryhthm game, where the player has to press the combination of buttons in time.
    • Smoothie-A-Go-Go: a timed mini-game, where the player has to deliver smoothies to people in time.
    • Skate Race Challenge: a timed mini-game, where the player has to collect flags on roller-skates in time.

    Unlike its predecessor, this game has a multiplayer mode, which is can only be activated, when two controllers are plugged into the console. There are three multiplayer games:

    • Pairz - a match game against the opponent to see who can get more matches.
    • Change outfits
    • Top Trumps - a game very similar to the card game War. The player gets a card each turn with number totals on it. The player has to guess which number on the card is higher than the opponent's card. If he's/she's correct, he/she wins the card. He/she goes on playing until all 26 cards are in one players possession. This game appears in the PC version of the Bratz: Rock Angelz.

    [edit] Criticism

    The PS2 and GameCube version has been reviewed by Digital Entertainment News with 1.5 out of 10, because according of the review they can’t find the part of this game where you actually well, play and it is said that it's only about walking and the quality of designing clothes and make-up is terrible. It may cause strong controversy by the fans of the doll line.

    [edit] Nintendo DS

    [edit] GameBoy Advance

    [edit] Characters

    [edit] Playable

    • Yasmin
    • Cloe
    • Sasha
    • Jade

    [edit] Non-Playable

    • Sharidan - a fashion designer, who needs some help from the Bratz.
    • Mandy Pickett
    • Burdine Maxwell - owner of "Your Thing", Bratz's rival magazine.
    • Tweevils (Kaycee and Kirstee) - twin evil sisters who work for Burdine and help her in her plans to destroy the Bratz's dreams.
    • Kristy Baker - the unlucky contest winner who will run the walkway for Burdine.
    • Byron Powell - nightclub owner, secret agent and host of America Rocks Fashion.
    • Fianna, Kumi, Phoebe, Roxxi, Katia, Siernna, Vinessa - the Bratz girls' friends.
    • Cameron, Koby, Eitan, Dylan, Cade, Bryce - the friends and potential crushes of the Bratz and their girl-friends.

    [edit] Reviews

    [edit] PlayStation 2 and GameCube

    • Digital Entertainment News 1.5/10
    • Kid Confidence 6.5/10 [1]
    • Ace Gamez 6/10

    [edit] Nintendo DS

    • IGN 4.5/10
    • Digital Entertainment News 4.9/10

    [edit] GameBoy Advance

    • Digital Entertainment News 4.8/10

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