Topic: Disney Announces Two Princess Games

[WindyMan]

Enchanted Journey for Wii and Magical Jewels for DS will be just the thing for girls to get their princess on.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13647

 Girls Receive a Royal Invitation to Join the Disney Princesses in Video Game Adventures This Fall    

Disney Interactive Studios Announces New Video Games Based on Beloved Disney Princess Brand and Designed Specifically for Young Girls    

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This fall, young girls will join their favorite Disney Princesses in exciting adventures designed just for them. In Disney’s first console video game created specifically for young girls, players befriend their favorite princesses -- including Ariel, Cinderella, Jasmine and Snow White -- and enter their enchanted worlds. The princess worlds are in peril and only the player can save them in Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey for Wii™ from Nintendo, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. In Disney Princess: Magical Jewels, also releasing this fall for Nintendo DS™, girls play as a Disney Princess, including Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine and Snow White. Entering a fun-filled enchanted adventure to regain a kingdom’s magical power, players strive to break the spell that binds the kingdom by recovering the stolen Magical Jewels.    

“Based on a brand that girls and parents already know and trust, the Disney Princess video games are designed with young girls in mind through accessible, challenging and fun game play," said Jessica Oifer, senior brand manager for Disney Interactive Studios. “We know that Disney Princess could be a young girl’s first entry into videogames. We embrace the simplicity required by this age group while providing a challenging and rewarding experience set in beautiful Princess worlds. Not only are the games fun, they also introduce players to the positive attributes that make a true princess: courage, friendship, trust and the joy of discovery."    

In Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey for Wii, PlayStation 2 system and PC, girls play as their own customized heroine, taking part in a fantastic adventure and helping the Disney Princesses restore order in their kingdoms. Girls exercise their creativity by choosing their character’s name as well as customizing her look – selecting hair color, skin tone, dresses and more. As they meet and interact with their favorite Disney Princesses, girls discover that each Disney Princess has a unique story and magical world. These stories inspire players as they ascertain the attributes of being a true princess -- courage, friendship, trust and discovery. The game’s two-player mode allows girls and their moms or friends to work together to fix the princess worlds.    

Disney Princess: Magical Jewels for Nintendo DS invites girls to play as their favorite Disney Princesses in an enchanted adventure. Girls explore the game at their own pace and skill level to recover the Magical Jewels and restore the magical power of a kingdom. In a magic-filled romp through locations familiar to young girls, players experience the excitement of interacting with the environments through the Nintendo DS touch screen to solve puzzles and tasks that help each Princess on her adventure. A tiered design provides an accessible play experience for the younger player, yet also provides layers of challenges for older players. Multiplayer modes allow the player to have a friend join the fun.    

Published by Disney Interactive Studios and developed by Papaya Studio, Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey for Wii, PlayStation 2 system and PC is scheduled for release this fall at an anticipated MSRP of $29.99 for the PlayStation 2 system and $39.99 for Wii. Also scheduled for a fall release is Disney Princess: Magical Jewels for Nintendo DS, being developed by 1st Playable Productions, at an anticipated MSRP of $29.99. All titles will be rated E for everyone.

[GoldenPhoenix]

I may get one of these games if they are any good, but I fear they will be dumbed down stereotypical "Girly" games.

[King of Twitch]

3 Bratz games and two Disney girl games announced by press release within 20 minutes of each other... if that's not a conspiracy I don't know what is.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

These princesses are fakes.

[Kairon]

Customizable player-created princesses? Lord have mercy I'm interested in this game. Plus I'd like to see how they translate the abstract ideas of trust and friendship (and other social-based values and puzzles) into a game.

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2-PLAYER CO-OP!!!! ARGH!!! My Insta-buy urges are twitching involuntarily!!!

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

aRE YOU UNAWARE OF CERTAIN pc GAMES IN jAPAN RIGHT NOW?

[Kairon]

Yes. Recommend some to me?

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

uhhhhhhhhhhh

[NWR_pap64]

Nintendo should retaliate by creating the " Nintendo Princess" collection and have Princess Peach, Princess Daisy and Princess Zelda as the lead princesses. Their first game would have them making cakes, showing off their sassy attitudes, having tea and any other activity that strips them of their unique personalities and turns them into yet another set of shallow female cartoon characters that girls idolize through the constant purchase useless merchandise...

It will be a hit!

[KDR_11k]

Make it for the CDi!

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Lingerie pillow fighting

[Kairon]

*gets on a high horse*

What men fail to realize is that "having tea" is an activity that really boils down to gossip. And that gossip, for all its negative connotations, is the act of relating information, problems, and solutions, about the social world and challenges that some girls are well suited for. Instead of worrying about throwing rocks, they are tasked with solving the problems of how people get along together (or with how they fail to).

*gets off a high horse*

Evolutionary psychology 4TW!  

[Kairon]

Anyone see the screenshots (click the links to see the images)? I'm really starting to like Disney's 2D art styles again, those character portraits are kickin'.

I alswo recently bought one of those "Disney's Fairies" books detailing the world of the fairies like Tinkerbell. This is its cover, and the art inside is absolutely beautiful. Gave it to my younger brother for his birthday. It's like a Disney fairy version of Dinotopia.

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Originally posted by: Kairon
Anyone see the screenshots (click the links to see the images)? I'm really starting to like Disney's 2D art styles again, those character portraits are kickin'.

I alswo recently bought one of those "Disney's Fairies" books detailing the world of the fairies like Tinkerbell. This is its cover, and the art inside is absolutely beautiful. Gave it to my younger brother for his birthday. It's like a Disney fairy version of Dinotopia.

I really hope the game is a GOOD game not some stupid sexist girly game. We need more games with horoines that aren't made for the stereotypical teeny bopper girl.