Barbie: Jet, Set & Style
© 2011 THQ, Inc.
Turn your living room screen into a hair and nail salon, with this mix-and-match type of creativity experience. It's a good idea, but the actual creativity options are limited to mix-and-match items. For example, to cut hair, you are required to press a series of buttons on the Wii controller (the version we tested). This causes an exact section of hair to be snipped off, with no margin of error. It might look good, but where's the creativity if the hair is always perfect? In the story, Barbie is running an operation called Jet, Set & Style Inc. You will travel around the world on the Barbie Jet Salon to do hair, nails and to consult on fashion advice. As you play, you earn "fashionista points" which can be used for the chance to style Barbie herself, for a show in Milan. Also available for the Nintendo DS for $20. Developed by Game Machine Studios for THQ.
$30, Wii, Nintendo DS
Teaches: fashion, some creativity, clothing
CTR Rating: 64%