Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses

They live a frivolous live, so Randolph brings over his cousin Duchess Rowena to raise them as proper princesses.

She makes their lives miserable however and poisons the king, so they flee to a magical world brought to life through a story of their mother.

Rowena traps them there, along with Genevieve's friend Derek, and they need to use a goblet to collect mystical water that can cure their father.

The player controls Genevieve in a full 3D environment, but with a small amount of freedom and sometimes with brief branching.

She can be moved in any direction and can jump while twirling, to complete platform sections or to avoid water that kills instantly.

The game uses many moving platforms, elevators, gaps and platforms that disappear when she stands on them too long.

There is no health system and she has an unlimited amount of lives, respawning right away at the last point.

Along the way she can collect gems.

She sometimes meets animals she can pet.

There are many sections with short mini-games activated by walking into large, spinning coins.

In one of them a cat is controlled in a game of Breakout , bouncing an apple to bring down leaves from a tree or using a water bubble.

In another Genevieve needs to throw berries towards birds in a nest with a moving obstacle blocking the path.

Another section offers a jigsaw puzzle that needs to be completed to open a door.

Between gameplay sections there are many animated cut-scenes.

After the initial section a hub is entered that leads to four different worlds where the eleven princesses can be found.

They are eventually brought back to the central hub by assigning the correct gem to them.

The hub levels contain more mini-

Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses for Nintendo DS is currently worth €21.75 loose, €16.82 complete in box, and €32.37 factory sealed. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning it trades hands regularly and isn't considered particularly rare.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. For Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses, loose is €21.75 and CIB is €16.82 — CIB commands a premium because original boxes and manuals are fragile and often don't survive.

The PAL version of Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses is currently worth €21.75 loose, versus €19.98 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.