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Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses

Barbie is cast as Genevieve, one of the twelve princesses who live with their windowed father King Randolph in a castle. They live a frivolous live, so Randolph brings over his cousin Duchess Rowena to raise…

14 November 2006

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses is a video game developed by Blue Monkey Studios, released 14 November 2006 on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses is

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses was developed by Blue Monkey Studios and released in 2006. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Barbie is cast as Genevieve, one of the twelve princesses who live with their windowed father King Randolph in a castle. 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.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Barbie series

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses is the 75th of 106 entries we hold in the Barbie series. The next entry was The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery in 2006.

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What it launched against

Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses launched on 14 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.

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When did Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses come out?
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses was released on 14 November 2006 for PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).