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Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper

Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is based on Barbie's home video take on the favorite fable. Erika are Anneliese beauties from two different worlds -- one a girl about town, the other a princess high in…

28 September 2004

Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper is a video game developed by WayForward Technologies, released 28 September 2004 on Game Boy Advance.

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What Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper is

Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper was developed by WayForward Technologies and released in 2004. It was published by Vivendi Universal. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is based on Barbie's home video take on the favorite fable. Erika are Anneliese beauties from two different worlds -- one a girl about town, the other a princess high in the land. When trouble starts in the kingdom, the two will have to solve puzzles and jump across dangers in 20 stages of adventure. Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper features two-player minigames and the ability to play as Erika, Anneliese, and even the royal cats Wolfie and Serafina!
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Barbie series

Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper is the 69th of 106 entries we hold in the Barbie series. The next entry was Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus in 2005.

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What it launched against

Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper launched on 28 September 2004, within three weeks of Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable and Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

Released around the same time: Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable, Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper come out?
Barbie: The Princess and the Pauper was released on 28 September 2004 for Game Boy Advance.