Barbie: Groovy Games Gets Down to GBA

We have no idea how this one worked out, but we like to think it went something like this: the development studio at Digital Illusions is slaving away for over 2 years on the hard-slugging Battlefield 1942. They're tired, worn out, and ready for the big sleep. Then Barbie walks in the door! "Hi fellows, want to play a game?" she asks. "Why yes, Barbie," the over-worked staff says, "but which game shall we play?" That sure is a good question, and nobody has an answer ... until Barbie says, "Let's MAKE a game!!!"

"Yeay Barbie!"

Alright, so it probably went nothing like that. For one, the development studio was Digital Illusions Canada, which we're not even sure was connected to their co-teammates in Sweden. Even so, the last place we expected to see the DICE logo next was on a Barbie game for girls on the Game Boy Advance. And yet, here it is: Barbie: Groovy Games, a collection of mini-games from Vivendi Universal.

IGN will be getting its groove on with Barbie in the next couple days for a full review, but until then, check out these brand new shots of the plastic fashion plate doing her thing on GBA.

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