Kikoskia plays Barbie Software: Groovy Games - Part 2 of 4

And now it's time for three more games we've seen a million times elsewhere.

Bubble Machine

Guess what? It's Bust-A-Move.

Move the cannon so that you aim the cannon, then shoot the ball as soon as the cannon is aimed in the direction you want it to go. If the ball hits a wall, it will rebound off in the opposite direction.

If you hit any hearts that are dropping down, you'll get points for them. If you hit any stars, it will clear off any stars. The orange ones will get rid of any nearby balls, while the purple star will clear out the entire row of balls.

As you get rid of balls, the balls will eventually shake before a new row is created at the very top of the playfield.

The only difference between this and the real McCoy is that it eventually gets faster and the hit detection is much more forgiving. It's like "My First Bust-A-Move Game."

If the balls make their way to the bottom, the game is over.

Draughts

You choose between one of four pieces, as does your opponents. Guess what? It's checkers.

You can only move your pieces diagonally, and you also cannot go backwards. You can also move up one square at a time. If one of your pieces leaps over one of your opponents, you will get rid of the piece. Whoever gets rid of the others' pieces first is the winner.

If you jump over an opponent's piece, and it is still possible to jump over another of your opponent's pieces, you are allowed to jump it. This applies until there are no other pieces to jump over. 

If you can move any of your pieces all the way to the other side of the board, you can turn it into a King and move backwards as well as forwards; however, you can still only move diagonally despite that.

Daisy Derby

Use the Control Pad to scroll through the letters of the alphabet. Use the A button to select a letter. Guess the letters in a secret work to make your horse move forward in the race. If you guess wrong, your friend's horse will move forward. The first horse to pass the finish line wins!

In other words, it's Hangman.

You'll choose between one of five pieces, as does your opponent.

The most common letters are R, S, T, L, N and E, so start with those, especially with E. You don't have any clues as to what the word you're guessing is, unlike in Wheel of Fortune, so have fun with that.