Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom

Developer(s)	Creative Capers Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Disney Interactive Studios
Director(s)	David Molina, Natasha Sasic, Terry Shakespeare
Producer(s)	Jacqueline Valle, Seth Shapiro, Patrice Monis
Designer(s)	Bonnie Leick, Matt Bates
Artist(s)	Victoria Pellouchoud
Platform(s)	Windows
Release date(s)	2000
Genre(s)	Action, Strategy

Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom is a 2000 video game which is part of Disney's Beauty and the Beast media franchise.

Development

This game and Disney’s The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea were designed to "combin[e] girls’ creative interests with their natural play patterns".^[1]

Gameplay and plot

The game contains a collection of mini-games for children based around the characters of the Disney animated movie Beauty and the Beast.^[2] Software and CD Rom explains "The premise, from which the program's activities are derived, involves a party that Belle and her friends are throwing for Beast."^[3]

Critical reception

SuperKids said that the game "offers the same enchanting theme and endearing characters we loved" in the film that served as the game's inspiration, commending its "creativity and problem solving activities" as "well-planned and enjoyable", while criticising its difficulty and lack of a developed storyline.^[4] Strange Little Games said it was suitable for children and fans of the franchise.^[5]

References

1. GameZone. "Disney Interactive Presents Two New Games for Girls". gamezone.com.
2. "Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Magical Ballroom for Windows (2005) - MobyGames". MobyGames.
3. "Software and CD-ROM Reviews on File". google.com.au.
4. "SuperKids Software Review of Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom.". superkids.com.
5. Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom PC game review. YouTube. 17 November 2013.