My report on the Pixel Chix Mall (Hair Salon and Pet Store)
The Good:
1) It's 3D in the background, like a cute little doll house
2. You can flip the screen to another scene to either work or shop there. (One has a hair salon and pet shop, the other has a clothing boutique and food court)
3)She interacts with other people and pets (only the pet shop one as far as I know for the pets)
4)She can change her hairstyle if you get her hair done and you don't have to pay each time, you just go to her inventory.
5)There is a game to play with each pet you buy
6)If a customer asks a yes or no question, you can select the X (no) button and she will say something rude like, "yeah, right" or "as if" and the customer goes off looking steamed. Kind of entertaining and funny.
7)If you take too many breaks in a row, you get a visit from the boss (I'll let you see for yourself, don't want to take all the fun away.
8)There are several different games to play, but it's hard to figure out what exactly your'e supposed to be doing on a couple of them. (The instruction booklet is uselss)And most of the games are really too easy for any but the youngest children to be challenged by. If you're older than 7 or eight, you might find the games boring.
9)It IS really cute, I must say.
The Bad:
1)The instruction book is completely useless.
2)Figuring out some of the games is puzzling and almost impossible to know what you're supposed to be doing. Very confusing
3)The games are too easy for those who prefer games like the Tamagotchi games.
4)She says "What should we do?"
constantly till you want to pull your hair out. You can't mute the game, so other people will get irritated too.
5)As far as I can tell,((I've had the game for three days now)she doesn't seem to need to be cared for.
6)There's no option to feed her!! If she decides to eat when she takes a break that's it.
7)She has four inventory sections: pets, food, clothes, and hair. But if you have the salon/pet store one, you only have access to the pets and hair inventory. I supposed you have to buy the other mall if you want clothes and food.
I found this very disappointing. I want something I need to take care of like my Tama.
All in all, it's a very cute toy, but considering I'd have to buy the house, the car, or at least another mall to make it fun and get all the benefits, I'm really upset. I expect more for my 34 dollars. I think that's WAY too much money to pay if you're expected to get another mall or at least a house to make it fun. They're expecting you to ultimately pay 65 to just over 100 dollars to get all the benefits. 100 dollars for digital pets/people? That's ridiculous! I'm debating on taking my mall back to the store. If I do, I may try the house, since it at least seems to require you to feed it and play with it to be happy. Not to mention it's 6 dollars less than the mall. Or maybe I'll keep the mall and add on the house and see if that's fun.