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Barbie en de Drie Musketiers for Nintendo Wii
Barbie and the Three Musketeers for Nintendo Wii is a side-scrolling platform adventure about Corinne, who travels to Paris to become a musketeer. You run and jump through fifteen levels featuring palaces, gardens and underground passages. Along the way you avoid pits, swing past obstacles and scare off animals blocking the route. The Wii Remote is held horizontally, so walking, jumping and attacking use the D-pad and buttons.
Corinne is helped by Viveca, Aramina and Renée. Each heroine has her own tool, such as a sword, ribbon whip, fans or bow and arrow. At marked points you switch character to hit a switch, open a passage or stop an enemy from a distance. The levels loosely follow the animated film and show scenes from the story about the plot against Prince Louis.
Every level contains one hundred coins and other hidden objects. Coins can be spent in Viveca's shop on dresses and other clothing for the four musketeers. Unlocked film images appear in a gallery, while completed levels can be replayed to search for missed collectibles. Barbie and the Three Musketeers is entirely single-player and needs no network features or extra accessories beyond a Wii Remote.
Region and language
Our Nintendo Wii games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Barbie and the Three Musketeers is for one local player and uses a Wii Remote. No online features, microphones, instrument controllers or other special accessories are required.
Manual
Barbie en de Drie Musketiers for Nintendo Wii includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Barbie en de Drie Musketiers
WayForward Technologies developed Barbie and the Three Musketeers and Activision released the Wii version in Europe on 13 November 2009. The game appeared alongside Nintendo DS and Windows editions and accompanied Mattel's animated film of the same name. The Dutch product title uses the translated film name; internationally the same game is called Barbie and the Three Musketeers.
For Wii, WayForward chose a two-dimensional platform structure with three-dimensional graphics. The fifteen levels follow Corinne's journey from the French countryside to Paris and her partnership with three new friends. Film clips connect the chapters, but the levels add their own obstacles, collectible routes and battles. You therefore explore expanded locations around the palace instead of only replaying scenes.
The different abilities give each musketeer her own task along the same route. Corinne uses her sword, Renée can hit targets with arrows, and Viveca and Aramina solve other obstacles with their tools. The shop and gallery give coins a purpose beyond reaching the exit. The Wii version is a self-contained disc game and requires no link to the film DVD, Nintendo DS edition or an online service.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey lets you create a princess on Wii and restore several fairy-tale worlds. Barbie and the Three Musketeers follows a fixed story with Corinne and three friends. Both combine light platform action with clothing and familiar characters, but Barbie uses fifteen side-scrolling levels and character abilities to open routes.
Barbie as The Island Princess mainly consists of short activities involving music, animals and the film world. The Three Musketeers forms one continuous platform adventure with jumping, sword moves and hidden coins. Both unlock clothing, but here the choice among four heroines also affects how obstacles are passed.
The Adventures of Tintin also uses side-scrolling platform sections, film scenes and changing tools, but adds combat, flying and driving. Barbie and the Three Musketeers keeps the action simpler and focuses on fixed character abilities and collectible coins. Both tell a film story through separate Wii chapters.
Alice in Wonderland lets you use different companions to manipulate time, perspective and objects in larger three-dimensional environments. Barbie also switches characters, but uses their weapons and tools along linear side-scrolling routes. Alice places more emphasis on puzzles; the musketeers ask more often for precise jumping and collecting.
Disney Tangled for Wii builds a colourful adventure around cooperation, painting, flower collecting and light sword action. Barbie and the Three Musketeers is exclusively single-player and divides four abilities among characters you choose yourself. Both are based on animated films and reward exploring beyond the main route, but Barbie uses one hundred coins per level, a clothing shop and a permanent gallery as its continuing collectible structure.
