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Bratz: Forever Diamondz for PlayStation 2
Bratz: Forever Diamondz for PlayStation 2 follows Cloe, Jade, Sasha and Yasmin on a journey across America. The four friends are looking for a young fashion designer for the television show America Rocks Fashion. You explore three-dimensional environments, talk to familiar faces and complete assignments that move the search forward. You play as different members of the group, with each Bratz pursuing her own activities within their shared adventure. Fashion and gathering stories are woven together along the way.
Between assignments, you decide how the friends look. You combine clothes and accessories, change hairstyles and try out make-up. A new outfit then becomes part of the world you walk through. The journey also brings other activities. On the ice, you practise a figure-skating routine and try to impress the judges with your performance. Exploring and putting outfits together therefore alternate with assignments focused on carrying out movements.
You can also adopt a pet. You train it, dress it and enter it in competitions. Choosing accessories is therefore not limited to the friends' wardrobes. Caring for and presenting the animal gives you another set of activities alongside the fashion story. This adventure game combines meeting people and developing a personal style with practising on the ice and looking after a pet.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 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.
Manual
Bratz: Forever Diamondz for PlayStation 2 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 Bratz: Forever Diamondz
THQ released Bratz: Forever Diamondz for PlayStation 2 in 2006. Blitz Games developed this console version, which followed Bratz: Rock Angelz from 2005. It was the second Bratz game under the agreement between THQ and toy company MGA Entertainment. The title accompanied a new doll line and the animated film Bratz: Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz. The game launched in America in September; the European PS2 release followed later that year, in November.
Rock Angelz had used the creation of a fashion magazine as the starting point for assignments, travel and changing clothes. Forever Diamondz retained the four friends and their interest in fashion, but made a television show the reason for the journey. The search for a designer connected the locations. Travelling therefore gained a clear purpose, while players still had room to spend time on outfits, hairstyles and accessories along the way.
The sequel expanded this foundation with figure skating and a pet of your own. Alongside the wardrobe, it introduced new ways to put something together, practise and present it. This combination was developed further in Bratz: The Movie from 2007, which featured pets again. Forever Diamondz thus sits between the first magazine adventure and the later ambitions of becoming film stars: a road story that adds animals and performances on the ice to familiar fashion activities.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Bratz: Rock Angelz for PS2 has the same four friends choosing clothes, meeting people and gathering stories. Starting a fashion magazine provides the main thread, with rivals disrupting their plans. Forever Diamondz turns the journey into a search for America Rocks Fashion. Figure skating and adopting a pet add activities outside the original editorial work, while the interest in fashion remains.
Bratz: The Movie for PS2 shares the clothing, hairstyle and make-up changes of Forever Diamondz. Pets return too, with extra attention to their moods and different homes. The later adventure combines magazine work and fashion shows with musical performances and the chance to appear in a film. Forever Diamondz keeps its story centred on travelling across America and searching for a young designer for a television programme.
Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses for PS2 also connects a toy world with an adventure game and performances. However, Genevieve runs, jumps and dances through an enchanted environment to help her sisters and father. Forever Diamondz starts from modern shops, clothing and a television contest. In Barbie, movements help you through a fairy-tale world; in Bratz, personal appearance and activities along the way sit alongside one another in a fashion story.
The Sims 2: Pets for PS2 shares the interest in animals, training and accessories of Forever Diamondz. In the Sims game, you create a household and give a dog or cat its own appearance and behaviour. Care is part of your Sims' daily life. Bratz places the pet within a fixed adventure featuring four familiar friends and competitions, alongside the America Rocks Fashion search across America.
The Sims Bustin' Out for PS2 also lets you visit new places, choose clothes and make contacts. Progress there is tied to careers, social actions and unlocking locations and objects. Forever Diamondz follows a pre-written journey with Cloe, Jade, Sasha and Yasmin. You guide a familiar group through a fashion adventure, whereas Bustin' Out gives you more scope to develop a custom character through work and relationships.
