The Princess and the Frog is the story of Tania, a young girl from the French Quarter of New Orleans, whose only dream is to leave her status as a waitress to open her restaurant. Alas, after having kissed a prince victim of a bad spell, the latter will inadvertently turn into a frog. And to become human again, the two batrachians will have to defeat a terrible voodoo sorcerer: Doctor Facilier. A prince, a servant, magic, an evil doctor and animals, no doubt, the Disney tradition is back! The opportunity to remind us that not so long ago, video game adaptations of the works of Uncle Walt's studio were fairly anticipated titles. We think for example of the games developed at Virgin Interactive such as Aladdin, The Lion King, The Jungle Book or even Pinocchio. Today, with the resurgence in the number of franchises ported to consoles, the situation has changed a little and Disney games find themselves drowned in the middle of the mass, forced like the others to be developed at a discount for an increasingly public. young. While the devil, in Aladdin, the level on the magic carpet where you were chased by the lava, it was still not within the reach of the first newbie to come!
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So here comes The Princess and the Frog on Wii in the form of a party game for children under 10 years old. It all starts at the end of the film (sic.), when Tania finally acquires her own restaurant. So here she is in the middle of the building, surrounded by different characters. By going to cut the steak with them, she will immerse herself in her past (and therefore, in what happened earlier in the film) and will have access to different levels of the game. Five in number (the restaurant of Duke, the frog hunter's swamp, the masked ball, Mardi Gras and at Mama Odie's), these levels are more like environments where you will have access to different mini-games. These will range from the simple shooting game to the famous Memory, passing through small sequences where you will have to shake the Wiimote in rhythm with indications on the screen. Rather varied, these games are nevertheless not very fun (painting), sometimes quite soporific (memory tests), or even completely unplayable (water skiing with frogs)! Worse, the tutorial menus are not always clear, we will win some events without really knowing why, while we will lose others when we were convinced to have done everything that was asked. In short, once we have gone through all the events, the players who have hooked (the youngest therefore) will retain four or five of them more fun than the others, and will be content to pull the plug on those. Because it is not the possibility of going to visit Tania's wardrobe, of preparing small dishes in the kitchen or of asking an alligator to play the trumpet that will patch us up with a very average title in the end. Because it must be admitted that The Princess and the Frog will pale in comparison (despite its heroine) to other more exciting party games. You still have to invite friends over, since the solo challenge is totally ridiculous with a fast time that borders on the hour of play in hard mode. We will nevertheless be able to appreciate the efforts made on the technical aspect of the title, which has a colorful universe, fairly well modeled characters, rather convincing dubbing, but above all a sound atmosphere inspired by the film that is really very pleasant to listen to. the ear. In short, a very pretty game but which sounds very hollow in the end, a bit like the film by the way…
