I am actually impressed at how much variety there is to each character. The two cats also have abilities! Serafina has the ability to climb up the trees and Wolfie is able to dig for stuff. The Pauper can use magical notes to reach hard to get items and so on. The two human characters each have a special ability. One of the interesting things about Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is that it has four playable characters. Basically, there is a big bad who wants to bring chaos to the kingdom and only the Princess, the Pauper, and their two cats can save the day. Instead, you play as The Princess and the Pauper along with their two cats.

However, you do not technically play as “Barbie”.

Look, I have not seen the movie so I do not know how closely this follows the movie. The one we are looking at today is for the Game Boy Advance and if you are a Barbie fan or know someone who is, it could be worth checking out. There were many Barbie movies during this time and most of them had a video game tie in. Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper is a straight to DVD movie that was released back in 2004.