Editor's note: "Bratz: The Movie" opens in theaters nationwide today. Here's a look at a video game based on the Bratz franchise.

Game: "Bratz: Forever Diamondz"

Console: PlayStation 2 (also for XBox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PC and PlayStation Portable)

Release date: Sept. 18, 2006

Developer/publisher: Blitz Games/THQ

Genre: Adventure

Number of players: One

Rated: Everyone

Premise: The Bratz (Cloe, Jade, Sasha and Yasmin) are trying to find the hottest young fashion designer in America before their next fashion show. Forever the multitaskers, the girls are also trying to complete the latest issue of their magazine, have their new mascot compete in pet shows, and shop until they drop for the most to-die-for clothes.

Game play: Within about, oh, nine seconds of playing "Bratz: Forever Diamondz," it becomes pretty obvious this game was made solely for girls 13 and younger. The game play is ridiculously easy no matter what age you are.

As you walk around the few areas in this game, there are Blingz to be picked up and spent on oh-so-cute clothes, songs to play in the background, and costumes and treats for your mascot, a kitten or puppy you adopt in the first part of the game and enter in fashion shows. Throughout the game, you can switch among the Bratz, all of whom have their own wardrobe to purchase. The outfits can get a little risque for girls the Bratz's age (which is possibly 16, as they are shown driving), so parents might want to intervene if the game starts influencing their own daughter's fashion decisions.

Meanwhile, back at the Bratz's home, the rest of the girls are working hard at putting together the latest issue of their magazine. This is where the depth, if you can call it that, comes in as you must complete side tasks to help get articles finished. For example, Yasmin scored seats to a concert but the other girls misplaced their tickets. It's her duty to find them again, using the Bratz mascot to help her locate them.

There's also a bunch of side missions that deviate from the main storyline. A boy challenges whichever Brat you are at the time to a rollerblading race. You're asked to deliver smoothies to people. You can train your pet to do tricks no animal can possibly do, such as hand stands and backflips.

My take: "Bratz: Forever Diamondz" is a decent game that makes a good attempt at making an entertaining title with more depth than you'd expect in a product peddled to preteen girls, despite being an interactive advertisement and having no appeal to any other demographic. If you're one of those parents who's wary of the franchise, you may want to take a glance at this game beforehand. If not, this is the kind of game that makes for great icebreakers at slumber parties or whatever 12-year-old girls do on Saturday nights.

Jeremy Castillo, who received an associate of arts degree from Windward Community College, is a student at the University of Idaho.