Dancing Furby



Game Boy Color
1 Player
Reviewed on June 3, 2008

I am ashamed to have ever played this. Every now and then a game will come along that you have to ask yourself “why?” And unfortunately the only answer you can ever get or give is to simply shrug your shoulders, exhale, and say, “its Japanese” and leave it at that. Dancing Furby is just that. Never released outside of Japan, I could not fathom why (sarcasm), this Game Boy Color game came running right off the heels of the Furby craze that took the world by storm. In the late 90s these demonic mutated gremlin figures proved the world wrong that Gremlins could be scarier by attempting to make them cute as they did with the female Gremlin in Gremlins 2. (Gremlins and Furby have yet to be proven to have a definite link, but I believe the physical resemble should be enough.)

I felt even more shame having used the years of studying Japanese to play through this game.

Friend: “Hey how is that Japanese Language coming along?”
Me: “It is going great! I was able to play this Furby Dancing game for Game Boy Color that was released in 1999. Never have I felt so fulfilled to have been able to play through it without any qualms.”
Friend: “Oh, that is cool …kinda. Well, see you later!”

Sadly some people do not know a cry for help when they hear it.

But if the fact that this is a Furby game is not enough to scare you away, the music sure will. I love 8 Bit music more than the next person but the first song I came across was a rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” And following in the foot steps of Dance Dance Revolution, you only have to go through 3 stages of songs until it shows you an exhausted Furby telling you “Game Over.” I assume the game over is intended to mean that the Furby has just swallowed your soul and you have now traveled to the after life having lasted that long. Luckily for me, I was able to survive the Furby Stare (it is the exact opposite of a Care Bear Stare with evil results) by rubbing my eyes with bar soup after each 1 minute song. Also, no one wants to read on their obituary, “Good Friend, Caring Family Member, Died by Furby.”

So what could be possible make this game even worst you may ask. It already has horrible music. It has Furby plastered everywhere. The game is meant to interact with your Furby doll (Furby dolls react to sound). The game was also made by TOMY (the people responsible for bringing the excellent Naruto GameCube games). Well, have I got news for you! There is an intermission of a Furby multiple choice quiz after the second song completion! Test out your awesome Furby knowledge so that you can impress your friends! Is this the greatest game ever or what?!?!?!

Well on the plus side their was one song that I did like, "Für Elise." By all means to not play this game. However you can find it on Ebay, so if you really hate someone you can buy it for them.