The latest Bratz game chronicling the continual battle between the Bratz and the Tweevils is now Bratz: The Movie. The "battle" here is one that any teenage girl would understand, popularity. Bratz: The Movie marks the debut of the Bratz on the Wii.

Graphically, Bratz: The Movie looks exactly like Bratz: Forever Diamonds. So much so in fact that my sister didn't believe I was playing a different game. I had to show her the box to convince her it wasn't the same game. They did add different clothing, shoes, and jewelry from before, though. Also there are different pets to choose from and some new stores, so at least there are a few new things.

There are lots of different musical options in Bratz: The Movie. As long as you like pop music, you'll have plenty to listen to. When you first get your cell phone, there's only 3 songs unlocked, but you can buy more with the Blingz you accumulate as the game progresses. You can create custom playlists on your cell phone or have the music play randomly.

Bratz: The Movie is basically a long, long series of chores. It seems like everybody, even the Tweevils, needs something and Cloe, Jade, Sasha, and Yasmin are just the Bratz to help them. You have no time limits on any of the chores, except for the ones where you have to race someone. But even then, you don't have a set amount of time that you have to eventually beat them or you fail the task. If it takes you 50 times to beat Dylan's time on skates, it's not a big deal. You will get slightly annoyed with him, though. Since you can't skip the cut scenes, every single time you challenge him, you'll have to hear the same speech over and over and over again until you get so sick of listening that you'll want to throw the Wii-mote across the room. It's a good thing the strap holds it to your hand.

Anyway, as I was saying, you can stay on tasks as long as you want. Be aware though that you can't save in the middle of a few of the tasks. When you want to advance the storyline, the majority of the time you can do so by checking the computers in the Bratz Office for the next big task. If you ever get lost, just check the planner in your cell phone. Your cell phone is very useful. Not only does it have your planner and your music playlists, but it also has a locate feature. To find any building that you're looking for, just choose the building from the Locate option in your phone and a big purple arrow will hover in front of you pointing the way. Your cell phone also has a camera in it. Your phone will hold up to five pictures at once. When you see a picture of the phone in the top left corner, check your phone for messages. They're messages about everything from new tasks to general chatting.

Whenever you get tired of doing chores for other people, you can go roam around and check out the stores. At Dynamic Design, you can design your own clothes and even wear them in the game. You have the option of designing shirts, sweaters, jeans, and skirts in a variety of fabrics with multitudes of designs available to put on them. You can go ice skating to pass the time. You can even go practice guitar and pretend you're in your own band. My personal favorite is playing with the pets. You can go teach your dogs tricks, dress her up in clothes and enter a pet contest, or get her help in finding things.

Each Bratz character has 25 Character Tokens for you to locate. That's 100 tokens total. To find them, you have to enlist the help of your pet. When your pet gets excited and starts barking a lot, turn around to look at them and you'll notice Treat Time at the top of the screen. Press the (A) button to feed your pet a treat and they'll go dig up whatever it is they sniffed out. All you have to do is follow them and pick it up. Sometimes it is Character Tokens and sometimes it's Blingz (money), which is always a good thing!

Bratz: The Movie is a relatively easy game to play. Since there aren't any time limits on tasks, you've got as long as you want. There's no way you can die in the game, so there's no need to worry about that. If you played Bratz: Forever Diamonds, you'll even know your way around since the locations are all laid out the same way.

Since this is the first Bratz game on the Wii, it is a little difficult to get used to the new controls. It really did take me at least 10 times to beat Dylan on the inline skates since I wasn't used to the way the characters now move. I found that much smaller movements worked easier to turn. If you move the pointer off of the screen, it makes the character change directions very drastically.

Some of the tasks aren't the easiest to complete. A large part of them require you to go talk to every person, or even take pictures of their jewelry. That's a lot of ground to cover so it's very easy to accidently miss one. I found I tended to forget the guy hanging out in front of the pet store at the top of the stairs the most.

Playing Bratz: The Movie is a lot different on the Wii than it was on the PS2. To make your character walk, point the Wii remote at the screen and hold down the (B) button (the trigger on the bottom of the Wii-mote). It took me a few minutes to figure out how to run instead of walk. If you want the character to run instead of walk, raise the pointer higher on the screen. To change directions, point the remote in the direction you want to move to. Controlling the character on the inline skates is much harder to get used to simply because they're moving so much faster. As I said before, small directional changes work much better than wildly swinging the remote around.

To talk to people, press the (A) button when you are near them. You can talk to most people at any time, but if they have pink question marks above their heads, they've probably got a task for you. When that task involves taking a picture, you need to use the camera. Unfortunately they don't tell you how to use the camera before they expect you to use it. To active the camera, press the (1) button, then press (A) to take the picture. Press (-) to exit camera mode.

Your inline skates are very useful in getting places fast. To put them on, press up on the D-pad. Be aware that you can't wear your skates inside the office building. To pause the game, press (+). Finally, to open your cell phone that you will be using for so much of the game, press down on the D-pad.

If you're looking for a game that's full of battles and action, then you should probably look somewhere else. But then if that's what you're looking for, I doubt you're even reading this review. If you liked Bratz: Forever Diamonds then I highly recommend you go pick up Bratz: The Movie. It's exactly what you would want for a sequel.