The appropriately named A/V Club mode is where players can see additional images and videos, as well as hear the game’s musical tracks. Surprisingly, Winx Club excels in terms of bonus content.
The rest of the game is controlled with the touch screen and face buttons, with neither presenting any control issues. In order to turn you also have to press the shoulder buttons, which is odd and cumbersome at times. Moving your character feels a tad weird with the D-pad. Enchantix as is as basic a platformer as they come collect some stars, defeat some enemies, get to the end of the level, and watch some story. The characters primarily differ only cosmetically, and rarely are players required to cleverly use a character in order to progress. The unique powers of each character are barely used, and all powers are nearly identical save for the Enchantix spells. Gameplay is dull, despite the fantastical subject matter. Worst of all, there isn’t even a proper ending. There are some nifty videos taken from the show, but they barely explain what is going on. Sometimes we are told that a character must rescue a sibling, but we never see the other character or the scene properly acted out.
It tries to develop the storyline seen in the original TV show, but what we get are bits and pieces of loosely-tied narrative that neither enlightens fans new to the series nor captures the interest of existing fans. In some stages you can use up to three fairies and change them on the fly best of all, all three characters can share mana shards in case one of them runs out.ĭespite appearing to have some strong gameplay underneath its wings (no pun intended), Enchantix fails to re-capture the storyline of the main series ordeliver gameplay that uses Winx Club’s assets to the fullest. Luckily the characters can collect mana shards to refill their mana meters. But these powers cost mana, a magical element found in the Winx world. Players control the six lead characters (Bloom the fire fairy, Stella the sun fairy, Flora the flower fairy, Musa the music fairy, Tecna the technology fairy, and Layla the water fairy) as they use powerful spells to unlock puzzles and defeat enemies.Įach fairy can also achieve “Enchantix” status, which gives them even more powers and cute little outfits to match. Winx Club: Mission Enchantix is a platforming game that follows the storyline of the TV series. Konami’s Winx Club: Mission Enchantix has some solid ideas inspired by the series, but the final execution leaves a lot to be desired. With the rising popularity of girl franchises like Bratz and Disney Princess, Winx Club had the potential of being popular and proved to be a relative hit in America.
Winx Club began its life as an animated series that first aired in Italy in 2004.The franchise proved to be popular enough that it caught the eye of (in)famous children’s television company 4Kids Entertainment.