

Feeding animals means waiting real-world time for them to produce materials. Trees are chopped for planks of wood or you could mine ore for metals, and turning in those could help with buildings or furniture.

You need to catch butterflies for different colors for dyes. Or, if it is something like grass or wheat, to feed to farm animals to get items like eggs or wool. Those items could then be used in recipes to make dishes.

So after you buy seeds and plant crops, you need to wait a certain number of real-world minutes to harvest them. This is primarily a game in which you are gathering items so you can meet requires or create new buildings, resources, or decorations. In a way, it feels like Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island is designed for the kids who played Pretty Princess Party and grew up enough to be ready for an Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley game, but still might not be completely prepared for the patience and skill those might require. If you do, that Princess Cake may one day be yours. Since you already proved you’re so good at revitalization in the previous game, the goal now is to farm, place buildings, and set up decorations in order to make Carrot Isle attractive again. All that remains is Rabbit House, which will become players’ home base. However, upon arriving on its shores, it is completely empty. What’s next? A trip to Carrot Isle to enjoy the rare and luxurious Princess Cake. Players restored the castle after coming from the real world to a magical one, and made friends with some relatively generic princesses named Charlotte, Katrina, and Laura. Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island picks up almost exactly where Pretty Princess Party left off. It’s mostly an age-appropriate game for younger players, but older and more experienced ones will deal with some tedium. However, while community is a focus there, here it feels like it is about customizing the island and gathering resources. This time, it’s an Animal Crossing sort of game. Its sequel Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island goes in a different direction. Pretty Princess Party is something of a minigame collection with character and castle customization. It’s interesting to see how a series can change from entry to entry.
