Disney's Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea

Return to the Sea features two arcade games--Melody's Daring Dive and Too Cool!--and a trio of creativity-oriented activities. In the first game, Melody dives for jewels and pearls while dodging sharks and other hazards. In the second, she collects gems in an effort to thaw out a trident, which she must then use in battle with the nefarious Morgana. Both games are fast paced and well designed, boasting 20 levels of difficulty. Unlike some games for this age group, these genuinely get harder, ensuring significant replay potential.

The noncompetitive activities include Aquabatics, where players design an underwater dance show; Mermaid Memories, an interactive sticker book; and Melody's Melodies, a karaoke program featuring two songs from Disney's newest Little Mermaid film. Setting up the routines in Aquabatics is a lot of fun; players can flip and spin their favorite characters in a variety of swimming twirls. Though almost all games for girls include a program like Mermaid Memories, the one featured in this game is put together extremely well. The backgrounds are flexible, the graphics meld seamlessly into the scenery, and players can even add sounds and movements to the scenes they create. Finally, Return to the Sea comes with a second CD-ROM, Ariel's Story Studio, a gateway to even more undersea adventure.

The one real disappointment of this package is Melody's Melodies, which only features two songs and a few simple options for singing them. Kids learning to play musical instruments might also notice that the presentation of the music isn't correctly laid out on the staff. However, the program's other delights more than compensate for this weakness. Broad enough in scope to ensure wide appeal, and of the highest quality to guarantee player entertainment, Return to the Sea provides hours of fun for the whole family. --Alyx Dellamonica

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Disney's Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea introduces children to Ariel's daughter, Melody, and her world. Along with a lovable cast of characters, you will go on magical adventures to explore the underwater world of Atlantica.

My favorite game is Too Cool!! It is so much fun!! It is a little bit hard. In this game it's kind of like a maze. You try to gather all of the power crystals to melt the ice around the magical Trident & and zap Morgana through levels 3-20!! Tip: use your snowballs & mermaid potions. But be careful, Morgana only has a LIMITED number of mermaid potions, so don't waste them!!

In Melody's Daring Dive, you need to collect a certain number of gem's to have Melody make different types of jewelry. There are three places you
Can dive at. There's Hope Reef. This is the best place to go diving. Believe
Me I know!! Then there's Quaky Caverns. This is a little harder because there are rock avalanches, bubbles that could blow Melody off course, kelp
That could make you go slower, barracudas, and electric eels!! Then there's
The hardest and scariest of them all, Pirate Point. Here there are all the things that I mentioned before, plus octopuses (but not Morgana and Ursula), and sharks!! But don't worry. When you're riding a dolphin, you can pick
Up a cannon ball and drop it on the shark by hitting the spacebar. Then it will not return.

At Aquabatics, you can pick your own dance moves, designs to put the dancers and moves on, and dancers including Ariel, Melody & Flounder to put on your own show!! Tip the penguin and Dash the walrus are your hosts
in this fun game. You need to create six acts to make you own performance for the merpeople of Atlantica!!

In Mermaid Memories, you can create your own pictures to tell the story of The Little Mermaid 2: Return To The Sea, or just any pictures of the land and sea. You can add your own backgrounds, characters, props, even sounds!! And last, but most certainly not least, Melody's Melodies. Here you can sing along, sing by yourself, or record your own voice to 2 of the songs from the movie. One of them is "Down To The Sea", and the other is
"For A Moment". This isn't one of the better games in here, but if you love to sing like me, than this is the one for you.

This CD-ROM was way more than what I expected. Take my word for it. If you liked Ariel's Story Studio & The Little Mermaid Print Center, you will absolutely love this!!


We love it!   December 28, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

After Little Mermaid, my two girls couldn't get enough of this swimmer. We've had so much use of this CD that it is worn out and will be purchasing another. My 5 yr old especially loves the chase around the iceberg game. The 3 yr old just loves seeing Melody during any of the games and hearing her voice.


This is a delight   November 10, 2001
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

Little Mermaid II is a delight to play. My 4 year old daughter says "again" when it is over and constantly wants to play with this Software. Then she goes to the DVDS of Little Mermaid and Little Mermaid II and says "again" when they are over. She has trouble with deciding which one to watch Ariel when she's married (Little Mermaid II) or Ariel when she's not and deciding between playing Little Mermaid or Little Mermaid Return to the Sea. But once she's decided, she keeps wanting to watch the DVDs or play the software. I sit there and watch the DVDs with her and she will not let me get to the mouse to help her with the software games, although she needs no help, I try to sneak in and play myself. Little Mermaid and Little Mermaid II, both the DVDs and the software are an absolute delight. I get bored easily and so does my daughter and if I can constantly watch these DVDs with her, and try to play the software myself, then it's they are a lot of fun. Ariel is so delightful and so are all the other characters in the DVDs. WE love Ariel and need to see more of her. Now if I could just find a child Size Ariel doll my daughter would be so happy. She loves Barbie, but Barbie, Baribe and Barbie. Ariel is a nice change from Barbie, although Barbie will always be Barbie.