Okay, so The Barbie Diaries - High School Mystery is one of those early 2000s GBA games that somehow makes being a teenager solving crimes look way more glamorous than it actually is. You play as Barbie (duh), navigating high school drama while secretly investigating some weird stuff happening around campus. There’s a bit of everything—mini-games, dialogue choices, and outfits (because of course there are).

At first, it feels like a cheesy high school sim, but then you start finding clues, eavesdropping on conversations, and putting together the mystery. The controls are simple, but some of the mini-games actually get kinda tricky. And yeah, the graphics are very much "early GBA," but there’s a weird charm to it if you’re into retro Barbie stuff.

Honestly, it’s not deep, but it’s a fun little time capsule if you ever wanted to live out a teen detective fantasy with pink everything.