Barbiegirls.com: Barbie's Lost MMO

[@jinxedeyes7388]

hey, thanks for shouting us (the barbie girls rewritten project team) out ! it's truly such an honor for you to cover this MMO we love to much and are trying to preserve :)

[@cupofcheese1738]

Thank you for all your hard work 💖

[@Anna-zc3ei]

omg thank you for your hard work! do you know when it will become playable again?

[@Catheidan]

how have you not received a cease and desist yet? what's the plan when Mattel comes knocking?

[@briannafodera2468]

just went on a nostalgia rabbit hole and ended up here im so happy to hear that a rewritten is being worked on. thank you for your service

[@GEMMiOx]

@@CatheidanMuch like toontown rewritten and other reboot projects, they are completely free-to-play and generate no income whatsoever. The coding, design, hosting, etc. is all done on a complete volunteer basis. If Disney or Mattel were to sue, they would have to prove damages. Because these reboots are generating 0 income, there is no provable loss of profit on behalf of Mattel. They’d lose money paying for lawyers for a case that would get nowhere.

[@MegurineMidori]

Hi Izzy, I'm the voice actress for the Barbie Girls Rewritten channel trailer and development updates thank you so much for shouting us out!

[@asterisk5054]

yall are doing god's work 🙏🏻

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

I feel like the virtual worlds that survived the longest were the ones that had the least restrictive pay walling. Free users actually add alot to virtual worlds as they can still fill up multiplayer servers for mini games and chat with the paying players that these virtual worlds are actually after. Without free players that actually have a reason to play and keep playing, virtual world often do not have enough of a playerbase to maintain the gameplay experience.

[@nova.noveiia]

To be fair, Wizard101 still has very restrictive paywalling and still exists to this day. But, it's also a full MMORPG rather than just a virtual world.

[@jr1zg7kt3g]

​@@nova.noveiiatheres also free ways to get past the paywalls, so theres that keeping it alive as well

[@MegidolErin]

@@nova.noveiia First thing I thought of. Still here almost entirely through the power of nostalgia, while also having some of the most aggressive monetization I've ever seen. Sooner or later it won't be enough anymore, especially with Ratbeard seemingly making it his mission to make the entire fanbase hate him

[@amesstarline5482]

Considering Jumpstart lasted about 14 years, it did have variable membership systems that kept it from paywalls.. and also SoD's paywalls.

[@warmachine5835]

@@nova.noveiia there's an interesting interaction noted in the monetization space regarding free vs paying players. Companies obviously want everyone to pay, but the free players 'pad out' the game and make it feel lived in. It's something that leaves me scratching my head about particularly predatory MTX schemes, because the "whales" need "guppies" to compare themselves to, and if you chase off all the free players with your monetization scheme, the whales have no reason to stick around and keep spending money. This makes it all the more mysterious when particularly onerous schemes are cooked up, as if the business folks who are supposed to know about this stuff didn't read the script.

[@Mkkslider]

Video idea suggestion: Art Fight and its controversy with the owner/creator. Art Fight is a yearly art event thats gotten more popular each year, and i havent heard anyone talk about what happened with the staff. You have a talent for covering events in a sensitive and non-inflammatory way, and i think its what the community (and confused onlookers) need

[@cryptidaer]

Oh yes I’d love to see that get covered!! Though the story still seems to be ongoing, I feel like the best time would be after 2024’s season to see how it all goes

[@mammoneymelon]

wait what's happened? i haven't been keeping up lol

[@no1legobatmanfan]

Omg please tell me more about?!?

[@optima1774]

During this current season the site issues were even worse than usual despite donations being up. Then suddenly mods started leaving the team and no one knew why. It was revealed there were fights going on about donation money and the lack of transparency with it. We’ve gotten more news recently and the old leader has almost fully stepped down and handed money control over to the new co-leaders. Money and tax stuff (alongside reconfiguring the site to function lol) are still ongoing at the moment.

[@Magentaluvscatz]

@@mammoneymelonfr I didn’t hear anything about it and I was in their server 😭

[@atel1a]

howdy, im one of the lead devs of Barbiegirls rewritten, and I'm also from New Zealand. I watch your videos pretty often so its pretty crazy seeing our project in your videos. You did so well on this video, thanks for giving more attention to the original game for how amazing it was, and shouting us out as well!!

[@Anna-zc3ei]

omg! do you know when the game will be playable?

[@atel1a]

@@Anna-zc3ei we're deciding on not adding a time onto it, but we've done some really cool progress these last few months!

[@whungus4681]

Same icon

[@abigailchang7249]

Thank you guys for making this game it literally made my childhood so cuntyy💞💞can’t wait to play it again.

[@morighani]

i played this when i was too young, stupid, poor, and didn’t speak any english right before it was shut down so i never got the full experience. All i remember was being extremely enthralled. I thought it was the most posh exclusive game ever. I was seriously pining after the super cute pets. It tickled every part of my little girl brain, like unbelievably so. It just felt really nice to have a space for girls and girly things without ridicule (even though i couldn’t grasp the scummy business practices) in my mind, that would be the ideal world if parents and grown ups didn’t exist and we could just do whatever we wanted. The idea of having and decorating your own room, going shopping for cute clothes, having pets and a big group of friends where you just have parties and sleepovers every day was actually heaven for me.

[@usagibun7639]

this omg 😭

[@gwenifred]

I would love to see you do a deep dive on Pixie Hollow! That was one of my all time favorite MMO games and had a very unhealthy obsession with it as a kid. I thought the reason it closed was because Disney focused a lot on their apps but I hardly see a lot of topic coverage on this game :/

[@esme_melody]

YESSS seconded! i spent so much time on there as a kid on our very laggy family computer lol. i would log on every day

[@daniellecastillo3992]

I would love to see this too!! I was a big fan of virtual worlds but pixie hollow kept me for YEARS even well into middle school, which was like a big guilty pleasure then because it was a “little girls” game 😂 so much childhood in that game I still miss it lol

[@fawnalove7569]

Decorating in pixie hollow was so magical

[@Cindy99765]

Check out "We the pixies," which is a fan-made work in progress largely based on that game!

[@LavenderLushLuxury]

I love the vintage barbie games, It's sad to see all these virtual chat worlds die out and off :(

[@gays4holtby110]

sometimes i wish i knew game development so i could make emulators for all the dead MMOs :( like we the pixies did for pixie hollow!

[@Nitidus]

​​@@gays4holtby110I don't know anything about Pixie Hollow, but in general I can tell you that that's really, really hard for a browser based game like the one in this video without access to the original server side code. If you've got something like _Star Wars: Galaxies_ or even _Toon Town,_ mentioned at the start here, then you have access to a client - and you can spin that client up, looking at what it wants from the official servers that are now offline. With that knowledge you can slowly, painstakingly reconstruct your own server to redirect the client's requests to, and provide self-made answers. Or you take the easy route and find someone in the former developing team who leaks you the entire backend server code at once ;) That's how a lot of MMORPG private servers get their server software. It's kinda criminal and there's often loads of drama surrounding those deals. Seldomly the devs actually give out the code themselves so people can keep a game alive. There's one current example which had that happen, but I did forget the name of the project. Sorry if you already knew this, don't want to mansplain, but maybe someone reading this is curious about how these things work. Edit: Just saw the part about _Barbie Girls Rewritten._ Seems like they actually did it, or at least almost. They must have written most of it from scratch, which is very impressive! It's rather rare for browser games to do it, but hey, _Club Penguin_ also managed to be revives! So it's definitely possible.

[@adrianibarra8758]

I THOUGHT SHE SAID “POOR PALOOZA”

[@cassidyreid5059]

PIXIE HOLLOW ;-; I've never missed a game from my childhood more. I spent HOURS in that game!@@gays4holtby110

[@horizon5417]

vintage?? i’m 20 and i played the mmo as a kid 😭

[@wowjennawow]

was anyone else obsessed with the minigame where you run your own clothing shop to a concerning level or is there just something wrong with me 😭

[@endspeaker]

i played it religiously too!!!! i'm so glad someone else remembers it omg

[@renaenae4795]

i was so obsessed with it! it was my favorite game at the time !!!

[@captaincaspian42]

YES

[@bradleestop]

THE BEST MINI GAME IN THE MMO

[@antonialabarca2866]

same, it was basically the only thing I did

[@LadyMeyneth]

god this brings me back so many memories. i loved this game so much as a kid and my parents managed to buy me one of those mp3 players which i loaded with lady gaga and vocaloid music lol. unfortunately it became lost (pretty sure one of my aunts stole it after we asked her to keep it in her purse for a bit while we were out walking on a family trip). i still own the box which is proof enough that it existed for me LOL

[@stupidbabey2071]

omg i have my mp3 player still

[@PixelPenguin87212]

Weird, I also specifically remember having Lady Gaga on mine too 😂

[@PixelPenguin87212]

"I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" playing from my little barbie mp3 😂

[@subekyuuke]

>Vocaloid fan >Xenoblade username holy shit someone call the based department

[@LadyMeyneth]

@@subekyuuke PFF LOL meyneth is just my name but i did get it from xenoblade almost ten years ago :]

[@xx_iheartgirlz.mp3_xx]

izzy, i am on ed recovery and your videos help me eat without freaking out 💗 also they help me clean, get clean, do chores (adhd, depression). you're solely the reason i am still going lol thank u for your service 💗

[@JordanS-ww4eu]

I’m so sorry

[@rickitycrikit]

i was obsessed with this game. i got the mp3 as a christmas gift and thought it was so exclusive. people were constantly at the mall calling each other beach. the vibes were immaculate. i wish we could get a rewritten version but idk if it will ever fully happen

[@sonnezone]

i'm dying imagining just a bunch of barbie avatars calling eachother a bitch

[@DuskPShermanWallaby123]

omg I remember that, lmao. We couldn't say the word bitch, so we would all call each other that. That and other words.. That game was pretty toxic.. lol

[@kaitlynzuniga]

bro do you remember getting married in that game😭someone at the mall would be like "im a guyz" or something like that, you'd take them to your apartment and get married/start dating. omfg. i remember being like 8 and wanting to try it out myself. made my avi look like a guy and baited other girls into thinking i was a dude....2010 was wild

[@DuskPShermanWallaby123]

lmao I did the same thing. ah what a time to be alive..@@kaitlynzuniga

[@ginandromeda1618]

​@@kaitlynzunigaDid you end up having your gay realization a few years later or was that just me?

[@Ayareviewsthings]

Izzyzz x Dankpods is the crossover I didn't know I needed, but now long for.

[@no1legobatmanfan]

Same 😂

[@6thpuppet]

when I saw the barbie mp3 in the thumbnail my first thought was dankpods

[@jimfixespixels]

i gasped

[@stuqsnette2900]

Knew I recognised the iPad cover 😹

[@ZenerRocksMC]

Was wondering if anyone else was jumpscared

[@DissonantSynth]

Izzy, casetify has been under suspicion for art theft. The evidence is pretty clear. It's best not to work with them again after your contract is complete

[@Ellie-bn2nj]

I more or less agree with you - let's just please bear in mind content creators often have standing contracts with these companies and it can be more difficult to cut support with them than it can seem, don't forget content creators are also just people like you and me who have bills to pay. The decision to cut a sponsorship on grounds of art theft accusations is not just a moral standpoint or principle for them, they are also financial decisions that impact their personal lives which shouldn't be made lightly and especially shouldn't have to be made while being pressured by their own audience.

[@AmyPink6]

I imagine she had agreed to do this sponsorship before the court case came out, so she had to do the sponsor. Hopefully she won’t agree to anymore sponsors from them!

[@L1NKN]

I'm sure they know but if I had to assume the deal was already signed for them to be in this video before the news broke so they couldn't not post the video. Or something to that effect. But yes Izzy you should reconsider working with them again.

[@Chokeurselfbabe]

​@Taikaca4she's not as greedy as you say she is, and even if she did know, being a KZbinr pays shit unless you have millions of subscribers I'm sure if she did know she'd drop them in a second

[@DissonantSynth]

​@@Ellie-bn2njI'm not attacking Izzy at all. I just cautioned her

[@galaxy_fox_8415]

I remember trying to get into this game as a kid. I was supper into those kids MMOs and signed up for any I could get my grubby hands on with my parents permission. I remember dropping this one almost immediately because I was constantly running into the whole "whoa hold on there this rudimentary gameplay feature is for vips only you need to give us your money" and even as a child I could smell the bs.

[@bebe44144]

Sameee! I had one of the mp3's, but my mom wasn't really tech savy and I had no idea it came with a membership so I signed up for the game, but I didn't play much of it for the same reasons. I still oddly feel nostalgic for this game even though I barely played it.

[@winkyyy369]

This reminds me of Bella Sara, omg, when I was young I was obsessed with Bella Sara website and I was so sad that the cards weren't available in my country. They started releasing them at the very end of Bella Sara's existence, in my university years, and I've collected them religiously, lol. I hope you'll make a video about Bella Sara one day!

[@OG.StrawberryGoat]

Bella Sera has been sitting rent-free in my childhood memories and I see nobody talking about it!!!!

[@smellylily]

​@@OG.StrawberryGoatomg I loved Bella Sara! My oldest sister had so many cards. I just stole a bunch of codes from online hahaha

[@getsouped]

omg i loved bella sara! my cousin got me into it and i kept having to remake accounts because my usernames and passwords were all jumbled keysmashes (this was largely pre-literacy for me), i had one account that had a redeemed set of cards and im still so sad tht i lost tht one merhorse 😭

[@DuchessTheAristocat]

It's sad how the site just dissapeared without a warning. I went one day to check my horses for nostalgia and the site was gone. And people who played it daily didn't receive any warning that it was shutting down which sucks, they couldn't say a final goodbye to their horses.

[@OG.StrawberryGoat]

@@DuchessTheAristocat they were supposedly working on a movie at some point but after they released their pilot trailer there wasn't a single word about it then soon after the whole thing went down without a word

[@ScoutOlson]

As a queer boy who grew up chronically online, the flash games on Barbie and MyScene helped me express myself while I was still closeted. I didn't know about Barbie Girls until it had already closed down which was sad, my online world of choice was Habbo (and also MyCoke which was made by the same developers, RIP) where they also used the word furni.

[@gemmarex821]

Loved MyScene ❤

[@Cindy99765]

Falling furni!

[@youtubeisbad]

i was so obsessed with barbiegirls i still somewhat frequently look up screenshots of the game to relive some of that joy

[@komaedasass]

this unlocked some deep memories that i had completely forgotten! it wasn’t my favorite virtual kids mmo, but i liked occasionally going on it and dressing up my character

[@cass.cassandra1685]

You remind me so much of Li Speaks when you talk about virtual worlds. You 2 are def my favourite KZbinrs

[@Norithedawgg]

First time ive actually seen someone mention Li speaks :]

[@wowjennawow]

i adore li speaks!!

[@kestreldomann2787]

Yooo I love Li Speaks! I'd love to see her and Izzy collab!

[@bradleestop]

God I miss this game, it meant so so much to me as a kid. It was a way to express my femininity and love for clothes and design. My aunt would pay for my subscription so my dad never knew🥺😭🖤

[@evafluff]

I remember getting the Barbiegirls MP3 player as a gift from my parents during the early stages of the game and my bestie had one too so we would talk and hang out together in the virtual Barbiegirls world and it was such a blast! Now it's a core memory of mine

[@TankTheArtist777]

Same here. I remember back when having the MP3 player *was* the membership.

[@MichaelPastz]

I miss when Izzy would yeet their phone into the dresser

[@michaelstevenson5044]

The fact that you couldn't convert to non-vip sounds like it was initially a workaround for a bad design decision due to the fact that they had planned for memberships to be a one time unlock.

[@Blebstinchen]

As we didn’t have a lot of money when I was a kid, I could not afford memberships for sites like Club Penguin. But when I saw my friend play Barbie Girl, and yes, she had the mp3 player, I was OBSESSED and spent my allowance for an mp3 player myself. I had so much fun experiencing this bubblegum pink world and was heartbroken when I rediscovered it as a teen and saw that it had shut down.

[@brokenmarz]

I had the MP3 player as a kid and had NO clue that it tied into a virtual world (we couldn't afford a computer or the internet at the time) but I can tell you that I absolutely loved that thing and can for sure say that thats where my love of music started when I had the opportunity to have MY favorite music downloaded and with me anywhere. I loved that thing so so much.

[@Captainhogthrob]

As a kid I was super duper into Zombie Farm and after it and it's sibling games (Zombie Farm 2 and Zombie Life) were removed from all app stores there's been a small community of us trying to find the games and get them playable again. A video on the story of the studio and the games would be awesome and the Zombie Farm Archive is a great little community

[@emwimm]

I REMEMBER THOSE GAMES! I was so obsessed with them! Recently I tried to find similar apps to them that still have support and haven't made any breakthroughs.

[@alyssapmo]

i love zombie life!!!

[@zolduck]

I MISS ZOMBIE FARM

[@gays4holtby110]

OMG i think this video might unlock some childhood computer room memories i had long since forgotten…thank you for this, i love your channel so much!!! i hope you’re doing well!!!❤️

[@roswellgruver2212]

I FORGOT ABOUT THE COMPUTER ROOM

[@honeyswann]

The song for this website is permanently stuck in my head. I always catch myself singing “B-A-R-B-I-E be who you wanna to be” and humming the tune in general. God I loved this game so much. I’m so excited for rewritten for be completed

[@KookieGyal]

Same I love that song to this day

[@cymdn]

OMG THIS GAME!!! I'm Brazilian, living in Brazil and the VIP subscription/MP3 Player wasn't available here for some reason. I used to love this game so much as a kid and since I couldn't have VIP, I played everything this game could offer for free and spent hours on KZbin just to have a glimpse of what the VIP was. Every video you make it's like healing my inner child and teen. I really love your content and how you bring back these nostalgic topics for us, chronically online 2000s kids. ❤

[@zombieswalker]

Izzy whenever you post my day becomes 100% better, thank you ❤

[@Boterkoter]

Relatable

[@Duvelle_]

I remember going in one particular Barbie website and playing some Lego looking Barbie game and one where Chelsey needed to find a way to get to the toilet (?). I don't even know how I found these websites when I was younger-

[@cassie4923]

Oh my god the one where Chelsea has to find a toilet just brough back memories! I totally forgot about that game

[@twinkslayer]

it was the i can be game for the babysitter!! i remember that maze omgg

[@Duvelle_]

@@cassie4923 I did too but I remembered it when seeing this video lmfao!

[@YlimegirlCool]

Oh my god that game was so funny. It didn't have to show the animation of the contents of the bowl flushing down the toilet. Also if you clicked fast enough you could access the "VIP" levels that were supposed to be exclusive to people who bought the I Can Be doll, lol

[@rubyrue702]

i can in fact confirm they sold the mp3 players in new zealand, being one of the lucky kids who had one and loved it to death. they even had a thing where the earbuds for the mp3 player could be decorated with beads to look like dangly earrings!

[@TheMrMoviestar]

As a young whippersnapper, I quite enjoyed the "L and not goated with the sauce" line. It truly was the most easy to understand part to my wee feeble mind. Thank you, Izzzyzz.

[@butterfly-hour]

I used to have one of the MP3 players growing up! I never was able to experience the virtual world because my parents were more strict with internet access and we weren't allowed to use the computer for anything other than school for many many years but I did love dolls and dress up type stuff as a child as well as constantly listened to music so this made a great MP3 player for my younger self to have haha. I remember having a little plastic container I'd keep all the little accessories and clothes in and always had fun dressing up my mp3 doll and swapping pieces with my sibling who also had one to mix and match accessories. But I used it all the time to listen to my music back then. It was one of my first if not my first MP3 players as a kid too which makes it even more nostalgic for me. I definitely remember the virtual world tie in being advertised with it but again since I wasn't allowed to play games on the computer I just enjoyed the physical item more than anything but was still probably just as fond of it as others are of the game

[@dgonzales5421]

omg but that house layout unlocked something in my memory... its so vague but I REMEMBER IT

[@paranoidleviathan3016]

holy crap, I remember that. I begged to get a proper doll, and my dad was gonna. Then he was even gonna get me the "pricey" one, but I was so happy he was gonna get me a doll, I told him to get me the cheaper one (we were hella poor) and guess what? It wasn't a proper doll, it was just the freaking clothes. So I never got the upgrade in game. Because the clothes didn't count. I don't regret it. My dad was gonna buy the pricey one for me, and that just meant a lot.

[@fanastyfinder]

Man not only did seeing that thumbnail slap me in the face with something that I used to love and conpletely forgot about but I love the little bionicle cameo haha

[@jiboe]

I got one of the mp3 players for Christmas one year and I was absolutely OBSESSED with it. I remember listening to music while on car rides, I'd look out the window and imagine I was in a movie or music video 😭 I still have my mp3 player somewhere, and it still kinda works 😂

[@skringlyskrungly]

speaking about old stuff like this one: how about gaia online deep dive? i've got into it recently, community is kinda alive nowdays, tho i keep hearing a lot about old glory times so it would be very cool to listen about its history and maybe controversies :)

[@elg2931]

my main memory of playing the mmo was visiting a stranger's house and being asked if i was a girl. i said yes then i was told to leave and immediately got chased out lmao

[@autumn6666]

Oh my gosh you just unlocked such a huge memory for me, I remember having one of those MP3 players and I loved customizing it!

[@fusetunes]

i still have a baggie full of my barbie girl clothes. it was my first mp3 player and i felt so cool having one- i remember knowing my playlist was over when i would hear the beep that preceded the pre-installed barbie girls theme song. i didn't play the actual mmo much but i did use it to log in my super exclusive turtle pet and play the boutique game, lol.

[@wintersnow998]

I remember being so upset that the site closed down but looking back I didn't play on it nearly as much as sites like Pixie Hollow or Poptropica. It wasn't even because of not being a vip, since we never did the paid membership thing. It just didn't appeal to me as much. But when I was on, I'd play with my brother and sisters, who also had accounts.

[@sunshinelastname1813]

The thumbnail alone unlocked so many memories...

[@thecryingsoul]

Gotta appreciate an Izzzy and dankpods crossover lol

[@lvl1cryptid]

Anyone else spend middle school reading those historical fiction Princess Diary books? Unrelated to the film/book it’s based on. Like I read Marie Antoinette, Cleopatra, and many more I can’t remember. Would love for Izzy to someday do even a short video or series about them!!!

[@mudkipps2405]

no cause i have the most vivid memory of logging on to the barbie website and seeing barbie's bunny going missing and i cried real tears over it.

[@TheCuteSpacePyro]

The game i played a lot as a child where you had to buy a toy to play was U.B Funky. I used to be obsessed with them; me and my brothers would play pretend with their little figures. I also remember how banging the soundtrack was.

[@hearica3160]

OMG this was my first MP3 player! I was so happy when I realised I could get a membership with it, the nostalgia...

[@actualegremlin]

Izzzyzzz, would you ever consider doing a video on Ever After High? I feel like it’d be right up your alley as a cancelled sister line to Monster High and having some pretty insane lore

[@yourwife1111]

Ever After High was my favorite doll line loved the webisodes, dolls, books, videos, show, you name it!

[@GabyWith1B]

I was given one of the Barbie Girl MP3 players as a present as a kid and did not know anyone else who had one or played the game. So happy to see your deep dive on it!

[@krizkor]

with all due respect izzy, casetify has a pretty..damning lawsuit against them right now for art theft, may wanna reconsider that partnership.

[@fr0stdr4ke95]

Probably already had the sponsorship lined up before the video came out. She probably won't be taking any sponsorships with them once she is done since legally she probably can't just... Not do the ad.

[@meevins]

i feel throwing in here that it's important to note that these sponsorships come with contracts that need to be upheld and aren't always easy to get out of. there's also factoring in these videos tend to be prescheduled too so she likely wasn't aware of any of that when renewing contracts or she is aware and is trying to to break it. they can prevent creators from talking about certain things too so if there's any radio silence on it that's likely why not that it's being ignored by her. just some things to keep in mind as these aren't always as cut and dry as people make them out to be.

[@MERNOXOPHLAM]

Legally binding contracts exist, she likely knows but the ramifications of going back on that contract would be disastrous.

[@elif6908]

If she can reconsider, which is a question really. Some sponsorships agree upon a set number of videos posted or a sale cap, and you can’t just end the contract without paying damages unfortunately

[@zachi2fox246]

if there is a contract she cant do much without getting into the murky waters of legality. if they do get hit and if dbrand can push for sponsers to be pulled, Izzy could retroactivly cut the sponsor out.

[@Meebeedeep]

I got the MP3 player for Christmas and loved it! I had the one with blonde hair that could be switched out for pink. She worked well from what I can remember! I very quickly needed a bigger MP3 player though because I listened to a lot of music but I still kept my Barbie MP3 for a few years to play online with!

[@charliehorse8401]

IZZZYZZZ!!!! Best vids to watch while wondering the wilds of Skyrim or while boil dunking my dolls! I instantly tapped on the notification, ZIP, already here.

[@mammoneymelon]

i need to know what boil dunking dolls is (i'm assuming it's an ooak thing but idk lol)

[@Danganfinronpa]

@@mammoneymelonI think it’s to loosen their heads so excess hair from the inside of the head can be removed.

[@FaunaturaleOG]

I remember enjoying the barbie and myscene flash games way back, but by the time they attempted the mmo I was a teen and a bit old for the franchise, glad some folk are reviving the game though!

[@ashleythecommenter7112]

I LOVED this virtual world as a kid! I spent HOURS and HOURS on it! I'm so glad someone is talking about it.

[@HappyHealingHymn]

What a blast to the past. I vaguely remember the sheer thrill my sister and I shared when we opened those silly mp3 players around Christmas time. Super nostalgic

[@selfaware7617]

I basically watch anything you make despite the topic. I'm always impressed. And just seeing you dress up to fit the theme every video is a very big reason for that!

[@stars4809]

Oh my god; I went from "hm this looks familiar but I don't know if I played it growing up" to a sudden whirlwind of memories when you showed the world map. Thank you for unlocking another hidden box in my obsessive childhood online world hunting.

[@kelthulhu]

I love when obsessively refreshing my subscription page pays off!

[@MsBlackcrow25]

My Barbie girl mp3 player was actually the very first mp3 player I ever owned! It got stolen during recess in 7th grade and I was devastated 😔

[@paranormeow]

I miss chat worlds like this… after seeing Li Speaks video on this I was just thinking about this game, amazing to see you cover it!!

[@nagitashinjiro]

I WAS OBSESSED WITH THIS GAME OH MY GOD. i used to try and talk about hatsune miku but the chat was so restrictive it would only take words seemingly accepted manually in any form of text (and not a separate word) so you'd be like 'how the hell is hatsune miku profanity' it's my life goal to make VIRTUAL WORLDS WITH SOUL FOR THE PEOPLE RISE UP BARBIE GIRLS

[@buggybugfriend]

i would love to see a video about disney create! it was like disney’s version of deviantart with drawing and animation tools as well as comic book makers. i spent so much time on it as a kid and one day it was just completely gone :( love your videos!

[@steamboatwill3.367]

Never heard of this :O

[@nickster99]

I was an early adopter of this game, and from the beginning I was obsessed. I BEGGED my parents to buy me the mp3 player as soon as I heard about them. To this day I think it was the most hyped I’ve been for a gift ever. Not even just for the VIP. My dad put a bunch of music from limewire on it, and I took it with me everywhere. I used it for quite awhile actually. I miss those days.

[@corgimations]

I honestly think you should do a video on Shopkins. They were really big back in the day and I was obsessed with collecting them (i had like 800 at one point) and it would be interesting to see its history and the controversies it had :3

[@ebonydarknessdementiaraven4610]

YES!! Shopkins was my shit I would love to see a video on them!!

[@serenityy128]

this video unlocked a core memory. i had completely forgotten about this MMO. i played the hell out of barbie girls with my, at the time, best friend. i had the mp3 player but i vaguely remember the audio quality but being a child, i never really noticed it. i only cared about "dressing up" the mp3 player lol. i really hope the revival project works out because i would love to relive those memories ♥♥

[@bunnyfrosting1744]

One of my favourite games ever! I’m over the moon that it’s being re-made, and really excited to watch this video ❤

[@maddymaiorano]

I had the mp3 player!!! i loved it, and being able to change the outfits on it was so cute

[@rrubbishruby4930]

I NEVER CLICKED SO FAST THIS WAS MY FAVE GAME I WAS SO SAD WHEN IT GOT CANCELED

[@sapphicfaery]

This was one of my favorite games when I was younger. I even had the mp3, and it is how I learned to download music. i also had the high school musical sound track XD. I would spend all my time in the movie theatre and playing the mall game.

[@creationsbyvivienne]

A deep dive video on Millsberry would be amazing!!! I feel like no one talks about it!

[@neonte13]

@11:28 Gotta love the reviewer low-key calling their kid out in a review! I think all kids do that with some music or another, but it's still funny.

[@secretcermonia]

The Garfields are watching me 🫡

[@jules-sf5us]

BABE WAKE UP A NEW IZZZYZZZ VIDEO JSUT DROPPED

[@emiphia]

I never thought i would see a dankpods and izzzyzzz crossover 😭

[@eldwitchx]

I've had memories of this that I could never find! I even made a lost games reddit post about this. I remember going to Walmart and getting those physical items to plug in, it was my birthday gift from my mom, I loved being VIP, it was the coolest thing when I was a kid. Been looking for this for forever, insane I just found this video on my algorithm now.

[@Prince_S._Park]

a virtual world that you might not have heard of but was absolutely my childhood favourite was 'mundo gaturro' (gaturro being a garfield rip off btw), it would be great if you could cover it

[@brookieerber8120]

I listened to the Hairspray and HSM3 soundtrack religiously on my Barbie girls MP3 player :)

[@DDARKAA]

Drawing and listening to this💕 just perfect 😌

[@thepricklyprick]

seeing the old bionicle website in the video took me way back

[@AsiasAnimations]

Me and my little sister LOVED playing on this website! We actually spent money on it to get VIP & we were having a blast! :D ...Until our accounts eventually got deleted because we didn't renew the VIP membership. D: I think we ended up starting over, but eventually we stopped playing due to growing up. I had many good memories on that website though. If it ever does come back I would love to play it again for a bit. :3 (I usually use emojis but I'm too lazy right now lol)

[@dachannelfire7049]

The 06 Bionicle Website got me in the feels😢

[@lunairies]

They did sell them in NZ I remember seeing them for sale at K-Mart around like 2009/2010. I was super lucky to have gotten one of these one Christmas. I had the green Barbie Girls MP3 and I absolutely loved it. I miss this virtual world so much, the Barbie movie promotion games were actually so much fun. I loved being able to customise my avatar and apartment, it was my perfect fantasy world for sure.

[@ProfBeans]

I love how Izzy can look like 3 completely different people over the course of one ad. Gender Icon.

[@valzilla]

i actually was given a barbie mp3 when i was in fifth grade! iirc it was the one with blonde and pink hair -- but literally the thing that made the mp3 feel so cool to me was that 1. i used it when i walked to and from school while not having an iphone to use and 2. the earbuds featured these little holes at the corners where you could press in these little dangling flowers so that they would imitate earrings and i loved them so much despite already having pierced ears that i wore them during recess for a week straight omg

[@BrizBrat]

Thank you finally someone talks about these. I used to treat mine like a pet , buying the clothes for it 😂😂

[@noaltaria3]

omg we have the same hair i absolutely adore you and your videos! and the looks are always *chef's kiss*

[@FallenActual]

I swear she can rock any hair color damn.

[@str4wb1m1lk]

I AM HERE AT MIDNIGHT IN AUSTRALIA ONCE AGAIN!!! never miss an izzzyzzz upload! 💪

[@XanderNotZander]

Rip the casetify ad, tho obviously it doesn’t affect the video quality at all

[@ah5557]

whats wrong with the ad? do they support israel or somehting?

[@imbored5095]

​@@ah5557nope they stole art

[@peachesscales4782]

This was a fun lil walk down memory lane, seeing the barbie mp3 player unlocked a long forgotten memory and lack of good mp3 storage-- but any of you remember the baffling all the rage 3 second music gimmicks called HitClips?!

[@kpoprat]

I'd seen a few screencaps of this but tbh I didnt think it was an official Mattel thing because the artstyle is so different to anything else Barbie has ever done

[@DeadFawn]

I had completely forgotten about Fantage until this video. That one screenshot brought back so many memories I didn't know I even had.

[@Potato.dog.]

You need to do a deep dive into the SCP foundation

[@DemonCat]

I had the mp3, and when I tell you that thing lasted me AGESSSS. I was my fav and only mp3 player I ever had. I'd BEGGED my parents for that damn thing so I could be the cool kid on the website XD 100% worth it honestly. My first and favourite mmo as a kid

[@DaVinciwithaphaser]

I want to hear your hot take on the new Garfield when it comes out.

[@LinkedTimeLime]

God this entire video was such a nostalgia trip for me, I remember all of this so vividly, I was OBSESSED with anything Barbie growing up

[@taylorlandin1186]

The gems under ur eye r *slightly giving me trypophobia *I mean very slightly, I always love ur makeup looks