Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses is a PlayStation 2 game featuring Barbie as Genevieve, one of twelve princesses. Living under the strict rule of their father's cousin, Duchess Rowena, the princesses face adversity after she poisons King Randolph. The sisters escape to a magical world inspired by their mother’s tales, where they must gather mystical water to save their father and confront Rowena.
Barbie is cast as Genevieve, one of the twelve princesses who live with their windowed father King Randolph in a castle. They live a frivolous live, so Randolph brings over his cousin Duchess Rowena to raise them as proper princesses. She makes their lives miserable however and poisons the king, so they flee to a magical world brought to life through a story of their mother. Rowena traps them there, along with Genevieve's friend Derek, and they need to use a goblet to collect mystical water that can cure their father.