Making its console debut on PlayStation2, Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch? reintroduces the tag team system of gameplay that was so effective in Kim Possible 3: Team Possible for Game Boy Advance. However, instead of enabling you to switch between Kim and Ron Stoppable in-game, on-the-fly, Kim has a new, rather unexpected sidekick: her arch-rival Shego.

The strange partnership comes about after Ron and Dr. Drakken's brains get switched during a heist gone awry. The two nemesis's must unit against a common new foe, Kim and Shego grudgingly working together towards a shared goal.

The interplay between Kim and Shego is less collaborative than earlier tag-team games; more like overlapping gameplay sequences. There are some inspired moments in all this, like a highway sequence where Shego jumps between moving cars. However, more often than not Kim and Shego seem to cover a lot of the same ground, which gets repetitive given the overall shortage of unique enemies and environments.

It's also repetitious in that the two girls share a lot of common moves, including basic kicks and punches, double jump and cartwheels, though each also has a handful of unique gadgets, Kim's bubble gum for ensnaring enemies, for example, and Shego's "magne-go" for moving large objects.

The game is bolstered by a neat jazzy soundtrack and cartoonish two-and-a-half-D perspective (where depth is added to a side-scrolling 2-D environment). There's also plenty of unlockable material including alternate costumes, concept art and music.

All told, and despite dragging in places, Kim Possible remains one of the better "girl game" series' out there.

3 out of 5