Having a nanny would be nice in terms of getting help to chauffeur the kids, help when a parent is run down, and help in preparing meals. The nanny in Nanny Mania does it all except the chauffeuring. Then again, the family's head of household is the Mayor of Suburbia, so he probably has a chauffeur already.
The game takes a different approach than the games of the fastpreneur game genre. Here you're not running a business, but instead working to keep the house clean and the family happy. Nanny Mania also feels like a Sims game in that you watch the family live their lives within the walls of their home.
Too bad cleaning isn't as easy in real life as it is in the game. Click the item once and it's clean. When furniture or a fish tank needs cleaning, the item appears highlighted in yellow. Click once and nanny's arms flail around for a few seconds and poof, the item is clean. Some tasks take more than one click, such as changing the baby's diaper, giving the baby a bottle, and cooking a meal.
The game begins with the parents and one baby. Easy-peasy. Each level contains five games. When you complete a level, the parents have another child and the younger ones get older. The most the nanny handles is four children. After that, the only thing that changes is the age of the kids, the kinds of messes they make, and the frequency of the messes. Eventually, you won't have to deal with dirty diapers or warming bottles.
You'd think the game would change after all four kids arrive. It doesn't and the game turns monotonous. The start of every level feels like the player is doing the same steps with small variations. It won't take long to dislike Dad because he goes off to work or plays golf, leaving Mom alone to eat with the four kids.
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