MySims
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| Developer(s) | EA Redwood Shores |
| Publisher(s) | Electronic Arts |
| Platform(s) | Wii, DS |
| Release | September 5, 2007 (Gamestop.com) |
| Genre(s) | Life simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Template:Nihongo title is a forthcoming video game developed by EA Games for Nintendo's Wii and DS consoles and based on Maxis' The Sims series. MySims will be released in the Summer of 2007.
Wii MySims gameplay revolves around players fixing up a house in their grandparents' rundown town where only a few residents live.[1] The mayor also gives you the opportunity to lure new residents to the town. It is also revealed that "miserable" residents who don't like the player's town will migrate to a volcanic game location.
In contrast, the DS version takes place in a vacation resort with the player tasked with the job to lure in tourists.[2]
Apart from creating a custom Mii-like character, players can also modify their houses and build furniture and appliances using a selection of building blocks.[3] This gives the player more building options, allowing them to create anything from a fridge to a rooftop swimming pool and moving away from the original Sims tradition of ordering furniture from a virtual catalog. There will be up to 80 characters to interact with in the Wii version (30 characters in the DS version), including a mad scientist, a magician, a chef, a hair dresser and a florist amongst others. Some of these characters may ask the player to build things for them; for example the chef may request an oven be constructed for him. As with other Sims games, meeting people and forming relationships will be a major gameplay focus.
Other features include the ability to grow flowers and plants by planting seeds outside, and extracting "essences" from the player's objects which can be used for decoration. The DS version will have a number of mini games including fishing. On the Wii, the Nunchuk will be utilized for direct movement, with the remote for object moving and building. The DS version will support the touch screen and microphone.
Compared to previous Sims titles, MySims has a more cartoonish and anime-inspired look, with chibified character designs. They are modeled after the popular Japanese dolls Pinky Street. This was Emmy Toyonaga's idea; in Official Nintendo Magazine she remarked: "Well, Mario and other Nintendo characters are pretty short and stubby. Also, being Japanese, I'm used to the mindset that fun games should have shorter, stubbier characters. So these characters kind of came naturally".[4] In Nintendo Power, designer Robin Hunicke said that the character designs also imply youthfulness, and that the aesthetic was chosen for world-wide appeal, while referring to the lesser sales of previous Sims games in Japan compared to other territories.[5]
References
- ^ Jackson, Mike (2007-02-15). "First MySims details arise". CVG. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "More My Sims details (Wii/DS)". Go Nintendo. 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "EA officially announces MySims for DS and Wii". Aussie-Nintendo.com. 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Official Nintendo Magazine, March 2007
- ^ "Nintendo Power April 2007 Get!". Buttonbasher. 2007-02-26. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
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