MySims

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Build and Customize an Entire Town-Your town is your own unique creation, from the flower shop to the mad scientist’s laboratory and beyond.
• Shape the Community-It’s your call who lives there and who moves out! Who will you befriend? Who will you ignore?
• Get to Know Your Town-Socialize with the locals and uncover all sorts of useful or surprising treasures hidden throughout the town.
• Create Your Own Sim-It’s a cinch to personalize your Sim’s appearance from head to toe with the Wii and DS controls. Unlock cool new clothing and accessories as you befriend the neighbors.
• Design Your Own Stuff-Decorate with your very own furniture and accessories, then customize your creations with things you can grow, harvest, or discover around town.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PE0HCM
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 5 x 0.8 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 18, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,801 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo DS

Amazon.com

Move to a town that has been struggling lately. With a little creativity and some help from the locals, you can make this place thrive. Improve the town to attract new characters, from the Italian Chef and Florist to the Kickboxing Instructor and DJ. Discover what the residents want and need so that you can help them enjoy life in their town. Design a hot tub or a jukebox from scratch, build homes and businesses from the roof to the front door. Uncover special decorations and patterns as you explore the growing town. From the furniture and objects to the buildings to the town as a whole, each of your creations is unique.

Features:

• Move to a resort town and discover areas like the mountain, forest, port, entertainment district, and more
• Unlock more of the world as new characters visit and move in
• Create your own original patterns to make inspired clothing and furniture items

Product Description

MySims DS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Sims: a mixed review-but still worth having, November 20, 2007

By 

PikachuMom (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: MySims (Video Game)

When I first heard of this game, I was very interested, after hearing it likened to Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing, and of course as part of the Sims game family. When I finally did get it, I had mixed feelings about it, still do, for that matter

1) It does say its a Sims game, but frankly the only similarity between the classic computer game and this is the spinning green diamond over the head of the player's character. The characters, both player and NPC, look like they stepped out of a Lego game...not that this is a bad thing, just unexpected when you are accustomed to the 'real thing'/the PC games. The main difference between the Lego people and those in this game is that My Sims has a very 'chibi' look to it, compared to the more realistic characters of other Sims games. They are cute, just startling in a Sims game.

2) The appearance and overall feel of the game would lead most adult buyers to believing this is a game intended for the preschool/grade school set. While a bright child of this age could play this, I believe it is directed more to a preteen on up to adult consumer. The premise of the game is not explained well in any of the ads or sites I have yet seen...the player's character comes to a resort area, presumably to live, and winds up catering to the whims and requests of an ever growing population of tourists in 6 different areas.

You must carry cake, flowers, and even jewelry to cheer up/placate irate, disappointed or heartbroken tourists. You do this by speaking to them, then offering the appropriate gift, then conversing with them by means of watching their reactions to your use of small emoticons at the bottom of the touch screen. Choose correctly, the tourist cheers up and gives you a hefty tip (your main source of income in this game). Make mistakes, and you are likely to have a furious tourist who yells at you. You have another chance to give another gift, etc, when the game time changes, but until then they won't speak to you. This is the part that I believe would make this game very difficult for most children, because of the necessity of watching closely the NPC's visible emotional signs, and responding to them correctly. I would also imagine it would be hard for younger children to cope with having an NPC angry at them, when the child had been trying to be kind.

3) Most games today have players guides both on and offline, well prepared official sites and so on, that a stumped player can turn to when unable to figure out what is to be done next, or how to play a minigame. Not so My Sims DS... There is very little game support or info out there, nothing on the official game site, and what little I have found is all tips from those who are playing it themselves-which can be good info, or not at all. So the player is left with the option of trying to figure out on his own something that isn't clearly explained in the game, or just ignoring it, which is really too bad, considering that the mini games are also good sources of income. Again, something with the potential to be very frustrating for a young child.

4) While this game seems to be very open ended, the goal is to acquire 5 star rating of your skills with the people of the town and tourists, as well as gaining gold star rated friendship with all the residents. So the player could stop when reaching the five star level, and call it quits, but there is much more to do beyond that, so this game wears well.

5) There are a number of cute little Easter eggs in this game, little extras that bring a smile or a giggle, or a 'neat! Look what I found!' moment, such as when you reel in a large fish....which winds up being ginormous compared to the character! Or feeding the wild animals, and having the deer rub its head on you in thanks. My favourite is the nightly hunt for 'glitters'- sparkles on the ground that indicate that a surprise is there to be picked up. It might be money, rare wallpaper or flooring, fish, flowers and plants for the house or garden, or gemstones that can be later set in rings to give to tourists, or just to decorate your home with.

6) Last, but not least: ***this is not the same game as the Wii version.*** Anyone buying My Sims DS, and expecting it to be a pocket version of the Wii game is going to be disappointed. I have not had the pleasure of playing the Wii version-yet!- but I gather it is significantly different from the NDS version, and really shouldn't be compared. Different mini games, different NPCs and layout make it a very different game, from what I hear.

So, this is an odd game, to say the least, but it is one I have no problem with recommending to anyone above the age of 10 at least. Its pretty, relaxing, no real pressure or time constraints to accomplish different tasks in the game. Its a game that can be picked up and played for a few minutes or a few hours.

69 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, September 23, 2007

By 

Larry - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: MySims (Video Game)

Alrighty! First off, I have been wanting this game for MONTHS! (btw, I am using my dad's user name). I got it a few days ago. So far it's quite entertaining, I play it for like 2 hours each time I pick it up!

Oh, and this is from a 13 yr old GIRLS perspective.
let's make this simple:

PROS:
+The mini games are pretty fun
+The graphics are HAPPY and CUTE and not to mention really good
+The music is wonderful and so are the sound effects
+Still has that same ol' Sims feel, you gave to make tourists "HAPPY"
+Seems like there's always something to do, like waiting for new supplies in a store or whatever
+You can change your hair with out paying for it (un-like ACWW)
+WAY MORE TO EXPLORE than in ACWW, like different areas such as the "forest" "port" and "town" ect. and there's a trolley system that runs through it all.


CONS:
-The beginning kind of...well...sucks a little. It's boring, but after a while it's great
-days go by really quickly, unlike Animal Crossing where it goes by your actual clock (this is good in ways too...)
-I don't think there are seasons, which makes me MAD, but who knows..and no picking random flowers, but you can plant some.
-Re-arranging s room is weird, but a lot better than Animal Crossing, you can actually put stuff AGIANST the wall.
-You can't visit other people's towns......I don't think.

OTHERS:
*You can dig for fosils like on ACWW, but you just click on an area that is sparkling
*No upgrading houses, but you have to buy this one house...I don't want to give it away. :)
*THERE'S A CASINO, which I haven't done much in.
*there' disco...it's stupid, you pay 500 coins or whatever and all you do is dance and talk to tourists.
*You can take pictures
*No more people moving or out...there's NO NEIGHBORS, it's a tourist town.
*There's an airport, which I haven't gotten to yet...I have to be on star level 5 I think.

So that's it for now.
I RECCOMEND THIS TO EVERYONE, but I wouldn't buy it if you already have Animal Crossing because they are basically the same....Kind of. :) JUST BUY IT cause it's worth the $$$.

37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 9 year old loves this game, October 3, 2007

By 

C. Sanders - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: MySims (Video Game)

If you're considering this for your kid. Go for it. It will keep him/her busy for hours on end. You'll have to drag him back to the real world. My 15 year old is a Sims fanatic & couldn't help but give it a try (after the little one fell asleep late Saturday night). The teenager reported that it is a fantastic game, but probably best suited for the 12 & under crowd. She compared it to Animal Crossing & Harvest Moon - two games that she loved as a "kid"!

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