Urbz: Sims In The City

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Face challenges from your bosses at the Sushi Bar, Chop Shop, or Bootleg Fireworks, Inc.
• Get access to big social events and get the gear you need to be a master of the urban lifestyle
• Travel to social events and get noticed, so that you can improve your standing in the city

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002HDSZK
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 inches ; 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 4, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,810 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Game Boy Advance

From the Manufacturer

The Sims have moved to the City where action is 24/7 and reputation means everything. Sims who live in the City are known as The Urbz, and they have a bold new look and attitude. Go to work and be challenged by bosses at locations like the Sushi Bar, Chop Shop, or Bootleg Fireworks, Inc. Success at work brings promotions, access to new power socials and gear to influence your new lifestyle. Flaunt your attitude by styling your Urbz using the detailed new character engine; then cross the velvet ropes of an uptown night club or explore the subway to earn new skills and items for your high-rise crib. It's up to you whether your Urbz become big-time players on the street or are lost in the crowd. It's all about reputation as The Urbz are living the dream in a City that never sleeps.

• Reputation (rep): Build your reputation within the world, outside your hood, and through characters you’ll hang with. Your goal is to be the biggest player in the city with ultimate access to the hottest places and people.
• Urban Style: An all-new character engine turns your Urbz into hip city dwellers. Take your Urbz out on the town to swanky new hot spots like the Sushi Bar, VIP Club, or even out to get a tattoo at the Tattoo Parlor.
• New Gameplay Experience: You now control your Urbz 24/7 in the City that never sleeps. You directly control your Urbz on the job to make sushi or strip down motorcycles, etc., to earn Simoleans and gain access to new social interactions! Motive gameplay is more elegant than ever so that you fulfill your motives quicker and even have limited motives to manage in specific situations. You can bounce into a hip boutique and change your look in-game from rasta to rap, affecting how the world perceives you!
• Lifestyles & Districts: Choose to live in one of nine districts (neighborhoods), each with its own unique inhabitants and their lifestyles. Depending on which district you pick your gameplay experience and the way you earn your reputation will be different.
• vNext Generation Graphics, UI, and Audio: Featuring all-new graphics, real time lighting and weather effects, the City comes alive. New audio and music reflects the sounds of the city and the beat of urban lifestyles. The brand new in-game UI modeled after the latest PDAs is named the XAM (pronounced "zam"). The XAM lets you Xchange money & items, Access special areas in the city, and Message your friends to stay connected 24/7; are you XAMmin' yet?

Product Description

Urbz: Sims In The City takes your Sim to the urban jungle. Here, the action is 24/7 and reputation means everything. Get a job, earn that promotion and get the money and reputation you need for the ultimate challenge: making it in the big city!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you liked Bustin Out for GBA, You'll LOVE the Urbz, December 28, 2004

By 

A. J. Yang "bookworm" (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Urbz: Sims in The City (Video Game)

The Sims are back, with a new and edgy attitude and environment. No more farm for you, you wake up with a thankless job in the big city and it's your goal to make it big. You can choose from four "groups": Arties, Nerdies, Richies or Streeties, but you can be friends with all of the groups and complete all the group missions too.
What's best about this game are the fun characters, original settings, and approachable missions. There are few new elements such as woodcarving and baking too. The "jobs" are really fun minipuzzles, and the Xixxles (perks such as lower hunger or more money for jobs) make the game more interesting, without having to use codes/cheating.
This game is obviously restricted in that it's a GAMEBOY, not a gamecube or a computer, so the limitless possibilities of the Sims are not going to be here, but if you are goal oriented, like puzzles, and enjoyed Bustin Out, you will love this game!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and addicting!, July 8, 2005

By 

Carrie "Librarian in Training" (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Urbz: Sims in The City (Video Game)

At 28 years old, I felt I'm a little too old to become addicted to video games.

I was so wrong.

The Urbz is cool, and as addicting as hot fudge sundaes. I played this game for twelve hours straight one day. The characters are funny, the challenges cool, and what's more, after you "beat" the game, you can continue to play in free mode and accomplish all the rep goals. I recommend this as one of the best Sims games.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different City, Same Game, November 19, 2004

By 

Beth Davis "angrycockroach04" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Urbz: Sims in The City (Video Game)

I've been playing this game for a week and a few days now. It's just as addictive as Busting Out (GBA) was, but it's pretty much the same game, plus or minus a few minor things. Rep points are a strange thing, and I've found that they don't really contribute to gameplay. A few of the challenges are harder than they were in Busting Out, and I've also found that your Urb will continue to fulfill motives even after the bar is full.

It isn't a bad game, but I was expecting more.

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