Dear Reader:
More My Sims details (Wii/DS)
A few bulletpoints of info from Nintendo Power…
Wii
- The original town you start in is the same town of your grandparents
- Among others, the town will have a mad scientist, magician, chef, hair dresser, and florist
- townsfolk will ask you to build things for them
- Artistic style was chosen to obtain worldwide appeal. The Sims doesn’t sell that well in Japan.
- Development team was partially inspired by the Sesame Street song “Who Are the People in your neighborhood?”
- Use Nunchuck for “direct movement”, Wiimote to point and move objects
- it is unknown whether you control your character as in Animal Crossing, or you direct your character as in The Sims franchise
DS
- Game takes place on vacation resort that needs tourists to visit
- Convince people to stay through conversations, mini game play using touch screen/microphone as well
- One mini game is fishing, no other games were discussed
- Touch screen shows environment, top screen shows info