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| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy Used: $24.89
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New (34) Used (24) from $24.89
Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 440
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 15533
UPC: 014633155334
EAN: 0014633155334
ASIN: B000Q4SREG
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Condition: FREE UPGRADE TO PRIORITY SHIPPING
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Playing to Play May 24, 2008
I hardly consider myself a hardcore video gamer. While most people like games with solid and concrete goals (i.e. beating a game in every available mode), I like to play video games just to play and relax. For me, My Sims is great. It can be highly addictive at times (just one more task!) but it's such a nice relaxing game, time flies right past you.
The furniture design is interesting (think Tetris) but some times it can get a little (ok a LOT) wacky when the character wants a ridiculous amount of essences in an object (you have to really get creative and figure out how on Earth to stick 25 purple crayons on a flower stand).
The game is lighthearted and whimisical. Definitely play at your own pace. I like it more than Animal Crossing in that if I leave it untouched for oh, months, it doesn't give me a guilt trip upon my return and wild weeds haven't taken over all of my hard work.
While little ones can certainly kill some time on this game, the true driving point of the game (construction) is most likely going to be out of their grasp. My four and a half year old loves wandering and fishing but we have to do the tasks for him.
It's a nice addition to the Wii collection and rounds out the variety in games.
 My Sims May 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a fun game, but to me it gets repetitive. With you keeping up on the stats like on the other Sims games it makes it to boring and repetitive. Its amazing how the game lest you gave your own style with the furni and the houses. Also seeing the little chibi characters make it hard to stop playing.
for younger kids April 30, 2008
My 8 year old son loves this game! My 11 year old thinks it's boring so I would recommend it for younger kids. He's been playing it for almost a month and still has areas left to unlock so I think it's going to keep his interest for a long time.
Boring, but addictive April 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this game Friday night. I played it all night, finally going to bed at 7 am. While it's loading (it takes a while to load stuff) I think how boring it is, but I just can't stop playing it. It's addictive. The Sims look like lego people, and it sounds like they're speaking French or sumthin. All you really do in the game is look for "essences", design the inside of buildings, and design houses. Overall, though, I like it.
 First SIMS game April 13, 2008
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is the first game of the SIMS genre that my family has ever purchased (or even really seen much of). For years I've heard people talk about "Sim this" and "Sim that" ... "Sim City" etc. Based on the popularity I figured there had to be something to it. So when my 9 year old wanted Wii MY SIMS I figured, "finally, we'll be part of the SIM craze."
Ok, I just don't get it. The game seems tedious... no the game IS tedious. And WHY god, WHY would EA make all the Sims talk in that "teletubby gibberish? As a parent do you know what an hour of listening to that babble will do to your brain? I'm getting ready to climb a tower with a high-powered rifle. If my son ends up liking this game, I'm moving the Wii to the basement.
I give it 2 stars because I know kids love it... so clearly I've crossed over into the "you hooligan kids get off my lawn" phase of life, but lord have them speak a real language.
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