- SimAnimals
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developer=Electronic Arts
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released= January vgy|2009cite web|url=http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=88189&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1174706&highlight=|title=SimAnimals, an All-New Franchise from the Sims Label Launches in January 2009!|work=Electronic Arts |date=2008-07-14]
genre=Life simulation
modes=Single-player , multiplayer (2 - 4 players)
ratings= vgratings|ESRB=Rating Pending
platforms=Nintendo DS ,Wii
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input=Wii remote ,gamepad ,touchscreen "SimAnimals" is a
life simulation video game to be published byElectronic Arts for theNintendo DS ,iPhone /iPod Touch andWii console systems, due for release in January 2009.Gameplay
The game has the player in the same "
The Sims " role as a disembodied hand in which the player manipulates over 60 types of animals, and creates their habitat around them. [Electronic Arts E3 2008 Press Presentation] The animals evolve personalities depending on how the user treats (or mistreats) them.The player can use the animals to solve challenges and achieve goals by discovering secrets, unlocking forest areas and uncovering one-of-a-kind objects and wild animals, some with special abilities, by having the animals successfully complete tasks.
Multiplayer
The player may invite up to three other players to enter their forest.
Animals
The final game will contain at least 30 species of animals from the Northern Hemisphere, though the full list is not yet known. Animals identified in screenshots or press releases thus far includes bears, beavers, crows, deer, ducks, foxes, hedgehogs, owls, rabbits, raccoons, robins, squirrels, and wolves. [ [http://planetthesims.gamespy.com/View.php?view=SimAnimals.Detail&game=24&id=2 SimAnimals: Animals] , Planet The Sims. Retrieved on
2008 -09-18.]References
External links
* [http://www.simanimals.com/ "SimAnimals" official Site]
* [http://planetthesims.gamespy.com/simanimals/ "SimAnimals" at Planet The Sims]
* [http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/ea-reveals-simanimals-for-ds-wii/ Joystiq first look]
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