SimAnimals
Serving to launch a new series of videogames in the Sims franchise, SimAnimals features many elements of the classic Sims experience, adapted to the Wii motion controls and featuring forest animals instead of…
SimAnimals is a simulator developed by Electronic Arts, released 21 January 2009 on Wii.
What SimAnimals is
SimAnimals is a simulator game developed by Electronic Arts and released in 2009. It is available on Wii only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Serving to launch a new series of videogames in the Sims franchise, SimAnimals features many elements of the classic Sims experience, adapted to the Wii motion controls and featuring forest animals instead of human beings. Over 30 species of animals are available in such settings as swamps, forests, junkyards, orchards and rivers. As in previous Sims games, the goal is to keep the locals happy. By meeting the needs of the animals and achieving a predetermined ‘happiness’ level, new areas of the world are unlocked. The game provides the player with quests that either improve the general living conditions or meet the happiness needs of particular animals. Multiplayer comes in the form of up…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Sim series
SimAnimals is the 47th of 64 entries we hold in the Sim series. The next entry was MySims Party in 2009. Its critic score of 65 is almost exactly the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is SimCity 3000 at 85.
How it was received
SimAnimals holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
SimAnimals launched on 21 January 2009, within three weeks of Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin and Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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