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SimCity DS

SimCity DS (SCDS) is a city building and management computer game and the first Nintendo DS installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by the AKI Corporation and…

82 22 February 2007

SimCity DS is a simulator developed by AKI Corporation, released 22 February 2007 on Nintendo DS.

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What SimCity DS is

SimCity DS is a simulator game developed by AKI Corporation and released in 2007. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

SimCity DS (SCDS) is a city building and management computer game and the first Nintendo DS installment in the SimCity series. It was published by Electronic Arts (EA) and developed by the AKI Corporation and EA Japan.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Sim series

SimCity DS is the 37th of 64 entries we hold in the Sim series. It arrived 2 years after The Tower SP. The next entry was MySims in 2007. Its critic score of 82 is 15 points above the series average of 67. The highest-rated entry is SimCity 3000 at 85.

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How it was received

SimCity DS holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What it launched against

SimCity DS launched on 22 February 2007, within three weeks of God of War II, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle and Crackdown. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: God of War II, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Peggle, Crackdown.

Cheats and codes

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When did SimCity DS come out?
SimCity DS was released on 22 February 2007 for Nintendo DS.

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