The Sims 3
The Sims 3 is a handheld game, developed by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS handheld system. For the first time ever, players can experience a full life simulation on a handheld with Nintendo DS. However…
The Sims 3 is a simulator developed by Visceral Games, released 26 October 2010 on Nintendo DS.
What The Sims 3 is
The Sims 3 is a simulator game developed by Visceral Games and released in 2010. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Sims 3 is a handheld game, developed by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS handheld system. For the first time ever, players can experience a full life simulation on a handheld with Nintendo DS. However, Sims are unable to age, WooHoo, or have children. The neighborhood in the game is Beacon Bay, and many familiar Sims and/or relatives, such as Malcolm Landgraab and Alexander Goth, appear.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Sims series
The Sims 3 is the 72nd of 227 entries we hold in the The Sims series. The next entry was The Sims 3: Late Night in 2010. Its critic score of 85 is 14 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is The Sims 4: Parenthood at 90.
How it was received
The Sims 3 holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 85% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
The Sims 3 launched on 26 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Call of Duty: Black Ops. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Sims 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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