Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #723 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2005-11-04
• Rating: To Be Announced
• Platform: Nintendo DS

Manufacturer's Description
The Sims 2 comes to the Nintendo DS handheld entertainment system bringing with it all the addictive, open-ended gameplay of the fastest-selling PC game of all time. Featuring a unique storyline for, The Sims 2 lets you create, customize, and control different neighborhoods as you delve into the mysteries of Stangetown and strive to uncover its secrets. Mind your Sim's Sanity Meter to save them from a nervous breakdown and connect with other players to trade secrets and play head-to-head mini-games. With The Sims 2 for handheld, now you can take it with you everywhere.

Customer Reviews

New generation for Sims 2!
Firstly I'd like to say to all Sims fans that this is NOT your typical Sims gameplay! Forget looking after hunger, sleep etc. in the usual way as does not exsist! All of this is now incorperated into your 'sanity' meter. This is highly confusing to begin with but give it time as it only takes a small time to get used to.

The general jist of the game is to create a popular and profitable hotel along with saving the towns folk from invasions of aliens and robots. (Highly amusing!)

The goals are fairly straight forward once you know what is wanted and there are 7 mini-games for bit of extra cash and variety.

The game is run in 'real-time' which is the only part I would call annoying, my only advice is to save loads of money and buy the new buildings just before to go to bed as this way (provided you sleep for 8hrs) when you wake up your buildings will be complete!

I really enjoyed this game and would recommend it to all!!

Different to the Pc game, but in a good way.
If you're looking at this expecting to find a smaller version of the sims2 pc game, then you will be sorely dissapointed, but for all those looking for an addictive, funny and downright good game for the DS, step right up! this game rewards patience, set in real time, it can be a bit annoying waiting eight hours for a room to be built, but each room that DOES get built has it's own special theme: an art gallery where you can draw your own paintings, a jazz bar to mix your own music and even a secret 'rat cave' where you can become the roving superhero known only as 'the ratticator'. this game never lets up and never ceases to deliver. even after the main game is finished, it rewards those who keep the hotel customers (that's right, your the manager of a hotel) happy. with monthly exclusive items and plenty of side quests, this game is the sim-bee's knees!

such an addictive game - but with technical bugs
Like many people, I am a new convert to the gaming world, which started when I played on the Wii. Suddenly, playing computer games wasn't just a boy's domain anymore. I bought a DS recently and this was one of the first games I played on it. I was completely addicted very quickly and found it really hard to put down. I worked really hard at succeeding in the game - you interact with other sims and complete goals that include alien autopsies (not gory) and searching in the desert for metal bars with your metal detector... your ultimate aim is running a hotel successfully in Strangetown.

I think this is a really fantastic and fun game and recommend it to a mature player who has patience and isn't just interested in shooting and explosions. HOWEVER. I got 80% of the way through, when my game developed a bug that meant it crashed every time I tried to look at my inventory. Since this is essential, it's basically meant I've had to abandon it completely after having worked so hard on it. My disappointment is huge. EA Games, the makers, are virtually impossible to contact (their website also crashed on me more than once - perhaps it's a fatal flaw of theirs), but even if they did replace the cartridge, I would lose all the work I'd already done and I can't face starting again from scratch, especially if the same bug occurred again. Looking at online forums I can see the exact same problem has happened to other people too, which to me implies a proper bug in the game, rather than a faulty cartridge.

So the choice is yours... but you might be better off going for a version for your PC or Mac instead, for which patches can be downloaded when they get bugs.