Product Description

Party with your friends and the MySims! MySims Party lets you and your friends throw down with the MySims. Up to four players can test their wits, quickness and skill in 40+ minigames, each hosted by a different MySim! Each of your friends and you can select a custom team of four characters to play the huge variety MySims Party has to offer. Outwit friends by selecting the right team who will carry the day in contests based on strength, endurance, speed and luck. Pick carefully though, the wrong team will give your friends the edge over you. Bragging rights only belong to those who choose wisely and play flawlessly! Real people, real fun with the MySims!

• Minigame Madness: Find the real mummy with your flashlight! Slash a cannonball! Flip bacon to perfection! You can also use items to give you an edge! Challenge your reflexes, strategy, smarts and speed with a huge variety of games.
• Use the Uniqueness of each MySim: All the MySims bring a unique combination of skills. Strength, endurance, speed and luck all play a part in how well they play. Select a team of four who will propel you to victory in every minigame!
• Fast-Paced Festivals: Play minigames one right after the other in fast-paced chunks of fun to win the monuments! No more walking around a game board!
• Party On: Any get together turns into a party with up to four players playing more than 40 minigames. Quickplay modes get you and your friends to the games fast.
• DS-Specific Feature: Using one game card, friends can wirelessly play against each other in Dream Festival Mode and Minigame Mode.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #643 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Released on: 2009-03-13
• Rating: Universal, particularly children
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Format: Unknown format

Manufacturer's Description

PARTY with your friends and the MySims!

MySims Party lets you and your friends throw down with the MySims. Up to 4 players can test their wits, quickness and skill in 40+ minigames, each hosted by a different MySim! Each of your friends and you can select a custom team of 4 characters to play the huge variety MySims Party has to offer. Outwit friends by selecting the right team who will carry the day in contests based on strength, endurance, speed and luck. Pick carefully though, the wrong team will give your friends the edge over you. Bragging rights only belong to those who choose wisely and play flawlessly! Real People. Real fun. With the MySims!

Customer Reviews

Mysims back on form!
I love mysims but with the last game, i was disappointed for a few reasons- firstly, you had to second guess most of the time, the mini games were either too easy or really difficult (the ski jump and the canooing were impossible to get gold on) and generally i felt it was missing some of the original magic. I was reluctent to get this, but in the end, i decided to give it a try, and i'm really glad i did!

Like the previous two games, you arrive in a town and have to help it back on it's feet. Unlike the first two games, here you have to get people to move in by playing in 12 different festivals and 40 minigames. First, you choose your mysims gendre, then the usual haircuts and colour for eyes etc, but there's more choice this time round. Then you're asked to chose the stats you want to have. These are power, speed and technique. You have six points to play around with so use them wisely as you can't change them afterwards. You then get shown around your town (unlike the first two which is nice) and enter the first festival. After this, you are free to meet the locals and take it at your own pace. There are a few reasons why i love this game:

Firstly, you meet characters from the first and second mysims games on the ds, but you also meet some characters that were only on the wii/pc versios, which is nice for those who haven't played these versions. I liked all the characters and they all have different personalities and looks!

The look of the game is polished and this time, when you hold down the B button, you run straight away! This was one of the biggest niggles of the last two games but it finally seems it has been sorted out- horray!

The mini games are varied and require a little bit of thinking, which is always a good thing! It makes you think about how quickly to turn a folk or to trace a symbol very carefully. I also like the fact that there are four settings- weak, normal, strong and powerful. It really seems they've thought about their audience and understand the age range that play this game. So, far, i've only tried it on weak, but in the later festivals, they seem to get stronger (but not too much that you can't win!). It allows people to get used to the mini games then challenge themselves by going to the next strength level. You can also practive the mini games and try to beat your best scores. They use all features of the ds which is a nice touch too. You also have festival cards which make it more interesting to play and tactics are required to survive and win.

The game has clocked up 15 hours to complete all the festivals and do most of the tasks set by the townspeople, but i still have to buy quite a few more items and get a few more sims to be my friends. I played this over a lazy weekend so for those who don't have much time on their hands, this will last a while. I've played much more hyped up titles and they haven't been half as good, half the gaming time and half the replay value.

There is a wide variety of clothes and hairstyles to collect, but this time you can also change the outside of your house, which is good- it's fun to mix and match different house parts and have a unique house to go home to!

When playing the mini games, you can either use the sims you befriend, or create your own team. So far, i've saved 10 sims, which i think is good!

There are one or two things which would have made the game perfect:

The inside of your house is decorated and you can't change it. This would have been a nice addition but i like the inside of the house anyway so it's not a big deal.

Although the festivals are fun, it's hard to get the money needed for different house parts and other things. Some of the later items are expensive and take a long time to get. Although the later festivals offer more money, by the time you buy the cards, you don't have much left. Maybe getting some money from doing some jobs? I feel maybe adding fishing and digging for treasure could have helped.

Overall, i feel the game has got it's magic back. A lot of reviews have been unfair and harse and it seems they have forgotten that a game should be fun to play and not just about blowing things up and killing. When i play a game, i want fun and just to escape, which i can do with this game. I sometimes wish i was a mysim so i could go to my town and have a relaxing and fun holiday! A good fun game which is also challenging too!

My Sims Party game
Bought as a present so I have heard he is having great fun with it.