SimCity DS - OHYEAH!

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How did I not know this was in dev? :D

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EA announces SimCity DS
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Electronic Arts today officially confirmed development of SimCity DS, a new edition of Maxis' classic city-building simulation for Nintendo's current portable. The game has been known to be in development for some time, with numerous screenshots released out of Japan. Doubt was cast on the fate of the game when it was announced earlier this month that the game's developer, EA Japan, had been closed, but EA noted that development of SimCity DS will be continued by an external studio via the EA Partners program. EA Japan's other two titles, Theme Park DS and Dragon Zakura DS, are still in the works as well.

SimCity DS is based around Maxis' SimCity 3000 (PC), though the game is newly developed rather than a port of that title. "We are very excited to bring the SimCity experience to the Nintendo DS platform," said producer Takahiro Murakami. "The unique Nintendo DS functionalities inspired us to incorporate many new features to delight the most dedicated SimCity fans. The game is filled with fun surprises that will appeal to new and existing fans of the franchise." The most dedicated SimCity fans are also likely to be delighted by the fun surprise of SimCity designer Will Wright appearing in caricatured form as one of the in-game advisors.

Along with today's announcement, EA sent over the first English-language screenshot of the game. EA plans to release the game worldwide for Nintendo DS this summer.

(from http://www.shacknews.com/)

― Trayce, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:46 (eighteen years ago)

Ah shit, no hotlinking. Sorry - here.

http://www.memorygongs.com/scds.PNG

― Trayce, Friday, 2 March 2007 02:50 (eighteen years ago)

simPSYCHED.

― s1ocki, Friday, 2 March 2007 07:46 (eighteen years ago)

This is what you get for not paying attention.

― kingfish, Friday, 2 March 2007 08:11 (eighteen years ago)

it's out in japan

― webber, Friday, 2 March 2007 09:25 (eighteen years ago)

woohoo @ this

― g-kit, Friday, 2 March 2007 09:43 (eighteen years ago)

Apparently one of the advisors is a super-deformed will wright. There's a pic of him in this month's edge. Looks very cute.

Edge also says though that the focus of the DS version is less "build a city and have fun", more "take a pre-made city, protect it from disasters". Means you get shorter, more handheld-friendly levels, I guess. But I'm not conviced it's a great idea overall. (to be fair, this might change for the western version).

― JimD, Friday, 2 March 2007 14:29 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't it odd that a SimCity title came out in Japan before it came out here?

― Will M., Friday, 2 March 2007 16:07 (eighteen years ago)

Can not WAIT for this one - you blow out fires! Carrying a sweet little city w/ you everywhere where YOU are the superhero!

― Jaq, Friday, 2 March 2007 16:17 (eighteen years ago)

as in, you blow on the mic?

― Will M., Friday, 2 March 2007 16:18 (eighteen years ago)

Supposedly

― Jaq, Friday, 2 March 2007 17:25 (eighteen years ago)

You blow out fires? OMG! :D

― Trayce, Saturday, 3 March 2007 06:06 (eighteen years ago)

I know! Some of the coolest stuff in Hotel Dusk is the clever ways they use the things inherent to the DS (multiple contact points on the lower screen, holding it like a book, closing it to move things from left screen to right, etc)

― Jaq, Saturday, 3 March 2007 17:30 (eighteen years ago)

so excited.

― Dy, Sunday, 4 March 2007 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=38461

― kingfish, Sunday, 4 March 2007 02:11 (eighteen years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aGGSvcC-8Nc&mode=related&search=

― kingfish, Sunday, 4 March 2007 07:56 (eighteen years ago)

I am going to put in so many DS bus stations! Sim City 2k was a bus station 'splosion. Had to keep traffic down. I think I will also stick to my standard 8% tax.

― Abbott, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 01:55 (eighteen years ago)

blowing out fires = genius

― Curt1s Stephens, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 03:34 (eighteen years ago)

If you blow too hard, do all the little trees/cars/people start flying up into the air and screaming?

― V, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 10:02 (eighteen years ago)

That would be the greatest thing ever.

― kv_nol, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 15:37 (eighteen years ago)

I had to give mouth-to-mouth in Hotel Dusk last night - I spent 5 minutes puffing into the mic before I figured out what it really wanted me to do :)

― Jaq, Wednesday, 7 March 2007 18:08 (eighteen years ago)

*Cue obvious dirty joke about handheld devices*

― kv_nol, Thursday, 8 March 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)

nine months pass...

So how is this?

― Abbott, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 23:50 (seventeen years ago)

I bought this yesterday for my brother for xmas. It's okay, it's not fantastic though... it really really feels cramped. But, for $20 (which it's at now) you can't go wrong with a simcity title, imo.

― Will M., Thursday, 20 December 2007 15:29 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

THis game turned out to be kind of crummy. It's not a terribly intuitive GUI. I was quite disappointed :(

― i obtain much semillon (Trayce), Friday, 30 October 2009 02:37 (fifteen years ago)

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