MySims

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The Nintendo DS version of MySims takes place in a vacation resort with the player tasked with the job of luring tourists. This is accomplished by doing tasks for the locals who live in your town and after you're done with a certain task you earn stars. Players collect stars to unlock other parts of the city as well as new minigames and new items in stores. As more stars are collected, the town grows and mini games are unlocked.

Released: 18 September 2007
Platforms: Nintendo DS Wii
Genres: Simulation Strategy
Developers: EA Redwood Shores
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Sandbox
Age ratings: ESRB E CERO A PEGI 3
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)

About

MySims is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spin-off to Maxis's The Sims franchise for the Wii and Nintendo DS in September 2007, re-released for Microsoft Windows and mobile phones in 2008, and for BlackBerry in 2009. The game sold over 4 million units as of 2008.

MySims: Cozy Bundle, which contains MySims and MySims Kingdom, was released for Nintendo Switch on November 19, 2024 and released on Microsoft Windows via Steam and Epic Games Store on March 18, 2025. On November 6, 2025, the bundle was released on Apple Arcade and soon followed up with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S releases later on in the month on the 18th.

Keywords

fishing
management
pizza
day/night cycle
chef's hat
character creation
sleeping
world building
fictional currencies
interior design

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

The game received "average" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, where the Wii version was ported for release under the name Boku to Sim no Machi (ぼくとシムのまち, Boku to Shimu no Machi) on September 27, 2007, followed by the DS version under the name Boku to Sim no Machi: Resort ni Genki o Torimodosō! (ぼくとシムのまちリゾートに元気をとりもどそう！, Boku to Shimu no Machi Risōto ni Genki o Torimodosō!) on December 6, 2007, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40 for the former, and 28 out of 40 for the latter.

IGN said of the Wii version, "The problem is that nearly all of the objectives revolve around the same two tasks: the collection of essences and the construction of houses, buildings and items. All of the Sim management and social interaction elements of the previous games – well, you're not going to find much of that in the streamlined Wii affair." GameSpot praised the same console version for the construction being intuitive and flexible and for the presentation being cheery and clean. It was also criticized for having longer than usual load times. Its Nintendo DS counterpart is regarded as virtually an all new game in design; however, reception of its control scheme varied greatly.