The Sims 3 (smartphone)

The Sims 3 iPhone Developer(s) EA Black Box EA Play Publisher(s) Electronic Arts, producer: Ben Bell Series The Sims Engine iPhone OS Genre(s) Life simulation Mode(s) Single-player Ratings Teen System requirements iPhone or iPod Touch Cheats

The Sims 3 was released for iPhone and iPod Touch 2 days before the computer version of The Sims 3 came out. The objective of the game is to unlock and complete wishes for the sims. To see what wishes have been completed go to the main menu and click Goal Checklist. There are 73 goals.

EA's quote for The Sims 3 for iPhone and iPod Touch:

From the best-selling PC franchise in history, EA Mobile has released The Sims™ 3 as an iPhone™/ iPod® touch game! Direct the lives of your Sims using touch and accelerometer controls while exploring the 3D neighborhood. Customize their looks & personality. Give them big browns or baby blues. Cover their head in curls or have them sport a mohawk. Make them Neurotic, Funny, or Shy. Choose their career. Take them fishing. Watch as they fall in love. With The Sims 3, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

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Differences between the computer and iPhone/iPod version

• Less customizationwhich?^{[clarification needed]} in the CAS stage, and the limit of creating one Sim.
• Some traits included from the developing stage of The Sims 3 that were removed for the computer version, such as Shy (later to be re-introduced in The Sims 3: Late Night), Conversationalist and Vain. Traits that are only in the mobile version are Conversationalist, Vain, Modest and Active.
• Fewer lifetime wishes.
• The game ends when a lifetime wish is fulfilled, unlike the computer series of The Sims, which is completely open-ended.
• Only one cheat,which?^{[clarification needed]} unlike the computer which has many cheats.

Features

• Over 10 hours of gameplay filled with hysterical antics and unexpected moments of surprise
• New beautiful 3D visuals
• Support for iPhone specific controls (touch and accelerometer)
• Explore an ever-changing neighborhood with new open world gameplay
• Enjoy smarter Sims with deeper personalities, wishes and goals
• Create Sims, complete with different hair styles, clothes, personalities and more
• Keep Sims busy with 4 fun mini-games including fishing, gardening, cooking, and house repairs
• Develop complex relationships with other Sims as they fall in love, make friends or rebel against the neighborhood

Vampire theme pack

Vampire theme pack screenshot

On November 6, 2009, EA announced the release of a vampire theme pack for the iPhone. The pack included Live it or Wear it Sets with Vampires and Werewolves, Castle and Campus Life themes. “Live it” sets contain car, furniture, decoration, wallpaper, and flooring. “Wear it” sets contain clothing, new CAS options, and hair styles.[1]

Expansions for iPhone

EA seems to be following the same path they are with the computer series coming out with The Sims World Adventures and Ambitions (which means Late Night will be next if EA is doing it the same way they are doing it for the computer). Both of which in someway relate to the ones for the computer.

The Sims

• Nina
• Ruth
• Johnny
• Bernie
• Marcell
• Theresa
• Luke
• Maggie
• Jake
• Jack
• Jill
• Walter
• Kia

The Sims in the iPhone version don't have last names.

Careers

There are 5 places to get jobs.

• Town Hall
• Laboratory
• Corsican Bistro
• Quickmart
• Pawn Shop

Other buildings and parks

• Pawn Shop-Once all the goals are completed the pawn shop will be unlocked.
• Quick mart- Sims can buy food/fish. They can also sell there crops here.
• Hobby Shop- Buy seeds to plant things, a fishing kit and a repair kit.
• Corsican Bistro- Sims can buy Eat-In meals and buy recipes.
• Car Dealer- Sims can buy him/herself a red, blue, green and yellow car.
• Park - A place for sims to eat and have fun with others.

Mini games

There are 4 different mini games in The Sims 3.

• Cooking
• Fishing
• Gardening
• Repairing

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Upgrade houses

In The Sims 3 base game for iPhone the only way to make a house bigger is to upgrade it through a message that pops up on the screen. There are 3 housing updates.

• First Update - Gives four plots of land to group crops and a whole new room.
• Second Update - More rooms, more garden space.
• Third Update -

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Trivia

• The Sims 3 Collectors Edition was also released but not on iPhone, or any other smartphone except Samsung Vibrant Galaxy S.^{[confirmation needed]}
• Ruth can be based on Grandma Ruthie from MySims because she and Ruth have the same looks and their names also match.

Gallery

External links

• The Sims 3 for iPhone & iPod touch

References

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