Miami Nights: Singles in the City

{{Short description|2006 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = Miami Nights: Singles in the City

| image = Miami Nights - Singles in the City Coverart.png

| caption = Cover art for the Nintendo DS

| developer = Gameloft Bucharest

| publisher = DS:
Ubisoft
J2ME, BlackBerry:
Gameloft

| released = {{collapsible list|title=November 1, 2006|Mobile
{{vgrelease|EU|November 1, 2006}}Nintendo DS
{{vgrelease|NA|January 15, 2008|PAL|February 15, 2008}}BlackBerry
{{vgrelease|WW|May 13, 2009}}2: The City Is Yours
{{vgrelease|WW|August 5, 2009}}Life in the Spotlight
{{vgrelease|NA|December 14, 2009|EU|January 1, 2010|JP|May 12, 2010}}}}

| genre = Dating simulator

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer

| platforms = J2ME, Nintendo DS, BlackBerry

| producer = Manuel Figeac

| director = Stanislas Dewavrin

| designer = Matthieu Gosnet
Stefan Dan Foaie

| series = Nights Series

| artist = Arthur Hugot
Christophe Latour

| programmer = Emil Dobre
Victor Bernot
Carlos Morales

}}

Miami Nights: Singles in the City is a dating simulation game for the J2ME Platform, Nintendo DS and BlackBerry. It is based on the successful Gameloft Nights franchise for mobile phones which has generated more than 4 million downloads.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}. The game is similar to New York Nights: Success in the City which is also a part of Gameloft's Nights series.

The American cover art depicts a woman wearing a dress, whereas the European/J2ME/BlackBerry cover art depicts the same woman in a bikini. There have been complaints about the game being slow after the language selection and taking a long time to load.

Other Miami Nights games include Miami Nights: Life in the Spotlight for DSiWare (released on December 14, 2009 in North America, and in 2010 internationally).{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/1Ab-7I_f6pr6TzQFb5kM5dwbdR8tGQqq |title=11 New Downloads Blast Their Way to Nintendo Systems |date=December 14, 2009 |publisher=Nintendo of America |accessdate=December 14, 2009 |archive-date=December 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217092531/http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/1Ab-7I_f6pr6TzQFb5kM5dwbdR8tGQqq |url-status=dead }} and Miami Nights 2: The City is Yours, released on August 5, 2009 for BlackBerry.

Sequel

The game had a sequel for the DSi & BlackBerry. For the DSi sequel, it is called Miami Nights: Life in the Spotlight, while for the BlackBerry sequel, it is called Miami Nights 2: The City is Yours. Both have the same title cover, they just differ in title.

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Reception

{{Video game reviews

| MC = (DS) 48/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/miami-nights-singles-in-the-city/critic-reviews/?platform=ds |title=Miami Nights: Singles in the City for DS Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=February 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250227001923/https://www.metacritic.com/game/miami-nights-singles-in-the-city/critic-reviews/?platform=ds |url-status=live }}
(DSi) 42/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/miami-nights-life-in-the-spotlight/critic-reviews/?platform=ds |title=Miami Nights: Life in the Spotlight for DS Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=February 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250227001923/https://www.metacritic.com/game/miami-nights-life-in-the-spotlight/critic-reviews/?platform=ds |url-status=live }}

| IGN = (DS) 4/10{{cite web |last=DeVries |first=Jack |date=January 28, 2008 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/28/miami-nights-singles-in-the-city-review |title=Miami Nights: Singles in the City Review |website=IGN |accessdate=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=June 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628061849/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/28/miami-nights-singles-in-the-city-review |url-status=live }}

| NLife = (DSi) {{Rating|5|10}}{{cite web |last=Wahlgren |first=Jon |date=December 19, 2009 |url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/12/miami_nights_life_in_the_spotlight_dsiware |title=Review: Miami Nights: Life in the Spotlight |website=Nintendo Life |accessdate=July 11, 2017}}

| NWR = (DS) 4/10{{cite web |last=Jones |first=James |date=February 10, 2008 |url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/15256/miami-nights-singles-in-the-city-nintendo-ds |title=Miami Nights: Singles in the City |publisher=Nintendo World Report |accessdate=July 11, 2017 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060208/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/15256/miami-nights-singles-in-the-city-nintendo-ds |url-status=live }}

| ONM = (DSi) 34%{{cite magazine |title=Miami Nights review (DSi) |magazine=Official Nintendo Magazine |date=March 2010 |page=93}}

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The DS version of Singles in the City and its DSi sequel received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

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