MySims#DJ Candy
{{Short description|2007 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = MySims
| image = Mysims artbox.jpg
| developer = EA Redwood Shores
TOSE (NDS)
Babaroga (Mobile)
| publisher = Electronic Arts
| designer = Hunter Howe
Robin Hunicke
| series = The Sims
| platforms = Wii
Nintendo DS
Microsoft Windows
Mobile phone
BlackBerry
Nintendo Switch
| released = DS, Wii
{{vgrelease|NA|September 18, 2007|AUS|September 20, 2007|EU|September 21, 2007}}Windows
{{vgrelease|NA|October 28, 2008|EU|October 31, 2008|AUS|November 6, 2008}}Mobile
2008
BlackBerry
{{vgrelease|WW|August 13, 2009}}Nintendo Switch
{{vgrelease|WW|November 19, 2024}}
| genre = City-building; life simulation
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
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,{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/shinkretro/the-story-so-far-on-the-mysims-franchise-ed562b3266e5|title=The story so far on the MySims franchise... (updated 2019)|last=Roberts|first=Cory|date=February 17, 2017|website=Medium|publisher=A Medium Corporation|access-date=May 27, 2023|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527182419/https://medium.com/shinkretro/the-story-so-far-on-the-mysims-franchise-ed562b3266e5|url-status=live}} 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 {{cite web |last1=Makar |first1=Connor |title=MySims Cozy Bundle is bringing two of the most underrated Sims games to the Switch on November 19 |url=https://www.vg247.com/mysims-cozy-bundle-is-bringing-two-of-the-most-underrated-sims-games-to-the-switch-on-november-19 |website=VG247 |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=en |date=27 August 2024}} and released on Microsoft Windows via Steam and Epic Games Store on March 18, 2025.{{Cite web |title=MySims™ on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/3328900/MySims/ |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=store.steampowered.com |language=en}}
Overview
= Gameplay =
The game puts players in charge of redeveloping a town that has become run down. Through creative building and design elements, players can improve the town, which attracts new residents, who subsequently need homes built for them. Customization is a large element of the game, including houses, furniture and outfits.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Apart from creating a custom Mii-like character, players may also modify their houses and build furniture and appliances using a selection of building blocks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii/MySims-282167.html|title=MySims|website=Nintendo UK|access-date=December 19, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815191336/https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii/MySims-282167.html|url-status=live}} This gives the player more building options, allowing them to create objects by using blueprints, a change from the usual virtual catalog found in The Sims. There are 80 characters with whom the player may interact in the Wii version (30 characters in the Nintendo DS version), such as a mad scientist, a magician, a librarian, a pizza chef, and a martial arts teacher. Some of these characters may ask the player to build things for them. As with previous Sims games, meeting people and forming relationships is a major gameplay focus, but unlike The Sims games, the characters do not have to fulfil needs such as hunger and sleep. Becoming a Sim's best friend will earn the player either a special blueprint not available anywhere else in the game, or a style of clothing for their wardrobe. Players can also earn blueprints by performing tasks for Commercial Sims (Sims who have their own businesses). Typically this involves building around 5-10 items for Sims, depending on the Star Level (the 1-5 level) of the player's town and the essences they have access to.
A feature new to MySims is "Essences". They can be found in various locations in town or by interacting with Sims or objects. Essences are used for a number of things including paint for the walls of houses, construction of items, as well as decoration. The minigames in the DS Version include racquetball, paragliding, Scuba diving and more.
= Character design =
Compared to previous Sims titles, MySims has a more Chibi-inspired look, with cute character designs; this was Emmy Toyonaga's idea. In Official Nintendo Magazine, she remarked: "Well, Mario and other Nintendo characters are pretty short and stubby. Also, being Japanese, I'm used to the mindset that fun games should have shorter, stubbier characters. So these characters came naturally." In April 2007, designer Robin Hunicke said in Nintendo Power that the character designs imply youthfulness and that the aesthetic was chosen for worldwide appeal while referring to the lesser sales of previous Sims games in Japan compared to other territories.{{Cite web |last=Imgur |title=Nintendo Power April 2007 - MySims Feature |url=https://imgur.com/a/nintendo-power-april-2007-mysims-feature-To453pp |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Imgur |language=en}} MySims also differs from The Sims games by introducing a designed cast of characters rather than procedurally-generated "townies". Every NPC the player encounters has their own name, personality, and backstory.
= Music =
The game's music was composed by John Enroth and Silas Hite of Mutato Muzika. The music changes depending on what type of building the player is visiting. There is a specific motif for each business and for each Interest, which will play when the player approaches a building.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| DS = true
| MOB = true
| PC = true
| WII = true
| na = true
| MC_DS = 67/100{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/mysims/critic-reviews/?platform=ds|title=MySims for DS Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom|access-date=December 23, 2020|archive-date=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608072759/https://www.metacritic.com/game/ds/mysims|url-status=live}}
| EGM_WII = 5.83/10{{Cite magazine|title=MySims (Wii)|author=EGM staff|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|publisher=Ziff Davis|issue=220|date=October 2007|page=84}}
| EuroG_DS = 6/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/mysims-review|title=MySims (DS) [date mislabeled as "September 20, 2007"]|last=MacDonald|first=Keza|date=September 13, 2007|website=Eurogamer|publisher=Gamer Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723083146/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/mysims-review|archive-date=July 23, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=May 27, 2023}}
| Fam_DS = 28/40{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=3100&redirect=no|title=ぼくとシムのまち リゾートに元気をとりもどそう！|language=ja|magazine=Famitsu|publisher=Enterbrain|access-date=May 27, 2023}}
| GI_WII = 8/10{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/655FBC68-FE60-4A09-BF30-53BCB52171F2.htm|title=MySims (Wii)|last=Reiner|first=Andrew|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=GameStop|issue=174|date=October 2007|page=121|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005183207/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/655FBC68-FE60-4A09-BF30-53BCB52171F2.htm|archive-date=October 5, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=May 27, 2023}}
| GamePro_WII = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/wii/games/reviews/140648.shtml|title=Review: MySims (Wii)|last=Ngak|first=Chenda|date=October 15, 2007|magazine=GamePro|publisher=IDG Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230230904/http://www.gamepro.com/nintendo/wii/games/reviews/140648.shtml|archive-date=December 30, 2007|access-date=May 28, 2023}}
| GameRev_WII = C−{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/38898-mysims-review|title=MySims Review (Wii)|last=Tan|first=Nicholas|date=October 10, 2007|website=GameRevolution|publisher=CraveOnline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009193843/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/mysims|archive-date=October 9, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=May 28, 2023}}
| GSpot_DS = 6.5/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mysims-review/1900-6181404/|title=MySims Review (DS)|last=Provo|first=Frank|date=October 19, 2007|website=GameSpot|publisher=Fandom|access-date=May 27, 2023|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527222633/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mysims-review/1900-6181404/|url-status=live}}
| GSpy_DS = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/my-sims/826359p1.html|title=GameSpy: MySims (NDS)|last=Di Fiore|first=Elisa|date=October 10, 2007|website=GameSpy|publisher=IGN Entertainment|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=December 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210042037/http://ds.gamespy.com/nintendo-ds/my-sims/826359p1.html|url-status=live}}
| GT_WII = 6.8/10{{Cite web|url=http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/nuv10r/mysims-review|title=MySims (Wii)|date=September 13, 2007|website=GameTrailers|publisher=Viacom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216070813/http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/nuv10r/mysims-review|archive-date=December 16, 2013|access-date=May 28, 2023}}
| IGN_DS = 6.9/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/09/18/mysims-review-3|title=MySims Review (NDS)|last=Bozon|first=Mark|date=September 18, 2007|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|access-date=May 27, 2023|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527220159/https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/09/18/mysims-review-3|url-status=live}}
| NP_WII = 7/10{{Cite magazine|title=MySims (Wii)|magazine=Nintendo Power|publisher=Nintendo of America|volume=221|date=November 2007|page=100}}
| PCGUK_PC = 68%{{Cite magazine|title=MySims|magazine=PC Gamer UK|publisher=Future plc|date=January 2009|page=76}}
| PG_DS = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/mysims/mysims-ds-review/|title=MySims (DS)|last=McFerran|first=Damien|date=October 2, 2007|website=Pocket Gamer|publisher=Steel Media Ltd|access-date=May 27, 2023|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527233910/https://www.pocketgamer.com/mysims/mysims-ds-review/|url-status=live}}
| rev1 = Digital Spy
| rev1_WII = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a75957/wii-mysims.html|title=Wii: 'MySims'|last=Gibbon|first=David|date=September 21, 2007|website=Digital Spy|publisher=Digital Spy Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225916/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/a75957/wii-mysims.html|archive-date=September 30, 2007|access-date=May 27, 2023}}
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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 {{nihongo|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 {{nihongo|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.
GameZone gave the PC version a score of seven out of ten, saying, "Geared more for younger players, MySims is a nice little experience with a linear story arc that players will have to play to unlock the wide variety of content."{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/mysims_pc_review/|title=MySims - PC - Review|last=Lafferty|first=Michael|date=November 6, 2008|website=GameZone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225060536/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r31949.htm|archive-date=December 25, 2008|url-status=live|access-date=May 28, 2023}} However, Edge gave the Wii version a score of six out of ten, saying, "Residents themselves are a colourless bunch, a series of knowing archetypes – goth girls, hip DJs, Italian chefs – that lack the effortless charm of Animal Crossing{{'}}s simple ciphers."{{Cite magazine|title=MySims (Wii)|author=Edge staff|magazine=Edge|publisher=Future plc|issue=182|date=December 2007|page=97}}
= Sales =
In 2008, Edge reported that more than 1 million units of the game had been sold in the US.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/how-long-are-gtas-legs|title=How Long Are GTA's Legs?|last=Graft|first=Kris|date=December 18, 2008|magazine=Edge|publisher=Future plc|quote=...and My Sims at no. 23 (1 million).|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606152732/http://www.edge-online.com/features/how-long-are-gtas-legs|archive-date=June 6, 2012|access-date=May 27, 2023}} The game was featured among the best-selling Nintendo DS video games. It later sold 3.72 million units, holding the Guinness World Record for the best-selling Sims Game on a Nintendo Console.{{Cite web |title=Best-selling Sims game on Nintendo consoles |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/89389-best-selling-sims-game-on-nintendo-consoles |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Guinness World Records}}{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Nicole |date=2024-08-26 |title=MySims, EA's answer to Animal Crossing, coming to Nintendo Switch |url=https://www.polygon.com/the-sims/444219/mysims-nintendo-switch-announcement# |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-28 |title=MySims Cozy Bundle: The Adorable Life Sim Returns |url=https://totalapexgaming.com/mysims-cozy-bundle-for-nintendo-switch/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Total Apex Gaming |language=en-US}} By October 2008, MySims sold over 4 million copies.{{Cite web |date=6 October 2008 |title=MySims Kingdom Goes Gold |url=https://ir.ea.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2008/MySims-Kingdom-Goes-Gold/default.aspx |access-date=24 November 2024 |website=Electronic Arts |quote=We've had enormous success with the MySims franchise, selling more than 4 million copies of the original MySims}} In 2010 in America, Taco Bell included a copy of the game with its kids meals.{{cite web |last1=Yoon |first1=Andrew |title=Taco Bell offering free copies of MySims with its Kid's Meals |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/25/taco-bell-offering-free-copies-of-mysims-with-its-kids-meals/ |website=Joystiq |publisher=Weblogs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928110709/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/25/taco-bell-offering-free-copies-of-mysims-with-its-kids-meals/ |archive-date=September 28, 2010 |date=September 25, 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Razak |first1=Matthew |title=Taco Bell offers MySims with kid’s meal |url=https://www.destructoid.com/taco-bell-offers-mysims-with-kids-meal/ |website=Destructoid |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816213445/https://www.destructoid.com/taco-bell-offers-mysims-with-kids-meal/ |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |date=September 26, 2010 |url-status=live}}
In 2024, MySims: Cozy Bundle debuted at number eighth on the top 10 best-selling titles in the UK at retail for the week of November 23.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-27 |title=UK Charts: Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Crashes Out Of The Top 40 |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/11/uk-charts-dragon-quest-iii-hd-2d-remake-crashes-out-of-the-top-40 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}} It was the nineteenth best selling game in the United States in November.{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |date=2024-12-18 |title=November 2024 Sales Charts: Nintendo Switch Passes PS2 to Become the Second Best-Selling Gaming Hardware in U.S. History |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/november-2024-sales-charts-nintendo-switch-passes-ps2-to-become-the-second-best-selling-gaming-hardware-in-us-history |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=IGN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Jake |date=2024-12-18 |title=Call of Duty Is Once Again The Best-Selling Game of the Month |url=https://www.dualshockers.com/call-of-duty-is-once-again-the-best-selling-game-of-the-month/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=DualShockers |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Straw |first=Mike |date=2024-12-18 |title=Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Was November's Best-Selling Video Game |url=https://insider-gaming.com/call-of-duty-black-ops-6-was-novembers-best-selling-video-game/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Insider Gaming |language=en-US}} The game was the 15th best selling title in the UK for the week of 16 December.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-16 |title=UK Charts: The Usual Suspects Make Up The Top Ten As Christmas Approaches |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/12/uk-charts-the-usual-suspects-make-up-the-top-ten-as-christmas-approaches |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}} MySims: Cozy Bundle was the 23th best selling game in the UK for the final week of 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-31 |title=UK Charts: Nintendo Switch Closes Out 2024 With The Old Favourites |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/12/uk-charts-nintendo-switch-closes-out-2024-with-the-old-favourites |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}} In early January 2025, the game was the 21st best selling title in the UK.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-06 |title=UK Charts: 2025 Gets Off To A Predictable Start, With Familiar Faces Dominating |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/01/uk-charts-2025-gets-off-to-a-predictable-start-with-familiar-faces-dominating |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}} It was the 10th best selling Nintendo Switch game in the US for the period 5 January to 1 February 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-22 |title=Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Tops Switch Charts In Opening Month (US) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/02/donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-tops-switch-charts-in-opening-month-us |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Co |first=Alex |date=2025-02-21 |title=Black Ops 6 Tops US Sales Charts For Jan. 2025; FF7 Rebirth On Steam Gives RPG Sales Boost |url=https://www.dualshockers.com/black-ops-6-tops-us-sales-charts-for-jan-2025/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=DualShockers |language=en}} In February 2025, Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said MySims: Cozy Bundle “performed well ahead of our expectations”.{{Cite news |date=2025-02-05 |title=EA eyeing Nintendo Switch 2 for several key franchises |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-eyeing-nintendo-switch-2-for-several-key-franchises |access-date=2025-02-16 |work=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Yin-Poole |first=Wesley |date=2025-02-05 |title=EA Says Madden and FC Might Find 'Real Energy' on Nintendo Switch 2 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-says-madden-and-fc-might-find-real-energy-on-nintendo-switch-2 |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=IGN |language=en}} During the last week of February, it was the 31st best selling game in the UK.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-28 |title=UK Charts: Familiar Faces Keep Nintendo In The Top Ten, As Like A Dragon Arrives In Style |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/02/uk-charts-familiar-faces-keep-nintendo-in-the-top-ten-as-like-a-dragon-arrives-in-style |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Nintendo Life |language=en-GB}}
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Sequels
Five games have been subsequently released in the MySims series.
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Game | Release date |
|---|---|
| MySims Kingdom | October 28, 2008 |
| MySims Party | March 10, 2009 |
| MySims Racing | June 12, 2009 |
| MySims Agents | September 25, 2009 |
| MySims SkyHeroes | September 28, 2010 |
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