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It is important to remember that this is the FIRST Sim Game for GBA. This game is increadibly fun. It's kind of different from the sims for pc in the sence that you don't tell the character what to do you steer them right next to an object and then do it. You actually use the controll pad for walking.Also when talking to a person you'll have a list of things to say and you select one in hopes of saying the right thing and raising relationship points. The objectives in the game come in sets but, you do not need to acomplish all goals in a set to recieve a new one. Missions include getting a certain relationship score, finding junk around town, talking to certain people, and outfitting your house. (You change houses about 3 times as you get new jobs) The last thing that really sets it apart from the pc is the awesome mini games! The "Jobs" or mini games are your primary income and are so fun.

Rattings out of a possible 10
Fun 9
Gameplay 10
Sound Quality 9
Controlls 10

Lasting ability 8 (You can keep playing after you have finished all objectives)
Graphics 10 (Everything is very distinguishable wich is shocking for such a small screen)

My friend gave this game to me as an early Christmas present and I haven't been able to put it down. Thes game is perfect. It has some qualities of the old Sims PC games, plus a ton of new things. You use the control pad to move your sim around, and you have goals that you need to complete. There are also a lot of job mini games that you can get promoted in. You get to move to new houses and buy items like furniture. You can even have a roomate. (They do get annoying though, when they are constsantly leaving your bed unmaid and your shower dirty...) The only bad thing is you can't actually build your own house. I hope I didn't give too much away, and trust me, there's a lot more cool stuff. This is probably the best GBA game I have ever seen and you should deffinitely buy it as long as you can read pretty well. It may not be the best game for younger kids because it involves a lot of talking to other characters, and you need to be able to read what they are saying.

Ok, I loved this game for all the reasons everyone else stated. BUT -I'm not letting my seven year old son play this because of some suggestive dialog between Sims. It's sort of hard to explain the phrase, "Let's lock tongues!" to him, and I don't want to! Besides that phrase there are a few others that are a little naughty and funny, but certainly not lewd. I might be comfortable with him playing this as a teenager, but I'm not there yet. So check it out for yourself first. You won't want to give it back to them anyway, it's too fun!