To be marketed as a cute version of Sims is rather sad. Should of been marketed as a childs version of Sims.....
Cute graphics
Challenging mini-games (to start with)
Easy to understand concepts for little gamers.
----The Bad----
Over very quickly
Repetitive
Lacks Originality (There are so many of these cute little life-simulators)
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I would have liked to see more substance, like you see in the original Sims games for PC, like romance and character friendship being something important.
The fishing game had an original take compared to Animal Crossing and Rune Factory style fishing techniques. It had music!
The Lei making was also interesting. But after you have made 400+ Leis, it gets to repetitve, and if you want to make people happy, you'll spend plenty of time making Leis.
The Tennis style game (Raquet Ball I think) was fun as well.
And did I mention you can go sky diving? =D
So I like the mini-games. But I would of loved to see a longer story line and the house being able to be a larger part of the game play!
A great game for younger players who aren't quite at the harder to comprehend concepts of Animal Crossing and the like.
Age Reccomendation----7-10
Limited reading which is great for younger users. Plot lacks depth.