MySims

Ready for Animal Crossing for the Wii? Tough. It doesn't exist yet. What does exist, however, is the equally adorable MySims, which marries the gameplay of the beloved PC games with cute-as-a-button anime presentation that looks incredibly at home on the Wii. We were instantly interested and happily surprised by the game's depth. In fact, we're really surprised at how much the game retains from its big sister. Though the graphics have been simplified, everything from the mouse-like interface » Read Full MySims preview

Even the most macho, beer-loving, male gamers will find themselves squealing like little schoolgirls when they witness the saccharine charms of MySims for the Wii. The striking similarities between the look of the MySims Sims to the Wiis Miis are most noticeable. Only, the Sims, are more customizable, quirkier, and - dare we say - unbelievably adorable. They laugh, cry, dance, and start reading the morning paper when they use the bathroom. But, “These characters were being designed way » Read Full MySims preview

Previous console Sims games have left us a little cold. There was something about those self-consciously kooky characters and their worthy-but-dull daily routines that made us think the entire series is much better suited to casual players on the PC, where the games rank among the all-time bestsellers. But MySims could be the one to change our opinion. Its clearly something completely different, and the simplified structure is designed from scratch, exclusively for Wii. The aim is to attract » Read Full MySims preview