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SimCity Creator

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6.4 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Electronic Arts

Genre(s): Simulation

Players: 1

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: September 22, 2008

Summary

Be a powerful mayor -- create, enjoy and destroy your ultimate city. Start by zoning your city, constructing homes, businesses, factories, skyscrapers, freeways, railroads, and much more. SimCity Creator is a visually exciting experience with a completely new user interface, designed specifically for the Wii and the Wii remote. You'll discover many ways to customize your city, including 13 city styles to explore, such as American, European and Asian themes. You can also place a selection of more than 30 "Hero" buildings into your city to make it distinctive and momentous. Some of these iconic buildings are based on the current day, some on history and some on fantasy. The more city styles you explore, the more Hero building options you have. For the first time, take the liberty to build transportation systems with free placement of rounded and curved roads and rail lines, taking your city to new creative and curvy heights. And get a new perspective on your cityscape from a helicopter, a jet or a propeller plane which you can use to fly over your creation. Check out what you've built in your aircraft of choice. Disasters that players of SimCity always love remain an important and entertaining element in SimCity Creator. Using the Wii remote you can create earthquakes, tornados, call in destructive robots and monsters, create fires and discover many more ways to cause havoc. You created it, and now you can destroy it. [Electronic Arts]

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What The Critics Said

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NGamer UK

A great toy to mess around with for an hour or two, with enough depth to the missions and extras to keep you coming back on a regular basis for months. [Dec 2008, p.52]

Games Master UK

Probably the most accessible SimCity to date; certainly not dumbed down. Great stuff. [Dec 2008, p.70]

WonderwallWeb

The Wii has yet again shown that it can do certain games better than its bigger counterparts. A real pleasurable experience that will end up a Wii classic.

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n-Revolution Magazine UK

A few potholes aside, this SimCity is the best version yet, offering some bold additions to the classic gameplay.

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GameZone

It's somewhat flawed, but SimCity Creator still has the core elements that make the SimCity franchise a joy. For those of you who have watched your speck of a city swell into a metropolis know what I'm talking about. And those of you who haven't, well, now would be a good time to start!

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Game Chronicles

I would enjoy SimCity any time, and veterans of this series will love SimCity Creator immensely, while newcomers will enjoy it even as they learn to play this unique city-building simulation. One caveat; I wouldn’t recommend this game if you do not have the time to invest.

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GameSpy

We couldn't in good faith recommend this game for children or those with a predilection for mindless mini-games, but Sim gamers will probably enjoy what it has to offer.

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Cheat Code Central

There are some issues with the controls, much of the gesture gameplay is gratuitous, and the game offers all the perplexity of a chemistry set. But folks looking to role play as mayor might consider SimCity Creator as a rental.

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Nintendojo

The problem lies in the simple fact that it simply doesn’t stack up that well next to the superior body of PC iterations.

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GameSpot

Poor controls and superfluous features hurt what is otherwise an enjoyable SimCity game.

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Nintendo Power

If you have a PC(or Mac), you're better off tracking down the aforementioned "SimCity 4" for a few bucks. [Nov 2008, p.101]

PTGamers

SimCity Creator joyfully bounces between the series reliable basics and an imperfect production. It's a good game hampered by seriously flawed controls.

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Eurogamer Portugal

Those who have played some of the other Sim City games will hardly find here a game capable of offering a new experience. If that’s not the case, Creator is an experience that will keep their interest points, although, neither the Wii control will works like would be predictable.

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IGN

This would have been a perfectly respectable SimCity game if the controls had been given more attention.

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Worth Playing

Unfortunately, due to the shortcomings and bad translations, it's just not as good as it could have been.

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Game Informer

Some games run into problems trying to be everything to everyone, but SimCity Creator suffers from the opposite affliction. It doesn’t try to be anything to anyone. Well, that’s one thing it does right.

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GameDaily

Somewhere within SimCity Creator is an ambitious idea, befuddled by a lacking control scheme and irritating features.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.4 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jason T. gave it a9:
Excellent Simcity game...take your city from Caveman times through various ages, gets very challenging to keep it on top. Nice little DS game.

Eric J. gave it an8:
If you have always loved Simcity you will love this game! It will take you 20 mins to get use to the controls, but once that hurdle is past you can enjoy a core Simcity game with some nice extras. If you own Simicty 4 on PC, their is hardly a point to spend the $$. But if you don't, its a must buy!

Alexander H. gave it an8:
Graphics and gameplay is dumbed-down from Simcity 4, but it is still enjoyable. More thought into controls would have been nice, doesn't seem polished.

Wily C. gave it an8:
DUDE! Totally reminiscent of the old SimCity days...but on the Wii! Great game for me and my son since he's on the Wii all the time. Great controls and good graphics for the Wii, love that the MySims are in there too! Rate Up!

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