Sim City DS!!!!!!!!!!

jj984jj · 05:38 PM

This needed it's own thread!

Coming this winter in Japan.

Source: http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/soutahous.../200608300000/ & Jonnyram

DS「めざせ!少女まんが家!ちゃおまんがスクール」11月9日
DS「相田みつをDS」11月30日
DS「東京フレンドパークIIDS」11月
DS「シムシティDS」今冬
DS「ストームブレイカー」発売中止

Edit: Seems like it's based on SimCity 3000 and coming from EA. The developer is still unkonwn atm though.

jooey · (08-30-2006, 05:55 AM)

by nintendo? if not I will ...be disappointed

Mr. Spinnington · (08-30-2006, 05:55 AM)

Cuul.

Error · (08-30-2006, 05:56 AM)

link? source?

edit: ah ok.

salva · (08-30-2006, 05:56 AM)

about time

BooJoh · (08-30-2006, 05:57 AM)

If so it's probably just SimCity 2000 again.

SimCity SNES port ftw

Chris Remo · (08-30-2006, 05:57 AM)

Originally Posted by jooey:

by nintendo? if not I will ...be disappointed

??!!?? SimCity isn't even a Nintendo game.

jj984jj · (08-30-2006, 05:58 AM)

Originally Posted by Chris Remo:

??!!?? SimCity isn't even a Nintendo game.

You haven't play HAL's version of Sim City?!?

Infernal Monkey · (08-30-2006, 05:59 AM)

RaidenZR · (08-30-2006, 06:00 AM)

Would be neat if it was that 64DD version...

Do The Mario · (08-30-2006, 06:02 AM)

That’s an awesome rumor!!!!

An upgrade of SimCity 2000 would be shit hot with touch screen controls.

BocoDragon · (08-30-2006, 06:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Chris Remo:

??!!?? SimCity isn't even a Nintendo game.

Bowser replaced the "giant lizard" (godzilla) in the SNES version. Yeah, it was Nintendo's version of the game.....

Manick Joe · (08-30-2006, 06:05 AM)

I know I'm not the only one who clicked this thread with a confused look in regards to Sin City DS. But even better news awaited me.

Aeon712 · (08-30-2006, 06:25 AM)

Originally Posted by Manick Joe:

I know I'm not the only one who clicked this thread with a confused look in regards to Sin City DS. But even better news awaited me.

I was just about to ask the same question :(. I now leave disappointed.

VictimOfGrief · (08-30-2006, 06:25 AM)

sweet jesus. If this is true, My wife will never give me my DS. :(

loosus · (08-30-2006, 06:27 AM)

Wishlist:

1.) Model it after the Super NES version and KEEP IT SIMPLE.
2.) Make the menus and whatnot fast and easy to get in and out of. Also: don't put a bunch of stupid logos and crap at the start of the game. I want to be able to start the game and get into it quickly, especially since it's a portable game. Otherwise, I'd rather just play it on PC.
3.) Go ahead and just make the game 2D. Don't try to waste any time on 3D shit.
4.) Make the game controllable with the stylus almost all of the time, maybe with an occassional button used here and there when it does a better job than the stylus would do. But certainly don't use all the buttons of the DS or anything crazy like that.
5.) Make sure that zones and whatnot are large enough to be easily seen on the small DS screen and large enough that clicking on it with the stylus won't ever be a problem.
6.) Don't put in 90% of the "innovations" of the post-Super-NES versions.

jj984jj · (08-30-2006, 06:27 AM)

Originally Posted by VictimOfGrief:

sweet jesus. If this is true, My wife will never give me my DS. :(

Buy another?

sonikokaruto · (08-30-2006, 06:28 AM)

wow

this am nice

Lo-Volt · (08-30-2006, 06:31 AM)

I would like to take the opportunity to ask for, beg for, another console SimCity. Wii, 360, I don't care. But with the advantages of online play and more powerful systems (your supercity in HD!), it would be glorious.

Chris Remo · (08-30-2006, 06:32 AM)

Originally Posted by jj984jj:

You haven't play HAL's version of Sim City?!?

No, I guess not. I've played the Maxis versions on Apple II and PC.

VictimOfGrief · (08-30-2006, 06:33 AM)

Originally Posted by jj984jj:

Buy another?

Rgr.

yjs666 · (08-30-2006, 06:36 AM)

Originally Posted by Lo-Volt:

I would like to take the opportunity to ask for, beg for, another console SimCity. Wii, 360, I don't care. But with the advantages of online play and more powerful systems (your supercity in HD!), it would be glorious.

Mouse and keyboard.

mj1108 · (08-30-2006, 06:40 AM)

Originally Posted by loosus:

Wishlist:

1.) Model it after the Super NES version and KEEP IT SIMPLE.

If they do this, INSTANT BUY.

Jiggy · (08-30-2006, 06:53 AM)

And we come full-circle, as the DS gets pretty much the original non-game.

That said, cool. I agree it should be like the SNES version--and would add that it can't be over $25. Probably not even over $20, for that matter.

trancejeremy · (08-30-2006, 06:54 AM)

There was a SimCity 2000 for the N64. That would likely be relatively cheap and easy for EA to port to the DS. I bet they are probably looking through their N64 catalog for games to port, and that's one of the more obvious ones.

ethelred · 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by trancejeremy:

There was a SimCity 2000 for the N64. That would likely be relatively cheap and easy for EA to port to the DS. I bet they are probably looking through their N64 catalog for games to port, and that's one of the more obvious ones.

Are you sure this is from EA? It seems weird that the news of a new EA DS game would break in Japan first. That's what makes it seem more likely that it's a Nintendo game, or being done by some other Japanese company.

Lo-Volt · (08-30-2006, 07:03 AM)

Originally Posted by yjs666:

Mouse and keyboard.

There were versions of SC games for consoles that didn't have those options, and we did alright without. And all three new consoles have USB ports, and we already know the 360 accepts KB inputs for the sake of data entry. Maybe for a game like SC, if it were such a big deal, KB and mouse input would be accepted?

Andy787 · (08-30-2006, 07:07 AM)

Originally Posted by Do The Mario:

That’s an awesome rumor!!!!

An upgrade of SimCity 2000 would be shit hot with touch screen controls.

No, no it would not. It would not be shit hot in any sense of the meaning.

A SNES Sim City port, however, would be ****ING SHIT HOT.

pls nintendo. pls.

E-Nature · (08-30-2006, 07:40 AM)

they probably will screw up the touch screen controls and the game ends like ZOO TYCOON for the DS! buy, unpack, trash

but I pray that they won't screw it!

Kabouter · (08-30-2006, 07:42 AM)

If it's SimCity Classic, I'm there.
I'll probably finally buy a DS Lite.

BocoDragon · (08-30-2006, 07:43 AM)

Originally Posted by loosus:

Don't put in 90% of the "innovations" of the post-Super-NES versions.

Are you implying that SimCity 2000 was not actually a decent upgrade? It was like a 10x better game.

Mallrat83 · (08-30-2006, 07:47 AM)

As long as it has the music from the SNES original!! It was so soothing...and I don't know, retro good maybe? Like Pilotwings kinda I guess. Haha, I don't know how to explain it, but it was fantastic nonetheless!! :)

reminder · 08:07 AM

I don't know how good Sim City 64 was, but i would like to play this on my DS. :)

Kabouter · (08-30-2006, 07:52 AM)

Originally Posted by Chris Remo:

No, I guess not. I've played the Maxis versions on Apple II and PC.

Is there a SimCity 5 in development for PC at Maxis btw?
And if so, what rig will I need to run it? Because SimCity 4 is still spanking my PC even though it was a high-end PC when I bought it two years after SC4 came out.

White Man · (08-30-2006, 07:56 AM)

Originally Posted by Andy787:

No, no it would not. It would not be shit hot in any sense of the meaning.

A SNES Sim City port, however, would be ****ING SHIT HOT.

pls nintendo. pls.

Um, are you aware that there's an enormous quality leap between Sim CIty and Sim City 2000?

SpoonyBard · (08-30-2006, 08:06 AM)

Most people seem to prefer the original. I for one never liked water lines, freeway ramps and metro tunnels in Sim City 2000, the original was simpler and more fun.

Kabouter · (08-30-2006, 08:08 AM)

Originally Posted by SpoonyBard:

Most people seem to prefer the original. I for one never liked water lines, freeway ramps and metro tunnels in Sim City 2000, the original was simpler and more fun.

And SimCity Classic had crazy awesome live action cutscenes.

Tiktaalik · (08-30-2006, 08:10 AM)

I would really like SimCity 2000 but with improved traffic control options. Traffic seemed to be the one thing you could not really fix in that game.

flarkminator · (08-30-2006, 08:10 AM)

Sim City 2000 builds a space ship and takes a giant space dump all over Sim City.

BooJoh · (08-30-2006, 08:14 AM)

The thing is, SimCity was simple enough that anyone could get into it and have fun. Starting with SimCity 2000, there was so much more going on and so much micromanagement that casual players are very turned off and overwhelmed. I personally like the relaxed nature of the original, while in 2000 I found myself constantly out of money or my city deteriorating because I just couldn't keep up.

trancejeremy · (08-30-2006, 08:27 AM)

Originally Posted by ethelred:

Are you sure this is from EA? It seems weird that the news of a new EA DS game would break in Japan first. That's what makes it seem more likely that it's a Nintendo game, or being done by some other Japanese company.

Nah, just a wild guess based on EA owning Maxis these days. I mean, would EA license out a property to another company? Or would they try to cash in themselves?

That said, it would make sense for them to do it. As a Nintendo-ized version would likely be better and sell much more than an EA version. EA would make money by doing nothing. So maybe.

Do The Mario · (08-30-2006, 08:32 AM)

Originally Posted by Andy787:

No, no it would not. It would not be shit hot in any sense of the meaning.

A SNES Sim City port, however, would be ****ING SHIT HOT.

pls nintendo. pls.

I skipped sim city on the snes and went straight to SimCity 2000.

I played SimCity on PC what did the SNES version had that the pc didn’t?

Smiles and Cries · (08-30-2006, 08:34 AM)

I don't believe this rumor but would like to see a major Sim City DS

Andy787 · (08-30-2006, 08:39 AM)

Originally Posted by White Man:

Um, are you aware that there's an enormous quality leap between Sim CIty and Sim City 2000?

I am aware that there is an enormous drop off in fun between Sim City SNES and Sim City 2000, sure.

Sim City 4 was the first game post SC SNES that really managed to keep the complexities that the later games added, while making it user friendly enough and most importantly, fun enough, to actually learn and take advantage of those complexities. Maybe I didn't give 2000 or 3000 enough time, but they both felt like chores to me, where SC SNES and SC4 were fun.

reminder · (08-30-2006, 09:18 AM)

It is based on Sim City 3000 and it's coming from EA...

jesusraz · (08-30-2006, 09:39 AM)

Originally Posted by reminder:

It is based on Sim City 3000 and it's coming from EA...

Pure conjecture or any basis for this? I really hope Nintendo updates the SNES version...Sim City 64 is meant to be quite bad, so hopefully nothing like that.

E-phonk · (08-30-2006, 09:39 AM)

Originally Posted by Do The Mario:

I played SimCity on PC what did the SNES version had that the pc didn’t?

The snes version added a lot of humor, and was very intuitive, moreso then the PC version at that time. I haven't played the game in +10 years, but I remember loving the SNES version.
I still own the cartridge.

Jonnyram · (08-30-2006, 09:40 AM)

reminder is right. That's what Famitsu says.

thegodsend · (08-30-2006, 09:41 AM)

any screens in Famitsu?

jesusraz · (08-30-2006, 09:41 AM)

Thanks for the update then :)