MySims Party
Black Friday 2009 deals
Nov 16th
Are you excited for Black Friday? I’m not…the fact of dealing with an insane mob of people rushing in to stores trampling over people should be outlawed in my opinion. Instead, I think I might participate online – or just wait until Cyber Monday to see what deals strike. Anyhow, if you’re one of the people who are brave – or crazy – enough to venture out on Friday, November 27… there are a number of good video game deals you can pick up for the gamers in your family.
- 11/19/09 – Added Military PX/BX deals
- 11/18/09 – Added deals from GameCrazy
- 11/16/09 – Compiled list
EA/Maxis Games
- Best Buy – MySims Kingdom Wii – $9.99
- GameStop – The Sims 3 World Adventures – $29.95
- K-Mart – Spore Hero Wii – $29.99
- K-Mart – MySims Kingdom Wii – $14.99
- Target – SimAnimals Africa Wii – $27
- Toys R Us – Spore Hero Wii – $24.99
- Toys R Us – MySims Kingdom DS – $9.99
- Toys R Us – MySims Party Wii – $9.99
- Walmart – The Sims 3 PC – $25
If you are interested in other gaming deals, you can find them after the jump (courtesy of CAG )! Keep checking back for more deals from other retailers!
11/4/09 – EA game stats from Wii’s Nintendo Channel
Nov 4th
I am proud to say that I contributed 0 hours to the following data collected from the Nintendo Channel for the month of October…I have good intentions and own many EA games – I just don’t have the time to focus on them due to the fact that I’m glued to my PC!
Average total playing time per Nintendo Channel user, since the game’s launch
Rock Band 2 – 45 hours, 30 minutes
FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play – 34 hours, 21 minutes
Rock Band – 31 hours, 47 minutes
The Godfather: Blackhand Edition – 28 hours, 52 minutes
Madden NFL 08 – 28 hours, 39 minutes
MySims – 25 hours, 46 minutes
Madden NFL 09 All-Play – 24 hours, 18 minutes
MySims Kingdom – 22 hours, 9 minutes
Need for Speed: Uncover – 22 hours, 1 minute
Tiger Wood PGA Tour 08 – 21 hours, 26 minutes
Need for Speed Carbon – 20 hours, 17 minutes
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play – 19 hours, 10 minutes
NBA Live 09 All-Play – 18 hours, 28 minutes
The Sims 2: Pets – 18 hours, 15 minutes
Need for Speed: Pro Street – 18 hours, 1 minute
NCAA Football 09 All-Play – 17 hours, 50 minutes
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 – 16 hours, 47 minutes
Skate It – 16 hours, 22 minutes
The Sims 2: Castaway – 14 hours, 41 minutes
Boom Blox – 14 hours, 21 minutes
Boom Blox Bash Party – 13 hours, 45 minutes
Madden NFL 10 – 12 hours, 38 minutes
The Beatles: Rock Band – 12 hours, 1 minute
Boogie Superstar – 11 hours, 21 minutes
EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis – 11 hours, 50 minutes
Littlest Pet Shop – 11 hours, 25 minutes
Monopoly – 11 hours, 1 minute
SimCity Creator – 10 hours, 11 minutes
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – 9 hours, 10 minutes
MySims Racing – 8 hours, 32 minutes
Boogie – 7 hours, 43 minutes
SimAnimals – 7 hours, 17 minutes
EA Sports Active – 7 hours, 15 minutes
MySims Party – 6 hours, 57 minutes
NASCAR Kart Racing – 6 hours, 34 minutes
AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack – 6 hours, 21 minutes
Nerf N-Strike – 6 hours, 2 minutes
Rock Band Track Pack, Volume 2 – 5 hours, 43 minutes
From Kotaku
‘MySims Network’ reviews MySims Party
Aug 13th
Yes, the game has been out for some time but I can’t pass up an oppurtunity to help spread the word from my friends Rosie and ChEeTaH!
MySims Party is not at all like the other MySims games. This one is all about mini-games, though with a little MySims touch. Rather than just being able to play the games one by one, in any order you like, there’s a story mode. You start off with creating your MySim in the usual way: click on the right spot to cycle through the hair, glasses, mouth, skintone and other options. It feels slow as each time you cycle an option, you have to wait about a second for the game to load. You can still get the job done and create the sim you like, though it’ll take a little while.
Fragland – MySims Party Wii review
May 8th
A portion of a MySims Party review for the Nintendo Wii:
The mini-games themselves are very simple to control, or what did you expect. Even a round of Raving Rabbids seems a doctorate compared to this “accessibility”, eventhough many comparable games are present and this game constantly reminds us of Rayman or Mario Party.Pushing one button or shaking with the remote are usually everything you need to do. In principle not a problem (think of WarioWare) but there’s no originality to be found. Only rythm games, something to catch or throw, scraping an ice cream cone, waterin a flower, making or putting something together, you know the drill! Only people not old enough to read this review (or maybe those too drunk) will really have fun with the gameplay. If of course they’re forgiving enough to dismiss the badly registering controls.
GamesRadar – MySims Party DS review
Apr 21st
A portion of a MySims Party DS review from GamesRadar:
You’ll love
- Combines life sim and minigames
- 40 unlockable challenges
- Cute MySims sheen
You’ll hate
- Not enough depth
- Challenges aren’t challenging
- Feels flat and hollow
IGN reviews MySims Party DS
Apr 6th
At best, the mini-games of MySims Party offer a simple diversion for kids. At worst, they are an uninspired cash-in trying to coast on Electronic Arts’ MySims property. The game is weighted more heavily with the former, so we modestly recommend it for younger players. It retains that cute MySims style and the single-card multiplayer is a nice touch. What is here is enough to be a fun, if generic, mini-game collection (again, for kids). In our review for MySims Kingdom last year we wrote that Electronic Arts could be doing much more with this franchise. That is still the case.
Gamervision – MySims Party Wii review
Apr 3rd
MySims Party isn’t the casual gamer party experience that is going to save the genre. The game is far too simple in every aspect to even be considered a purchase for an adult. However, there’s really quite a bit to like about this game from a younger child’s perspective. If I had a six year-old kid, this is something I could see myself playing with him and his friends. Certainly there are party titles on the system that encompass a wider audience, but I can’t fault MySims Party for being a children’s game. It’s too bad that’s all that it is. Maybe by the next installment, EA will see that there’s an older audience looking for a solid party title, and give us a little more challenge. As of right now, I’m getting to old for this stuff.
Europe – MySims Party DS demo available to download
Mar 27th
GoNintendo reported that Europe should now be able to download a mini-game demo for their Nintendo DS via their Wii. Hopefully the US will get a version too! Let me know how it plays out!
Try your hand at excavating a dinosaur skeleton with your stylus by downloading a special demo of MySims Party onto your DS! This is just one of over 40 fun mini-games you can take on in this brand-new party game.
The full game lets you challenge your friends and family in a range of zany tasks that use every part of your favourite handheld. Flip bacon, track down a mummy with your torch or blow into the DS microphone to get rid of dirt! You’ll need to select the best four-man team you can if you want to come out the ultimate winner of this contest!
Downloading the demo from the Nintendo Channel is quick and simple:
- Make sure your Wii is connected to the Internet and go to the Nintendo Channel. If you don’t have the Nintendo Channel yet you can download it for free from the Wii Shop Channel.
- Click on the “Find Titles for You” link and then select the “DS Download Service” option.
- You’ll see a list of currently available demos from which you can select the MySims Party demo.
- Now turn the power ON on your Nintendo DS and select the option “DS Download Play” from the menu.
- Once your Nintendo DS has connected to your Wii console, you just need to accept the software download and you’re ready to play!
Please note that the demo of MySims Party will be available for a limited time only, as the demos on offer in the Nintendo Channel will be regularly updated. Currently you can also download demos of the following titles:
* Big Bang Mini
* 100 Classic Book Collection
* Big Brain Academy
* 42 All-Time Classics
* Mario Kart DS
* Picross DS
* Professor Kageyama’s Maths Training
* Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?MySims Party is in shops now for Nintendo DS and Wii.
GameZone – MySims Party DS review
Mar 25th
With 40 mini-games, the discoveries go on for quite a while – longer than necessary, actually, due to the repeat of mini-games in each festival (instead of a new batch of mini-games every time, which would have allowed players to unlock the full lineup much faster). The good news is that most of the mini-games are good, so fans of the genre won’t be bored by the moderate repetition.
If you play the genre frequently, however, there’s little chance that you’ll be blown away by what MySims Party has to offer. Most of the mini-games have been seen in other forms in other party games. The lack of freshness is a bit disappointing and might hurt the experience for players who buy every party game available. But if like the genre and play it more sparingly than others, MySims Party should fulfill your party game needs.
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