While the top screen displays the typical view that you’re accustomed to when playing any previous Sims tittle, a great thing that you’ll notice when playing The Sims 3 on the Nintendo 3DS is that the bottom screen shows a top down version of the home or venue that your Sim is in.  Although my Sim was busy flirting with a neighbor out on the lawn in front of his house, with a simple tap of the stylus to the radio my Sim ran back inside the house to get his groove on and dance.  In fact, the vast majority of the game play with The Sims 3 for Nintendo 3DS happens using the stylus on the bottom screen, letting you enjoy the beautiful and fun 3D animations on the top screen of the new Nintendo 3DS.

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