Pets on 3DS Lead Designer Neil Melville has a community blog on TheSims3.com that’s all about making and playing Pets for 3DS.

“As Lead Designer for The Sims 3 Pets on the 3DS, I try to put myself in the role of advocate for the player. I want to understand what you, our intended audience for the game, will want from this game.  So, in our team’s efforts to bring the best possible pet content and gameplay to The Sims 3 Pets on the 3DS, we had  two main goals: “Usability” and “Pets are Sims.”

We also really wanted to take advantage of the 3DS’ Pedometer feature, so players who exercise with their 3DS are rewarded with Play Coins to spend within our game. At the same time, we thought that…

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