Back in early Febraury, EA provided a list of upcoming Sim games that will be released throughout the next few years.  One of those was titled SimAnimals.  No other details were provided.  Today, you can now understand what game that will be, with thanks to GoNintendo.

  • SimAnimals is for the Wii and Nintendo DS and will be released in 2009
  • It’s described as a Sims take on Viva Pinata with a ‘woodland ecosystem god game where Disney-style characterisation meets the teeth and claws of the Discovery Channel’
  • It is a scrollable environment
  • You play as the creator’s hand
  • animals will attack/be scared of your hand at first
  • Animals must learn to trust you
  • Maintaining an ecosystem is important
  • Encourage animals to band together and create families
  • Become friends with animals, and they may reappear later in the game
  • 25 animal species and 50 plant specimens
  • Rare seeds to plant for special effects
  • 4-player local
  • Animals will remember which players treated them nicely/poorly
  • You can pick up plants and animals
  • Maintain the happiness levels and care for the animals
  • Clean pollution to keep animals happy
  • maintaining the food supplies is important as well (nice vegetation for rabbits, preventing fights between animals)