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MySims Agents (Wii)
- Nintendo Wii
- Price: $50
- Genre: Adventure
Common Sense Media says
Best MySims yet, with secret agent vibe, cool spy gadgets.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that MySims Agents is a detective adventure where you become a special agent tasked with solving a series of entwined mysteries. Kids must use their wits to solve the mysteries and win the minigames that are educationally challenging. With nifty spy gadgets, over-the-top characters to interrogate, and occasional slapstick humor, the game delivers gumshoe fun for all. This is a review of the Wii version, the DS game is a different game.
What's it about?
Calling all secret agents. MY SIMS AGENTS has an opening just for you. In this detective adventure, kids design their own avatar and then join the Sims Protection Agency to solve a series of interconnected mysteries happening in a cute little city and its surrounding areas. Most of the mysterious happenings involve the murky, manipulating Morcucorp and its CEO, Morcubus. To get to the bottom of what Morcubus is up to, you must interview the citizens of this world (Sims), search for clues using fantastic spy gadgets (which let you move heavy objects or follow footsteps on the ground), and play snooping minigames like hacking into a computer by using the Wii remote to navigate quickly through a maze. You will travel to remote locations, don disguises, navigate environmental puzzles which require jumping up into hard to reach places, and consult with teams of secret agents as they solve other mysteries throughout the city.
Is it any good?
MySims Agents is a fantastic mystery adventure for kids. The interconnected mysteries help to keep your interest as you explore an expanding world, which takes you all the way to the top of a ski mountain and then down into a spooky mansion. The characters are quirky and very amusing; you even get to meet a Yeti. The game does a good job of varying the gameplay by having you search of clues, but also turning some of your snooping into intellectually challenging minigames. For example, to analyze an object that you find, you play a minigame about arranging atoms in just the right order to form a molecule. You have to align the atoms so that they make the correct number of bonds. And because the gameplay is so varied, it will appeal to both
girls and boys. Its got fun platform puzzling, logic challenges,
decorating opportunities, and lots of opportunities to change your
avatar's look to go undercover.
Since Sims don't talk (they speak in expressive gibberish), kids will spend a good part of the game reading the cheeky dialogue. The characters deliver just the right amount of snark to appeal to this age group. This is the best in the MySims series of games; and one of this year's best games on the Wii for kids.If your kids likes mysteries, they will love MySims Agents.
Explore, discuss, enjoy
Families can talk about avatars. In this game you can tweak you avatar in many ways including choosing the sound of their voice to deciding the color of their skin and everything inbetween. Why did you make the choices that you did? Did you change how your character looked during the game? Why?
This is a game that can easily be broken up into smaller parts by stopping at the end of a mystery. Did you set your own time limits this way? Is it hard for you to stop playing this game?
This is part of the very popular The Sims series of games from Electronic Arts -- just this version is geared to kids ages 8 to 12, rather than teens. What makes playing with little Sims so much fun? Why are they so endearing?
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Kid, 12 years old
March 27, 2010
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Hard To Fix
This was pretty good. Sometimes the puzzles can get challenging. The problem is sometimes they're too hard and then you end up stuck with something you can't get past. Right now I'm stuck on like my 4th mystery and I don't know how to get anywhere or do anything until I fix this speaker. Fixing is the hardest.
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It is ok for any age and is fun for fans of the sim's series!!!
sound like a kid's game must be fun after all i know the most about games in my family!
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It is ok for any age and is fun for fans of the sim's series!!!
sound like a kid's game must be fun after all i know the most about games in my family!
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Teen, 13 years old
November 30, 2011
AGE
Very fun!
I've always loved the my sims games, but this was one of my favorites. The minigames (way to fix things in this game) makes you think and get harder as you progress through the game. Another part that I liked is you can travel to different places. Also if you played other my sims games you know most of the characters. But in this game their different people with the same personality. I recommend this game!
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Kid, 11 years old
April 15, 2010
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I love it
I think this game isn't bad for kids like me
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Teen, 13 years old
February 13, 2010
AGE
BEST. GAME. EVER. EVVV-ERRRR.
This is quite possibly my favorite game in my collection--it is endlessly fun, it's appropriate, and it is just downright funny! It's like the rest of the MySims games, just with a twist~! The characters are fun, quirky, and just so very different from the characters in other games. They make funny references to pop-culture, have ROBOTS (highlight of the game XD), and all of them have good personalitys and want to help people (minus Morcucorp, haha, main ANTAGONISTS!)
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Kid, 12 years old
January 17, 2010
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Perfect for the more intermediate gamers
I love this game because it causes you to think and is fun at the same time.
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Kid, 12 years old
October 25, 2011
AGE
Awesome game!!
I love My Sims Agents!!! It's really fun and enjoyable, and I love adventure games. You should get it!
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Kid, 12 years old
August 10, 2010
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One word: AWESOME.
I love this game! My brother beat it easily and I enjoyed playing on it. Barely any violence, and it's just a great game. At least rent it or borrow it if you can't afford it.
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Educator and Parent of an infant, 7, and 9 year old
January 3, 2010
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My girls, 7 and 9 received this game for Christmas. They say it is fantastic. We've liked all the MySims games and this is more good stuff. There is a lot of reading involved to stay on top of the narrative, so younger players may need a parent or older sibling to help them follow along. With lots of suspense and mystery, my kids say it's one of the best games they've ever played.
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| Platforms: | Nintendo Wii |
| Available online? | Not available online |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Electronic Arts |
| Release date: | September 29, 2009 |
| Price: | $50 |
| ESRB rating: | E for Comic Mischief (Nintendo Wii) |
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