The Sims 3: Pets (console)

The Sims 3: Pets is a standalone game for consoles. It is released for PlayStation 3, Xbox360, and Nintendo 3DS.

Next year it is coming for the Wii and the Wii U.

The game sees a return of pets from The Sims 2, However, the console version will only feature cats and dogs.

Features

 * There will be NPC animals like deer and raccoons.


 * Be the Pet. Wield control of your Sim’s pet to chase, dig, tackle and more. Be the perfect companion or wreak havoc on your Sims!


 * Pets have their own traits!


 * Life stages for pets are: Puppy/Kitten, Adult, and Elder


 * Pets can learn skills. Cats and dogs can learn to hunt, dogs can learn to locate collectibles and fetch your Sims a date.


 * The Xbox 360 version will feature support for the Kinect motion sensor.


 * Like in The Sims 2: Pets, dogs and cats are able to get jobs such as a police dog or a spectral inspector for cats, pet jobs are exclusive to the PS3 and 360.


 * Players will be able to obtain new breeds such as a dog tiger retriever, a dog panda chow, a cat skunk birman as well as other additional pets.


 * There will also be new pet motives, Destruction for Dogs and Scratch for Cats.


 * In The Sims 3: Pets, players can add colorful markings on their fur and slide them around wherever they want on their Sims' pets bodies! Markings are also in layers and can be placed in any order.


 * It may be possible that Sims can take in stray pets.


 * The karma powers from The Sims 3 on console will return in the console version of Pets, as demonstrated in the E3 demo.


 * More than 100 breeds of dogs and cats. You may have a poodle with short hair, or you may also have a Poodle with Dalmatian spots.


 * You can control the animals and they can have their own desires.


 * You can assign features to pets and learn new skills, Your pets are also sims and can help your Sim.


 * Pets can meet, fall in love and reproduce. Also, they can try to have puppies, kittens, and will also have family trees.


 * Pets have inherited genetics.


 * There will be a new town for the Pets expansion and a different town for Console.

Pet Trait
Traits are also featured for pet just like Sims. There are total of 30 pet traits. Each pet can have two traits. Some traits are unique to one species, and some can be for any species. There are also some traits that will conflict with one another, such as Likes Swimming and Hydrophobic.

Music
This is a list of artists and their songs that are to be featured in Pets:

Trailers and videos
Video:The Sims 3 Pets Announce Trailer|Announcement Trailer Video:The Sims 3 Pets (Unleashed) Leaked Trailer|The Sims 3 Pets (Unleashed)Leaked Trailer Video:E3 2011 Presentation|E3 2011 Presentation Video:The Sims 3 Pets - Interview with Michael Cox|Interview with Michael Cox, a developer of the game. Video:The Sims 3 Pets: Live Q&A, Sneak Peak Preview with Ben Bell|An interview with Ben Bell. Video:The Sims 3 Pets Xbox 360/PS3 Trailer|GamesCom Console Trailer Video:The Sims 3: Pets Interview - PC and Console - Gamescom 2011|Sims 3 Pets GamesCom Producer Interview Video:Producer Präsentation Die Sims 3 Einfach tierisch - gamescom 2011|Sims 3 Pets Producer Presentation Video:Video-Preview gamescom 2011: Die Sims 3: Einfach tierisch|Pets 3DS Gameplay Video:SimFans Sims 3 Pets Producer Interview|SimFans GamesCom Pets Interview Video:The Sims 3 Pets - Xbox 360 Offscreen Gameplay - gamescom 2011|GamesCom Create A Pet Console Video:The Wild World of The Sims 3 Pets (original narration by Randall)|The Wild World of The Sims 3 Pets Video:The Sims 3 Pets Producer's Walkthrough|The Sims 3 Pets Producer's Walkthrough Video:Trevor Mountleg presents The Sims 3 Pets on Console|Trevor Mountleg presents The Sims 3 Pets on Console