The Sims 2: Pets (console)

The Sims 2 Pets is part of the series of The Sims 2 expansion packs, and is the fourth installment in The Sims console series. Based on the PC expansion pack, it features a much less goal-orientated system, and is more alike to the free mode of previous games. The main element in this game is that the Sims could posses pets which could be customized and looked after.

The Sims 2 Pets is the first game to have the Green EA Logo (formally the EA Games and EA Logo) and the logo is used on The Sims, MySims and SimCity franchises as well as SimAnimals. Spore (which is part of Sims) does not have a green EA Logo.

The console version of The Sims 2: Pets plays similarly to the PC version. It is available on GBA, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PSP, Windows, Mac OS X, Wii, and N-Gage platforms. It was released for the Wii on June 13, 2007. Werewolves are not featured on the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, GameCube or Wii versions.

This game is different from the previous Sim console games as you aren't forced to accomplish goals which wasn't the main idea of the original Sims. You create and control the Sims you make. Oh, and there are pets.

You are given the option to create or adopt pets, which are the only way to expand your family.

When you reach a certain level of friendship with another Sim, as in all games, you unlock a series of romantic actions, which are not limited by gender. You cannot, however, WooHoo, age, or have a baby. Elders are made simply by changing hair color.

As said before, your only key to expanding families are adoption and the real estate office when your Sims are there before moving to a new house.

A pet's offspring usually looks like the parent of the same gender, ie: The mother dog is black and white, the father is brown and rust, the puppy is a female, so it will be black and white with a few rust-colored flecks. Occasionally, when mixing breeds of dog, the puppy will be the same breed as one of the parents, with no hint of the other breed, ie: When you interbreed a black Poodle with a russet-colored Collie, the offspring will be a dark brown Poodle, because the poodle has such a bizarre body and fur coat, there is no way to mix it with the collie.

Families

 * Newbie Family: Bob and Betty an their dalmatian Buddy


 * Hardiman Family
 * Dan and his wife Kate and a collie named Buster


 * Oakley Family
 * The slob Buck living with his tree dogs


 * Townsend Family
 * Willian and and Linda and their two dogs Henrietta and Fauntleroy

And other families.

Changes from earlier The Sims games for consoles

 * The 2 Player Mode from earlier games has been removed.
 * The repairman is now renamed as the "Repair Woman" in the PS2, Gamecube and Wii versions and "Repair Person" in the PSP version, The Repairman is however not renamed in the Windows version.
 * Some objects from The Urbz and The Sims 2 are removed.
 * Fears have been removed.
 * The Romance Aspiration has been removed from The Sims 2.
 * The Family and Creativity Aspiration has been added.
 * You can now get Pet Points