Alto family

Alto family
Name	Alto family
Number of generations	2 generations
Family connections	Landgraab family, Goth family, Hart family



Description
'The Altos are new money. Their unscrupulous business practices have gotten them far in this town. Unofficially, they own most of the local shops. But how did their daughter become such a Goody Two-Shoes?'
Members	Holly Alto, Nick Alto, Vita Alto
Lot	20 Summer Hill Court
Funds	§75,000
Difficulty level

Other Information
Game	The Sims 3
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Sunset Valley


Description
'Once a prominent accountant to the stars in Bridgeport, Bert has shown up in this delightful spa retreat with quite a lot of money in his pockets...'
Members	Bert Alto
Lot	53 Subalpine Boulevard
Funds	§125,000
Difficulty level

Other Information
Game	The Sims 3 Store
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Hidden Springs


Description
'A descendant of the prestigious Alto clan Trenton has fallen out of favor with their rich and powerful neighbors. His wife, however, is still very much in the spotlight. Will Trenton continue to hang on to his wife's coattails, or will he strike out and make a new name for himself?'
Members	Jareth Alto, Trenton Alto, Eleanor Alto
Lot	136 East Starfall Road
Funds	§10,000
Difficulty level

Other Information
Game	The Sims 3 Store
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Lunar Lakes

What happened to the Altos and where did they come from?

The Alto Family is a wealthy family. They first appeared in the "The Heist" trailer for The Sims 3 when Nick and Vita Alto bickered after Nick's sloppy side made him fart audibly. The pre-made storyline for the family involves a business feud with the Landgraab family, as Nick and Vita are enemies with Geoffrey and Nancy Landgraab (although Holly Alto is merely acquaintances with both her parents and the Landgraabs) as well as the fact that Nancy and Nick are both on the same career level trying to get ahead. They live in a mansion in the upper-class area of the town, across the mansion of the Landgraabs. Their last name is a pun on the television show, The Sopranos.

It has been implied that they - at least, Nick and Vita - are the "bad guys" in town. The town, filled with traditional old money families like the Goths and the Landgraabs, got disturbed when the city-bred Alto family arrived with their city-born personality and try to change the system of the town to a more modernized, corporate fashion. The residents of Sunset Valley will have to pick the side of either the Altos with their uptown ideals or the Goth's more traditional views. The Altos aren't as involved in a conflict with the Goths, however, as they are with the Landgraabs. Even though it is said that they run most of the towns commercial properties, the family does not start with any real estate properties belonging to the family, but with their large family fund at the beginning of the game, it is possible for the player to buy out some of the establishments in town.

The family is described as "Nouveau Riche and Evil," and they fit the description perfectly. Both parents are either mean-spirited or evil, and are enemies with the Landgraab family. According to the family bio, the Altos are ruthless, unafraid to plot the misfortune of those who stand in their way. They are also the perfect example of New Money, as, unlike the "Old Money" Landgraabs, they flaunt their wealth through their clothes and material wealth: they wear stereotypical, wealthy clothes (Nick wears a suit and Vita wears a mink coat with fur trimming, but even their other clothes for other occasions scream "wealthy"; the Landgraabs wear simple but decent clothes), have expensive cars (they own the most expensive car, a Maragaret Vaugester, while the Landgraabs have a moderatley-priced car), and the Villa Alto is a tacky mansion that flaunts the Alto fortune with its gaudy lawn, golden furniture and excessive bookshelves and paintings, in contrast with the Landgraab's simple but elegant mansion.

However, in contrast to Nick and Vita is their daughter Holly. Unlike them, she is a good Sim who does not play the role of what their expected offspring should be. She is neither cruel or tacky, and has made friends of her own and no enemies at the beginning of the game. She dresses like a middle-class teenager with a yellow, floral long-sleeve top, khaki capri pants, and slippers, and other than her formal attire, she can easily be mistaken for a daughter of a middle-class family. She looks nothing like her parents, with a bright face and ash-brown hair and slim figure. In the household, her room is probably the least expensive, if you don't include the bathroom connecting to both her room and the kitchen.

It is revealed in The Sims 3: Late Night that a possible ancestor, Ebenezer Alto, founded Bridgeport, which could mean that is where Nick, Vita, and Holly moved from. This is very likely because they are very rich and industrial and Bridgeport is a rich, industrial city.

In the The Sims 3 (Nintendo DS) Holly re-appears in the neighborhood Beacon Bay, but with a very different appearance and personality which she appears to have inherited from her mother, unlike her counterpart from Sunset Valley. At this point in time, she is married to Don Alto, who appears to have taken her last name. Her family bio states that her and her husband's motto is "rich, rich, rich" and that many business practices have distanced them from happiness and redemption. Since a grown up Alexander Goth from The Sims 2 is in the game, and since, in Sunset Valley, Holly is already a teenager during Mortimer Goth's childhood, it seems likely that Holly would be deceased by then, so she may have either drank several Young Again/Youthful Potions or she may a descendant from Sunset Valley's Holly Alto.

In the town of Hidden Springs, it is learned that Nick Alto has a brother named Bert, who is living there with money from a mysterious source. For unknown reasons, Bert appears to be hiding, possibly from his brother Nick and/or previous clients.

Some descendants of the Alto family appear in the town of Lunar Lakes; Trenton Alto, his wife Eleanor, and his son Jareth.

In Sunlit Tides, Griffin Alto went on a vacation before taking over the family enterprise. Still he got engaged to Tenika Wahine. However, Tenika's father hates Griffin and wants to tear the two apart.

Onomatology

Alto: means "high" in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish and may refer to height or to the highest social class., also refers to the lower register of a woman's voice.
Nick: short for Nicholas, means "victory of the people" in Greek.
Vita: means "life" in Italian.
Holly: derived from the English word "holly" tree

Family tree

Members

Don Alto
Holly Alto
Nick Alto
Vita Alto
Bert Alto
Jareth Alto
Trenton Alto
Eleanor Alto
Ebenezer Alto (possibly) - Bridgeport's description states that he was the founder of this neighborhood.

Gallery

Vita Alto
Nick Alto
Nick Alto
The Kahale/Wahine/Hale/Alto family tree

The Alto Home

House Funds: §104,859

Villa Alto: This executive home features multiple living areas and a stately home office. It is perfect for operating the family business... or accommodating the family that -is- the business.

Lot: 60 x 60 2br 2.5ba