Nina Caliente

Nina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Adult
Life state	Alien-Sim hybrid
Biography
Deeply connected to her Mediterranean roots, Nina likes exercise and bread pudding.
Education and employment
Career	Unemployed
Family
Family/Families	Caliente family
Parents	Flamenco Caliente, Nighat Caliente
Siblings	Dina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Romances	Don Lothario
Personality
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Aspiration	Romance
Appearance
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Pleasantview

Nina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Adult
Life state	Sim
Biography
Nina and Dina made a small splash locally when they modelled hand tools for a local hardware store. Nina is the brains of twins, hoping to one day study medicine.
Education and employment
Career	Unemployed
Family
Marital status	Single
Household
Household	Jugen House
Roommates	Dina Caliente, Don Lothario, Toothless Joe
Personality
Zodiac sign	Libra
Aspiration	Romance
Appearance
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Grey
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 2 (console)
Playability	Playable
Neighborhood	Pleasantview, Strangetown, and Melbourne

Nina Caliente
Gender	Female
Age	Young Adult
Life state	Sim
Biography
The Sims 2 Sisters are back! The eldest twin, Nina, is a worldly Sim who has a storied past and is up for adventure. She is the brains of the operation.
Education and employment
Career	Rabid Fan
Family
Siblings	Dina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Romances	Alec Trebo , Jeff Smith , Juan Jr Inkbeard , Rahul Patel
Household
Household	Caliente household
Roommates	Dina Caliente, Luisa Libros
Personality
Traits	Childish
	Commitment Issues
	Flirty
	Hot-Headed
	Mooch
Lifetime wish	Super Popular
Favorites	Classical
	Grilled Salmon
	Orange
Appearance
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Green
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Social standing
Celebrity status	4 stars
Other information
Game	The Sims 3 Store
Playability	Playable
World	Barnacle Bay

Nina Caliente
Current Original
Gender	Female
Age	Young Adult
Life state	Sim
Education and employment
Career	Unemployed
Family
Parents	Katrina Caliente
Siblings	Dina Caliente
Marital status	Single
Household
Household	Caliente household
Roommates	Katrina Caliente, Don Lothario, Dina Caliente
Personality
Traits	Noncommittal
	Hot-Headed
	Romantic
	Twisted Heart
Aspiration	Villainous Valentine
Appearance
Hair color	Red
Eye color	Hazel
Skin color	Medium
Body shape	Thin
Other information
Game	The Sims 4
Playability	Playable
World	Oasis Springs

Nina Caliente is a pre-made, playable Sim who is featured in The Sims 2, The Sims 2 (console), The Sims 3 Barnacle Bay DLC and The Sims 4.

In The Sims 2, she lives in a small condo in Pleasantview, along with her twin sister, Dina. In The Sims 2 for console the two still live together, now in a larger home known as Jugen House, alongside Don Lothario and Toothless Joe. It is ambiguous as to whether The Sims 2 for console takes place before or after the PC version, or indeed whether they are part of the same continuity at all. In both games, Nina is an adult.

She did not appear in The Sims 3 base game or its expansions, but was available as part of the official downloadable world Barnacle Bay, living with Dina and a new roommate, Luisa Libros. Her bio implies that the events in Barnacle Bay take place after Pleasantview in The Sims 2; however, she is a young adult in The Sims 3, making her technically younger than her The Sims 2 incarnation.

Despite The Sims 4 taking place in an alternative timeline to the first three generations of the game, Nina once again appears in the base game. In the new continuity, she lives in Oasis Springs with Dina, their alternate mother Katrina, and Don. Once again, Nina is in the young adult life stage.

Biography

Life leading up to The Sims 3

In The Sims 3, Nina appears in the downloadable neighborhood Barnacle Bay, along with Dina. She and her sister are young adults here, while in The Sims 2 they are implied as being older. When the game begins she is at level 1 in the sports career. She starts out with 10 skill points in charisma and 8 in writing, which would make her a good candidate for the communications major if University Life is installed. If Late Night is installed, she and her sister are 4 star celebrities.

Nina has the "Super Popular" lifetime wish. This is somewhat odd, as it does not match the romance aspiration she had in The Sims 2, along with her shy and grouchy personality, though the flirty trait does give her romantic tendencies. Her portrayal here also contradicts that she was very shy and serious in the original game, the opposite of her sister in personality, while here she and Dina have almost the same traits.

In The Sims 2, she and her sister are involved with the same man, and in The Sims 3 they are involved with the same men: Alec Trebo, Juan Jr Inkbeard and Jeff Smith, causing some tension in their household. Her appearance is similar to what it was in The Sims 2, though now she has a slightly different hairstyle and a different outfit.

Life leading up to The Sims 2

Both sisters are romantically involved with the engaged town womanizer, Don Lothario; apparently each without the other's knowledge. Both Nina and Don have memories of having known one another as teens. Nina starts the game unemployed; she had a job in the slacker career track, but did not manage to keep it long. She has long red hair and wears a black halter top with pink cargo pants, though when the game starts, she is in her swimwear, a blue bikini. Nina is presumably the elder twin, as in both twins' memories, Nina always grew up first. Her mother died when she was a child and her father died when Nina and Dina were adults. When the family is first played, she and her sister are 28 days from becoming elders.

Nina and Dina are the daughters of Flamenco Caliente and Nighat Caliente (née Al Mahmoud), now deceased, both also of Pleasantview. The sisters are also part alien in their paternal lineage (¼ Alien, ¾ Sim): their grandfather, Nestor Caliente, gave birth to their father, Flamenco, after being abducted and impregnated by Pollination Technician 7, making him their grandfather. She and Brandi Broke are not friends, but their relationship isn't far short of that level. Also, if she catches her sister with Don, her relationship with Dina can be mended quickly, however it may take some time with Don.

She is very interested in money, fashion, and traveling, and is said in her The Sims 3 biography to be a worldly Sim who is up for adventure. She is also said to be the brains of the operation.

The sisters are both of Arab descent on their mother's side, corresponding to her former name Al Mahmoud. They are of Spanish descent on their father's side. Despite being one quarter alien, Nina and her sister lack any genetics for the alien skin tone. There is a chance that Nina, Darren Dreamer, and Brandi Broke will appear in the welcome wagon in The Sims 2 early in the game, since they are unemployed.

The Prima Official Game Guide for The Sims 2 base game features a comic strip-style tutorial chapter revolving around the lives of three CAS Sims living in Pleasantview. One storyline involves a married female romance Sim engaging in an affair with Nina, who is also shown to be involved with Don Lothario. Based on this, some players choose to regard Nina as bisexual, despite the fact the game guides are not really considered official.

Life leading up to The Sims 2 (console)

In The Sims 2 for consoles, Nina is the brains of the two sisters. She someday wishes to study medicine, but is not employed. Like her sister, she has the romance aspiration.

Life leading up to The Sims 4

Nina reappears in Oasis Springs and lives with her sister Dina, her mother Katrina, and Don Lothario. She is a young adult, 24 days away from becoming an adult. She is friends with her mother and sister, and acquaintances with Don. The family bio implies that Don and her mother are romantically involved, however this is not actually the case in game. The bio carries the further implication that Don will eventually become involved with Nina and Dina as well, as in other games.

She is unemployed at the start of the game, and has two skill points in mischief. Like her sister, she has one major personality difference from the original timeline: this version of Nina was originally very lazy, while the original Nina was highly active and athletic. She does, however, share her romantic inclinations and her hot-headedness.

In May 2023, Nina and the rest of the Caliente household were given an official makeover with new outfits, facial features, skin tones, traits, and aspirations in patch 145 of the base game. Nina's Chief of Mischief aspiration has been replaced with Villainous Valentine.

Simology

;The Sims 2

Image	Skill	Level
	Body
	Cleaning

The Sims 2 (Console)

Image	Skill	Level
	Cooking

The Sims 3

Image	Skill	Level
	Charisma
	Writing

The Sims 4

Image	Skill	Level
	Mischief

;The Sims 2

Image	Name	Relationship level
	Mortimer Goth	Acquaintance
	Don Lothario	Lover
	Brandi Broke	Acquaintance
	Dina Caliente	Acquaintance

The Sims 2 (Console)

Image	Name	Relationship score	Relationship level
	Billy Specter	0	Acquaintance
	Dina Caliente	60	Friend
	Don Lothario	20	Acquaintance
	Toothless Joe	20	Acquaintance

The Sims 4

Image	Name	Relationship level
	Katrina Caliente	Mother, Friend
	Dina Caliente	Sister, Friend
	Don Lothario	Acquaintances

;The Sims 2

Personality
Scorpio Scorpio
Sloppy		Neat
Shy		Outgoing
Lazy		Active
Serious		Playful
Grouchy		Nice

Sign / personality mismatch

A Sim with this personality would normally be a Virgo.

Nina's personality in The Sims 2 is the exact inverse of her twin sister Dina's: for example, Nina has 8 Neat/Sloppy points while Dina has 2, Nina has 2 Shy/Outgoing points while Dina has 8, etc.

The Sims 2 (Console)

Personality
Libra Libra
Sloppy		Neat
Shy		Outgoing
Lazy		Active
Serious		Playful
Grouchy		Nice

Image	Interest	Level
	Environment
	Food
	Weather
	Culture
	Money
	Politics
	Paranormal
	Health
	Fashion
	Travel
	Crime
	Sports
	Entertainment
	Animals
	Work
	School
	Toys
	Sci-Fi

Image	Memory	Type
	Potty Trained by Nighat	Positive
	Learned to Walk from Flamenco	Positive
	Learned to Talk from Flamenco	Positive
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Met Mystery Sim	Positive
	Nighat Died	Negative
	Grew Up Well	Positive
	Dina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Made Best Friends with Don	Positive
	Had Very First Kiss with Don	Positive
	Kissed Don for the First Time	Positive
	Grew Up Badly	Negative
	Dina Grew Up Well	Positive
	Fell in Love with Don	Positive
	Flamenco Died	Negative
	Dina Got Engaged	Positive
	Dina Got Married	Positive
	Got a Job	Positive
	Got Fired	Negative
	Burglar! - Gordon King	Negative
	Michael Died	Negative
	Made Out With Don	Positive
	Repo Man!	Negative

Gallery

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  Don Lothario and Nina Caliente making out in a hot tub

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  Nina's appearance in The Sims 2 (console)

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  Nina's wardrobe in The Sims 4

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  Nina on The Sims' series 16th anniversary render

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  In-Game Icon (console)

Other languages

Language	The Sims 2	The Sims 3	The Sims 4
English	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Brazilian Portuguese	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Chinese (Simplified)	尼娜 卡琳特
Chinese (Traditional)	妮娜 卡琳特	妮娜 克萊恩媞
Czech	Nina Calientová
Danish	Nina Varmblohd	Nina Cold	Nina Caliente
Dutch	Nina Heethart	Nyssa Caliente	Nina Heethart
European Portuguese	Nina Caliente
Finnish	Niina Terhakainen		Niina Terhakainen
French	Nina Caliente
German	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Hebrew	נינה קליינטה	נינה קליינטה
Hungarian	Nina Caliente
Italian	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Japanese	ニーナ カリエンテ
Korean	니나 칼리엔테	니나 칼리엔테	니나 칼리엔테
Macedonian	Нина Калиенте
Norwegian	Nina Caliente
Polish	Nina Kaliente	Nina Kaliente	Nina Caliente
Russian	Nina Gongadze (Нина Гонгадзе)	Nina Gongadze (Нина Гонгадзе)	Nina Gongadze (Нина Гонгадзе)
Spanish	Nina Caliente		Nina Caliente
Swedish	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente	Nina Caliente
Thai	นี•น่า คา•ลี•เอน•เต้

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