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- Dating
- Dating was added with The Sims: Hot Date and reintroduced with The Sims 2: Nightlife. Dating is included in The Sims 3, though it is simplified from previous games[clarification needed]. The Sims 3: Late Night may expand upon it[confirmation needed].
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- Cars
- Personal car ownership was introduced in The Sims 2: Nightlife and was incorporated into The Sims 3 base game. The Sims 3: Fast Lane Stuff will add new cars.
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- Parties
- Parties, while always possible to some extent, were the main theme of The Sims: House Party. The Sims 2 added theme parties such as house parties, birthday parties, wedding parties and anniversary parties. The Sims 2: University added sports parties and toga parties and The Sims 2: Apartment Life added apartment parties and building parties. In The Sims 3 base game, you can choose between house parties, birthday parties or funerals, but you have the option of throwing them at a community lot.
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- Pets
- Pets are introduced in The Sims: Unleashed and reintroduced in The Sims 2: Pets. All versions of The Sims have had aquariums, fish that require a minimum of maintenance, although The Sims 3 and The Sims 3: World Adventures allow the keeping of bugs, butterflies, snakes, frogs, snails and crocodiles, as well as other pet (small).
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- Gardening
- Gardening was added in The Sims: Unleashed and brought back in The Sims 2: Seasons. Planting seeds and other gardening activities are included in The Sims 3.
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- Vacations
- Vacationing was added with The Sims: Vacation, then again with The Sims 2: Bon Voyage, and a similar "travel and adventure-type" theme is the basis of The Sims 3: World Adventures.
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- Adventure
- Adventure was added in The Sims 3. Collecting gems, butterflies, and metals was incorporated into the base game. Adventure was also seen in The Sims 3: World Adventures, as Sims can go to France, China, and Egypt to explore and enjoy adventures.
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- Magic
- Magic was the centerpiece of The Sims: Makin' Magic as well as The Sims 2: Apartment Life.
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- Fame
- Being famous was the main theme of The Sims: Superstar. Fame was not incorporated into The Sims 2 series at all, though Sims can have reputations in The Sims 2: Apartment Life. Fame is found to a lesser degree in The Sims 3 music career but is a major feature of The Sims 3: Late Night.
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- College life
- Central theme of The Sims 2: University, adding the Young adult life stage and took place in a University campus sub-neighborhood.
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- Weather
- Main theme of The Sims 2: Seasons. Added four possible seasons for Neighborhoods: Spring, Summer, Fall/Autumn & Winter. While it is possible to achieve some weather effects with the Fog Emitter in The Sims 3, the concepts of weather has not been fully implemented.
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- Businesses
- The idea of Sims managing their own businesses was central to The Sims 2: Open for Business, and was included in The Sims 3, though business ownership was simplified and businesses could not be founded independently or formed on private lots. In The Sims 3: Ambitions is it also possible to sell crafted items at a Consignment store.
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- Apartments
- Created in The Sims 2: Apartment Life, but left out of The Sims 3 though it may be featured in The Sims 3: Late Night.
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- Hobbies
- Hobbies was a theme in The Sims 2: FreeTime, but appears to be in The Sims 3: Ambitions.
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- Luxury
- High End Living was always possible, and expansion packs would frequently add some high-end objects. It was also a theme, though perhaps not a major theme, of The Sims: Livin' Large. It was also a theme of The Sims 2: Glamour Life Stuff, The Sims 2: Mansion & Garden Stuff, and The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff.
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