SimAnimals – Review and DS Giveaway
By mommasreview | February 25th, 2009 | Category: Featured Reviews, Giveaways | 163 commentsSimAnimals is the latest Sims game that reminds me greatly of the Pets Animals games. My daughter absolutely loves playing Pets Dogs 2 on the Playstation and Pets Horses on the Wii. SimAnimals was right up her alley! The game brings wildlife to life and has you feeding squirrels and entertaining the birds. I spent a good half an hour playing this game on our Wii.
The beginning was slightly irritating while learning each of the steps of the initial process. My seven year old got stuck on feeding the squirrels for quite awhile and did get frustrated. Once I walked her through the process, she was immediately satisfied and was able to continue the game without any further frustrations.
I found the graphics better on SimAnimals then I found then on the Pets Animals series of games. Though ease of play is certainly easier on the latter games. SimAnimals does take quite a bit of time to learn the correct steps to accomplish your tasks. At least for me and Cay, it did! I love the way that with the Wii controller the game becomes interactive. You must motion the controller for the animal to move, which is always really neat.
“Venture into the wild world of animals like never before. Embrace all the adventure, fun, and mischief that await you in the vast forest. Feed a bear what he craves. Pick up a rabbit or hedgehog, and bring him to his friends. Discover what other creatures lurk in the wild. You have the power to reach out and touch, pick up and move everything in the forest from squirrels and foxes to trees and flowers. Make your wild animals happy and maintain a forest that lets them flourish as you venture further into the forest than you’ve ever been before! Engage wild animals, experience life in the forest, and let your creativity run wild in SimAnimals™.”

We are giving away a SimAnimals game for Nintendo DS. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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This giveaway is open to US readers only (sorry to our international readers)!
The contest will close at 12:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday March 11th.







I would probably choose Toontown. It is a Disney multi player online game. I love how developed the game is and how it is basically never ending. Our kids have been playing it for years!
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My favorite game of all time was sonic the hedghog! I just loved playing that on the old sega system
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I loved the game, Avoid the Noid, for Nintendo. Remember the Noid from Dominoes Pizza? hee hee
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It has to be PacMan (am I really that old..lol)
My favorite game of all time is the original Crash Bandicoot…it brings back great memories of when my son was little and hubby, son and I used to play. We had so much fun!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I really enjoy Rock Band because the whole family can play together!
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I like playing Carnival Games on the DS and Guitar Hero on the PS2 (both of which are my son’s but the whole family plays them)
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I love Ms. Pacman.
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It’s Dr. Mario for Nintendo. I never encountered such an addictive game!
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I like playing Brain Age on my DS.
i just loved Centipede…old huh?
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I really like “Whiplash” on the PS2. Even though it’s hard to find, it’s so adorable! There is a weasel that is chained to a bunny and he uses the bunny as a weapon and to get to places. It’s funny to watch and play!
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My favorite was Mario Bros. ~:) Thanks! Looks like a really cute game!
I was the Ms. PacMan champ back in the 80’s!
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My all time favorite game is the original Super Mario Bros. I know, how old school. but I love that game.
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I found Tetris to be very additive!
I don’t have a favorite game of all time since I love so many. However, my current and longest fave is DDR (Dance Dance Revolution). It’s a great work out and just all around fun once you get really good at it.
My kids both have DS I play when I have time and they aren’t home!
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I really loved Donkey Kong. Thanks so much.
Old school… I loved Ms. PacMan
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I am a fan of super mario brothers for the snes
My favorite game of all time is Super Mario World with Yoshi, Old School Mario is the best!!
Growing up, my favorite was The Legend of Zelda and I think it is cool that the game is still a favorite among my kids as well. The Sim games are all great, so this would be a fun win for my family. Good luck to all!
My favorite game of all time is Mario Kart Double Dash
toontown
Mario Cart is our favorite
The Next Tetris on PS!!! Oh man- it is the greatest!
My favorite would have to be streetfighter.
Socom is my fave.
My favorite video game is Ratchet and Clank
Kings Quest
tetris
pacman
mario kart. i love nintendo
Grand Theft Auto has always been my favorite video game!
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My favorite of all time was the atari Raiders of the Lost Arc, even though I could never get the map room to work
I saw a commercial for this game the other day…looks great!
I was a huge fan of Tetris, Dr. Mario and the original Mario Kart. Thanks for the great opportunity.
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Claymates for SNES!
I love the game Hotel Dogs! It’s new but we just got it and already beat the game, so fun taking care of dogs and building gadgets for them to play with, You gotta have this game!
I love Wii bowling!
My favourite game of all time is Saga Frontier….it was probably supposed to be for the Snes cd so the graphics are terrible for the time….but it has the best battle system of any JRPG.
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I loved Mario Kart!!
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My all time favorite game was Ping Pong on my old Atari game. I still have that original console with lots of games (but don’t play it anymore).
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I love the Zelda games.
I like sweepstakes but My Son loves gameboy lots no clue
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My favorite video game was on atari….pitfall =)
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I like Rubiks World.
When I was young I loved the Frogger Game! Thanks for entering me, my niece is geting a DS for her birthday, this would be a great game since she loves animals!
I loved frogger but a lot of frogs met an untimely death
My favourite games are all of the Pokemon games from Pokemon Red/Blue (1999) up until now (a new one is coming out on March 22!)
2nd and 3rd favourite series are Castlevania and Tekken.
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I also like the Sims 2, I’m waiting for the Sims 3 to come out in June.
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I am not much of a vidoe game person, but Tetris has always appealed to me
Tetris is my favorite. Thanks.
Favorite video game of all time might be Super Mario Brothers 3. Thanks!
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I like Kingdom Hearts… cute, challenging, great for kids
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I LOVED Ms PacMan
DOOM, what can I say, I’m old skool.
Dr. Mario was always my favorite video game. I played it so much, I was dreaming about dropping pills.
Pacman and animal crossing
I love the Zelda games
007 Goldeneye for the 64. Endless hours of fun on that one during college.
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I love MarioKart! I’ve been playing it since Super Nintendo days.
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My kids would love this game! As for me, my favorite game was Final Fantasy 8 for the Playstation 2. Thanks for the contest!
PacMan is my favorite video game of all-time, and I still play it (despite my family guffawing).
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I love all the mario games
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My favorite game of all time is Asteroids from the old Atari system.
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Mario and Zelda are my all time favorites! Thanks for the chance!!
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my favotite game is Toontowns
MarioKart!
Resident Evil
yoshi’s island.
No favorite, it’s my kids that are addicted to video games.
I love playing Mario kart
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PacMan – I cant think of any better game i love to play still
I love the Final Fantasy series. Especially FFVII
OK — I’m really going to show my age here by saying “Space Invaders”!!
Tetris
I’ve always liked all the mario games
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My favorite game of all time was super mario brothers. I remember many hours of play. Thanks for a great giveaway!
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I still love Frogger!
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i love tetris and mario.. my girls love the sims! thanks for the wonderful contest..
I’ve never been much of a gamer. I loved Mrs. Pac Man, back in the day. And I could go a few rounds of Super Mario Bros (the original). But my daughter loves her games. I think she’d really enjoy this game…
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All the Mario games and Donkey Kong!!!! I miss those
My favorite video game is the old-school “Frogger”. I would play that for hours!
my favorite is the mario party games for ds and wii
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My favorite game of all time was Zelda. I used to sit in front of the tv and the original Nintendo for hours with that game.
My favorite game was asteroids–played it for hours
My favorite game of all time was Kid Icarus!! Plinking arrows at those weird eyeball thingies.
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We just got it not long ago, but Mario Kart for Wii is my favorite.
Favorite was PacMan
Halo!
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Dig dug and Miss Pacman
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Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sims Nightlife is our favorite video game
Of all time? Classic Legend of Zelda. I spent countless childhood hours finally finishing the game. Thank you for the chance to win.
I love The Sims 2
Asteroids
My favorite game has always been Super Mario Bros 3 for the NES
I love sonic the hedgehog!
i LOVED sonic, on the orginal sega.
I loved Ms. Pac man. Played for hours as a kid
I used to be addicted to Harvest Moon for Nintendo 64 way back when! I literally spent hours a day playing it! Ack! Now, I love Cookin’ Mama for the Wii! It’s dorky, I know, but there’s something about it…
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The resident Evil Series is my favorite video game all time
What a tough question. I used to love the arcade version of Super Pac Man. Now, i’d say just about any Mario game. I love playing the Mario Party games with my kids.
Thank you for the great giveaway!!
Pac Man is my favorite
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I used to be crazy about Frogger! Still love that game.
Super Mario Brothers
Love the Mario Brothers!
i like pacman.
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My favorie game of all time is Super Mario
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i know its a boring response, but my favorite game is actually tetris for gameboy… it’s been my favorite ever since i can remember. its one of the few games that remains fun pretty much forever!
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An oldie but goodie – Kings Quest on the computer.
mario brothers 3 for NES is my all time favorite.
Mario Brothers is my all-time favorite. This one looks so cute! Thanks for the giveaway.
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My fav game would have to be Donkey Kong on Super Nintendo, lol.
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My all-time favorite is probably Tetris.
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I always loved Tetris.
Frogger was the best!—-Centipede a close second.
I like the sims 2 for x box
My favorite of all time is the Wii Fit. It is not only fun but it makes me exercise while I have fun. Thanks for this giveaway.
My fav is Zelda! Thanks!
My favorite game is marioworld:)
I loved the original Zelda game on the NES
I love tetris! Thanks for the contest.
I’m going to feel old after saying this but my fave has always been the original Bomberman. I loved that game! lol
I still love playing Tetris.
I’ve always loved the old-school Zelda game. It’s so much fun.
I love Super Mario Bros and Pac-Man! Those are my faves!
Hands down my favorite of all time would be Super Mario Brothers 3. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Love Pac Man – it’s always been my fav
Got to be MarioKart……………no question
I loved Donkey Kong!!!
The original video game. This will date me. PONG
My family would really like to win this, thanks for the great contest and please enter me
Legend of Zelda was my favorite
I am going way back…but my favorite is Pacman!
I love the bass fishing game on xbox.
right now i am really enjoying the Wii Fit & Sport … my “old” favorite game was — asteroids — spend hours playing it
thanks bunches!
I was always a Ms. Pacman fan.
My alltime fave has to be Tetris.
My favorite game is Legend of Mana. That is the only video game I have played for 4 hours straight!
Resident Evil
Am I the only one who finds this ‘tweet tweet’ annoying as all get out?
My favorite video game is classic space invaders.
My most favorite video game is Animal Crossing City Folk for Wii.
We have been playing it for about a month. And although I have never really been into video games our whole family loves this game.
Thank you so much for offering this wonderful giveaway
My favorite game was Frogger.
Mortal Kombat was the best, but now I love games like Zenses.
I love the Super Mario Brothers franchise of games.
My favorite video game is Kingdom Hearts.
I will always have an old-school love for Centipede!
I wanna play this game! Growing up I loved TETRIS and it still is my favorite!
My favorite game of all time was PacMan Jr. as a kid growing up in PR we lived on a very tight income and i used to save the 25 cents my mom gave me to buy snacks at school so that i could play that game.
dr. mario
Terrific
Tetris! I don’t think anything can really compare to it for me
Tetris is the best.
My favorite is a game called Tutenkam.
My favorite video game of all time is Ms. Pac Man! Thanks!
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My husbands favorite game as a youth was Bubble Bobble, I had never heard of it until a few years ago, now I am as addicted to it as he is. We play it during our down time after the kids are in bed, it is our time.
As for me I never had any video games to play as a young girl at home but when we went to the arcade it was Galaxy that I loved to play.
Pac Man was my first true love!
I loved Tetris. Thanks!
Qbert was my all time favorite. High score in the college Rat for a long time!
I really liked tetris.
Street Fighter!
My vote goes to TWITTER
I love Tetris!
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Favorite game of all time? Tetris for sure!
My favorite was Donkey Kong for Playstation 2. I played this with all of my kids.
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My fave game of all time it Tetris. I can play that thing for hours. Thanks!
Animal Crossing for Gamecube. Hubby and I and the kids play that and we really have alot of fun together playing it. We are lucky enough to have a Wii, but not many games…lucky we can play Gamecube games on it! This game looks awesome!
I would love the chance to win, thanks.
For some reason I’ve always liked pitfall, even though the graphics were pretty lame!
Super Mario Brothers used to be my favorite. Now that I’m older I like slower paced games like Sims or puzzle type games. thanks for the giveaway!
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Ok, this is dating myself, but I loved Astroids on the Atari system.
My fave of all time is Mario Kart from Nintendo 64
My daughter would enjoy this game. My all-time favorite game is Tetris.
I love the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger games for the Xbox. They are fun platformer action type games.
The Sims 2 is my favorite, but that might change when the Sims 3 comes out!
My favorite video game of all time would be Tetris on the Gameboy. When I first got it, I couldn;t put it down. Thanks for the chance to win!
frogger
Favorite game would have to Mario Kart Wii
I like all of the Mario games.
My favorite is definitely Sims2 for PC so I would love this addition to my sims collection!
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I love Mario Kart! My husband and I have been playing since we were dating. We have the best time racing each other around the track and shooting turtle shells at each other.
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Who remebers DigDug on Classic Nintendo? I loved that game as a kid!
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One of my favorite games was PacMan for nintendo, I liked all of the levels and it at least had a few graphics compared to the first PacMan game. Thanks for the giveaway!
My all-time favorite video game is Bubble Bobble. It was on the original Nintendo console and it was such a fun game. Does anyone else remember it?
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my favorite video game of all time is galaga…
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Legend of Zelda on the SuperNintendo. I have played it so many times but each time is as fun as the first. Thanks for the contest.
I really love The Sims collection for the PC. Best game ever. I’d love to try this! Thank you!
I love Super Mario Bros and Ms Pac-Man!
Thanks
I have always loved the game Frogger….I grew up in the 80’s!
Resident Evil 4 for the Wii is the best game ever!!
Pac Man!!!
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When I was younger, I loved playing Duck Hunt with my dad.
my fave game of all time is animal crossing for gamecube.
I loved the original Sonic the Hedgehog…my kids would love this one.
The Zelda series of games for Nintendo is my favorite.
Probably the most recent Nascar racing game for PS3
Pac Man is my all time favorite
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I enjoyed playing SeaQuest way back when on my Atari.
Right now I would have to say World of Warcraft
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Final Fantasy 7, first game with a storyline that kept me interested through and through. Compelling + good gameplay! Hurray!
my favorite game is an oldy but a goody!
Pac Man!
I’m old enough to remember Pong! One of my favorites is Tomb Raider. Thanks for the giveaway!
I like Wii Mario Kart.
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I remember playing Pong for hours on end – and thinking it was great!
How sad is that? I would have to say my 2 faves from my youth were Centipede and Asteroids. I was really good at both of those back in the day.
I love Kingdom Hearts!
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Carnival Games is a fun one for DS
i love pacman! i think i must’ve played every version there is. i always thought the little ghosts were cute.
My favorite game is Dr. Mario.
I subscribed to your feed.
It’s a toss up between Zelda and the Simpsons.
My favorite is an oldie…..Centipede!!! Thanks!
I think Bonk was my favorite game of all time. I don’t think that system is around anymore…’cuz I can’t even remember what it was. Ohboy.
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I tweeted like crazy! Okay, just once.
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I still love Ms. Pacman!
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I was a Pacman person!
My favorite game is Rock Band. I’m always the singer!
I am not familiar with Simskin animals but my son was infatuated to SimCity. Thank you for your hard work.
For me it would have to be old school Zelda from the orignial Nintendo. I spent HOURS playing that game when I was in Jr High!
Good ole Mario for me. I just love figuring out how to beat all the worlds. Thank you!
I love Tetris!
super mario bros.
Pac-Man is my favorite.
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Tomb Raider
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I’m a huge ‘Nascar’ fan and currently, my favorite videogame is the ‘Nascar Karting’ game for the Wii! I Love it! Thanks for the ‘great’ giveaway offering and good luck to all!
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