SimCity Creator to be released for the Wii
Posted: September 24, 2008 by DerekD
Real SimCity needs no introduction, and SimCity Creator is real SimCity. Don’t be fooled by “Creator”; they just put that in the title because “SimCity: It’s Real Deal SimCity on the Wii” wouldn’t fit on the marketing brochures. However, just because this new Wii version has everything the old SimCity games had, doesn’t mean that a few new buildings haven’t sprung up in the familiar zones.
Curvy roads are to be introduced in this version. That’s right, SimCity Creator will mark the first SimCity game ever to feature curvy roads. No longer will you be forced to use clever zoning patterns as your signature; you will now be able to literally write your name in your domain with concrete. You just draw on the map with the Wii Remote and you’re done. New buildings and other new features (including turning your city into a “candy” world) are designated to be included with this release.
Most everything else is old-school SimCity, where buildings need power, people need recreation, and towns need landfills (preferably not too close to the restaurants). You’ll build up an idyllic city and then crush it to flaming pieces.
EA could have just ported SimCity to the Wii with a basic set of Wii controls and been guaranteed to sell a lot of copies. The fact that it included things like new disasters, revolutionary city-creation tools, and, of all things, curvy roads, you really get the idea that it didn’t just want to give you an old-school version of SimCity–it wanted to give you a rather unique version of SimCity. Whether or not its building is up to code will be revealed this September 22, when it will be available in stores.
