The Urbz Sims in the City - Gamecube Game - Best Retro Games

The game is fully working. It's the cartridge / disc only.
The Sims have moved to the City where there's always action and where reputation means everything. In the Urbz: Sims in the City, you can go to work at such locations as the Sushi Bar, Chop Shop, or Bootleg Fireworks, Inc. Success at work brings promotions, access to new power socials, and gear to influence your new lifestyle. It's up to you whether your Urbz become big-time players on the street or are stray in the crowd. It's all about reputation as The Urbz are living the dream in a City that never sleeps.

Product Details

UPC: 014633148558
Condition: Used
Genre: Other
Platform: Nintendo Gamecube
Region: NTSC (N. America)
ESRB: Teen
SKU: GC_URBZ_SIMS_IN_THE_CITY

This game is fully clean, tested & working. Includes the Disc/Cartridge Only. May have some minor scratches/scuffs. This description was last updated on October 28th, 2020.

The Urbz: Sims in the City

The Urbz: Sims in the City is a video game for the Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo DS. It is the third Sims game for video game consoles. And is the second Sims game not to be release on Microsoft Windows. After a planned PC port and sequel were both canceled due to mediocre sales. The next release for consoles and handhelds was the console port of The Sims 2.

For the console versions of the game, music group The Black Eyed Peas provided several music scores which were translate into Simlish. They also appeared as guest Urbz in the game.

Plot

Console

In the console version of the game, the protagonist of the story moves from their mother's house to Simcity. Where they move into an apartment in the city. In the intro, the protagonist decides to go clubbing. Once the protagonist gets to the club. They refuse entry due to failing at performing a dance move. However, will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, along with the other members of the band, arrive at the club and help the protagonist enter. After the intro, a few days later the protagonist goes home and is greet by Will and his friend Darius, who is the most popular person in SimCity.

After showing off their guitar moves, Darius welcomes the protagonist to the city and they leave. Later on, it is discover that Darius is missing parts from his secret machine. He promises the protagonist that if they find the parts, he will have a special surprise for them. After defeating the villains in the game's districts, the protagonist is ask to come to the penthouse owned by Darius. After arriving at the penthouse, they are greet by Darius. Along with the faction bosses from the city districts, and stated a key by Darius to the penthouse. Afterwards, Darius leaves the city on his blimp to travel to Miniopolis.

Handheld

The handheld version of the game plays as a sequel to the Game Boy Advance and N-Gage releases of The Sims Bustin' Out. Unlike the console versions, the Black Eyed Peas do not appear in this game. The protagonist, who recently arrived in the city from Simvalley, is fire after the owner of King Tower sells the tower to Daddy Bigbucks. After a failed attempt to steal a key from Lily Gates, the assistant of Daddy Bigbucks, the player arrest and taken to jail. After convincing the city sheriff to let the player go. They are put on probation and prohibited from leaving the Urban area of the city.

Sim Quarter

But after doing certain tasks, they are recruit by Grandma Hattie to lead a strike to open the city bridges to Sim Quarter. Afterwards, they are knock off of a ship by Bigbucks and wash up in the Bayou, where the player is mistook by its inhabitants, The Bayou twins, as a vampire. However, the twins help the player get home. However, one of the twins is bite by a vampire and turns into one. Upon the player's return to Sim Quarter, they are inform by Grandma Hattie that Daddy Bigbucks took over the city and has outlawed running. She then gives the player a cookbook in order to help them make chocolate, which cures the bayou twin's vampirism. Later on, the protagonist and Grandma Hattie arrest for running. But are let go by the Sheriff.

Eventually, the protagonist arrives in Glasstown and finds the original King Tower owner, Mr.King. The player discovers that Daddy Bigbucks has built a time machine to stake a claim to land in the past, so that he will own it in the present. With the help of Ewan Watahmee and Sue Pirnova, the player makes their own time machine and uses it to thwart his plans. Daddy Bigbucks is banish to an island outside of the city, and a lifelike statue of the protagonist is built in the city center.