Sim City 2 constructs Japanese release date, new screens

Posted Mar 5th 2008 2:15PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Screens

Town-planning enthusiasts who are also adept at reading kanji rejoice! EA just declared that Sim City 2 DS will be layin' pipes and buildin' roads in Japan on March 19th.

Don't get too excited, though. One look at any screens of Maxis' build-me-do should let you know that this is not most people's idea of an import-friendly title. There are lashings of Japanese text, and if the user interface is anywhere near as confusing as the one found in the first Sim City DS (which we struggled to understand in English), we may as well just give up now and wait for news of a western release.

Go past the break for a sprinkling of new screens.

Gallery: Sim City 2 DS

[Via Go Nintendo]

Tags: ea, japan, maxis, simcity, simulation

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

3-06-2008 @ 1:47AM

hvnlysoldr said...

I liked the original version of SimCity.

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