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Prologue
Once upon a time, there was a great kingdom that covered the entire world. This kingdom was made up of many different lands…and many different Sims. All the Sims and all the lands were ruled by a kind and wise king: Me, King Roland! To help protect the people of my kingdom, I ordered my wizard to make a collection of magic scepters. I gave these special wands to the most loyal and brave Sims in the kingdom, and thus was born the Order of Wandoliers. With their magic scepters in hand, the Wandoliers could do amazing things! They used their power to protect the kingdom and keep the Sims of the world happy. It's hard to believe so much time has passed...All of the Wandoliers have long since retired or moved away. Parts of my kingdom are now falling into disrepair, and the people are not as happy as they once were. But today is a very special day! I, King Roland, will be naming a new Wandolier! Who will it be? Where will they come from? And what will they look like?
New features
MySims Kingdom Trailer 2
The MySims Kingdom trailer video
The game has new features to its predecessor MySims, such as fewer loading screens, and interactive cutscenes between most transitions. The frame has been improved for smoother animation. Item creation has been dropped and decorating a Sim's Home is done with pre-fabricated items obtained by finishing quests to find several specific essences and trade them for scrolls, which gives the Royal Wandolier the ability to make new items.
Essences are not needed to build or paint, but can instead be use "Mana Points" which can be obtained by performing certain activities like mining. Also the game includes a new building interface and a storyline unlike the first MySims.
The Roving Wandolier
MySims Kingdom begins as King Roland holds a contest for a new Royal Wandolier. A Wandolier is a glorified construction worker, but garners its name from the magical scepter (or wand) given to perform their duties. Everything is done with a wave of the magic scepter. After winning the contest and a short tutorial, the new Wandolier is free to explore the kingdom and help those in need.
The essence of construction
Like MySims (Wii), MySims Kingdom utilizes Essences as the building blocks of the world. Items are built by using scrolls, which act as recipe cards for the various items. A scroll will list the essences and the amount needed to complete it. Essences can be collected by shaking trees, prospecting, mining, or by socializing with other Sims. Once you have collected the required essences, you can go into build mode and build your own version of the item using a blue print and a variety of geometric shapes and decorations.
Islands and their residents
Italics indicates a new character
- Candypalooza - A tropical island which is home to the most famous party.
- Capital Island - The first island. A primarily medieval island with poorer parts around the edges.
- Cowboy Junction - A western-style, semi-arid island.
- Cutopia - An overly cute royalty island lorded over by the tradition-obsessed Duchess.
- Forest of the Elves - An enchanted forest inhabited by elves and unicorns, which has a rock 'n roll theme.
- Renée's Nature Preserve - A nature reserve where visitors can pet animals and feed them candy.
- Rocket Reef - An eternally dimly lit, secluded island with a scientific theme.
- The Royal Academy - An island named for its school.
- Spookane - An eternally dark island with a horror theme.
- Trevor Island - A theatrical island with three stages.
- The Uncharted Isle - A tropical island stuck in prehistoric times.
Character Differences
- Buddy is the Royal Messenger and wears a different outfit.
- Chef Gino lives in Cowboy Junction and makes his pizza there, and doesn't have checkered pants anymore and his top is slightly altered
- Elmira Clamp is a pig farmer and wears an old looking ragged dress, although she keeps the pencils in her hair.
- Ginny is a sheriff.
- Gordon and Linda are wearing Renaissance outfits to blend in with the "atmosphere" of Trevor Island.
- Grandma Ruthie moves to Spookane in hopes of boosting cookie sales. She also gets a Spooky makeover after the Royal Wandolier and Goth Boy offer to help her business appeal to Spookane's residents.
- Hopper rowed to the Forest of the Elves where he is finding his "inner frog" with his new froggie friends.
- Liberty no longer has a band-aid on her nose and has pale skin. She also wears a school uniform like Summer and Travis.
- Makoto is in her prototype form as Proto-Makoto.
- Morcubus has pale skin, and a different appearance with a new black hairstyle, new eyes, and a different dark red suit.
- Poppy's hair is now brown and she wears a green dress instead of her blue overalls.
- Rosalyn P. Marshall has pale skin and her rose pin is gone. She is not a mayor, but rather the headmistress of the The Royal Academy.
- Roxie Road now wears a milk maid dress with bee stripes at the ends rather than her bee suit, but she retains her antennae hair accessory, and her hair is now brown as well.
- Vic Vector now wears an orange janitor outfit, but changes into an astronaut suit for the mission.
- Violet Nightshade has a slightly different appearance, with her hair now up in a ponytail and a different grayish-black dress.
Animals
Animals are a new concept in the game. They include bears, bunnies, cats, dogs, frogs, hedgehogs, pigs, prairie dogs, raccoons, unicorns, spiders, and a triceratops named Bobaboo.
Reception
MySims Kingdom was nominated for Best Simulation Game for the Wii by IGN in its 2008 video game awards.