It looks like 2007's surprisingly alright The Sims spin-off MySims is heading to Switch
UPDATE: Two-game bundle confirmed!
UPDATE 27/08/24: Following last week's reports of a MySims remaster for Switch, EA and Nintendo have made it official. EA's fondly remembered life sim series comes to Switch in a two-game bundle - officially titled the MySims Cozy Bundle - on 19th November.
The MySims Cozy Bundle is set to feature EA's original 2007 MySims, as previously reported, but it turns out there's a little bit more to the whole thing. Purchasers will also get to play their way through 2008's MySims Kingdom - which transplanted the original's village-sim-style gameplay to a medieval-style setting - when it shows up this November.
MySims, the unexpectedly decent The Sims spin-off that first hit Nintendo platforms back in 2007, is reportedly heading to Switch "soon".
MySims, in case you're unfamiliar (which would be perfectly understandable given that it's now a frankly upsetting 17 years old), initially released on Nintendo Wii and DS. Developed by Dead Space studio EA Redwood Shores, it presented players with a vaguely Animal Crossing-like take on The Sims which successfully managed to be about as far removed from the actual Sims as you could possibly get without entirely changing genres.
It tasked players with redeveloping a run-down town, attracting new residents, building them homes, and then furnishing them using items crafted from blueprints, in turn gained from helping residents and bolstering your relationship with them. "MySims is pretty much perfect for what it is," Eurogamer contributor Keza MacDonald wrote of the Wii version back in 2007. "At once accessible and complex, kid-friendly and adult-pleasing, and full of personality."
So yes, there's a surprising amount of lingering fondness for MySims amongst the aged, and a low-level murmur of EG team excitement emerged with today's news that a remaster of sorts might be heading to Switch. This discovery was highlighted on Resetera after a number of online stores began listing the game for an 19th November release this year, despite not a peep of an announcement from EA.
However, Kotaku has now stepped in with claims the Switch port of MySims is "real and coming soon". That's according to a "source familiar with [EA's] plans", although Kotaku hasn't been able to confirm it that 19th November release date is accurate. Will this be the start of a long and fruitful revival for the MySims series (which also had a medieval sequel and a driving game)? Only time will tell, unless EA tells it first.