City Life DS is the Nintendo DS version of the City Life Windows game, a city building game similar to the Sim City, but with a social component. The city is inhabited by citizens with different social backgrounds, from normal workers to rich people, acting differently throughout the game. The different social classes lead to conflicts the player has to take care of and solve, by forming an efficient strategy and a way of communication.
Simulator / Strategy / Business / Sandbox
SimCity, later renamed SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game, first released on February 2, 1989, and designed by Will Wright for the Macintosh computer. SimCity was Maxis's second product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and spawned several sequels including SimCity 2000 in 1993, SimCity 3000 in 1999, SimCity 4 in 2003, SimCity DS, SimCity Societies in 2007, and SimCity in 2013. Until the release of The Sims in 2000, the SimCity series was the best-selling line of computer games made by Maxis.
Real Time Strategy (RTS) / Simulator / Strategy
Known as Dawn of Discovery in North America, Anno 1404 is the fourth game in popular city management series.
Puppet Zoo Pilomy is a simulation game developed by Human Entertainment in 1996. The PS One Classic version was published by Hamster Corporation in 2010. This adventure is inspired by toy blocks: the players can build several kinds of animals with different parts and explore nature.
Feng-Shui Master is a 1996 city-building simulation game where the player as a trainee in the art of feng-shui, is tasked with using feng-shui to build prosperous cities over numerous stages.
Shooter / Simulator / Strategy / Science fiction
Empire! is a game with arcade and strategy in equal measure. You begin with a small Cub Scoutship in the Abatlu system, with your ultimate objective to build a great galactic Empire across the stars. It won't be easy though. You'll have to trade, destroy aliens and complete countless missions before you can claim to be the greatest star pilot of them all. You can collect pods that contain cargo using cargo ropes from either side of your ship. As you make progress, you can upgrade your ship. Starbases are where you head to trade, but to get there you'll need to consult your system map. Warp holes will allow you to travel to other planets, where you can collect ore, other minerals or people to take back to starbases. Just make sure you avoid plague-infested planets! To finally succeed, you'll need to wipe out an alien invasion force. then you can buy starbases. Once you own solar systems then there's one last thing to do - construct a frontier shield that will enclose your Empire!
Role-playing (RPG) / Simulator / Adventure / Business
A RPG where you start up and manage your own shops.
MLB Power Pros is a different take on the MLB license. While the player has the ability to play as authentic players on actual MLB teams, the players are represented by anime characters, with large heads, feet and hands with no arms and legs. The game has been a mainstay in Japan for the last 15 years. Power Pros does feature options from other real-time games such as Season, Multiplayer and Exhibition modes, it also has a story based mode where the player can create their own character and play up to 20 years, doing activities such as earning the right to move from the minors to the majors, landing big contracts, as well as buying houses and cars, make friends on and off the field, as well as start hobbies and make donations to charities to draw attention to the player. It also features a Dynasty mode where the player can run a MLB team, trading and releasing with a roster of 40 men and change formations on defense and offense as well as change a pitchers ball speed.