Metropolismania F.A.Q.
v 1.31
by CityBuilderAK47
"By the way, tonight's dinner is curry"
"The rain gives me arthritis, lately"
"Is it your birthday or something today?"
2002...Mankind is searching for a new hero.
People no longer talk to each other.
Everything is done by electronic technology.
Talking has no meaning, only electronic communication is important.
People who cannot communicate are increasing.
Superheroes can no longer save the world.
Time for mankind is running out.
Index
A. Basic Gameplay
1. Version History
2. Background
3. Controls
4. How Can You Help?
5. Good To Know : Basic Game Mechanics
B. The Levels
0. Before We Start - Some Basics
City-Building 101
Complaints
Similar Industries
Some Terms I Use
===The Canon Game===
1. Level 1
2. Level 2
3. Level 3
4. Level 4
5. Level 5
====Extra Levels====
6. Level 6
7. Level 7
8. Level 8
9. Level 9
10. Other Events (Spoilers!!!)
"Help Me"-Type Events
Disasters\Mass-Complaints
Special Level Events (Level 2-5,8)
C. General Strategies And Tips
1. Befriending People
2. Understanding types of people
3. Understanding your day
D. Appendices
1. Gossip \ Conversation Topics
2. Gifts and Shopping
3. Stores and Restaurants
4. Town Decor + Soundtrack Exclusives
5. This-or-That
6. Riddles
E. End Matter
1. Thank Yous!
2. Random Questions
3. Copyright and Bla bla bla
4. What's Next?
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AAA. SECTION A - FAQ STUFF & BASIC GAMEPLAY
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= A1. Version History =
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1.00 (7/31/2014)
After much hard work and dusting off this old project, finally finished level 5
and worked on the first final copy of this...only to have life get in the way
for a few months
1.10 (11/30/2014)
Added and consolidated some more material that was lying around in bits. Re-
did the intro blurb to each level for some continuity. Added in Level 6 notes.
1.25 (6/10/2015)
With a bit of free time on my hand, I dusted this off again, and made the guide
current up to level 9. Polished and edited, and Hello GameFAQs!
1.27 (6/12/2015)
Some very minor formatting and updates that didn't show until FAQ was posted.
In addition, I have granted permission for this guide to appear on NeoSeeker.
Hello, NeoSeeker!
1.30 (7/8/2015)
More grammar edits, and I'm en route to Level 10.
1.31 (8/21/2015)
Added some reader-contributed tips! I would also like to thank all my readers,
as this FAQ has surpassed 600 views in just two months, very cool considering
the game's age!
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= A2. Background/Mini-Review =
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Welcome to Metropolismania, a quirky Japanese SimCity-esque game where the
main thing you do is use stereotypes to harass your neighbors into liking you
enough to help build a city people want to flock to. This is a game complete
with gossipy neighbors and the occasional Engrish. Honestly though, once you
get into it, especially if you're a tycoon or city-building fan, you WILL get
sucked in.
A bit about the game history, it is known as the Machiing Maker series in
Japan. While in the US, we've only seen Metropolismania (1) and Metropolis-
mania 2, Japan has seen three more releases: a 2008 DS version (Machiing
Maker DS), a 2010 PSP version (Machiing Maker 3), and a Xbox 360/PS4
version (Machiing Maker 4) which bombed horribly, partially because it sold
out for DLC. Indi Software has since gone under and been bought up by
Japanese mobile game publisher Axelmark, which most likely means no more
Metropolismania titles in our future. Don't worry, the ones we have are
the better versions anyway.
If you're so interested, Metropolismania 2 is the same basic game in a better
looking sequel. The key differences are an improved cel-shaded graphic system,
a renovated contact system which continually brings new people in regardless
of your networking, and plenty of new buildings, like Lottery Shops, Train
Stations, and Sumo Wrestling rings. If you enjoy this game,I highly recommend
that you play Metropolismania 2 as well.
As far as a story goes, your tasked by a mysterious boss for the government's
Future Improvement Agency to get people away from technology and out into
a town where they turn back the clock and get out more, you know, actually
interact face-to-face. So, you build a town that has everything people need.
It's building/people focused unlike SimCity, so you start out with some
basic families, then grow out your industries and shops, and before too
long the cool places like the Baseball Stadium and Amusement Parks! You do
this by networking (read:harassing) your residents to like you enough to
introduce you to their contacts who have what you need. If stalking them isn't
enough, you can buy them one of the dozens of items that you can purchase
with your bi-annual salary. You just build the cute little town, you don't
worry about its day-to-day bureaucracy.
The actual "game" consists of Levels 1-5. The first few can be won in a
few hours to a day, but Level 5 in particular will likely take a few
sessions/real-life days to beat. The game has cute little FMVs to match
the cute ideas for each level 5. Once you've beaten Level 5, you get a
nice little ending, and the ability to continue on into extra levels.
The novelty runs out quickly after Level 5, the point at which you've
unlocked just about everything and your residents begin to anger more
quickly. The game can get very tedious, however, this FAQ goes to Level 9
so you know what options are out there.
It's a fun game to pick up for a few days, and having a guide like this
helps you get the buildings you want faster, but in terms of long-term
play, it just doesn't hold up. There are only so many buildings to
build, and almost all players reach a point a few hundred people in
where it's just not fun any more. Once you reach Level 5, you've just
about done it all. You do feel like you're grinding an awful lot, and
the fact that you have to manually meet each new tenant is the definition
of grinding. But, that is the city-building genre. There's no doubt that
this game is dated and quirky. It's not one you'll play every day, but
one you might pick up on a sick day and still enjoy all the same. So, if
you like building cities, enjoy the occasional Engrish, and have a few
days to spare, build away! However, if city-building isn't your cup
of tea, there are plenty more fast-paced games out for PS2.
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= A3. Controls =
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The controls admittedly take a bit to get used to. Essentially,
up and down will move your character regardless of which button you
press to go up or down; though pushing left and right will do different
things.
LEFT ANALOG (left/right): Pan camera left or right
D-PAD (left/right): Pan camera left or right
LEFT & RIGHT ANALOG/D-PAD (up/down): Move character up or down
RIGHT ANALOG (left/right): Move character left or right.
LEFT/RIGHT ANALOG (pushed down/L3/R3): Make character jump
L1/R1 Zoom out
L2/R2 Zoom in
SELECT- Brings up laptop menu
Circle- Brings up the "Quick Menu"
Square- Brings up the "Full menu"
Triangle- Jump
Cross\X- Action button/Confirm
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= A4. How Can You Help? =
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This is a rather large undertaking, so I'm not saying that my guide is
flawless. You may find different routes to people, or I might have something
wrong. Anyway, if there's something I didn't cover, something you think
is wrong, or any insight you'd like to share with hundreds of fellow
Metropolismakers. You will be credited. Remember, the more people that
pitch in, the more people helped out! E-mail me here:
[email protected]
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= A5. Good To Know : Basic Game Mechanics =
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MAGIC CHALK - A magic piece of chalk that carves out the roads. What's worth
pointing out is that each segment of road takes up 2x2 tiles. Every house must
be connected by road somewhere, otherwise the residents will complain. While
there is no bulldoze tool, you can effectively bulldoze by placing a new
building over the road you wish to delete, and then moving it.
APPLICANT LIST- A total of 32 new applicants can move in to your town at
any given time, and this list keeps track of them as well as the phase of
construction (Applied, Process, Building, Finish). It takes roughly
7-8 ingame hours for an application to clear, and they only progress
during construction hours (7 AM-7 PM). You have until the Building phase
to change your mind and move a building before the spot is finalized. If
you do not allocate residents within 3-4 hours (during construction hours),
they may pick a spot themselves. Remember that you don't have to pay any
money to get people to move in, you just need someone to introduce you.
AFFECTION RATE (AR)- This is a gauge of the feeling of people towards you in
the town. When it's high (80%+), complaints are low and residents are
generally happy. When it's mid-range, (50-79%), you've either got issues or
you don'tknow your residents very well. Below that, you've got a serious
problem on your hand, and you better remedy it fast, the game becomes a pain
below 50%. And yes, it can even dip negative and cue sad music to play
instead of your normal more cheery tunes. The bottom line of this is the
level of affection you need to meet those all important contacts. An Affection
Rating around 115-120% will trigger "Famous Mode", a brief period of time
where your phone will be blown up by new contacts who all want to move in. It
lasts short, and takes no notice of how full your applications list is, so be
careful with your timing!
0% and Below - Only your best friends will introduce you to people, sad music
1-50% - Only friends and best friends will introduce you to people
50%-119% - Acquaintances,friends,and best friends will all introduce
120%+ - "Famous Mode" - Automatically meet new connections
There are many ways to increase AR, and they're all pretty much done by
talking to the person involved. But, you only have two chances to do so
when talking to a person before they're tired of you, after which you'll
have to wait 30 in-game minutes for them to reset. You have to experiment
and find out what works. This is covered much more extensively in Section C1,
in the Strategies section of the guide.
MONEY\SALARY- You are paid a salary twice a year. Money only figures in to
improving the looks of the town or bribing people with gifts. You can
patronize many of the businesses you build. There are basically four
things that you spend your salary on: food (see the section below),
gifts, town decor,and your personal home (when you get the Real Estate office)
Every six months, your boss crunches the numbers and decides if you've met a
score of 100. So long as you add a decent number of buildings, solve
complaints, and don't scare off too many people, you'll get a raise.
FOOD\STRENGTH- You have an strength bar which affects how fast you walk,
accessed on the Square button menu. Since you have to actually walk to
businesses to interact with them (unless you use the Town Pages to call
them) instead of simply using a mouse like on PC games, this becomes more
important. If you let your energy lag for a few days, you'll be very slow
in moving. You're kindly reminded that you're "a bit hungry" when you starve
your Metropolis maker. You can either buy snacks from grocers, convenience
stores, or hamburger shops to buy as much food as you can hold, or you can
gorge yourself silly on twenty pizzas or 50 Japanese meals at a restaurant.
Most players love to binge eat at restaurants and then go. Don't ask me how
the Metropolismana guy can eat so much food and stay so thin either.
TOWN'S PAGES- You'll want to buy this soon from your Book Shop, as they will
give you a place to keep phone numbers. Phone numbers are important because
they are a quick way to get into contact with people and are saved through
the entire game, not through level. So, you can use the phone to call someone
across town instead of walking all the way over there, and then once you reach
the "Friend" status with them, you will always have their number and can even
call them from future levels when you need someone of their type to move in.
You will be using your town's pages throughout the game.
SHOPPING BAG- This is your inventory. At first, you can only hold four items
at a time, which is painfully not much. When you eventually get the Super-
market, you can buy a better one that can hold ten (still not that much),
and then when you get to the Department Store in Level 4 or Level 5, you can
hold up to twenty with the High-Quality Purse....I mean bag.
MEMO PAD- You can buy this from the stationery store. Whenever you
get a complaint, it is automatically copied over to this, so that you
never forget the who and what of a complaint. This seems trivial at
first, but will come in handy later the game, especially between saves
and when your tows start getting big and you're running through several
districts to solve multiple complaints.
GPS - You can buy this from an Electronic store. It provides a mini-map
at the bottom-right of your screen. This comes in handy as it quickly shows
you not only where you are, but also flashes complaints on the map so you
know they are there. Complaints flash gently at first, but blink urgently
when a resident is angry enough to move out if immediate action isn't taken.
Not necessary at first, but you'll want this as soon as you can build an
Electrician.
TOWN DECOR - These items are usually $1,000+ upwards and sold by certain
stores. Section D3 covers all that you could ever want to know. Keep in
mind that when you use that Resignation Letter to advance after you've
cleared the level, you'll never see that town again unless you keep a
copy of it saved. Consider saving your mega decorating for Level 5
(or Level 8, should you decide to keep playing), as these are the big
maps with the big population goals.
WEEK DAYS\WEEKENDS - Pay attention to the WD (Weekday) WE (Weekend) indicator.
I believe the game loops in three work days, one week end day. What does
this matter? Well, on week days your residents are at work and school, and
on week ends, they're less sociable and out and about entertaining themselves.
Week days are great for building relationships, while weekends don't seem
to have any particular advantage, they're just there to let your people rest.
YOUR HOUSE - You never sleep nor do you have your own place. Once you are
introduced to a Real Estate (Realtor) in Level 2, you can buy your own
house for a sizeable chunk of change (cheapest is $80,000; the mansion will
set you back a cool million). All this does is give you a nice view and little
place to walk around in, there's no real benefit to other than making your
town feel a bit more quaint. I'd recommend saving before you place it, and
experimenting with your view. As with town decor, know that your house doesn't
move with you to new maps, so you'll want to save for your final level.
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= B0. BEFORE WE START - SOME BASICS =
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= CITY-BUILDING 101 =
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When it comes to building your city, there are some basic things to know.
- More or less, buildings are typically related to one of four types of
residents
RESIDENTS - Typical homes. You have families who want places for
their kids and stores to shop at, and of course, somewhere to work. You
also have the "college-age" crowd, your young adults who like to shop
and enjoy night-life.
WORKPLACES - Consists of factories and offices of all types found
throughout the game. These are the bread and butter of your city, and
without them, your people will never be able to work, and your town will
never go far. They require gas stations, playgrounds (I assume for a park
setting and to be "green"), and a decent population of working-age adults
to draw from.
FARMING (Highlighted in Level 4) - These are early to bed and early to
rise workers, typically older, who will create some nice landscapes for
you.Their farms slowly expand outward,and they require a farming machines
, pest control, and water well; typically which is solved from within
their own community of farms, but sometimes through offices.
FISHING (Highlighted in Level 6) - Like farmers, these people are older
and wake up very early. Their buildings typically have to be built
along a coastline. The fisheries that form the backbone of the industry
will require in time a fish market, fishing co-op (union), bait shop,
and they'll also request fisherman's home, a specific kind of residence.
They'll also want the usual playground, superstores, and entertainment to
boot! Like farming, introductions typically come from within the
community.
As you can see, each type has its own needs. Your residents, and the related
buildings, make up the majority of the buildings in-game. They're content
with nothing for a little bit, but will soon enough "complain" by having their
house flash a certain color. You need to speak with a resident (not a child)
and find out what they want, and do your best to make the connection within
a certain amount of time, by bribing and grilling who is already in town, as
someone likely has the connection you need. As time drags on, your residents
will become less patient, and may flash their house more quickly, signalling
that they're running out of patience. If you can't make the connection by a
certain point after they reach this point(4-5 in-game hours or so), they'll
leave town and leave behind a rubble pile, with your AR rating taking a hit,
and you being slightly penalized on your next salary review.
Obviously, nobody wants to do that if it can be helped. This is where smart
planning comes in. Since you're basically planting new districts all the time,
make sure as each one is developing, that you actively seek out what it will
need, and know if you forget, the residents will quickly remind you.
Here is what each type of resident needs:
ALL DISTRICTS - All of your residents, no matter what the type, will need
a police station and hospital.
STAFF FAMILIES - These are adult families who are ready to work. They may
or may not have children, who also need to be planned for. Families of 3
will need a preschool, Families of 4 will need an elementary, Jr. High, or
High School. Also make sure to find a grocer, superstore, restaurant for
families, playground, and place for families. Of course, Dad (and maybe Mom)
will need a place to work too.
COLLEGE CROWD - These are your single ladies and gents,who live in apartments.
Some of them may still go to high school, others may be workers. They'll want
places and restaurants for adult, making them ideal to go closer to your
business districts, which will basically want the same things.
OFFICES AND FACTORIES - These three form a basic triangle, they will always
need a combination of offices, factories, and gas stations. In addition,
they'll request restaurants for adults (to go grab power lunches at), as well
as places for adults like Slot Machines or stores to go blow off some steam
and some money. And for some reason, you'll need playgrounds too.
So basically, you'll need to intermingle these three districts. Considering
that families and factories don't mix well, the basic way to achieve this is
to put your office buildings (the ones that everyone can put up with) in
the middle, and plan around accordingly. It's probably best for me to
draw up a sample area and tell you what works about it.
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| | | == |
| | SC | == |
| | | == |
| | 4x4 | == |
| ====================================== |
|------------------====================================== |
| Legend | | H | H |==| G | O | O |==__________ |
| = Road | |_2x2_|_2x2_|==|_2x2_|_2x2_|_2x2_|==| GS | |
| H House | | H | R |==| O | P | + |==| 3x3 | |
| S Super Store | |_2x2_|_2x2_|==| 2x2 | 2x2 | 2x2 |==| | |
| G Grocer |=================================================== |
| O Office |=================================================== |
| F Factory || H | S |==| E | O |==| R | E | |
| P Police || 3x3 | 3x3 |==| 3x3 | 3x3 |==|_2x2_|_2x2_| |
| M Medical ||______|______|==|________|________|==| | |
| % Playground || H | H |==| % | O ==| F | |
| E Entertainment || 3x3 | 3x3 |==| 3x3 | 3x3 ==| | |
| SC School ||______|______|==|________|_______| ==| 4x4 | |
| + Hospital | ==================================== |
| GS Gas Station | ==================================== |
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| |
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The things worth pointing out:
- The offices act as a center. Every building won't mind being near an
office.
- The factory is a good distance from the family areas, which saves us from
a "the factory is loud" complaint. A gap of 5-6 tiles should be enough.
to keep them both happy.
- The buildings are grouped in evenly-spaced blocks to maximize efficiency.
The 2x2s and 4x4 buildings pair up nicely, and in groups of 6, they match
up evenly with 3x3 buildings on the other side of the road. Notice how my
middle blocks (to scale in the above map) match up to make nice grids.
- Residential areas have access to a restaurant,super store, police,hospital,
grocer,entertainment place, playground, and school. These residents should
be happy for a while.
- Offices have access to their workers, the factory, a gas station, a
restaurant and another kind of entertainment. Plus, with so many residents
nearby, there will be enough workers for all!
- While not pictured here, you could probably put your college-age kids to
the north-east of the gas station. As long as there is say, a 5-6 tile
buffer between the factory and a resident, they'll be OK. The college kids
will love the access to the night-life and adult restaurants, so typically,
they do better closer to the office/downtown areas, with no kids to worry
about.
- Likewise, a suburban setting is best for your families, and usually
features a main street lined with shops that feeds off into smaller
neighborhoods.
- Everyone benefits from a centralized police station and hospital.
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= COMPLAINTS =
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Your residents will have many complaints. You can tell what the complaint is
by simply looking at the building's flashing color, but you may also need to
actually get someone to tell you what they need, because without doing so,
you won't unlock the "Introduce/Solve Complaint" menu option without doing
so, which can, on occasion, hamper your progress.
There are four levels of anger your residents have when their complaints are
not addressed. You can tell which place you're at by the building and by how
they respond to you.
1) Minor annoyance - The house will gently flash a lighter tone, and the
resident will complaint about it. Communication is otherwise not hampered.
Typically, you'll have a day or so before it progresses.
2) Annoying problem - The house will flash more intensely, and when you go
to talk, the residents will literally be red with anger. They'll say
"It's very annoying without a this-or-that", but you can still communicate
with them. Note that you'll have to talk to them twice normally to get
them to say "Are you going to build a this-or-that?", otherwise you won't
"lock in" the complaint and you're wasting time, which is becoming much
more valuable.
3) JUST FIX IT! - When your residents say things to the effect of "Just fix
the complaint already!", this means you have a ticking time bomb. You lose
your ability to communicate with this resident too! You'll have just a few
hours to get a building in place and stat, or they're gone pecans. And know
that this time has to include the 2 or so hours it take for the building to
process enough for them to be satisfied. If you ever see this level, you
better have a solution, and very quickly too, otherwise you might as well
forget they existed, because their next course of action is to move out!
And by the way, even if they're your best friend, they won't move back
until the next level!
4) MOVED OUT - Your resident got so angry, so they outright destroyed their
house in anger, leaving you to pick up the mess and deal with the AR hit,
AND move-out penalty at your next performance review. You may have even
had the building they wanted right there, it just may not have cleared in
time. Oh well, count your losses and move on. Oh yeah, do yourself a
favor: next time you get a building of that size, go ahead and place it
over the ruins. If you let too many building remains stay around, you'll
end up with a nasty insect problem. See [INSECT PLAGUE] for details
should it happen to you. This can be especially problematic if it's a
farm, as you have to clean up both the farm building AND all the plots
they've grown. Yikes!
PROTIP: When dealing with placing buildings after a complaint, make sure to
go into the application list and place the building from there as
soon as possible rather than go to your desired and then place the
building. Time freezes while you are placing a building on the list,
it does not when you are moving about the town. This can and will
make a difference when dealing with angry residents.
By a few levels in, you'll more or less know what they need just by looking at
the house. Here is a quick list of what each color means:
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| WHITE - Resident has no road connecting it to the town. |
| LIGHT GREEN - Related to residents (i.e. building needs more employees) |
| DARK GREEN - Resident wants a playground |
| RED - Resident wants a hospital |
| DARK RED - Resident wants an employment agency or pest control(Lvl 3+)|
| LIGHT BLUE - Resident wants an office or factory |
| MEDIUM BLUE - Resident wants a gas station |
| DARK BLUE - Resident wants a police station |
| FAINT YELLOW - Resident wants a grocer |
| YELLOW - Resident wants a super store |
| MEDIUM PINK - Resident wants a restaurant |
| DARKER PINK - Resident wants a pest control or fish market (later levels)|
| MEDIUM ORANGE - Resident wants a family-oriented "place for families" |
| YELLOW/ORANGE - Resident wants a place for adults |
| DARKER ORANGE - Resident wants a "place for seniors" |
| CREAM-COLORED - Resident wants a preschool |
| LIGHT BROWN - Resident wants an elementary school |
| DARKER BROWN - Resident wants a Jr. High or HighSchool |
~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~
There are also some somewhat ambiguous complaints you'll run into.
- "Residence and office" (light green) is typically requested by business or
offices that were just placed into a new area without many customers. To
solve this complaint, quickly construct 4-5 buildings that are a combination
of both staff families or offices. This will infuse the business with a base
of customers to use it every day.
- "Office worker household" (light green) means that the business needs 3-4
new workers to be satisfied. One alone frequently won't solve it. Staff
families and Staff Accom. apartments will solve this.
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= SIMILAR INDUSTRIES =
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The key to solving your complaints, and to be honest, the key to the game,
is relying on stereotypes! This game is built around them. To your complaint's
angle, this means that in general, your businesses stick to their industry
in terms of their contacts. So, your families know more families. Your
restaurants know other restaurateurs. Your offices know more offices, and so
on and so forth. So, in general, if you're missing one type of complaint,
start in similar places. Now, three groups of buildings are worth mentioning:
civic buildings, farm buildings, and fishing buildings.
- Civic Buildings include school, police stations, hospitals, and
playgrounds. They are all lumped together, so school staff will have
connections in hospitals, and playgrounds will know schools, etc.
If you have a choice, start with a school to address complaints. You
have the highest chance of meeting someone there. Then,try the hospital.
If that doesn't work, try the police, and save the playgrounds for last.
- Farm and fishing buildings typically require introductions from within
their communities. Farms need water wells, farming machines, and pest
controllers. Fishermen need fish markets, fishing coops, bait shops, and
special fisherman's homes (a unique residence which needs both fish
industries and the normal things for families). However, sometimes
you'll hit a dead end. In that case, for farms, seek out your families,
and for your fishers, try your luck at your local offices.
- In Level 5, you'll meet the "Employment Agency" (not to be confused
with the "Employment Companies").The former is a stand-alone building
that comes with a red application, the latter is another office
type with the usual blue application. This Employment Agency is used
for a certain level event which occurs randomly on some levels, and
is introduced via you civic buildings, not your offices.
Of course, people know others outside of their usual industries, so you'll get
the occasional surprise too. If you're at a dead-end for a certain complaint,
here's a good strategy to get the building you need quick.
- If your resident is complaining so hard that they say "Just solve the
complaint", you're in danger of losing them. Don't waste precious time
wandering around town, just use your Town's Pages and call, call, call!
- If you're really stuck and don't have a clue, start asking around with
your housewives. The kind women in particular have a very strong sense
of networking and can usually pinpoint who you need to go to. You'll
figure out who they are very quickly because they'll always have an
answer whereas other women just don't know.
- In general, men only know other men in their industries. Women are much
more versatile. If you have a choice, go with the women. Sexist or not,
it's how the game was programmed.
- Need a boost to your AR to meet the right people? On weekdays, you'll
get the best results at your local office blocks, school, and eateries.
People are much more sociable outside of their homes, plus on weekdays
they are clustered together to maek for rapid-fire complaint solving.
On the weekend, head instead for your local eateries and entertainment,
people don't like being bothered at home on the weekends.
If you're totally lost, you have another option too....
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| Do you just want to know who will lead you to theme park already? |
| It's in Level 5 a good chunk into the level, by the way. Do you |
| have a complaint you just can't solve? If so, check out the guide |
| I wrote to compliment this one, the "Introductions" FAQ. It lists |
| out all the possible introductions for Levels 1-5 that will get |
| you to clear the level. For this guide, I'll tell you who is very |
| helpful, but I don't spell out everything. Refer to it when you're |
| stuck on that one impossible complaint! |
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=SOME TERMS I USE=
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Let me clarify a few terms you'll see in this FAQ.
SELF-SUFFICIENT: When you've met enough people to be able to handle
the majority of the complainants for the level, I say you're self-
sufficient. I'll tell you which of the initial residents land you where,
so I'll tell you who gets you started on the civic complaints, for
example, but I won't tell you who gets who to introduce you to the
Pasta Restaurant halfway in, you can surmise in from who you know by
the self-sufficient Point. I do provide this service though, in the
"Introductions FAQ", separate from this one.
NEW BUILDINGS - These are buildings that will eventually pop up
in the level in a very basic way. Because of how dynamic the game
is in how you get to the target population, you may encounter this
building earlier in other levels, but it is guaranteed to show up
in this level.
PLACES - This refers to the "places for all" or "places for adult",
which are typically entertainment buildings.
TIME - Typically, when I say hours or days, I mean in-game hours or
days. Where ambiguous, I'll clarify, but in general, the only real-
life time I'll be referring to is the hours or days it will take
to clear a level.
RECYCLING RESIDENTS - From Level 3 onwards, you'll begin to notice
that certain residents recycle, meaning you've already met them
before and their relationship is saved intact, making for one less
person to have to get to know over again. This is notable in certain
buildings you start with in later levels, begins to become apparent
in "Famous Mode" from Level 5 onwards.
SPRINGBOARD - I'll use this term in the Key Resident section. It means
that while the resident themselves may not know somebody that you need,
they will have the connections to lead you there. Typically, from a
"springboard" resident, meet their acquaintances, and then meet the
acquaintances of those acquaintances and you'll be very close to
someone who can help.
"CANON GAME" - Levels 1-5 were fully designed and considered the
actual game. When you clear Level 5, you'll get a very resounding
ending. However, not wanting to deprive you of building, you can
go on a bit more, you just won't have special buildings or special
residents that Levels 2-5 provide, Level 6 a bit excepted. You may
get the occasional event and a new building though, it's just a
matter of how much grit you have to do it over and over again. As such,
I basically refer to Level 5's ending as the game's canon ending, and
consider the game beat after that, what follows are essentially bonus levels.
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= THE CANON GAME =
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= B1.Level 1 =
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|TARGET: Build a town of 200 people. |
|BLURB: This is just your tutorial town and introduces you to |
|the game. People are very easy to please, and you'll be done |
|before you know it. I assume you read the planning basics |
|above. You'll get to name yourself and the town when you |
|talk to your first resident. |
| |
|NEW BUILDINGS: |
| |
|HOMES: Staff Family, Senior Citizen, Studio Apartment, Home Office |
|PLACES: Book Shop, Spa, Used Book Shop |
|GROCER: Fruit & Veg. Shop, Liquor Store |
|SUPER STORE: Stationery, Hardware |
|RESTAURANT :Chinese Noodle Bar, Coffee Shop, Family Restaurant, Noodle Bar, |
|HOSPITAL: Dental Dept., Internal Medicine |
|CIVIC: Jr. High School, Playground, Police Station, Daycare Center, Primary |
| School |
|OFFICE: Publishing Firm, Printing Office, Travel Agency, Advertising Company|
| Cleaners, Tiling Company, Software Company |
|FACTORY:Steel Mill, Metal Workshop |
|OTHER: Gas Station |
| |
|LEVEL EVENT: None |
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TIPS: You'll get a bigger-than-normal boost to your relationship with your
citizens on your first day, so harass as many residents as you can to Friend
status on your first day. After the first day, your relationship meter will
only progress to "Know the Face" upon first meeting someone.
Halfway or so into the level, your boss will introduce you to a set of six
buildings (Internal Medicine, Police Station, Playground, Printing Office,
Daycare Center, and Primary School). You can get them through introductions
the normal way, but consider these as an easy second set you should
befriend for future levels.
Be sure to purchase Town's Pages! Remember that simply reaching the Friend
Status does not grant you that all-important phone number, you'll have to
talk to them at least one more time and you'll get a resounding bit of
text.
Whenever you solve a complaint that affects multiple families at once, be
sure to go back and say hi in the area again, you'll receive a boost to all
of the family members and other families who you solved the complaint for
in addition to the person who asked.
KEY RESIDENTS:
* VIDA CLOONEY (Clooney Book Shop) - Introduces you to Sloan Jr. High School.
This is your first civic building, so you will need it to address further
school, hospital, and police complaints. ARDEN SLOAN, from this school,
will get you your first police station, for example.
* LOPEZ FAMILY (Lopez Fruit & Veg.) can introduce you to two hardware stores
(super stores)
* CAMPBELL FAMILY (Campbell Stationery) can introduce a spa (place for all)
and seafood shop (grocer)
* MONTAGUE WANG (Wang Chinese Noodle) will get you a coffee bar, and KATHLEEN
WANG will give you your first factory (a need of your residences).
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|TARGET: Build a business center with more than 500 people. 20% of buildings |
| must be offices. |
|BLURB: Good job on your first town. Now you'll get to do it |
| all over again, twice and then some, in fact! Assuming that |
|you made lots of friends in the last town, this one will go |
|by slightly faster, and as you refine how you build, you'll |
|start avoiding future problems by building smarter. There is |
|a special event hinted at here, but it's hidden past the spoilers section |
| |
|NEW BUILDINGS: |
| |
|HOMES: (No New homes) |
|PLACES: Exam Tuition, Computer School, Fishing Pond, Cooking Class, |
| Piano School, Karaoke, Private School, Toy Shop, Volunteer Group, |
| Drama School, Aerobics, Sushi Bar, Music Shop |
|GROCER: Bakery, Supermarket, Butcher |
|SUPER STORE: Electrician, Kids Clothing |
|RESTAURANT: Savory Pancakes, Drink Bar, Hamburger Shop, Pizza Bar, Curry |
| House |
|HOSPITAL: Local Hospital, Maternity Ward |
|CIVIC: (No New Civic Buildings) |
|OFFICE: Planning Company, Realtor, Solicitors Firm, Handyman Firm, |
| Translators, Bank, Finance Company, Employment Company, |
| Newspaper Company, Trading Company, T.V. Station, Architect Company,|
| Security Firm, Insurance Company, Stocks & Shares, Advertising |
| Company, Tourism Office, Surveying Company, Publishing Firm, |
| Building Company, Accounting Firm, Planning Company,Taxation Office,|
| Security Firm |
|FACTORY: Car Mechanic, Garbage Dump, Spring factory, Brewery, Processed |
| Foods, Spirit Distillery, Sheet Metal, Fabric Factory |
|OTHER: Gas Station |
| |
|LEVEL EVENT: [THE INVESTIGATION] |
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TIPS: You'll start off in a huge imbalance, way more offices than residents.
This will become a problem soon, each office needs 1-2 homes to leech workers
from. For the level event, you'll also want any kind of restaurant as well
as an elementary school.
To get your AR up faster, don't bother people at their homes. Wait for
the work day (8 AM-5 PM), and hit up your office blocks instead. People
are more sociable at their offices during business hours on weekdays.
You'll need to hit 50% AR to get introductions at the Acquaintance level
Be sure to keep your car factory a decent distance from your homes, and
use your offices as a buffer zone. Be sure to plan ahead and leave space.
Remember that you can stack a total of three offices on 2x2 buildings and
four offices on a 3x3 building!
Befriend older ladies in your offices! They may not know the people
themselves, but they'll always be able to tell you who does when you
get stuck. Whatever happens, don't lose Betty Durham in the Gee Realtor!
She is simply *AWESOME* for introductions.
Your offices will introduce you to mostly other offices, but some
restaurants and stores too.
Many buildings in this game apply with one name, and then show up with
another name in your town. A classic example is the "Solicitors Firm",
which is British English on the application, and comes over as
"Lawyers (Firm)" when you go to find it in game. Another case of this
will apply with your initial software companies from KOZY NOTSU, MINORU
YOKOSUKA, and their contact HISATO HAMADA. Instead of the usual
"So-and-So Soft House", these will come out as INDISOFTWARE A,
INDISOFTWARE B, and GROOVE CAFE respectively.
You should run into a supermarket in this level. You should buy the
big shopping bag, which will upgrade your inventory to hold ten items.
Also, you can buy a Car Navigation System (GPS) from the electrician
in this level, which shows a map of your town and any complaints.
Make sure to befriend many staff families, and the "places" as well.
The next town will be even bigger than this, and those two kinds of
buildings will come in handy, THE STAFF FAMILIES ESPECIALLY SO...
(get the hint, make sure you have some!)
Be sure to befriend Curtis Book Shop and Mauro Karaoke, they will
also come in handy for the next level.
KEY RESIDENTS:
* SHEPHERD FAMILY- They will introduce you to at least three families to
help you get started on your office worker complaint.
* HALL FAMILY (Hank U./Jill)- Introduced from Jeffrey Shepherd.Jill Hall
will be extremely useful when you need some more residences. In fact,
she was able to pop out four entire families for me within five or six
conversations. Her husband will also provide a few. Very important to
help your residential population.
* JENNY P. MCDONELL-Introduced from Lourdes Shepherd. Will introduce
you to a hardware shop and bakery to solve super store/grocer
complaints; as well as a preschool later down the line; in addition
to a bar to help with your restaurant for adult complaints. Helpful!
* KYLEIGH THOMAS (Thomas Family)- Can introduce you to a Savory Pancakes
(Crepes) to solve the restaurant for adult complaint; as well as a
Computer School to solve a place for adults complaint, and even a
liquor store, which is strangely enough...a grocery store!
* MAYES BURNS (Burns Computer School)- Introduced by Kyleigh Thomas,
starts the ball rolling on your "places for", and will lead you to
one of the most useful "places for" residents.
* ELENA KENNEDY (Kennedy Book Shop)- From Mayes Burns in the
Burns Computer school, you will get the Kennedy Book Shop in
which Elena lives. She was probably one of the most useful
residents in this whole level. She could introduce me to
almost limitless places for (seniors/adults/all)
* LATISHA SHIELDS (Powers Advertising Company)- Can introduce you to
two parks, the second of which can introduce you to an elementary
school. One which will become very important to your civic buildings.
* GINTARO SLOWEY (Slowey Playground)- Another important guy for
civic buildings.
* LASSIE TAN (Tan family)- Introduced by Loughlin Cooper in
the Klein Elementary School,which Gintaro also introduces.
She is very helpful in for finding new families.
* GREG MCVEY- Can introduce you directly to a hospital, which is another
great center hub for civic buildings.
* BLAKE THOMAS- He can introduce you to a family restaurant, to help solve
later restaurant complaints.
* BETTY DURHAM (Gee Real Estate)- My go-to girl for this level and one of
my favorites for the game. While she herself doesn't introduce much, she
seemingly always knew who did, and not in the roundabout way.
* HISATO HAMADA (Groove Cafe)- Introduced from Kozy Notsu of Indisoftware A.
Don't be fooled by the software companies, even though most have a
proprietor, some companies with Japanese-looking names actually correspond
to real-life companies, not the usual (Last name) Soft House. This is
one of those cases. Anyway, he's useful because he can introduce you to
more gas stations, as surprisingly, your starting gas station is useless
for that.
* MIKHALI CAGE (Carter Newspaper Company)- Introduced by Moses Schott of
the Schott Cleaners. Will also assist you with place for adult
complaints.
* RINA DAMON (Wagner Solicitor's Firm) - Introduces you to the Brewer Exam
Tuition which will lead you to a building that will appear at the start of
the next level, so you might as well cement the friendship now.
* MOSS BREWER (Brewer Exam Tuition) - Introduces you to the Curtis Book
Shop. This buildings will appear as one of your starting buildings for the
next level, so you might as well meet them and befriend them now.
*MIKIO MILLER (Miller Translators) - Introduces you to a few buildings which
will lead you to another building that shows up at the start of the next
level, so befriend them sooner rather than later to make Level 3 that much
easier.
* DUSTY KENNEDY (Kennedy Book Shop) - Introduces you to the Ali Volunteer
Group, getting you closer to the above next-level repeat.
* FRASIER ALI (Ali Volunteer Group) - Introduces you to the Mauro
Karaoke, the above-mentioned Level 3 repeat building.
LEVEL EVENT: THE INVESTIGATION
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Since some people don't like spoilers I've saved them for a special section.
To find out what happens search for [THE INVESTIGATION].
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|TARGET: Build a leisure town with more than 1000 people.15% of the buildings|
| must be amusement facilities. |
|BLURB: This is a fun level with plenty of new buildings to keep it fun |
| but families are a bit hard to come by at first. Be sure to spread your |
| initial buildings, and know that getting to 1000 is tedious, and will |
| likely take up most of your real-life day if you try it all in one go. |
| You're also given the power to evict residents in this level, but if you |
| plan well, you'll never need it. You'll be solving plenty of "residents |
| and office" complaints, so be sure you have plenty of staff families and |
| office buildings on hand and ready to go. |
|NEW BULDINGS: |
|HOMES: Student Accom, Inventor's Home, Piano Tuner's Home |
|PLACES: Choir (Culture School For Aged), Learn Accounting, Slot Machines |
| (Place for adults), Mah-jong Room, Flute Tutor, Aerobics, Jewelers, |
| Baseball Park, Driving Range, Movie Theater, Fortune Teller, |
| Speech Therapist |
|GROCER: (no new grocers) |
|SUPER STORE: Laundrette, Florist, Cemetery |
|RESTAURANT: Cake Shop, Sushi Bar, Thai Restaurant, Bar, Take Away Lunch |
|HOSPITAL: Local Hospital, Maternity Ward |
|CIVIC: High School, Post Office |
|OFFICE: Cleaning Company |
|FARM: Melon Farm, Peach Orchard, Farm Machines, Rice Paddy, Water Well, |
| Pest Controllers |
|INN: Japanese Inn |
| |
|LEVEL EVENT: [THE NEW GROUP OF CITIZENS] |
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TIPS: You start out with NO staff families, so your first order of business
should be getting some and quickly. The residents will speed you to
these most quickly. Keep in mind that you're wasting great buildings
if you cluster these all together. I'd recommend spacing them out into
two or three districts and building each one up.
You will start to see residents recycle more frequently starting in
this level. Curtis Book Shop and Mauro Karaoke are both Level 2
repeats, as I mentioned above.
You CAN pass this level with a hypothetical 0 friends from before.
To quickly build up your residents, pay attention to the Clooney
Computer School and their subsequent introductions. You'd also do
well to meet JJ Foster via the Liang Toy Shop, because he can
introduce you to the Tiffany Burger Shop, who will be able to
introduce you to people who know Families. Paul from the Liang
Toy Shop can also introduce you to the Hill family, who will also
be of assistance in introducing people who can introduce families.
The other families will not lead you to residents as quickly, and
some can't even introduce families at all. See my Introductions
guide for a much more detailed analysis.
Remember to bug residents outside their homes during work hours,
spam conversation topics, and by now, you'll have a decent salary,
so go out and buy people's love with gifts. Once you reach 50% AR,
the first time, you'll be coasting more easily. Your pages will
start becoming a decent size by now.
Wondering why you may start seeing pins on your residents or being
introduced to random people? It's this level's event, which is
covered in the Event section.
You will begin to see Farm buildings later into this level. Remember
that Natsume (Harvest Moon) was involved in this game, and know that
the next level features the farm industry as its central theme. As
such, don't totally ignore them.
KEY RESIDENTS:
KRYSTYN CLOONEY (Clooney Computer School) - She and co-worker Merton, and
their subsequent introductions will help establish your residence base.
Of particular note is the Welch Insurance Company, from which...
*NOBORU WELCH (Welch Insurance Company) can introduce you to Staff
families. He also introduces you to not one, but two important
residents.
*MASSIMO THOMAS (Thomas Family) - Will set you up with some
more families, and offices, and also lead you to another
important contact, Kele Pierce. His wife Mina is also loaded
with introductions, making them a power couple.
*KELE PIERCE (Pierce Family)- A power family if ever there
were one. He can introduce you to a hamburger shop as well
as some more residences.
*GIORGIO GEE (Gee Real Estate) - A cross-over from the last level,
by the way, This guy and his partner Betty will help with getting
your offices off the ground, not to mention Betty seemingly always
knows someone!
REID KELLY (Private School) - He is where your factories and gas stations
will come from. It's not that he knows a lot, but he knows a lot of people
who will introduce you to people.
PAUL LIANG (Liang Toy Shop) - Definitely your go-to guy to start your civic
buildings and even some more residences. Here's who he knows:
* JJ FOSTER (Foster Primary School) - A springboard for civic complaints,
especially police stations.
* LEV TIFFANY (Tiffany Burger Shop) - Will help you get started on
your restaurants and families, and his partner Krysta can offer you
some residents too.
DAN GABRIEL (Gabriel Karaoke Box) - Will lead you to some grocers, and another
important resident that will lead you to the Baseball Park, one of this
level's cool buildings.
* BILL MCCOMB (Mccomb Computer School) - Is able to introduce you to
two seafood shops for those grocery complaints, and also leads you
to...
* BERN HANSEN (Hansen Music Shop) - Introduced from Dan's partner, Rachel.
Will add pretty cool buildings into your level, but most notably, Bern's
partner Vivia will introduce you to the Sanders Baseball Park!
WILL S. MAURO (Mauro Karaoke Box) - The other springboard for civic
complaints, plus a recycled guy from Level 2! Woohoo! His partner LORING can
also introduce you to the driving range, one of this level's cool buildings
almost instantly.
*JORGE BARBER (Driving Range) - Not only is this cool, but it's also the
hidden springboard for the super stores. Subsequent introductions from
here will help your yellow complaints vanish.
* ART TURNER (Turner Electrician) - A few introductions down
from Jorge (have Gerik introduce the Hansen family,
who introduce the Perez family, who introduce Art),
this guy will help you get to some grocery stores.
WILTON HOGAN (Hogan Fishing Pond) - His partner will introduce you to the
Pineda Fortune Teller. The Fortune Teller is one of the rarest buildings
the game.
LEVEL EVENT: THE NEW GROUP OF CITIZENS
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Since some people don't like spoilers I've saved them for a special section.
To find out what happens search for [THE NEW GROUP OF CITIZENS].
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= B4. LEVEL 4 =
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Build an agricultural town, maximizing agricultural land and minimizing
space. There will be more older people, and not as much of a need for
entertainment. WE.MUST.NOT.FAIL!
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|TARGET: Build a farming town with more than 300 people. 25% of the buildings|
| must be dependant on the farming industry. |
|BLURB: Hah! What a joke this level is, considering it's sandwiched between |
| two levels with lofty goals. Consider this a nice and leisurely break from |
| the last level, and a breather before the really challenging Level 5. You |
| likely met some farmers in the previous level, but their main focus in this|
| level means that you're going to have to change how you play a bit to work |
| with their early work schedules. Assuming you've got the basics down, you |
| will most likely finish this in two or three real-life hours. Keep in mind |
| as you're buildings that the farms expand and build more plots near their |
| farm every day,though they won't be offended if you build over their plots.|
| |
|NEW BUILDINGS: |
| |
|CIVIC: University |
|FACTORY: Molding Factory, Semiconductor |
|FARM: Sweet Mandarin Farm, Vineyard, Green Tea Farm, Ranch, Lemon Orchard, |
| Sour Orange Farm, Mushroom Farm, Orange Orchard, Mandarin Orchard, |
| Grapefruit Farm, |
| |
|LEVEL EVENT: [WHAT IS THAT THING?] |
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TIPS:
You AR starts off around 35%. You've done this before, but remember that
your farmers are up at the crack of dawn, and in bed at the crack of
dusk.Try to catch them walking between fields during the work day or
out and about at a grocer, restaurant, or entertainment place. You can
occasionally luck out and get a slight boost to your relationship if
you talk while they're farming, but not always.
Remember that pest control and farm machinery are indeed offices, so
this means they also want the gas station and eventual factory. Plan
accordingly.
Because of the small amount of land and ample water, I'd recommend
concentrating the farms on the main island and building an urbanized
area to the south. You can always build bridges over water, and then
build next to the bridges for some instant land if space starts getting
tight. Remember that farms start at 2x2, but quickly expand outward with
farm plots. And remember, if you build farms too far apart, then you
almost need a set of buildings for each farm, which are ample, but not
infinite.
Be sure to stop and gawk at your residents pick fruit from trees. It's
easily the most hilarious animation in-game.
Farms are not extremely important for the next level per se, but you
will have the chance to be introduced to more farms in Level 5 too.
However, beyond this level, depending on how your future towns play
out, you may run into a problem that will necessitate a LOT of Pest
Controllers. I won't spoil why here (it's in the Other Events section),
but suffice it to say that you will save yourself a lot of frustration
in the future if you befriend as many Pest Controllers as possible now,
and make sure at minimum that 5-6 of them are at the "Best friend"
level. Otherwise, mark my words, you will be kicking yourself later.
KEY RESIDENTS:
* LENORE HARRIS (Sweet Mandarin Farm) will serve as one of your power people,
because she knows the all-important Tea Jr. High School. Again, it isn't so
much that she knows a lot, but she has the connection that will get you to a
lot of places you'll need. Her husband Ryo know a Water Well too, which you
will also need.
* Will S.(Tea Jr. High School) will introduce you to the Spring Gas station
which you will not only need eventually, but it is also very useful because
of who it leads to. Not to mention, this is a great place to start for the
civic buildings (if not them directly, their introductions will know the
people at right civic buildings)
*Art Spring (Spring Gas Station) will introduce you to the Bruce Brewery
to solve your factory complaint, but the Brewery also serves as a vital
point of contact to pump Staff families into your town.
* BURKE JOHNSON (Sour Orange Farm) will be your main guy to talk to about
getting grocers and shops in your town. Again, if he doesn't know, who
he introduces you to will know.
* HANLEY SAWYER (Sour Orange Farms) should be your starting person for places
of entertainment as well as a few more civic buildings. He knows the people
at the Garner Elementary School too, which can serve as another civic
building go-to place.
* STANLEY DANIELS (Orange Orchard) can introduce you directly to a police
station.
* RYLIE ZENO (Rice Raddy) can introduce you to a sushi bar, which will be
wanted by your office area sooner or later.
LEVEL EVENT: WHAT IS THAT THING?
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Since some people don't like spoilers I've saved them for a special section.
To find out what happens search for [WHAT IS THAT THING?].
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= B5. LEVEL 5 =
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Are you ready to show this world what you've got? Level 5 is the mother
of all levels. Your boss actually doesn't know what you have to do next,
though he hints at this level's special resident
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|TARGET: Build a town with more than 2000 people. |
| |
|BLURB: Oh dear, that's not a typo above. Level 5 is the "final level" of the|
| canon game and boy is it a doozie. Just so you know off-hand, unless you |
| just spam your town pages, this level will likely take you a weekend of |
| your time to complete. It's just so many people and so many complaints. |
| Since this is the "final level", you may wish to make this your grand town |
| and go all out. A problem that you may run into is that the level is so |
| big that you may forget where your vital connection lives. I'd recommend |
| you get acquainted with your town's pages, or come up for some names for |
| areas of your town and keep a small list going of the important contacts |
| in each area. You can check the Introductions guide to see who leads you |
| to who. But to be totally honest,this level grinds very much and it's hard |
| just to keep a handle on everything. You'll pretty much have everything at |
| the end of this level,there's not much more content beyond it. While the |
| levels do continue post "canon-game", there's no more special events,and |
| eventually you'll run out of new contacts and they'll just repeat.While |
| it took me until Level 6 to run into buildings like the Mexican Bistro and |
| more fisheries (Level 6 is a fishing town), I do believe you can run into |
| them by exploring your Level 5 connections deeper. So, knowing that there |
| is no more to the canon game beyond this,that decision to go on to further |
| levels or make this your big finale town is totally up to you. This level |
| has an amusement park for you as a crown achievement, you'll likely not |
| run into it until close to the end. |
| |
|NEW BUILDINGS |
|HOMES: Script Writer's Home, Journalist's Home, Gardener's Home, |
| Calligrapher's Home |
|PLACES: Flower Arrange (Culture School for adults), Amusement Park |
|GROCER: (no new grocers) |
|SUPER STORE: Tailor, Department Store |
|RESTAURANT: Pasta Restaurant, Korean Restaurant, French Bistro |
|HOSPITAL: Mental Ward |
|CIVIC: Park, Fire Brigade |
|OFFICE: Babysitting Company, Investigator Company, Marine Surveyor, |
| Ocean Liners |
|FACTORY: Flour Mill, Concrete Maker, Welders, China Factory |
|FARM: Tomato Farm, Grapefruit Farm, Pig Farm, Pear Orchard, Strawberry Farm,|
| Tangerine Orchard |
|FISHING: Abalone Culture, Fish Market, Fisherman's Home, Tiger Prawn Port, |
| Fishing Coop, Bait Shop, Trevally Port, Herring Port, Prawn Port, |
| Pearl Culture, Slatefish Port, Sardine Port, Oyster Culture, Salmon |
| Port, White Bait port, Snapper Port |
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|INN: Hotel |
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|LEVEL EVENT: [YOU DON'T SEE THOSE EVERY DAY!] |
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TIPS:
This is the time to decide between ending with the game's ending, in
which case you'll just want to spam yourself to 2,000 people as quick
as possible; or if you want to keep playing beyond this level, where
you'll see goals this high over again, in which case you may want to
take it a bit slower, befriend more people, and keep working hard,
knowing that there are more levels ahead, though they do diminish in
new content greatly past Level 6 and then people even get less patient.
The post canon-game levels are a definite challenge, but most people
will get tired of it by this point.
Seriously, keep track of your residents. I made a mock-up of my town
in Paint and as I created blocks and districts, named them and kept
the names of important people there, so I remembered who was in each
one, especially the civic buildings and offices with helpful ladies
who knew everyone. If you do this in combination with my Introductions
FAQ, you'll never be lost for a complaint with an angry resident on the
verge of moving out.
Your metropolis will really come alive by the end of this level. You may
wish to plop down your house in the heart of it all, just remember that
if you do buy one from one of your Realtors, it doesn't travel with you
to future levels. Consider leaving a spot that overlooks one of your
office areas or your amusement park, it honestly makes for a great view
when you finally finish. Also, save before you plop your house down, in
case you don't like it or how it ends up positioned.
Why are you encountering fishers? They're like farmers in that they
need certain buildings (fish markets, fishing co-ops, and bait shops)
,but they are the star attraction to the first post-game level,Level 6.
So, if you wish to continue to Level 6, it will do you good to befriend
many of them now. Also know that the Fisherman's houses that you will
be asked to build and introduced to are typical staff families but with
the added demands of fishing buildings nearby and they work for the
various fisheries, in addition to the usual schools and places for
families. Make sure to build them or even cluster them near your
fisheries.
When you hear a crashing sound one night, you'll know the event for the
level has started. See the [You Don't See Those Every Day!] section for
details.
KEY RESIDENTS:
* MORAL CARSON (Carson Planning Company) is an office springboard. There
is one more contact he has that may be of use. His partner, Ken Peter,
will set you up to meet some grocers and super stores by way of a
um...water well?
*JIRO RILEY (Riley Finance Company) - Introduced by Ken Peter, his
partner Gaetane will introduce the guy who get you there.
* SCOT G. LANDRY (Abalone Culture) - Introduced from Gaetane,
he will be the one who gets you the water well that will more
or less take care of groceries and super stores. Lena Nas here
will also be the springboard to ramp up your fishing industry.
* EDDY NELSON (Babysitting Company) has a partner Lara that will
bring you to a Family Restaurant.
* MITCHEL PIERCE (Printing Company) - He'll bring you to some great offices
and civic buildings. His partner Helia Cage also has an important contact
for factories.
* MARK Z. EVANS (Evans Cleaning Company) - Will help get the civic
industry going with some police connections. He also introduces you
to the King family, who can serve as a springboard for entertainment
places like Music Shops and Movie Theaters.
*DON ROBERTS (Roberts Advertising Company) - Will be a vital connection
to get your factories and gas station started. Introduced from Helia.
* MORAL KEITH (Keith Publishing Company) - Will introduce you to people who
will lead you to some hospitals.
* ARNOLD DEMARCO (Demarco Local Hospital) - By way of Moral's
contact Kentaro Harrison. THis will be another important civic
building springboard.
* REGAN RUSSEL - Leads you to some grocers and offices.
*FLEMING BOND (Bond T.V. Station) Katalin Davidson here will introduce
you to the Corona T.V. Station, which will lead you to a Butcher Shop to
start your grocers.
* BLAKE KENDALL - Leads you to entertainment for families, and his partner
Maree Blak can help you with some "restaurant for adults" contacts. They're
very spread out, but he can also lead you to some farm buildings.
* ROCCO ANDREWS (Andrews Tomato Farm) - A bit of a complicated
introduction sequence, so try to stay with me. Blake leads you to
the Edwards Computer School. From there, you'll meet the Craig
Music Shop, and from there, Janet F will introduce you to the Moss
Exam Tuition. There, Electra Yates will introduce you to the Grant
Printing Company, where you will meet Kawena Walker, leading you
to Rocco, who will start the farming industry up well.
*KENNEDY CASTLE - Staff families and restaurants of all kinds, nobody in
particular stands out really, just a solid source of those connections.
* BILLY CRANE - A great contact to get your preschools and other civic
buildings started. Can even lead you to a rare Fire Brigade.
* MAIREL CHARLES (Charles Daycare Center) - Preschool introduced by
Billy. Leads you to three more, so this should be your first person
when you're in need of more.
*EARL J. MCCOY (Mccoy Primary School) - An important person for civic
complaints. He'll also lead you to the fire brigade
*MIKE COMBS (Combs Fire Brigade) - OK, this is another
complex introduction tree. Here goes. From the Mccoy Primary
School, you'll be introduced to Rob Cook in the Mental Ward
(Psychiatrist). From there, Marena will introduce you to the
Stevens Maternity Ward, at which Renee Edwards will serve
as your magic connection to Mike and the shiny Fire Brigade.
* HEIKICHI CAMPBELL - Great for grocers and super stores. He will also bring
you to the hotel, a new level exclusive.
*MASSIMO MCKEEL - A connection you'll get from Heikichi, an average
family guy who will be the springboard your grocers\super stores. Hearing
also has the distinction of introducing you to Locke Knight, who runs
a hotel. You may wish to save it until your town is a bit more built up.
* Alright, here's the one everyone cares about. This will lead you to an
Amusement Park. The key resident is Vinny Dixon, but the park is hidden well
in many connections. Let's see if we can get this right.
Vinny Dixon --> Morthon Shepard (Primary School) --> His workmate, Tim T.
Campagna --> Reeves Moon (Toy Shop) --> Goro Robinson (Book Shop) -->
Goro's partner Kylene --> Howell Craig (Karaoke) --> His partner Lona Torres
is your magic connection. She will introduce Kennan Klein, who runs a
flippin' AMUSEMENT PARK!
Remember, this guide only scratches the surface. A full listing of everyone
and their introductions can be found in the Introductions FAQ. Since Level 5
is basically the "magnum opus" level, pretty much every building can be
accessed through connections. You just have to find out why, and in Level 5,
it's taxingbut still fun at the same time, there's enough variety to keep
you going.
LEVEL EVENT: YOU DON'T SEE THOSE EVERY DAY!
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Since some people don't like spoilers I've saved them for a special section.
To find out what happens search for [YOU DON'T SEE THOSE EVERY DAY!]
If you can actually make it to the end of this level, there's even more
in store; though I'm sure by this point, since you will have technically
won the game, you might be ready to call it quits.
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The difficulty gets raised a good deal in the Post Level-5 levels. Level 6
is still acceptably challenging, but Level 7+, the residents become much
less patient, because in theory, you now have a much bigger Town's Pages.
Level 8 will likely have you wanting to pull hair out with how quickly
complaints can come and go, and I can only imagine how much worse it gets
beyond that when numbers start climbing above 2,000. You'll have the same
goals in different patterns and themes, and there are scripted events which
will grant you a few more buildings (Level 8, for example, features an
event themed around a Ramen Noodle Shop, which is different from the
Chinese Noodle Bar and Noodle Bars). But, for the most part, you'll have
met all the buildings, and you'll meet plenty of new residents to fill
out your town's pages into the thousands. These are just there to keep
the game fresh. As such, make sure that you plan these levels VERY well
to prevent problems before they happen, because the increasing impatience
and addition of random events on a much larger scale add to the challenge
so much more!
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= B6. LEVEL 6 =
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Target:Build a town dependant on fishing with more than 500 people. 25% of
the buildings must be dependent on fishing industry.
New Buildings Introduced:
RESTAURANT - Mexican Bistro
FISHING - Scallop Culture, Sea Urchin Port, Bonito Culture, Yellowtail Port,
Tuna Port
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Beyond level 6, you no longer begin new towns with new residents. From this
point on in the game, you'll need to rely on your town's pages to get started.
You will assuredly have a decent number of contacts by this point in the game,
and as you progress further, while there are still new people to meet, you'll
see an increasing number of recycled residents.
As I noted above, it is possible (though I personally haven't confirmed how)
that you will run into a Mexican Bistro before this level. I just listed it
here because I personally didn't run into it before I passed 2,000 on Level 5.
I don't believe this is a Level 6 exclusive, but you will run into it via
"Famous Mode" or through introductions for sure here. Same goes for the new
fisheries, if you expand your fishing contacts in Level 5 you'll likely run
into them just the same.
KEY RESIDENTS:
* HELAINE ALBERT (Alford Local Hosptial) is probably the most useful woman
in the whole level! It seemed like every civic complaint, and even some
non-civic ones, all came right back to her. You MUST have her in your town!
The hospital is introduced via RUSSEL KEENAN (Keenan Fisherman's Home)
* ARDEN COSTA (Costa Fisherman's Home) is introduced by Leah (Santana Scallop
Culture). He's an important springboard for "place for..."/entertainment
complaints.
* KIM BUTTON (Button Trevally Port) is a helpful springboard to additional
residents as well as restaurants.
* BRANDON BURNS (Burns White Bait) or ALEX HAMPTON (Hampton Tiger Prawn Culture)
will both basically lead you to offices, factories, and gas stations.
* KC ROSS's partner Keir (Ross Fish Market) will introduce you to the Rowland
Seafood Shop, a great place to find other grocers from.
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Target: Build a town with more than 1000 people.
Well, this is just a build-it-up town. You've got a fair amount of water
to work with. Quite interestingly, you start with absolutely nobody in your
list. At this point in the game, I didn't run into any new buildings.
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I don't have any commentary on this level. It's a plain-and-simple sandbox.
Build up a nice town, no additional stresses. Level 8 will be a doozie, so
make this an enjoyable experience. So, on that note, from this level on...
SAVE OFTEN!
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Target: Build a business center with more than 2000 people. 20% of the
buildings must be offices.
NEW BUIDLINGS:
RESTAURANT - Noodle Bar (Ramen Noodle Shop)
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Remember Level 5? Because you're doing this 2,000 people thing all over
again, but this time in the business center theme. As always, it won't be
that difficult to stay in that limit, 20% is pretty generous. However,
that being said, I do believe this has the distinction of being "That
One Level" for the game. It's frustrating in terms of number of people,
double as frustrating because your residents can start a complaint at
an already angry-level, and triple frustrating because in this level,
I had a 1-2 disaster punch. What? DISASTERS? Oh dear! Well, not like
a tornado or hurricane, but rather, two distinct giant mass complaints,
one of which is caused by residents with a very short fuse. See the
[UNEMPLOYMENT SLAM] and [INSECT PLAGUE] for details. And then, if that
wasn't enough, there's actually ANOTHER (non-disaster) event involving
a Ramen Noodle Shop, a new building for this level. See [NOODLES] for
the dirty deets.
TIPS: Despite the fact that this a business center and there's a lot of
water (perhaps leading you to think that you shouldn't waste land
for farms), farmers actually play an important role, especially if
you encounter the [INSECT PLAGUE] event. Most importantly, befriend
all your farmers and farming to best-friend status while you still
can, it will make the event that much more tolerable. Land will be
tight, but there's enough to make it to 2,000; especially if you
build some roads over water and build next to them.
The [UNEMPLOYMENT SLAM] event requires more than a few "Employment
Agencies". I talked about these briefly in the complaints section,
but they're stand-alone buildings with a red application, distinct
from "Employment Company" office buildings. To expedite this event,
make sure you're on good terms with several schools and civic
buildings.
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Target: Build a leisure town with more than 1000 people. 20% of the buildings
must be amusement facilities.
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So basically, a repeat of Level 3. I just got started here, but for right
now, am happy with where this FAQ is. If there's enough interest in the game,
I'll try to release a next update to Level 10.
TIPS: You'll have a new [FORTUNE TELLER CRAZE] event to contend with in this
level, so be extra vigilant for any leads to fortune tellers.
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B10. OTHER EVENTS
/\ SPOILER WARNING - I know this is an FAQ, and you want to be spoiled,
/ \ but for those who don't want some of the events spoiled, the details
/ ! \ of many in-game events that you aren't expecting are below. Consider
------ yourself warned accordingly.
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="HELP ME!" EVENTS=
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These events can occur at any level, and at any time. They affect one
resident at random, and if you choose to help them out, it will lead to a very
nice boost to your relationship. You can sometimes know these events are
coming by dialogue a character may say that will have you wondering "Well what
does that mean?"
LOST CHILD
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You start hearing: "I'm getting ready, talk to me later"
Hearing a parent utter this sentence is code for "I'm about to lose my own
kid". When the distressed parent talks to you, you have the option to help
them find their toddler, which won't be hard considering that you just don't
see them on the street. Be on the lookout for a little toddler going rogue
and going wild painting the town red. Whether or not you can actually find
them, after a few hours the parent will call and say they did, but thanks for
your help. So I guess you could totally ignore it, but I imagine there's more
of a boost if you do find them.
HELP ME FIND
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You start hearing: "Can you help me find the Doe family This-or-That?"
You need to help your resident find their location. They'll kind of awkwardly
hop from building to building behind you, so don't walk too fast or they'll
yell at you. Take too long and they'll get angry, but in general, it should
only be a matter of finding the building somewhere in a nearby area. Just
be sure to pay attention to where they ask you to, they won't remind you
until they're angry!
PROMOTE THE SHOP
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You start hearing: "Can you promote this shop around town?"
A new business owner was too cheap to hire a PR guy, but there's none better
than you, oh mighty Metropolismaker. If you can be troubled to shamelessly
hawk this reputable enterprise, he'll really appreciate it. All you have
to do to do it is hunt people down on the street and tell them to go there.
If you're not complaint jumping, I'd do it, but it can be annoying when
you want to solve a complaint. Luckily you can decline it. Here's a pro-tip,
be sure to head back to the business after, there will be 10-20 new people
there ripe for harassing with the outside-the-home easier relationship build!
MAKE THE DELIVERY
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You start hearing: "Can you make a delivery? I'm under-staffed"
The local pizza guy needs you to make a delivery. The key here is you have
to find the place quickly, and with so many buildings, you may forget where
this one person lives. Odds are they're in the area, but if you can't make
it in like an hour, you'll get an angry call about how the pizza guy should
never have bothered and will NEVER CALL YOU AGAIN! Wow, rude. Luckily you
can opt out if you're not getting paid enough to deliver a Pepperonchino.
DO THE SHOPPING FOR ME!
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You start hearing: "Remember this list"
You have no choice in the matter, a busy housewife will make you run to
2 or 3 different stores to get her groceries for her. Wow, lazy. If you
forget what goes where, section D3 lists everything possible. You don't
even have a choice in this one. Just go do the shopping, it'll only take
a bit and you'll get a boost with your shopkeepers. Take too long and she
will get angry for imposing on YOU! Wow, rude again!
I WANNA BET
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You start hearing: "Can I borrow $100?"
Mr. Useless Riddle man likes going to the horse races, and has no shame in
asking your for YOUR money to gamble. He more or less, double or half. If his
horse wins, he returns you $200. If the horse loses, you're out $50.
Personally, as a millionaire, $100 is like pennies and a small price
for an instant best friend. Or maybe, my "bets friend", ha ha ha!
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=DISASTERS \ MASS-COMPLAINTS=
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Most notably in the post-game levels, but noted to have occurred earlier
sometimes, are your "disasters". While you won't, say, see a tornado
cut through your city (not that I'm aware of yet), you'll be having
a good time and building up your city when for some odd reason, your
AR starts crashing, down, down, and down. You'll notice, "Hey wait, your
AR can really go below zero? What's going on?". Next thing you know,
your GPS lights up like a Christmas tree and you're now dealing with
complaints that literally affect HUNDREDS of your citizens. If you can't
solve them, and fast...yes, you really will see all HUNDRED of them
make a mass exodus out of your city at once. All that hard work, all
those introductions, gone...and to make matters worse, your boss won't
overlook it on your salary review!
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- Is there a way to bypass these, or are they mandatory? One of the readers, -
- (credit), suggests that these events may be tied to certain conversation -
- topics. For example, the unemployment slam may have something to do with -
- talking to a resident about unemployment, and the fortune telling craze may -
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- free to build without these constraints, and it would seem that you can -
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However, there are some upsides: by the later levels, you're likely able
to deal with them, when you solve the complaint, that AR rating shoots
straight up to 120%, and...luckily, you're given some warnings. You
probably know by now that when more than one residents starts prefacing
their conversation with some comment about unemployment or something around
town, that you're on the verge of an event, right? Well, take this as your
sign to save yourself from a rage quit. SAVE YOUR GAME NOW BEFORE THE
EVENT PROGRESSES EVEN MORE!!!
So far, I've run across two events, both of which smacked me in Level 8.
Undoubtedly, there are more in future levels, but this FAQ only goes up
to the beginning of Level 9.
[UNEMPLOYMENT SLAM]
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| WHAT'S GOING ON? |
|Your town has been slammed by unemployment. I would say not seen since the |
|1930s, but the 2010s haven't been kind to recent graduates either. Anyway, |
|people are getting laid off, fired, and let go. Every citizen you talk to |
|has a resident effected. The slam will be so hard that all of your residents|
|will become useless for a time. By the way, this has nothing to do with |
|the "Depression" conversation topic you'll occasionally get with your |
|businessmen. |
| |
|WHAT WILL I START HEARING? |
| "My friend just lost his job" |
| "We're in a really bad depression now" |
| |
|HOW DO I FIX IT? |
|Two words: Employment Agency. The stand-alone variety that you start seeing |
|in Level 5. Unless you were previously warned (you're welcome...), you might|
|be at a loss for them. No worries, you undoubtedly know of many schools. |
|As your civic buildings educate, protect, and heal your population,so too |
|will they help you deal with unemployment. |
| |
| |
| WHEN DID YOU SEE IT? |
| Level 8 around 500 residents |
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[INSECT PLAGUE]
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| WHAT'S GOING ON? |
| You're just minding your own business when your residents start talking |
| about annoying insects. Hm, well, maybe it's summer so the insects hatched |
| No big deal, right? Oh, my friend, if only you knew. Your town has a pest |
| problem, and believe you me that EVERY LAST RESIDENT will make it known. |
| Not sure what caused it, nor what to do, you may occasionally get a vague |
| hint about changing the environment, but your citizens will turn to you,and |
| since the insects are super-annoying, everyone will want a pest control,and |
| fast too! Just to screw with you, they even programmed the people to tell |
| you how disgusting the insects, each time using up one of those valuable |
| two chances to score your AR hike and your vital introduction. This is |
| hair-puller and rage-quit material here, and you'll likely not even realize |
| that something is going wrong, adding the stealthiness to this player punch!|
| |
| WHAT WILL I START HEARING? |
|"These insects sure are annoying!" |
|"The insect plague is destroying the crops!" |
| |
| HOW DO I FIX IT? |
| You probably have realized that residents get angrier faster now, but you |
| probably don't realize that if you don't bulldoze the moved out residents' |
| building ruins, that you're actually causing a whole new pest problem! |
| Since the fuses of your residents get shorter and shorter with each level, |
| you'll probably be able to deal until now, when it's really hard to stop |
| some from moving with only a few hours to fix some complaints. And,despite |
| the cryptic hint about farms, don't think they're the source of the insects!|
| They help you, not hurt you on this disaster, so don't bulldoze them!Enlist |
| all the farmers you can in your battle against these unspecified insects! |
| To remedy the complaint, place Pest Controllers centrally in your affected |
| districts. They each cover a wide radius, so go for 5-6 all over your map |
| rather than 2-3 concentrated in one district. That will solve the complaint,|
| but not the problem. To solve the problem, invite someone from a 2x2 |
| building into your town, and use them to scan your entire map for any of |
| the building ruins tiles left in your game. Then, place them over any tiles |
| you see to bulldoze them so that the insects no longer have a place to |
| re-populate, just like real pest control. Keep moving and moving this place |
| so that you get every last one! Be thorough, you have to get them all! |
| Double-check your coastlines and any bridges and every inch, because if you |
| don't get them all, the insects will respawn and yes, they can even create a|
| SECOND WAVE on your town that requires an ENTIRELY NEW SET of Pest Control! |
| Unfortunately, when you get them all, they don't go away right away. You |
| still have to "fight off the stragglers", I guess. But, assuming you do a |
| great job, the insects will be extinguished and the game should return to |
| normal later that night, and you should be fine by the next day. |
| |
| WHEN DID YOU SEE IT? |
| Level 8 around 1000 residents |
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[FORTUNE TELLERS CRAZE]
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| WHAT'S GOING ON? |
| Who hasn't wanted to peak into the world of fortune telling to discern a |
| bit about the future. It would seem at this point, some of those gossip |
| topics seems to turn into mass complaints if given the time. Your residents |
| are dying to know their future, so either see the section below, or avoid |
| saying "Yes" to a conversation topic about the Fortune Telling Boom |
| |
| HOW DO I FIX IT? |
| Fortune tellers are known to be one of the hardest places to get. I will |
| first point you to the Introductions FAQ, where you can already unearth 4 |
| of them. As the building is an entertainment building, look at your "place |
| for" type establishments. Movie Theaters, Fishing Ponds, |
| |
| WHEN DID YOU SEE IT? |
| This will appear in Level 9, a leisure town. |
| |
| THANKS ALEX! |
| This tip was provided by reader Alex G (
[email protected]). If you found |
| this advice helpful or it saved you some trouble, be sure to send a quick |
| thank-you note! |
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= SPECIAL LEVEL EVENTS, LEVELS 2-5, 8 =
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The following section spoils and tells you all the dirty deets about how each
of the level events for 2-5, and an additional one I encountered in Level 8
play out. These are most significant because they lead to new residents, and
take probably almost a year to fully play out. I didn't list them above with
the rest of the level blurbs for anyone who wanted to save the joy of the
mystery of what will happen next. Each of these will tell you what happens
and how you can fix it.
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LEVEL 2 - LEVEL 2 - LEVEL 2 - LEVEL 2 - LEVEL 2 - LEVEL 2 - LEVEL 2 - LEVEL 2
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[THE INVESTIGATION]
In Level 2, a police investigation begins over something not normally seen
in an E-Rated game, a crime investigation! Here's the Cliff's Notes for
what happens. Do you wonder why some of the names just seem off? There's a
reason indeed! Residents with Japanese names that move in initially are all
connected to the crime spree. You'll need a few police stations and decent
sized population before this will start.
- You'll be sitting pretty in your neat little town, when all of a sudden,
one of your residents calls you to report a theft. But you aren't the
police you say, and rightly so, they aren't doing their job! They aren't
calling for your help, but to tell you that your town is useless, they're
angry, and they're leaving. You'll lose a resident just like that. Ouch.
Try to talk to the police involved, and they're "busy".
- You can now ask around town about that thief. All you'll get is something
about "there have been lots of burglaries". Wait until the next in-game
day, and another resident will call to vent their anger about crime and
then move out.
- The angry resident bit happens yet again the following day/month. At least
after the third time, you can find out that the police are dealing with a
smuggling case.
- You can now ask your residents about both the smuggling and theft. I think
you have to do this X number of times before another theft will occur, but
this time, the police recovered an earring at the crime scene, that must
belong to the thief.
- To save you a lot of time, you have a gal named Nekoda who lives in an
apartment. Show it to her, and she'll want to go for a walk. Walk all over
town with her, and she'll tell you about "that man", and then she will
confess who it is, and will "call you later"
- Two days/months after, she'll call you and show you a police memo pad,
which implicated the police in the crime. You'll have to find a cop
around town who is "legit". The only one who is available, is the Inuyama
police, who you should talk to. You'll have to wait another day/month
- The next day, you'll get a call about a stolen gun. One of the police
stations will ask you to come by, so do so. They'll show you the other
earring (allegedly Nekoda's). It doesn't matter how you respond, because
something else is brewing.
- Later that night, in your CHEERY GAME, when you're least expecting it,
in the middle of the night, *BANG*. A GUNSHOT! It scared me pretty good,
you'd never expect it in this otherwise cheery game. After you hear this,
go back to the Inuyama police, and they'll want answers. Take them to
Nekoda and see how it plays out...
- So basically, the guy cop was crooked, and the girl cop is the honest one.
They report to HQ, and the station is closed down. As for Nekoda, she's
taken to a hospital in another town to recover for her safety, but she
moves out to.
- The event is over, and you can get back to town. Have fun repairing your
AR rating after you just lost like six buildings and suffer the move outs
penalty accordingly.
Humorous side note: Nekoda can mean "It's a cat" in Japanese, and Inuyama
can mean "Dog Mountain". So, this case involves a cat and dog getting into
it. Stealth pun!
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LEVEL 3 - LEVEL 3 - LEVEL 3 - LEVEL 3 - LEVEL 3 - LEVEL 3 - LEVEL 3 - LEVEL 3
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[THE NEW GROUP OF CITIZENS]
In Level 3, you'll start noticing that some of your people are gradually
beginning to wear strange pins on their clothes. What's up? Well, the first
one you see with one will ask you to allow "Asuka", of the Crazy Cult to
move in. As much as you don't like the idea of a crazy cult moving in, your
residents are going to get swept up in the craze and you'll be powerless to
stop it. Might as well concede and just get it over with.
- When Asuka moves in, he'll ask you to invite his PR Rep, who will then
invite three more cult members in over time. By the time you get to the
last one, your entire town has been swallowed by Crazy Cult! Oh no!
- This is very frustrating because instead of talking normally, they'll
be all crazy about the cult and not be able to shut up about it, barring
you from chatting and even trying to get introductions. What's not that
great is that your people will still develop complaints. To cheat around
this, call the family in the Town's Pages, this glitch will remove their
Crazy Cult obsession long enough to see what's up.
- At the very least, talking about the cult will grant an automatic boost to
your relationships, so spam it up. You'll have new friends when this
washes over. It does wash over, right?
- Yes, when all five houses are built, sooner or later you'll get a call
from a man with a humorous face who claims to be the OG. Let him move in,
he has a tiny 1x1 house (smallest building in the entire game). Talk to
him and he'll teach you about the cult and ask you to play "Mondo", a game
where you can't contradict yourself. Then, you'll go play it with cult
members. Here's how to answer for each person:
- Asuka: YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/NO/NO/NO/NO/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES
After talking about your daily chores, Asuka loses. Then go to Uru.
- Uru: YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/NO/NO/NO/YES/YES/NO
Then you defeat him, and go to Rouran. It starts getting longer...
- Rouran:YES/YES/NO/YES/YES/YES/YES/NO/YES/NO/NO/YES/NO/NO/NO/NO/NO/YES/NO/NO
Then you go on to, uh...Memphis?
- Memphis:YES/NO/YES/YES/NO/NO/YES/NO/YES/NO/YES/YES
Then he loses, and then you go to the leader, Dora Bieda...(hehe, the face
on this guy.)
- D.B: YES/NO/NO/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/YES/
YES
- Yay, you win. Game over for the cult. The entire town goes back to normal
the next day, with the entire town not knowing what just happened. They will
be out of commission still on the day you defeat them, but come the next day,
it's back to Metropolis-making.
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LEVEL 4 - LEVEL 4 - LEVEL 4 - LEVEL 4 - LEVEL 4 - LEVEL 4 - LEVEL 4
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[WHAT IS THAT THING?] - Level 4
Forget #tbt, we're going way back in time here. Mankind has been farming for
thousands of years, so all the more appropriate that CAVEMEN make an appearance
in this level. No more murders or cults, no...you just have strange residents
moving in. But how do you get them?
- For me, around the 100 people mark, one of the residents will ask you to let
Ijuin move in. Go ahead and allow it if you want cavemen. If nothing else, you
should do this just to see how um....interesting...these people's faces are.
I'm not spoiling what it is, but it's funny.
- You'll eventually get requests for Morimoto, Yamazaki, and Shibata. The more
the merrier, I always say. There's nothing stopping you if you don't want
them, but c'mon, these are some of the best residents in the game! I'd highly
recommend that you cluster them together.
- One day, a naughty child will sneak some food from the fridge, and their
parent wants you to investigate, because, uh...not my problem? This is the
best level for cheesiness, the complaint gets logged in as "...wants me to
check what the children are playing with". LOL.
- Talk with all of these uh.."children" some more, and you'll find out that
the alleged child thief extraordinaire is dropping food into a hole, from
which he found a red stone. Then the little brats go from helpful to
demanding ransoms to continue the plot. Great.
- Hikaru wants the same robot as Yamazaki has. So, go to Yamazaki and tell
him you'll do anything to get the robot. But, you have to deliver a letter
for him. Um, OK? Weird.
- You'll find out that Yamazaki dropped his doughnut in the park, and when
looking for it, he stumbled upon a strange hole and a strange voice.
So, he um, decided to...throw doughnuts down the hole? Then he heard a
voice, but doesn't know what it is. So he grabs his friends, and
they go to down throwing food at this thing. Busted!
- But alas, you are a Metropolismaker of your word, so you must go deliver
the letter. As much as you want to, now your town has become useless
again over some new strange game all of the impressionable children are
playing!
- Wait another day, and a mom will call and ask you to find this hole.
Go back to Yamazaki, and get his letter. You have to deliver his love
letter to Morimoto, who will take the letter and give you the stone.
- Take this new stone to Hikaru, and he'll tell you where this hole is, but
only because Sakaya asked. Then, go talk to Mommy Shibata, and tell her
about the stone. She'll say it could be a fossil, and as it turns out, she
knows a university professor who is just the guy. You'll get introduced to
a brand new UNIVERSITY (!!!).
- When the University is built, talk to Mils Baldwin and show him the stone.
This budding Sherlock Holmes will tell you it came from the Stone Age(...),
and is about friendship by um...judging races? What? I don't know either.
Anyway, there COULD BE ruins!
- So, go back to Miyamoto, and tell her about the stone. She'll be disgusted
by it, so take it back to Iyujin. With his precious snacks at stake, he'll
take you to the park, and show you the hole. Follow him, and throw the
stone back into the hole. IT will hit some poor thing who has likely been
assaulted with hundreds of doughnuts.
- This person will reveal that the children have fed him, and the hole
connects to his house. Since the professor explains that they are lazy
people who didn't get food, Okkun will want to move in so he can get food.
Wow, lazy! Accept, and voilà , you now have your first cave resident. Say
no, and you don't get your cave-citizens. Now, a bit of an anthropology
moment here, you need to teach him a greeting.Put whatever you so desire,
but just remember he's going to say it every time he sees you.EVERY TIME.
- Once you invite him in, the town will become totally engaged and engorged
on the news, and will make so many jokes about caveman clothes. When Okkun
finally moves in, the town will get a hold of itself and get back to normal.
Your level event is now over, and you get a cool caveman house and may even
get to see the super high-tech caveman car if you're observant. Haha, best
event of the game! Well, is it compared to the next one? You be the judge.
- OK-Kun means "Mr. OK" in Japanese. He's OK.
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LEVEL 5 - LEVEL 5 - LEVEL 5 - LEVEL 5 - LEVEL 5 - LEVEL 5 - LEVEL 5
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[YOU DON'T SEE THOSE EVERY DAY] - Level 5's Special Event
What is with this game and its mellow soundtrack with the violent noises?
When I was around 500 people or so, I was just strolling through my town
when I was startled yet again by the sound of something crashing. What
was it? A meteorite, but perhaps, a sign that my cute little town wasn't
as alone as once thought, and so this level's event begins.
You'll get back to normal wondering what's next, only to have one of
your supermarkets call and say that food theft is becoming a real problem,
and some er...delicious chili peppers were burgled. So, you get back to
solving complaints and wondering who would steal chili peppers, then...
- One or two days later, if you talk to a kid, they'll ask you to take
you to a restaurant where they use lots of chili peppers, but to be
honest, I think any old restaurant will do, the nearby Pasta Restaurant
I went to must make some spicy stuff! So, take the kid there, and then...
- You'll receive a call from that restaurant a couple of days later with
yet another chili pepper theft! Ay caramba! The next day, the police
will hatch a plan and capture the thief red-pepper-handed....only to
find out that the masterminds are none other than elementary school
children. Ay caramba indeed!
- Being nosy about town will help you piece together that children are
once again, tossing food to something at their school. Next thing you
know, your residents become VERY excited about the "chili boom"
- Find more children to ask about their wonderful games. Just head to
your local school on a weekday until you find one who wants chili
peppers. REMEMBER THE KID'S NAME! Go ahead and buy some peppers
from the supermarket, and the owner will let you have some for free,
so long as you promise to "tell the kids about my buns" (!!!).
- Return to the kid, give them the chili peppers, and they'll reveal
that they're taking them to school to feed "Uku", who is in the
back shed. They'll take you to their local school, and just like
that, you are introduced to....
- Uku, your first alien resident! Literally, an outer space alien!
He will tell you in broken English that they want to live in the
town. Accept or deny, it's your choice! if you accept, the new
Spaceman's house will be available to build, and your residents
all across town will become useless and only able to talk about
the aliens!
This completes the event for Level 5, and actually, is the last scripted
new resident event in the game. However, other events will still occur in
future levels, just none of them will have extra cool residents or anything.
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LEVEL 8 - LEVEL 8 - LEVEL 8 - LEVEL 8 - LEVEL 8 - LEVEL 8 - LEVEL 8
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[NOODLES] - Level 8's Special Event
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You start hearing: "I don't like interviews"
"You'll get more customers if we do an interview"
Keep notice of the bars you're being introduced to. Amongst the various noodle
bars that will populate you town, one will be the Ganko Ramen Noodle Shop.
When you see this one, you'll start the Noodles event. The proprietor will be
a unique "Stubborn noodle chef of noodle shop". When you talk to him,
he'll tell you about how he wants "No interviews", with his son determined
to do so to boost publicity.
- Not too long after talking to them, you'll receive a call from a local
office resident seeking an interview with the old man. He'll come and meet
you where you are and want to be taken to the Ramen shop. Take him there,
and watch him get denied his interview.
- The next day/month, another office resident will call. Again, you'll be
asked to meet with this person together to the Ramen shop. And like last
time, they'll be denied. But, in an added the twist, the son gets so
angry at his dad's stubborn nature that he'll quit and wander off into
some part of your town. basically disappearing for the day. Even if
you try and follow him (to make the future steps a bit easier), he'll
walk into a random building and disappear.
- Then, the next day, you'll receive a call from a Ms. Anzu Ayakawa,
who wants to move in to interview the ramen shop. Go ahead and let her
in, she's the one who advance the plot! She'll move in for the day,
but like all events, it will take another day to advance the plot.
Remember where you place it, you'll need to go back to it!
- The next day, she'll ask you to meet her at her apartment, and then
you'll head together to the ramen shop for her interview. This one
goes slightly better, but still feels wrong without Jin, the son,
being there. You see, Anzu is an old friend of his and it hurts her
to see their family fight. You then get volunteered to find him.
He's somewhere in your city wandering the streets.
- Since Anzu never tires or gets angry, wait until 9-10 PM, when nobody
else is otherwise on your streets. He'll stick out like a sore thumb.
Bring Anzu within range of him and they'll chat, him agreeing to go
back and talk to his father one more time. They return to the restaurant,
but dad and son fall out again, and the son leaves again...but Anzu will
take over his job. There's still one more plot twist, of course.
- THe next day, around 11 AM or so, the son will call, mysteriously be
at Anzu's apartment, and claim she fainted, and you should meet him
at her apartment. When you get there, they'll both make up, he'll promise
to go visit his father, and even...propose marriage to her! She'll accept
and then you'll all go to the Ramen House to celebrate. The family makes
up, and there's a happy ending to this level. You now have access to the
Ramen Bar! Well, you do the following day via the son, that is. The
father will continue to boast about his noodles even after the even is over.
- Fun note: Gin will introduce you to the "Ittetsu Chinese Food" (what an
interesting family name), which is another Noodle Shop.
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C SECTION C - GENERAL STRATEGIES AND TIPS
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=C1. BEFRIENDING PEOPLE =
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Talking to your residents is the basis upon which all relationships are
built and the basis upon which your AR rating is sky-rocketed and then
lowered when you least want it, since SOMEONE has to have their NEW BUILDING
NOW! You will often reach a point where there is one critical resident you
need for an introduction, and the bar will take forever to increase. There
are some simple strategies to make it rise and make things happen.
1) Solving a complaint will typically get you between one-half and a whole
level up, so this is ideal. Make sure after each complaint you go back
and visit the area, so all the people can give you their heartfelt thanks
and you get free relationship points. If you don't revisit within a day,
you'll lose your chance. Make sure to do this if your complainer was a
senior citizen, nerdy character, or mom who likes to gossip in the park.
These three are notoriously hard to win over. But, for those who don't
complain, you still have other re-courses, of course!
2) Talk to people OUTSIDE of their homes. This is probably the easiest
way to rack up all the points. If you're harassing them at home multiple
times, especially in the morning or at late night, their bar will be less
likely to go up. Also, gauge what category your resident fits into,
figure out where they go (chances are it's within the neighborhood), and
even if they're on the street, talk to them. Businessmen are at work and
having power lunches. Housewives do shopping. Elders take strolls every
day. Farmers have to move between plots of land. Fishers have to go to
the fish market. You'll figure it out. Just stay outside of their home
if you can help it!
3) People can even be more cheery at their place of work or a local
restaurant. This also includes proprietors of businesses, they seem to be
more sociable during business hours. From about 9:30 PM to 7:30 AM the next
day, residents will be hard to socialize with, so I'd suggest you get most of
your introductions during the day.
4)Keep in mind the differences between Week days and Week ends. In general,
weekends are a little harder to get introductions during, as most people
aren't at work. During the week days, it's quite easy to go to your nearest
office block and blow up your towns pages within a few hours with the right
conversation topics. As I mentioned, people are more sociable outside of
their houses, so hit up your restaurants and entertainment venues on the
weekends.
5)Presents are a good way to slightly budge a stalled meter when for
whatever reason, your resident won't leave their home. A list that will
get you started is found below.
6) Of all the residents, the "Mama's boy", "Nerdy" types, senior citizens
and "mom who likes to gossip in park" are more difficult ones to befriend,
because they have rare interests and conversation topics. Use gifts to bribe
and buy their love when they won't leave their house.
7) Of all the residents, your restaurant/grocers and riddle men
are the easiest to befriend. I know refilling your energy is tedious,
but it does pay off in terms of saved time and high relationships
with your food salespeople. You WILL need their friendship to really
build up your towns.
8) You can only "Listen" to a resident two times before they get bored of
you. It then takes about 30 in-game minutes for a resident to be "reset"
to talk to you again. This is approximately equivalent to jumping on their
roof twenty times? A but weird, but hey...it's a fitting quirk. Nothing
screams a desperate mayor like jumping on a roof!
9)If you have a conversation topic that works for a resident, USE IT. They
don't care if you talk to them about the same topic twice, or wait 30
minutes and say the same thing over again. In many cases, it only takes
two or three conversation topics to jump from barely know the face to late
acquaintanceship and sometimes even into your Town Pages. You'll typically
get conversation topics from friends and above, and you only have a limit
of five topics at once. As such, make sure to get a variety of topics, and
try to only get one business/work-related one. Again, consider a nerdy
friend or "mom who likes to gossip in park".
10)If you get the urge to mass-introduce residents from your towns pages
as a quick population book, be aware that there is a maximum of 32
applications at one time; so if you fill it up, you will be unable to get
new residents.
11)You'll only unlock the ability to have a resident move in to a new town
via the "Introduce me!" command if they're at the Best friends level,
otherwise they'll just introduce you to more people.
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= C2. UNDERSTAING TYPES OF PEOPLE =
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Certain types of residents have quirks that you don't really sit and think
about, but when you do, it makes the process of befriending them better.
Here are some notes on some of your residents if they're puzzling you.
Nerdy residents - These guys are kind of hard to find outside their abodes,
and furthermore don't really converse as smoothly as other characters. You
should definitely go after one to solve a complaint, catch them at work,
and save a conversation topic for one like "Anime Theme Songs". They're
hard to befriend initially, but will be well worth it.
Students (Student Accom)- One thing I often found is that my residents
in certain apartments were always out for the most of the day. I would have
never thought, being that they were 18, that they would actually still be
in high school. Since Student Accoms and studio apartments look the same, it
can be hard to remember which is which. However, one place to check for
hard-to-get-to studio apartment people is in the nearest high or even junior
high schools if they seem elusive. Not only will they likely be here for most
of the weekdays, but conversing with the at school is a very quick boost to
friendship.
Farmers- As I've probably said ad naseum to this point, farmers are different
from all other types of people. They need a different set of buildings,operate
on a wake up early-go to bed early schedule, and are hard to find not tending
their fields or making um...interesting poses picking fruit. It can take a
while to befriend them, in between breaks of hearing them say "(Type of farm)
I'm tilling the soil" ad naseum. They can be up as early as 3 AM.The key then,
is to hunt them like prey.Sit there and watch them plow their fields or doing
their task, and when they move for their next one,swoop on em and catch 'em!
They'll be the most sociable they can be right at this moment.
Fishers- Like farmers, they are a separate entity from your normal residents,
and similarly, they wake up really early (2:30-3 AM). The main way to boost
their relationship is solving complaints, but they're fairly sociable during
the day.
Senior Citizens - These ladies and gents have lived through a lot, and are
generally kind, though their bars typically take a bit longer to fill. They
have their own special set of buildings and also work on a slightly earlier
schedule. Make sure they have groceries, parks, and a place to do their
favorite activities. If you want their help, catch em during one of their
morning or evening strolls or chat with them at the Fishing Pond. If you're
nice enough, one of them might be able to introduce you to a Graveyard(!!!)
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= C3. Understanding your day =
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One thing that the game doesn't mention aside from a passing note in the
instruction booklet is that you have weekdays and week ends. Certain
buildings will not "function" on weekends (the background will be the
same, but nobody's at work, so it's like your at someone's home); and the
people (especially schools and offices) will be impossible to talk to. That
is to say, that when you talk to them, it will be their day off and they
won't be very sociable. You can tell by either the "WD" or "WE" on the top
next to the population if it's a week day or a week end. Rain and snow will
also make them more cautious about going outside the house and make
residents harder to talk to.
Here's a time table of what goes on when in your town to help you best
plan your course of action
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| | | Happens | Happens |
| Time | Description | on | on |
| | | Weekdays? | Weekends? |
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| 12 AM | All "old" conversation | | |
| | topics (2 days old) | YES | YES |
| | disappear | | |
| | | | |
| | Police begin their | YES | YES |
| | nightly patrol | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 2:30 | Fishermen will start | YES | YES |
| -3 AM | waking up en masse | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 5 AM | Most farmers will wake | YES | YES |
| | up by now | | |
| | | | |
| 6 AM | Senior citizens will go| YES | YES |
| | out for their morning | | |
| | stroll | | |
| | | | |
| | "Early birds" will be | | |
| | up at some of your | | |
| | office and civic | YES | YES |
| | buildings | | |
| | | | |
|6:30 AM| Children will be up for| | |
| | school | YES | YES |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 7 AM | Construction from the | | |
| | previous day will | YES | YES |
| | resume | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | Boss will call for your| | |
| | bi-annual evaluation | N/A | N/A |
| | during Month 6 and 12 | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | Most teens will be up | YES | NO |
| | for school | | |
| | | | |
| 8 AM | Some teens and adults | | |
| | will be awake by now, | YES | YES |
| | not all. | | |
| | | | |
| 8:45 | Super stores will open | | |
| AM | for the day | YES | YES |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 9 AM | Most adults will head | | |
| | to work | YES | NO |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | Children and teens will| YES | NO |
| | head to school. | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 10 AM | Workers will head to | | |
|-12 PM | lunch | YES | NO |
| | | | |
| | Housewives will do | | |
| | some shopping. | YES | YES |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 4 PM | Kids/Teens will be | | |
| | dismissed from school | YES | NO |
| | | | |
| 5 PM | "End of the day" | | |
| | tune plays at nearby | YES | YES |
| | school | | |
| | | | |
| | Workers get off work | YES | NO |
| | | | |
| 7 PM | Construction halts for | | |
| -7:30 | the night. | YES | YES |
| PM | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 8 PM | Elders may take a | | |
| | night stroll | YES | YES |
| | | | |
| | Some adults may be | | |
| | out at night-life | YES | YES |
| | spots like bars. | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 8:30 | Super stores will | | |
| PM | close for the day | YES | YES |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| 11 | Most residents will | | |
| PM | be asleep. | YES | YES |
| | | | |
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A Word on Building Construction
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If you were wondering, construction of a building in total takes 7-8 hours,
possibly more if it's a larger building.
- The Application phase simply is the holding phase, and moves to processing
as soon as you place a building, or within 2-3 hours with no response and
an open segment of road.
- The Process phase must be some paperwork. It takes 2-3 hours.
- The Construction phase is made up several phase, each taking about
50 minutes, for a total of almost four hours.
A) Tenting - A construction test goes up (45 minutes)
B) Frame - The frame/construction zone goes up (50 minutes)
C) Building Up -The rest of the building goes up behind a wall (50 minutes)
D) Finished - The building is finished, but not move-in ready (30 minutes)
E) DONE! - Residents move in after.
If you're stacking an office or unit on top of a pre-existing ones,
this shortens the length of time.
- The Finish section entails the time between the building being completed,
the residents moving in, the population being added to your current count,
and the application being finished and off of your list. This takes 1 hour.
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D D SECTION D - APPENDICES
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= D1 GOSSIP \ CONVERSATION TOPICS =
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Once you reach the friend level with a resident of any type, you'll unlock
the ability to get conversation topics from them. (e.g. "Kids Birthdays
are important"), simply by Listening. You can only have a maximum of five
at any time, and they have a "shelf life" of two days, clearing at midnight
of the second day. If you say you agree, this will give you an option in
the gossip category that will provide a guaranteed boost to your relationship
with similar residents. If you disagree, nothing will come of it. Seeing as
how you can only have a maximum of five topics, you should stay away from
similar ones so that you have a broader reach: one for business, one for
senior citizens, one for older women, another for your jocks, and another
for party girls(!!!), and rotate them. They're the best thing ever to
boost AR quickly!
And the best part is, you can totally abuse it! People will love to say
the same things over and over again. Is there a residents you like? Get
their topic, find them, and spam it! You'll be best friends in no time!
And most importantly, lean on your stereotypes of the people! The game sure
does! Talk about wild things to people with play in their name, business
topics to stiff suits, gossip to nosy neighbors, and the nerdy stuff that
makes A/V club geeks gallop with glee to the nerds. Remember....Stereotypes!
If you ever get a Work-related topic, shoot over to your local office block
immediately and rake in those phone numbers!
This lists all the topics discovered so far, and type of people that it will
work with. When you get one, go to town and expand your list. They are listed
alphabetically by what they are listed as under the Gossip column. In future
updates, I will add in the actual in-game text for all of them. By the way,
if you ever wondered why the game got smacked with a T rating, you should have
a gander at some of these topics!
AGING OF SOCIETY
================
<You know, people are having only one child. Population is getting older,
isn't it?>
==========================================================================
Middle-aged impatient woman
AMATEUR RADIO
=============
Knowledgeable nerdy guy who knows much about items
Nerd who loves computers and video games.
AN AFFAIR OF (SO-AND-SO)
========================
Middle-aged shameless woman
ANIMATION (ANIME) THEME SONGS
=============================
Knowledgeable nerdy guy who knows much about items.
Nerdy girl who likes everything except her work,
BAD COPS AND TEACHERS
=====================
Guy who likes to give you advice
Middle-aged shameless woman
Playboy
Workaholic middle-aged man
BAD DEBTS
=========
Ambitious Guy
Workaholic middle-aged man
COALITION GOVERNMENT
====================
Guy who likes to give you advice
CHILD'S BIRTHDAY
================
Gossip queen housewife
Middle-aged impatient woman
Mom who likes gossiping in park
CROQUET BOOM
============
Amiable Old Man Who Likes to Help Others
Stubborn old man
DRIVING DATE
<You know, dating someone with a car is exciting, isn't it?>
============================================================
Athletic guy
Gal who stalks her boyfriend
Gal with heavy makeup
Guy who likes to give you advice
Hot Bartender with heavy makeup
Ordinary Girl
Playboy
Playgirl
EAGER ENTREPRENEUER
====================
Ambitious Guy
Ambitious trendy guy
ENTERTAINING CLIENTS
=====================
Athletic Guy
Middle-aged man who likes to tell jokes
Middle-aged man with commercial smile
Middle-aged man with commercial smile in pharmaceutical industry
Middle-aged useless man
EXAM PREP SCHOOL
================
Quiet boy
FAIR-COMPLEXIONED GIRLS
=======================
Gal with heavy make-up
FUN TO DRINK (THIS IS SPORTS???)
<You know, it's fun to have a party with friends, isn't it?>
================================
Guy who likes to give you advice
Middle-aged man who likes to tell jokes
Middle-aged man with commercial smile
Playboy
GIRLFRIEND OF (SO-AND-SO)
==========================
Guy who likes to give you advice
Playgirl
GIRLS' SEXY SANDALS (!!!)
=========================
Gal with heavy makeup
Super model with heavy make-up
Young lady with heavy make-up,
GUITAR
======
Young man who thinks he's cool
HOSTESS BARS\CLUBS
<You know, night clubs are fun, aren't they?>
==============================================
Athletic Guy
Athletic Guy who likes to check out girls
Middle-aged man who likes to tell jokes
Middle-aged man with commercial smile
Middle-aged man with commercial smile in pharmaceutical industry
Middle-aged salesman with commercial smile
Middle-aged useless man
KARAOKE
=======
Athletic Guy
Gal who stalks her boyfriend
Guy who likes to give you advice
Guy who loves to eat and drink
Hot bartender with heavy makeup
Ordinary Girl
Playboy
Playgirl, Gal with heavy makeup
LEARNING NEW THINGS
===================
Mellow girl who can forecast weather
Nice and Mellow Girl
Ordinary Girl
Ordinary middle-aged kind woman
MAKE MONEY IN STOCKS
====================
Ambitious trendy guy
Middle-aged commercial man
Middle-aged man who likes to tell jokes
MARATHONS (Run a Full Marathon)
===============================
Athletic Guy who likes to check out girls
PARTY GAME
<You know, the party game is really fun.>
=========================================
Guy who likes to give you advice
Ordinary Girl
Playgirl
Playboy
PARTYING WITH GIRLS
===================
Playgirl
PICK UP A GIRL
<You know, it's fun picking up girls, don't you think?>
========================================================
Athletic Guy
Guy who likes to give you advice
Ordinary Girl (!!!)
Playgirl (!!!)
POLITICAL COALITION
<You know, do you think the coalition government system is good?>
==================================================================
Guy who likes to give you advice
Playboy
RECESSION
==========
Ambitious Guy
Middle-aged man who likes to tell jokes
Middle-aged man with commercial smile
Workaholic middle-aged man
SEXY GIRLS (!!!)
<You know, I heard you like mature women> (!!!!!!)
==================================================
Hot bartender with heavy makeup (!!!)
Young lady with heavy makeup (!!!)
SELF-MADE PC
=============
Knowledgeable nerdy guy who knows much about items
Nerd who loves computers and video games.
SHOP AWAY STRESS
<You know, shopping relieves stress, doesn't it?>
=================================================
Gal who stalks her boyfriend
Gossip queen housewife
SHOPPING
========
Gal with heavy makeup
Gossip queen housewife
Mom who likes gossiping in park
Ordinary Girl
Playgirl
SNOWBOARDING
<You know, snowboarding is fun, isn't it?>
===========================================
Athletic Guy
Guy who likes to give you advice
Guy who loves to eat and drink
Ordinary Girl
Playboy
Playgirl
SOCCER BOOM
===========
Athletic guy
Guy who likes to give you advice
Young man who thinks he's cool
STRICT DISCIPLINE
<You know, it's good to be strict, don't you think?>
=====================================================
Middle-aged impatient woman
Middle-aged man with commercial smile
Middle-aged Shameless woman
Workaholic middle-aged man
SURFING
=======
Young lady with heavy makeup
VIDEO GAMES BOOM
================
Guy who likes to give you advice
Knowledgeable nerdy guy who knows much about items
Nerd who loves computers and video games
WORKING
=======
Middle-aged man with commercial smile
Workaholic middle-aged man
WORKING AWAY FROM HOME
<You know, it's hard when you work away from home, isn't it?>
=============================================================
Workaholic middle-aged man
Middle-aged man with commercial smile
WORKING ON WEEKENDS
<You know, you work on your days off, don't you?>
=================================================
Middle-aged salesman with commercial smile
Workaholic middle-aged grouchy man
Workaholic middle-aged man
Workaholic middle-aged man who loves noodles
WORKING OVERTIME
================
Workaholic middle-aged man
Middle-aged salesman with commercial smile
Middle-aged salesman with commercial smile in pharmaceutical industry
WORK OUT SQUATS
<You know, I heard you do squats to exercise.>
===============
Athletic guy
Athletic guy who likes to check out girls
==========================
= D2. GIFTS AND SHOPPING =
==========================
Giving gifts tends to be a bit more of a trend in Japan, and is thus reflected
in this game. Certain shops will offer you items which you can hold and give
to other people. Different people will react differently, sometimes a gift
will only inch up a bar, sometimes it's shot a relationship up a level. I tend
not to gift give until I'm rolling in dough.
SAFE BETS
----------
(Will work for everyone, but not by much)
Disposable Camera ($9) - Convenience Store
GREAT GIFTS BY TYPE
------------------
GOSSIP QUEEN HOUSEWIFE
Housewife's Magazine- Bookstore
GUY WHO LIKES TO GIVE ADVICE
DVD - Music Shop
MIDDLE-AGED MAN WHO LIKES TO TELL JOKES
Hamburger
MIDDLE-AGED SHAMELESS WOMAN
Rice - Grocery Store
MOM WHO LIKES GOSSIPING IN PARK
Housewife's Magazine- Bookstore
NERD WHO LOVES COMPUTERS AND VIDEO GAMES
Game - Music Shop
ORDINARY MIDDLE-AGED KIND WOMAN
Housewife's Magazine- Bookstore
PLAYBOY
Adult Magazine (!!!) - Used Book Shop
QUIET BOY
Book - Bookshop
QUIET GIRL
Book - Bookshop
YOUNG LADY WITH HEAVY MAKEUP
Book - Bookshop
Silver Earrings - Jewelers
============================
= D3. STORES + RESTAURANTS =
============================
This section contains a list of all the various stores and restaurants which
you can spend your hard-earned salary in. While most stores carry the same
exact thing no matter who owns it, there are a few stores which sell things
independently of each other. Typically, these are super stores, and each
sells one or two exclusive items. These are addressed in the next section.
Since the Music Store has a varying selection,
it has its own section towards the end of the guide.
PLACES
BOOK SHOP BAR
============================ ======================
Town's Pages $20 Whiskey $10
Business Book $15 Brandy $12
Housewife's Magazine $10 Miked Nuts $6
Sports Newspaper $5 Assorted Cheese $10
JEWELERS USED BOOK SHOP
======================= ==========================
Diamond Ring $49,950 Old Map $50
Pearl $1,000 Adult Magazine $50
Chronograph $3,000 Astrology Book $50
Glass Block $3,000 Bonsai Dictionary $50
GROCERS
SEAFOOD SHOP LIQUOR STORE FRUIT & VEG.
==================== ================= ================
Bluefin Tuna $50 Juice $1 Radish $3
Horse Mackerel $10 Beer $2 Carrot $3
Saury Fish $10 Wine $9 Potato $3
Sardine $10 Sake $50 Cabbage $3
BAKERY BUTCHER SHOP
==================== ==================
Hot Dog Buns $5 Chicken $10
Toasted Bread $5 Pork $10
Baguette $5 Beef $10
Sweet Bread $5 Mutton $10
SUPER STORES
TAILOR SUPERMARKET
====================== =====================
Suit A $290 Shopping Bag $30
Suit B $290 Rice $50
Formal $290 Milk $3
Casual Clothes $29 Seasoning $3
DEPARTMENT STORE CONVENIENCE STORE
=============================== ========================
High-Quality Beef $200 Riceball $1
Luxury Cosmetics $50 Sweets $2
Yellow Parasol $2,000 Evening Paper $1
High-quality Bag $2.200 Disposable Camera $9
STATIONERY STORE ELECTRICIAN
========================= ===============================
Memo Pad $3 Car Navigation System $3,000
Ball-point Pen $2 Television $4,000
Money Envelope $1 Lamp $6,000
Pencil $1,000 Telephone Box $9,990
KIDS CLOTHING
=======================
T-Shirt $39
Overalls $79
Toy set $50
Baby Stroller $480
RESTAURANTS
HAMBURGER SHOP CHINESE NOODLE BAR FAMILY RESTAURANT
================= ========================== =======================
Hamburger $1 Pork flavored Ramen $7 Japanese Foods $9
Big Burger $3 Soy Sauce Ramen $5 French Meal $12
Apple Pie $1 Miso Ramen $6 Coffee $2
Milk Shake $2 Salt Ramen $5 Parfait $4
SAVORY PANCAKES (CREPES) COFFEE SHOP
============================ ==========================
Savory Pancakes $8 American Coffee $4
Shrimp Tempura $6 Blue Mountain Coffee $6
Savory Tidbit Pancake $7 Kilimanjaro Coffee $5
Tako Yaki Griddle $5 Espresso $4
PASTA RESTAURANT NOODLE BAR
=========================== ============================
Pepperonchino $10 Hot Noodle Soup $2
Calbonala Spaghetti $12 Hot Buckwheat Noodles $2
Malguerita $13 Wheat Noodles with Tofu $3
Caesar's Salad $7 Curry Noodles $3
CAKE SHOP TAKE AWAY LUNCH THAI RESTAURANT
===================== ===================== =====================
Shortcake $3 Seaweed Lunch $3 Tom Yam Soup $25
Brandy Cake $5 Stamina Lunch $6 Yam Un Sen $22
Gift Cookie $16 Curry Boxed Meal $4 Rice Paper Roll $8
Birthday Cake $28 Lunch Box Meal $5 Green Curry $18
FRENCH BISTRO CURRY HOUSE
========================== ==========================
Wine $350 Veggie Curry $8
Roast Lamb $200 Chicken Curry $7
Shrimp and Mussels $200 Beef Curry and Rice $8
Fillet Steak $800 Pork Curry $7
KOREAN RESTAURANT PIZZA BAR
========================== ======================
Tongue (beef) $8 Cheese Pizza $10
Korean Barbecue $5 Seafood Pizza $22
Barbecue Sweetmeats $9 Curry Pizza $15
Liver $5 Deluxe Pizza $35
SUSHI BAR MEXICAN BISTRO
=========================== ===================
Toro $40 Tacos $8
Salmon Roe $16 Nachos $10
Conger Eel $8 Enchilada $12
Sushi Cucumber Roll $3 Tortilla $5
RAMEN NOODLE BAR (Level 8)
=============================
Soy Sauce Ramen $6
Large Ramen $8
Diced Pork Ramen $10
Apricot Jelly $7
OFFICES
REAL ESTATE OFFICE (Gee)
=============================
Wooden House $29,970
Iron Frame House $299,970
Fashionable House $799,920
Mansion $999,990
FARM STORES
FARMING MACHINES STORE
========================
Hoe $50
Sickle $30
Fertilizer $15
Nursery Tree $20
FISHING STORES
FISH MARKET
=====================
Angler Fish $100
King Crab $150
Abalone $100
Sea Urchin $100
==========================================
= D4. Town Decor + Soundtrack Exclusives =
==========================================
--------------------------------------------
For the most part, all of the buildings in your town are a dime a dozen.
That's to say, that a Fruit & Veg Shop from one family in Level 1 will
sell the same things that a Fruit & Veg Shop from Level 5 from a totally
different family will sell. But did you know roughly five of the
business types actually sell unique/exclusive items? They fall into the
category of town decor or, in the case of the Music Shop, soundtrack
additions. Since they're more or less all exclusive, I lumped all the
exclusives here.
Essentially, from what I can gather, is that each of the town decor
stores (Toy Store, Florist, Hardware Store, and Tiling Company) fall into
four unique "sets", and each set of stores sells exclusive items you can
use to decorate your town. In the case of the Music Store, the only exclusive
item is the Soundtrack CD, and when you buy it, a new track is added in to
the loop of MIDI files, which let's face it, you probably get tired of. So
far, I've counted 10 different CDs, but there may be more.
MUSIC STORE
======================
Book $10
Game $60
DVD $30
Soundtrack CD $30
Reggae- Ralph, Fraser, Biggs, Kellogg, Renn
Will definite give your game a bit of a tropical feel.
Japanese Country- Sawyer, Zhang
I'd say it's more country than Japanese but it's a nice little
fast-paced jig you could almost get up and dance to.
Heavy Metal- Malone, Fisher, Shipley, Holmes
I don't think this would truly count as heavy metal, but
it's a fast paced and catchy tune with guitars.
Jazz- Park, Mayan Beagle
A soothing light jazz melody that evokes images of pleasant
evening walks and a nice evening out on the town.
R&B- Butler, Sawyer, Oliver, Dowson
Add some "soul" into your game.
UK Rock- Elton Robinson, Lefty Buckley
A bit hard to describe, but it's got a prominent electronic
guitar riff and a nice blues-style beat in the background.
R&R - ??? (Contact lost, somewhre in Level 7 )
Stands for rock n' roll. Gives you a classic 1950's big-band type
melody. Very energizing.
House Music- Smith
A kind of techno version of the typical soundtrack. Very
uplifting and indeed reminiscent of the early 2000s mega
dance hits. Think Spice Girls and raves.
Bossa Nova- Santos, Burke
An energizing Latino-style beat
Folk Song - Clay, Hansen, Shepherd
Another hard-to-describe one, but having Japanese elements to it.
TOY STORE (Set A) TOY STORE (Set B)
============================= =============================
Miniature Car $50 Miniature Car $50
Stuffed Animal Toy $50 Maze Wall $3,000
Manhole $1,500 Pet Robot $1,500
Big Pyramid $99,990 Mushroom $2,500
TOY STORE (Set C) TOY STORE (Type D)
============================= =============================
Miniature Car $50 Unknown
Stuffed Animal Toy $50
Figure $500
Shiny Mushroom $2,500
Set A Families: White,
Set B Families: Flynn, Daniels
Set C Families: Smart, Alden
Set D Families: ????
FLORIST (Larson) FLORIST (Roberts)
========================== ===========================
Expensive Orchid $300 Bouquet of Flowers $100
Flowerbed $5,000 Flowerbed $5,000
Tree $5,000 Pine $5,000
Chrysanthemum $3 Foliage Plaint $3
FLORIST (Sugarman, Butler) FLORIST (Childs)
========================== ===========================
Expensive Orchid $300 Bouquet of Roses $100
Flowerbed $5,000 Flowerbed $5,000
Camphor $5,000 Palm Tree $5,000
Chrysanthemum $3 Foliage Plaint $3
Set A Families: Larson
Set B Families: Roberts
Set C Families: Sugarman, Butler
Set D Families: Childs
Tiling Company (Set A) Tiling Company (Set B)
================================== ==========================
Honeycombed Tile $2,000 Orange Tile $2,000
Plaid Tile $2,000 Purple Tile $2,000
Red Check Tile $2,000 Ivory-Color Tile $2,000
Green Check Tile $2,000 Yellow Tile $2,000
Tiling Company (Set C) Tiling Company (Set D)
================================== ==========================
Pavement Tiles $2,000 Obsidian Tile $2,000
Beige Tile $2,000 Green Tile $2,000
Marble Tile $2,000 Iron Tile $2,000
Asphalt Tile $2,000 Board Tile $2,000
Set A Companies: Spring
Set B Companies: Mitchell
Set C Companies: Maekawa
Set D Companies: Floyd
HARDWARE STORE (Gale) HARDWARE STORE (King)
========================= ==========================
Moai Statue $14,995 Stonehenge $5,990
Garden Stone $2,500 Ancient Statue $14,985
Post $2,500 Cactus $2,800
Bench $2,000 Hydrant $2,000
Set A Stores: Gale
Set B Stores: King, Boyd, Stock, Xavier
=====================
= D5. THIS OR THAT =
====================
When meeting certain people, they'll ask you which of two things you
prefer. Picking "their" favorite will grant you a bigger boost than
simply picking your favorite. If you know anything about Japanese
culture, pick the Japanese-sounding answer, usually. Whenever an
option between something Japanese and something not presents, always
pick the Japanese one (except for Chinese food.) as a rule of thumb.
The list is alphabetized by the first of two options. Also, sometimes
you may get some variation in answers depending on people. I'll try
to note these in future updates.
[Action Games] or Puzzle Games
[Actors] or Singer
[Achievement Salary] or Seniority System
Advertisement or [Word-of-mouth]
[Aerobics Class] or Swimming Classes
[Aggressive Person] or Frog
[Air Conditioner] or Electric Fan
Alaska or [Florida]
Alfalfa or [Radish Seed Sprouts]
[America] or Europe
American football or [Baseball]
[American football] or Rugby
American-Style Toilets or [Fancy Toilets]
[Annual Payment System] or Monthly Pay Checks
[Aspen] or Las Vegas
Australia or [America]
[Backpack] or Tote Bags
Bali Island or [Phuket Island]
Bank Deposit or [Credit Union Savings]
[Barber] or Beauty Salon
[Bargain] or Caramel Mochachino
[Baskets] or Volleyball
Bean-jam bun or [Cherry Pancakes]
[Beautiful Women] or Cute Girls
Bed or [Futon Bed]
[Beef Tendon] or Chicken, eggs and rice bowl
[Beef Tendon] or Cutlet on Rice
[Beer] or Japanese Sake
[Bicycles] or Motorbike
[Bicycles] or Scooter
Big Noodles or [Thin Noodles]
[Blues] or Folk Song
BMX or [Mountain Biking]
Boxers or [Briefs]
Boxing or [Professional Wrestling]
[Brue Mountain Coffee] or Frosted Mocha
Cabaret or [Bar]
[Cabbage] or Lettuce
[Camisole] or Knitted Shirts
Carpet or [Tatami Mat]
[Caviar] or Foie de Gras
Chinese Fried Noodles or [Pasta]
Chinese Pickles or [Japanese Pickles]
[Clams] or Crabs
[Credit Payment] or Cash Payment
[Condos] or Single Family Home
[Cool guys] or Hot Guy with no money
[Curry] or Stewed Beef on Rice
[Curtain] or Blind
[Custom-Made Suits] or Ready-made Suits
[Darjeeling Tea] or Ceylon Tea
[Deep-Fried Pork] or Roasted Pork
Disco or [Karaoke]
[Dogs] or Cats
Domestic Travel or [International Travel]
Earpick or [Q-Tips] (Exception: Ordinary middle-aged woman, Ordinary
middle-aged kind woman)
Earring or [Pierced Earring]
[Egg Noodles] or Buckwheat Noodles
[Electric Shaver] or Razor
Eyeglasses or [Contact Lenses]
[Fish] or Meat
[Flashy Chicks] or Quiet Person
Floor Heating System or [Heater]
Floor Heating System or [Heating System]
[Foot Sal] or Half Court
[Foreign Companies] or American Companies
[Free Gift] or Sale Item
Gamble or [Stock Investment]
[Gangster Movie] or Classic Drama
[Giants] or Hawks - (A reference to Japanese baseball)
[Giants] or Tigers - (A reference to Japanese baseball)
Girlfriends or [Bosses and Subordinates]
[Glamour] or Slim
Goldfish or [Carp]
[Golf] or Mah-jong
[Green Bean Rice] or Rice Boiled With Veg.
[Group Date] or Picking Up
[Hard Tofu] or Silken Tofu
[Hawaii] or Australia
[Heavy Make-up] or Light Make-up
[Herb Gardening] or Gardening
[Horror Movies] or Action movies
[Horse Racing] or Bicycle Racing
[Hot Sake] or Cold Sake
Hot Sake or [Sake]
Housewife or [Both Parents Working]
[Ice Cream] or Sorbet
Imported Cars or [Domestic Cars]
[Investment] or Mutual Funds
[Italian Cars] or German Cars
Italian Wine or [French Wine]
[Italian Cars] or German Cars
Japanese Food or [Chinese Food]
Japanese Style Bar or [Bars]
Jelly Beans or [Strawberry Waffles]
[Kalbi] or Tripe
[Karate] or Judo
Korean BBQ or [Sushi]
[Long-distance Swimming] or Marathon
Long skirts or [Mini-skirts]
Magazine or [Newspaper]
Mah-Jong or [Roulette]
[Malibu] or Mississippi River
Malls or [Designer Store]
Mexican Food or [Japanese Food]
Motels or [Business Hotels]
Motor Boats or [Canoe]
Mountains or [Ocean]
Mousse or [Waxing Unwanted Hair]
MP3 or [CD]
Mystery Drama or [Soap Opera]
Nurse's Uniform or [Sailorman's Outfit]
Older Person or [Younger Person]
[Outdoor] or Indoor
Pajamas or [Sweat Pants]
[Pickles] or Salad
Pilaf or [Fried Rice]
[Pinball] or Pinball Slot Machine
[Pitcher] or Catcher
[Poisonous Mushroom] or Shiitake Mushroom
Popcorns or [Rice Cracker]
[Pork] or Beef
[Pork Buns] or Red Bean Buns
[Potato Vodka] or Rice Vodka
[Purple Eye Shadow] or Smoky Eye Shadow
R&B or [Reggae]
[Raddish] or Beef Tendon
Red Wine or [White Wine]
[Red Lipsticks] or Pink Lipsticks
[Regular Mushrooms] or Truffles
[Resort Hotels] or Japanese-style Inn
Restored Juice or [Sports Drinks]
[Rice] or Bread
Rope Jumping or [Crouching Jump]
Sandals or [Clogs]
Sandwiches or [Riceball]
Sea Urchin Eggs or [Salmon Roe]
Sea Eel or [Eel]
[Shark Fin] or Dried Abalone
Shou A La Cream or [Cake]
Shower or [Bath]
Sit-Ups or [Push-Ups]
Skate Board or [Roller Blade]
Snowboard or [Ski]
Spanish Rice or [Short Grain Rice]
Spider Rolls or [California Rolls]
[Sports Car] or Sedan
[Sports Games] or Simulation Games
Squat or [Bench Press]
[Station Wagons] or Mini-vans
[Steak] or Hamburger
[Stockings] or Bare Feet
[Student] or Office Lady
Soup or [Miso Soup]
Spider Rolls or [California Rolls]
Sunny-side up or [Omelet]
[Supermarket] or Malls
[Surfing] or Body Boarding
Sweat pants or [Knickerbockers]
Sweets or [Spicy Food]
Sweet Meat or [Mino]
T-Shirt or [Tank Top]
[Tahiti] or Maldives
Taxi or [Bus]
Tea or [Coffee]
[Tempura] or Deep-Fried Chicken
Tennis or [Soda]
[Techno] or Hip-Hop
Thai Rice or [Long Grain Rice]
[Tofu Hamburgers] or Churros
Tulip or [Roses]
[Tuna] or Sardine
Ulong Tea or [Green Tea]
VHS or [DVD]
Vodka or [Tequila]
[Wheat Noodles] or Buckwheat Noodles
[Whisky] or Brandy
D6.Riddles
----------
There is a certain resident, the middle-aged man who loves riddles, who looks
the same across the game and is the easiest of all residents to befriend,
assuming you know a thing or two about riddles. He will ask you one, and
sometimes they're harder than you'd think. The game then prompts you to enter
your answer, and assuming you get it right, it provides a HUGE boost to your
relationship, making this guy an easy friend. I listed these alphabetically
using the answers, since it always gives you the first, sometimes two or
three letters...or sometimes, even almost the whole thing.
How many permanent teeth does an adult normally have? 32
What is the total number of bones in the human body? 206
What kind of dance do buns do? ABUNDANCE
What dress does everyone have but no one wears? ADDRESS
For what person do all men take off their hats? BARBER
What fish has the lowest voice? BASS
What animal is always at a baseball game? BAT
What has a neck and a mouth, but does not have a head...BOTTLE
What is lighter than a feather, but even the strongest man has a hard time
holding it for one minute? BREATH
Its job is to cross the river, but it keeps sitting day and night...BRIDGE
What do you call a bull when it's sleeping? BULLDOZER
How can you say rabbit without the letter R? BUNNY
What has a head but no brain? CABBAGE
What lives long if you keep it dead, but dies when you keep it alive...CANDLE
The maker doesn't want it; the buyer doesn't use it; and the user
doesn't see it. What is it? COFFIN
What can you put in a glass but never take out of it? CRACK
What bird can lift the most? CRANE
The more you see of it, the less you see it. What is it? DARKNESS
What kind of nut has no shell? DOUGHNUT
What large instrument do you carry in your ears? DRUMS
Which country make Panama hats? ECUADOR
What is born, but not born yet, and not born yet, but is born...EGG
What is the biggest ant? ELEPHANT
What starts with 'e', ends with 'e' and only contains one letter? ENVELOPE
What has a strong bone structure and moves quickly, but cannot stand up
or walk? FISH
Dogs have fleas. What do sheep have? FLEECE
You've seen a map of Italy. In which direction does the boot face? FORWARD
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from twenty-five? FOUR
If there are 6 apples and you take away 4, how many do you have? FOUR
What can't you see that is always before you? FUTURE
What animal sticks its tongue out to show anger? GORILLA
What has a head, can't think, but drives? HAMMER
What can you add to a bucket of water that will make it weigh less? HOLES
What cap is never removed? KNEECAP
What comes to you even though it does not have legs, and it talks a lot
even though it does not have a mouth? LETTER
What goes around houses and looks into every window...LIGHT
What burns without making smoke? LOVE
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour? M
What is the best month for a parade? MARCH
What is the item that looks different depending on who looks at it? MIRROR
What do people make that nobody can ever see? NOISE
How much soil is there in a hole measuring one meter by one meter by one meter?
NONE
In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? NOVEMBER
How many cookies can you eat on an empty stomach? ONE
On which side of a chicken are the most feathers? OUTSIDE
What trees do fortune tells look at? PALM
What trees come in twos? PEAR
What man is strong enough to stop a car with one hand? POLICEMAN
What has eyes but can't see? POTATO
What is a group of lions called? PRIDE
What can you break without touching it? PROMISE
What is a boxer's favorite drink? PUNCH
What kind of bow can't be tied? RAINBOW
Where do fish keep their money? RIVERBANKS
What goes up and down the hill, but it cannot move? ROAD
What is too much for one, enough for two, but nothing at all for 3?SECRET
What driver does not have a license? SCREWDRIVER
What breaks if you say anything...SILENCE
What is the largest organ in the human body? SKIN
The more you crack it, the more you like it. SMILE
What goes up to the sky without wings or ladder...SMOKE
What goes out everyday, but stay at home at the same time...SNAIL
What is a camel's hair brush made of? SQUIRREL FUR
A car dropped what when it turned the corner...? SPEED
What goes around the world, but always sits at the corner...STAMP
What five letter word can you subtract 2 and leaves 1? STONE
What do you get between sunrise and sunset? SUNBURNED
What never asks questions but must be answered? TELEPHONE
What is coming but never arrives? TOMORROW
What gets wet when drying? TOWEL
What is easy to get into but hard to get out of? TROUBLE
How many months have 28 days? TWELVE
What kind of tables do people eat? VEGETABLES
What runs but never walks? WATER
What is your own, but other people use it more often? YOUR NAME
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= E1. Thank you! =
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- I would like to thank Natsume and Indi Software for giving this series
not one but TWO chances to make it here in the US. There are so many
wonderful Japanese games that never see the light of day here.
- I would like to thank CJayC for pioneering GameFAQS and providing
a community to discuss wonderful city-building games, and a staple
of growing up as a gamer in the 90s and 2000s.
- I would like to thank CBS Interactive for its continued support of
the GameFAQs site.
- This guide would not have been possible without the hard work of
Dark Laduke / Venom Vampire for posting their FAQ over a decade ago.
It has helped provide not only continued interest in the game, but
also helped me figure out what sections to expand. Thank you both!
- Thank YOU! for reading this and providing the motivation to write
this out. It was a very big undertaking for me over a few years when
I had time! If you really liked this guide and it helped you, please
vote "Yes" on the "Was this guide helpful?" button on GameFAQS at the
top of the page. Hundreds of hours went into this baby, and the five
seconds it takes to vote Yes validates it.
- Could your tip be here next? Contribute a tidbit to this guide by
e-mailing me with any new comments, suggestions, or politely-worded
tips, on the game or the guide itself. You will be credited here.
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= E2. RANDOM QUESTIONS =
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These don't really fit in the guide, but are interesting questions
and observations about the game, its music, and the Japanese culture
that created it.
Q: Why post the FAQ well over a decade after the game has come and gone?
A: Why not? This game has classic replay value, and I had enough notes
on it from over the years. The game is still sans a full FAQ, and I
think this undertaking will give the Metropolismania community something
new to rally around when that urge strikes. All my research has revealed
a lot about how the game works, including figuring out that the residents
you encounter, and the connection tree are the same across every single
copy of Metropolismania
Q: What's the name of that ditty the school bell plays at the beginning
of the day?
A: The Westminster Chimes, of course
Q: What's the tune playing at the end of the day?
A: It appears to be one of the closing bars of classic composer
Dvorak's "From The New World" symphony No. 9 in E-Minor. This movement
of the piece evokes an emotion of finishing a hard day's work without
context in real life. The entire thing is definitely worth a listen
once in your life.
Feel free to e-mail me with any questions, and I can put this good ole
degree in Asian Studies to good use!
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= E3. What's Next? =
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This guide was a project done in steps. I actually started it when PS2
games were still relevant back in the early 2000s, but didn't revisit
it until the late 2000s when I finally got my hand on Metropolismania 2.
School and work got in the way for a while, so I finally got around
to finishing the published version with some free time on my hands,
and here we are with a nearly complete guide a decade later.
There are quite simply, dozens of levels. This is one of those games that's
fun to pick up for a weekend or maybe week, but then gets old. As such,
I have stopped for now just short of Level 9. To be honest, it will likely
be a good while before I pick it up again, but if I see the interest
is there, I'll keep writing. It's again, a matter of diminishing returns.
As far as Metropolismania 2, it's sequel goes...I will likely get around
to writing a general FAQ for it. I highly recommend Metropolismania 2
because it's still fundamentally the same game, but is updated in
graphics, has many new buildings in addition to all the classics here,
and has a new dynamic of how people are introduced which means your
towns grow faster (and mitigates the need for an introductions guide
tremendously). Plus, whereas in MM1 your house is a place you can
walk around in, in MM2, you can actually furnish it, which is a nice
touch.
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