Urbz, Sims GBA. Challenge Everything™

Today we're revisiting The Urbz: Sims in the City for GBA, a game whose influence I can't seem to shake off even 18 years later...
Challenge Everything.
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Music:
The Sims, Simcity 4, The Sims: Bustin Out, and The Urbz: Sims in the City (by Maxis and Griptonite and EA)
Other ambient music by Epidemic Sound (My free trial referral link here - Thank you for the support) share.epidemicsound.com/3sMm7f
Also features music and SFX and footage licensed by Envato Elements 1.envato.market/5bvMoD
Portrait of George Washington (1796) by Gilbert Stuart

[@CarbonatedFox]

I like that the villain in this game is essentially just AA running his tax free city, charging entry fees absolutely everywhere and indiscriminately bulldozing whatever he pleases.

[@izot1061]

Seeing that they made Daddy Big Bucks into a force vision like Darth Vader on Dagobah during Luke's training killed me

[@lwoods507]

This and the Sims 2 for the DS were my favourite. The Sims 2 for the DS was quite extraordinarily strange and wonderful, what with the cult that worshipped the giant cow, the ancient mummy in the basement, the suspicious mobsters, the alien autopsy room, and the general feeling that your little Sim character had fallen into some sort of Lynchian nightmare in the abandoned desert town. Great music too!

[@oldsnaaake]

I loved this game when I was a kid. The fiddle duel music and the nighttime theme of the Sim Market live rent free in my head since then.

[@TheDaemon2142]

This game is extremely underrated. The characters, minigames, ost, rpg elements, locations, quests, and the other crazy things you can do in this game is insane -- and it's all packed in a small cartridge of pure joy.

[@carcosa_swamp]

Skipped school one day just to play this game because of how hooked I was. A true gem in the gba catalogue.

[@my_kneecaps7706]

So Daddy Bigbucks' big plan is just... playing SimCity? Are we all our Sims' own Daddy Bigbucks???

[@Doylt]

I love when AA is doing challenge runs of games but I also greatly enjoy “here’s a 19 year old game I’ve been thinking a lot about….” videos.

[@YoursTrulyGarbage]

Such an insane amount of nostalgia packed into just 10 minutes here. I spent countless hours playing this game and loved every second of it... well, almost. Apart from the graveyard guarding and the part where running gets you thrown in jail, but other than that it was a wonderful experience all through out.

[@Guile_The_Exile]

A criminally underrated game in the series honestly. That OST is so damn good.

[@mimi-xx]

can we talk about how amazing the music in this game is? i know people already acknowledge how good the music in the urbz is plenty, or even the sims as a whole, but damn if that fiddle minigame music doesnt haunt me in my dreams and damn if i dont love it every single time.

[@BonnieEldritch]

I bought this game as a bootleg version in turkey as a child and much like you, the game captivated me so much. I still love it dearly and remember all the characters by heart. 🥰 Fun fact, I too was very scared by Daddy Bigbucks throwing me into the river, but the bayou bit had the complete opposite effect on me! It started my love for the backwoods and bayous as well as their people. 😂

[@perkasenior]

I love revisiting this game every now and then, and in fact I played and finished it again just a few days ago! What a gem, the soundtrack is still great, and the story has some fun twists. Games with urban settings from the 90s and 2000s are quite special.

[@DerangedHarlequin]

I get unreasonably happy when I see you play these sims spin offs.

[@TheBinsQueen]

THIS IS ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES OF ALL TIME. I even tracked down all the figures from atomic toys they made for this game on eBay. I am so happy to see someone else love this incredibly special game as much as me!

[@megbishop638]

I'm now doing a PhD on the housing crisis and gentrification and I absolutely will reference this game in the acknowledgements

[@chloroaurics]

Holy shit i cannot understate how many times I've played this game as a kid. Among all the handheld sims games, this was my favorite-I adored the plot, characters, locations, music, and even little details like dialogue and secrets. It's so cool to see that I'm not the only one this game made an impact on

[@Enoxix.]

Urbz and Bustin’ Out were both in my top 5 of favorite games for the GBA! Replayed them so many times! Think I’ll go get my GameBoy SP again.

[@Crampsam]

I love how many people have great memories of this and Bustin Out on GBA. I played Urbz to death as a kid and loved finding the secret areas and getting to know the townsfolk. And yes, that soundtrack has gotta be one of the best for any game, handheld or otherwise

[@KatlamosQuickdraw]

Oh man. This version of the game is the one I had and loved. This whole episode is just a straight nostalgia trip. I'm gonna have to emulate this game and play it again since I don't have a gba anymore