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Join The Sims™ for fun bowling action in The Sims Bowling! Enjoy challenging, realistic bowling anytime in this great Sims game. Select a Sim, customize your look and hit the lanes. Throw strikes like a pro, watch The Sims crowd go wild as you gain points and become a bowling superstar. The Sims™ bowling party comes to life with vibrant graphics, accurate physics and sound effects. Enjoy multiple game modes with progressively difficult levels. Take your game online in Derby, a real-time race against up to four connected opponents. Play a free Sims Bowling mobile game demo!

FEATURES:


Features may vary by handset.

• Create and Customize a Sim - Choose a Sim, name it and customize your look. Select a color for your bowling ball and left or right-hand preference.


• Strive for Popularity - Bowl like a pro and make the crowd go wild! Your popularity rises as you roll good balls, but as your good reputation increases, so does the game difficulty. Scoring strikes, Turkeys and winning trophies are sure-fire ways to keep you on the path to becoming a bowling superstar.


• Four ways to play** - Game modes include Classic, Spare-O-Thon, Strike-O-Thon and Online Derby, a real-time race against up to four connected opponents. Play against virtual Sims that automatically adjust to your skill level in a fun, lively atmosphere that captures the colourful, hip world of The Sims™.


• True Bowling Physics and Sound Effects - Mastering ball speed and spin for pin knock-downs make for a challenging, fun and realistic bowling experience.


• Intuitive One-Button Controls - Set, adjust and control the power of your bowling ball as you send it screaming down the lanes with the click of a button.

How To Play This Game:

Starting the game

First, highlight the "The Sims Bowling" icon in the game menu on your phone. Once the game is highlighted, press 'Select' (OK) to start the game.

Menu

The game automatically resumes your saved game if one is present. If not, the game automatically starts a new game of the last played game mode. To access the game's main menu, first pause the game then select "Abandon Game". You will then access the game's main menu, where a variety of options are available:

Play Bowling!: Allows the player to start a new game from the available game modes.
Your Sim: Gives access to the player's Sim profile, letting them customize their Sim's look, access the player's saved replays and view interesting statistics about the player's progress. This menu also lets players view their current Popularity ranking.
Options: Within this menu you can select your sound level and toggle vibration and automatic tutorials. This menu also lets players reset the game to its initial state.
Help: The "Help" section contains instructions on how the controls work in game, how to play the game, how the attributes used in game work. It also contains the About section.
More Games: A disclaimer showing the users a website URL where they can download new games for their phone
Exit: Selecting this option allows you to exit the application.

Playing the game

Read the "Help/About" section to learn all of the controls in the game. The D-pad is used to control the game at all times.

Key	Context	Functionality
D-pad	Menu	Navigates menus
OK	Menu	Select menu item
CLR	Menu	Back or quit from game's main menu
Left soft-key	Menu	Back
Right soft-key	Menu	Accept
D-pad right	In Game	Moves the ball's initial position to the right
D-pad left	In Game	Moves the ball's initial position to the left
OK / Right soft-key	In Game	Advance to the next step in the throw sequence
CLR / Left soft-key	In Game	Pause / In game options
*	In Game	View full scorecard
#	In Game Practice Mode	Enter the pin setup editor
1 to 0	In Game Practice Mode/Pin Setup Editor	Toggles pins
*	In Game Practice Mode/Pin Setup Editor	Invert current pin selection
#	In Game Practice Mode/Pin Setup Editor	Cycles through classic pin setups
OK	In Game Practice Mode/Pin Setup Editor	Return to the throw sequence
#	In Game during Action Replay	Save current replay
D-pad up or down	In Game during Action Replay	Switches between camera angles
1 to 4	In Game during Action Replay	Jumps to specific camera angles

Please Note: Controls may differ across handsets.

Saving/Resetting

The player's progress is saved every time a game is completed or the player exits the game through the pause menu.

Playing Bowling

Throw sequence - The throw sequence is divided into 4 sections: Ball position, power, aim and spin.
Ball Position - Select the initial position the ball will be thrown from
Power - Select the power applied to the ball; hitting the marked area will result in perfect power. Hitting over the marked area may result in a foul, and hitting under the marked area will result in lower power.
Aim - Select the ball's trajectory on the lane after being thrown
Spin - Select the amount of spin that will be applied to the ball. This is mainly used to correct the trajectory.

Game Modes

All game modes (except Practice) can be played in solo, against a computer-controlled opponent or a buddy in Pass'n Play mode.
Classic - The classic game of bowling, played over 10 frames.
Spare-O-Thon - Attempt to complete all of bowling's classic spare pin setups.
Strike-O-Thon - Chain as many strikes as you can to achieve the highest score! The game is over if you leave a frame open.
Practice - Hone your bowling skills by setting your desired pins and attempt to sink them. Also includes all the pin setups present in Spare-O-Thon mode.

Offline Multiplayer Options

Pass'n Play - Select between Classic, Spare-O-Thon and Strike-O-Thon and play against a buddy on your mobile. Each frame is completed before passing the phone to your opponent.

Online Multiplayer Options

Derby - The Derby mode pits the player against up to 4 opponents in a race to see who can score the highest in 3 minutes.


Tips And Hints:

• Try many different throw combinations to find out which one consistently gives you strikes - practice makes perfect!
• In Strike-O-Thon, consecutive strikes will grant you more points.
• In Spare-O-Thon, successfully completing the spare in the first attempt will grant you much more points
• Your popularity rises whenever you perform good shots, but the higher it is, the harder it is to raise.
• Scoring Strikes, Turkeys and winning trophies are sure-fire ways to increase your Popularity