<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimCity	B-Application
Creator	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
basic	O
SimCity	B-Application
formula	O
that	O
sees	O
players	O
managing	O
a	O
city	O
and	O
placing	O
residential	O
,	O
commercial	O
,	O
and	O
industrial	O
zones	O
for	O
buildings	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
facilities	O
such	O
as	O
police	O
stations	O
,	O
hospitals	O
,	O
seaports	O
,	O
and	O
stadiums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
are	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
tour	O
their	O
city	O
,	O
rendered	O
in	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
or	O
airplane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
pointer	O
function	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Remote	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
directly	O
draw	O
roads	O
and	O
train	O
tracks	O
onto	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
share	O
their	O
cities	O
through	O
WiiConnect24	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
advisors	O
were	O
redesigned	O
to	O
resemble	O
MySims	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
SimCity	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
SimCity	B-Application
Creator	I-Application
features	O
a	O
day	O
and	O
night	O
cycle	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
seasonal	O
cycle	O
last	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
SNES	O
version	O
of	O
SimCity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
may	O
tackle	O
disasters	O
including	O
dinosaurs	O
,	O
giant	O
robots	O
,	O
tornadoes	B-Language
,	O
aliens	O
,	O
fires	O
,	O
and	O
meteorite	O
impacts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
SimCity	B-Application
Creator	I-Application
,	O
areas	O
can	O
be	O
zoned	O
by	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
the	O
density	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
an	O
airport	O
is	O
built	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
see	O
planes	O
,	O
helicopter	B-Application
,	O
airships	O
and	O
hot	O
air	O
balloons	O
flying	O
above	O
their	O
city	O
,	O
especially	O
near	O
the	O
airport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
on	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
by	O
Sims	O
label	O
president	O
Nancy	O
Smith	O
along	O
with	O
other	O
upcoming	O
EA	O
Sim	O
titles	O
including	O
SimAnimals	B-Application
,	O
MySims	B-Application
Kingdom	I-Application
,	O
and	O
MySims	B-Application
Party	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
