<s>
SimCity	B-Application
Creator	I-Application
is	O
a	O
city-building	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
video	O
game	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
SimCity	B-Application
DS	I-Application
under	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Building	O
on	O
the	O
traditional	O
SimCity	B-Application
formula	O
,	O
SimCity	B-Application
DS	I-Application
2	I-Application
offers	O
a	O
new	O
Challenge	O
Mode	O
that	O
sees	O
players	O
guide	O
their	O
city	O
through	O
different	O
historical	O
periods	O
,	O
always	O
starting	O
at	O
the	O
Dawn	O
of	O
Civilization	O
stage	O
,	O
before	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
deviate	O
along	O
a	O
European	O
Oriental	O
city	O
,	O
a	O
Feudal	O
Japanese	O
city	O
,	O
or	O
American	O
style	O
city	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
introduced	O
to	O
a	O
pre-200	O
population	O
town	O
and	O
500	O
logs	O
(	O
Logs	O
in	O
this	O
era	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
role	O
as	O
currency	O
does	O
in	O
other	O
eras	O
and	O
SimCity	B-Application
titles	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
food	O
sources	O
take	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
electricity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2	O
characters	O
which	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
SimCity	B-Application
DS	I-Application
)	O
return	O
in	O
SimCity	B-Application
Creator	I-Application
DS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DS	B-Device
version	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>
