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HARDWARE: Gameboy Advance (R)
GENRE: Simulation / RPG
DIFFERENCES TO PC VERSION: Can't marry / Can't construct. You can connect to
GameCube and you can also access the secret level, 'Paradise Island' but you
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Never Part With Your Sim Again!
Now you can take your Sims on the go! The Sims™ The Sims Bustin' Out on
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with your Gameube Sim on the GBA. New social interaction screens let you have
close-up conversations to make friends or enemies, accomplish goals, and
experience the trademark Sims humor. So hop on your scooter  and explore the
town of SimValley in your quest to advance to Paradise Island!
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head west through the opening in the fence and head north past the two trees
to see a red coloured helmet. Pick it up and give it back to Dusty Hogg.
3) He'll apreciate your help but his bikes broken. Tell him you'll fix it and
he will bag you a little that a little punk like you can't fix his grand
bike. You'll show him. Press A when the arrow is above the bike, choose
repair and wait till the bike is repaired. Now talk with Dusty Hogg.
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Goal 5: Get some Wheels!
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1) Talk with Dusty Hogg, he'll say that he'll tell his friend to let you in to
play the mini game that was inaccessible before! Tend bar at the Spoke Biker
bar, this game is known as Smoothie Slider, go to the place in the bar near
where the bartender is. Press A while facing face front on the blue sign to
play. In this game your job is to pass the beer over to the person who needs
it.
2) Talk to Dusty Hogg. He'll tell you that his bikes paint came off, but you'll
fix that! Press A on the bike and choose repaint. You can paint is bike as
many times as you wish but it doesn't make a difference. Now talk with Dusty
Hogg. He will be very happy with you, when you talk with him  choose the
option that will say something like 'I wish I was a biker like you!', Dusty
will get impressed and will tell you to pick up his old scooter first thing
tomorrow morning at your Uncles farm.
3) Talk to your Uncle. You should now collect 5 cans, you an find these cans
all over the ground. Just press A to pick them up, you can also pick up
clogs, radioactive rods for some good amount of cash and even 3 eared mice
that will bring in lots of money to you!
4) Wait till next morning, pick up the scooter and from your the farm's entrance
head east, at the bend head south and at the fork turn right and you'll see
a building, that's VirtuChem Labs. Give them your cans, clogs and even a
radioactive rod if you've picked that up for some well deserved cash! :)
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Goal 6: Moving Out - 1
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1) Talk with your Uncle, he'll say that you've grown and that you should get a
place of your own. Find and talk with Giuseppi Mezzoalto (refer to the FAQ on
how to find him) He'll tell you if you want to move out or not. Either way
you'll have to say yes so agree with him. Now is the right time to be friends
with this guy, he'll help you ALOT in the near future so be friends with him.
Your now in front of a building, it is the Clocktower! Go inside, press A on
the  crate to view inventory, now just select the items you want to get out
and  place them in your NEW house whichever way you like. :) Now is a good
time to really have a roommate, not required but for some fun!
2) If you did what I told you before you should have 4 friends by now, your
Uncle, Giuseppi Mezzoalto, Dusty Hogg and Zora Zeal-Ott. This goal requires
you to have 1 friend, but you have several friends now so this goal is
satisfied.
3) Talk to Uncle Hayseed at the farm. You must now pay him 500 simoleans because
he let you stay in his barn for such a time. What kind of Uncle is he??
4) Now you have to earn a 2nd job promotion. If you did what I told you before
your status should be level 3 in the Mowing Madness game in the farm.
Visit the Spoke Biker Bar, play the Smoothie Slider minigame and gain the
promotion of Level 2. It won't harm to be promoted to Level 3 either, so
work away till your on level 3 if you wish.
That's it! You have now completely finished levels 1 & 2. Welcome to Level 3
now! That wasn't so hard! Now...was it?
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Level 3
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Goal 1: At the Waterfront
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1) You'll have to impress the fisherman for this one, and NO...the fisherman is
not Olde Salty, it's O. Phil McClean who's the guy wearing the yellow coat
and who has the fishing rod. To impress him, get your relationship level with
him to level 40. To find him, he usually *always* hangs near the docks
fishing, visit the docks early morning to almost certainly meet him.
2) Earn the mechanical skill level to 2, if you did what I told you to back in
the farm about tuning the tractor TWICE and not just once this would be
satisfied. To level up on your mechanical skills simply just go to the
library and read the books that are in the top left hand corner on ground
floor.
3) Buy the fishing rod from ANY item shop and not Bric 'a' Brac. If its not
there visit the place the next business day.
4) Apparently O. Phil McClean has a brother who wrote a book on how to fish, by
the fishing book at Bric 'a' Brac. If it's not there look into the place
another time.
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Goal 2: The Raging Chicken Competition
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By this time, if you don't yet have 200 simoleans, then I'd advise you to save
up for it. Don't forget to save up a little extra for food and the bills you
have to pay. If you never knew you had to pay bills check your mailbox every
now and then by pressing A on it when the arrow is over it.
1) Earn a body strength level of 2. Since you *might* not be a member of the
gym yet, just punch your all on a boxing bag twice. If you don't have one
you can purchase it at any item shop for §575 (§ = simoleans).
2) Look for a guy named Eddie Renalin, he's the guy who has dark skin, a heavy
body mass and usually hangs around outside the gym. Speak with him and gain
the relationship level with him to 40, to 'impress' him. Just do not keep
him out of your sight just yet!
3) He'll say that you have to pay him 200 simoleans so he can get you the gym
membership. Pay him 200 simoleans.
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Goal 3: Library Card
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First talk with Hester Primm, she is the librarian in SimValley. She can be
found near the library, near the sand dunes that's just beneath the sea food
restaurant and sometimes also near the clocktower-gym area. She has orange hair
and a green coloured shirt (you know! the green colour like in the apples.lol).
1) Go to the library, the building is east up the road from the VirtuChem Labs
and just west right next to the Country Cafe. Press A to squash all 15 of
them, in the 1st and 2nd floors.
2) Talk to the people around the city who have the '!' sign in red, find three
of them who have the library books (you'll know once you chat with them) and
they will give you the library books. Actually there are five people in total
who have the books but finding and giving just three books to the librarian
is enough to reopen it.
The five people who have the books are:
* Mad Willy Hurtzya
* Claire Clutterbell
* Misty Waters
* Daddy Bigbucks
* Nicki Knack
Just find three of the above people, ask for their books and you'll be fine,
although its better to find all 5 of the above people and give the books to
her so they don't pester you when you go see them to hand their books in.
3) Give the three books to Hester Primm who can be found near the library, near
the sand dunes that's just beneath the sea food restaurant and sometimes also
near the clocktower-gym area. She'll thank you for the help and allow you
to go to the library. She will also give you the cookbook she wrote, she says
her book hasn't been sold yet and she kinda forces you to take it and read
it.
4) Learn cooking. Go to the library, up the stairs, head to the eastern area of
the room and read the cooking book there. You only have to read the book
once, just enough to learn cooking at level 1.
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Goal 4: The Rise of Club Rubb
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1) Find & talk to Maximillian Moore (the afro dude), who is the owner of Club
Rubb. I found him nearby the hospital, he'll agree for your assistance.
2) Find Det. Dan D. Mann, he sometimes hangs around inside the jail, around
the Burning Spoke Biker bar and in the item shop that's south of the Biker
bar. The best way to find him is to call him and ask him where he is. Once
you see him build your relationship level with him to level 30.
3) Pay the detective 1000 simoleans, read above for some tips on how to find
him. Check out the FAQ as well for some more help.
4) Go to Bric 'a' Brac (Nicki Knack rings a bell?) and purchase 10 Flyers from
the store for only 2 simoleans each.
Then find any 10 people and for each one hand them a flyer, then go see the
detective and he'll agre to re-open the closed club.
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Goal 5: Deep Dark Secrets
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1) Acquire a Crowbar: To get this go to Uncle Hayseed's farm and ask him
nicely for one. :)
2) Find the City Blueprints: Once your living in the Clocktower, you will see a
hiddin trapdoor just right of the stairs, press A to open it and you will see
the blue prints just below. Then give the blue prints to Giuseppi Mezzoalto.
3) To lower the maintenance ladders go to the sewers via the manhole near north
of the library, just press A to go down, the button you must push is just a
little east from where you are. Then the screen will show that all the
ladders have been lowered.
Now you can access the sewers using ANY manhole you see, using the sewers is
a really good way to travel fast around SimValley.
Now you've finished this mission! Easy, wasn't it? I said that because there
were a few people totally confused with this mission and basically just
level 3 in general.
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Goal 6: Moving Out - 2
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Visit Nicki Knack, she's usually hanging near the fish store and her shop,
Bric 'a' Brac. She'll start saying that she's not making any good business
because no one has moved into her 'Waterfront Villa' yet. Agree with her that
you'll move into it.
1) Make 4 friends. You should have 4 friends already by now if you don't already
have.
2) Earn 3000 simoleans to pay for the initial rent to Knicki Knack, but don't
give her the money just yet.
3) Gain a level 3 promotion at either Bait Flinger (fishing hotspots near the
docks) or Power Lifter (weight lifting at the gym). Personally, I'd go for
the fishing because It IS easier. Read the job list & descriptions section
for helpful advise on how to tackle these occupations head on.
Now you can go see Knicki Knack and give her the 3000 simoleans. After that's
over talk with Giuseppi Mezzoalto to arrange your moving out to the
Waterfront Villa. Totally unrelated, but the bills you get in the mail for rent
at this place is 400 simoleans. So the jobs I would be doing right now to
keep up with the bills and money savings is the Level 3 Mower Madness and the
Level 3 fishing. For details on the locations for the fishing hotspots refer
to the city map which can be found on *this* very guide. ;)
You've moved into the Waterfront Villa and have advanced to level 4.
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Level 4
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Level 4 is basically a freelancer type level, you can do whichever goal you
want to do first and it doesn't really matter.
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Goal 1: Experience the Paranormal
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NOTES:
1) Before you go inside the house and confront the ghost you *must* have logic
skills up to level 4, you can learn logic in the library in the 2nd floor or
you can gain logic by playing chess, buy the chessboard at any item shop.
2) For this mission make sure your mechanical skills are at level 3! You can get
more mechanical skills by reading the books at the library. When you first
enter the library the books you need can be found on the top left hand corner
of the room.
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Ok! Before we start this ghostly experience, let's head out to the sewers, just
press A on any manhole you see to climb down into the underground sewage system.
What are we doing here you might ask? Before we start this mission we need to
get one important item belonging to the ghost, its ashes. Now depending on
where you climbed down at, the directions leading to the ashes is different so
look at the detailed SimValley Underground Sewage map I wrote that's in this
guide, for the directions.
Found the golden coloured urn with the ashes? Good, now you must climb the
ladder that leads to the haunted shack which is Ladder 10 - you can locate it
using the Underground Sewage map. Now let's begin the real mission:
Go near the fence leading to the haunted shack, if you don't have the mechanical
skill level of 3 you can try as might to open it, it won't, but since you do
(assuming you do because you should have it by now) read on!
1) Firstly we need to 'pick' the rusty lock, since you have the mechanical skill
of 3 it can be done and the gate will open. To 'pick' the lock, face it and
press A, then choose pick lock.
2) Since you have logic skills up to level 4 you'll be fine when your talking to
the ghost. Enter the house on the 1st level, you'll see the ghost so talk to
it. After a while the ghost will lay out the 5 riddles on you, so if you get
them all correct you'll be able to keep his furniture for free but if you get
them wrong he makes you unconcious and you end up in the hospital, here are
the solutions:
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| Order ::: Question                         ::: Answer|
|--------|------------------------------------|--------|
|   1    |*How many sides does a circle have? | 2      |
|   2    |*Which does not belong in this      |        |
|        | group? apple, grape, bannana or    | bannana|
|        | pear?                              |        |
|   3    |*How many letters are in the        |        |
|        | alphabet?                          | 11     |
|   4    |*What other letter fits in the      |        |
|        | following: B C D E I K O X?        | H      |
|   5    |*When I am filled I can point the   |        |
|        | way. When I am empty, nothing moves|        |
|        | me. I have two skins - One without |        |
|        | & one within. What am I?           | A glove|
|--------|------------------------------------|--------|
After that's over he will congratulate you for being smarter than he gave you
credit for. Once the chat window appears again, choose 'I have something for
you.' And give the ghost the golden urn that contained in it has the ashes
that belongs to his body.
He'll thank you and promises to be peaceful and not scare the wits out of
anyone who walks near his shack. Because he's happy he got his ashes back he
says to you that he will allow you to take any one item you like from his
secret cellar. Then exit the house and down via the steps.
While your still in the vicinity of the shack, head east past the several
graves and press A on the brown trap door that was not there before (TIP: near
the trap door you might also see the 3 eared mouse - pick it up and sell it
at VirtuChem for cash!) your now inside the ghost's secret cellar.
Sure, the ghost only wants you to take just one item, but we'll take more than
that! ;) You can take as many items as you want, after that's over head back
up the ladder and down the manhole to get outta this creepy place!
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Goal 2: Art for Art's Sake
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1) Finally here's your chance to be a true artist! Talk with Daschell Swank
and he'll tell you that SimValley needs an art exhibition, and a masterpiece
created right here in SimValley can sway the mayors thoughts to host one.
Follow the map of the gardens I wrote which can be found after the FAQ (you
can look at it right now by inputting the code 'svmp' without the quotes
of course in the search function of your text editor!).
Press A on the painting board to start the *long* work, after the masterpiece
has been painted frame it and then hand it to Daschell Swank for 5000
simoleans! That covers all of Goal 2.
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Goal 3: Rock Star!
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1) After talking with Mel Odious about how he wants to be part of Vera Vex's
rock band and how he didn't make it.  Our first job is to find a place we
could jam. Talk with Uncle Hayseed at the farm and he'll let you jam there.
2) For this one, your popularity with the entire city in general has to be
25. If you've helped everyone up until now and have several friends by now
(you should have 4 by now) then this demand will be satisfied.
3) Develop a look: To gain a creativity level of 3 just paint a few portraits
(did you buy the painting kit?) and go to the north western part of the gym
near the mirror and the door. Press A on the mirror and your character will
stare at it for quite a while (sounds like he's lost it), but this actually
builds Charisma. Stare once again and your charisma will be level 2. Which
satisfies this demand.
4) Acquire one cool guitar: Talk with your mate Giuseppi Mezzoalto and he'll
give you one - purchase it from his van.
5) Impress the Local band Leader: Easy one! Talk to Vera Vex and make your
friendship level 50 with her and she'll let you join the band.
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Goal 4: Pizza Pandemonium
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Find and talk with Lottie Cash before you start this mission. She's usually
on the same road that you use when you leave the farm by heading east, mostly
around midday.
1) For this one go to the seafood restaurant, refer to the map if you don't
know where it is. The chef is the guy who's in white, a little fat and has a
hat on. Make friends with him, get the relationship level with him up to 60.
2) Prove your worth! Here you have to get your cooking skills up to level 5. So
visit the library, go upstairs and there on the east side there are cooking
books that you can read. Read them until your cooking skills ar at level 5.
3) Pay the Show entry fee: For this one talk with Lottie Cash. She'll say that
she's thinking about purchasing the sea food restaurant and the cooking TV
show that gets filmed over there. Pay her 2500 simoleans and from now on
you can access the pizza making minigame found in the sea food restaurant by
pressing A on the blue board.
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Goal 5: Champion of the Simverse
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Find & talk with Daddy Bigbucks, I found him at Knick Knacks. He'll say that
this town needs a triathlon, so he wants you to complete the three challenges so
that it might impress the mayor and in doing so he will open up the 1st annual
SimValley Extreme Games.
1) Catch the Veloci Rooster, this mad chicken runs fast everywhere but he's not
hard to catch, make your body level 6, my body level was 8 so maybe it was
easy for me. TIP: If you watch closely at the movement patterens of this
chicken it sometimes goes in the same direction when its running, knowing
this you can catch it, that's how I did it.
2) Visit Country Cafe, since your body level is at 6 you'll have no problem
doing this. If its not you better train for it. Press A on any of the two
bulls that are presented to you and ride any one of them till you satisfy
this challenge.
3) Since your on body level 6, go to the gym and the boxing ring. Press A on the
boxer to knock out Mad Willy Hurtzya (he doens't hurt ya anymore!).
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