Urbz, Sims GBA. Challenge Everything™ 

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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. 😂

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.

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! So nice to see other commenters so fond of this game as well. It was just absolute perfection. This and bustin out on GBA packed such a punch for a GBA game

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

I get unreasonably happy when I see you play these sims spin offs. They have a special place in my soul

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

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

This brought back some ancient core memories for me. I’ll never forget the pain of not knowing how to cure vampirism.

One of my favorites as a child. Crazy how realistic the gentrification of daddy big bucks has become.

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.

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

This is my favorite game of all time! I do a replay of the DS version about once a year. I miss the bumper boats and didn't do anything with Splicer Island until last year lol. It makes me genuinely happy to see someone still talking about this game. Thank you AA!

The video on Bustin' Out was strange to me, a close uncanny valley to a faint memory I had of a sims game I had all but convinced myself was a dream. I never beat Urbz but I played it allot, this has brought back so much nostalgia for me that I can't help but smile.

Ive been waiting for this video tbh lol This game is a huge part of my childhood, the sisters I played this game with are no longer with us but watching this video definitely brought back some memories Thank you for the great video

What a game this was, countless hours spent. The Townhouse was goated housing to me but the tower was dope too. Darius was legit, him and his swizzlesticks.

My older brother was gifted this game and an original DS when it fist first launched (I one got as well but witb Mario 64 DS instead). I was too young to read efficiently, so I had no idea what to do in the game, but once I was old enough, by golly, was this game fun. My favorite part was creating bizarre creatures in the lab towards the end of the story. It was so much fun watching a tiny T-rex/raptor and unicorn follow my character around town!

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

I love seeing videos on Bustin' Out and Urbz on GBA! These were my favorite games as a kid. I played them back-to-back last year and they're still amazing! One of my favorite strats is to stay in jail, max out the body stat, and get promoted in the basketball minigame for some good income. Also, the voicelines for the Bayou Brothers live rent-free in my head; I still find myself saying "HOODEE YEEHAW" and "KAY OLBOY" to this day. Thanks for making this video, it makes me smile seeing the community in the comments and finding out how much this game meant to others as well!

I played this game so much as a kid. It’s soundtrack was crazy good. “Glasstown (Night)” is one of my favorite video game tracks ever.

This was one of my favorite games growing up. It had such a cool sense of place even with the zany quests. I keep wishing they'll one day have games with the same sense of humor and wanting to give an experience again. But memories like from this game remain.

When I saw this video a month ago, I immediately dug through my cardboard boxes left from moving a couple of years ago, found my GBA SP and ordered a used cartridge of this game. Now I'm so hooked on it, even upgraded my GBA SP to a backlit IPS display so I can see all the weird shit happening in that game.

Happy to hear someone else talk about this game. I played it as a child too and it's been one of the games that have always stuck with me. I still love to play the violin job from time to time. I also feel like a lunatic when describing the game to other people.

Played this on a tablet with a simulator not long ago (didn't have gba when I was little :() I loved it so much. Coming from playing all the other story oriented sims games this is my favourite of all time. I love it.

I've been hoping you would play this. Gosh am I excited.

This game is actually the GOAT of the GBA. I have so many fond memories of this game, it's kinda like a fever dream thinking back on it. Also The Sims 2 on GBA / DS was an amazing game too from what I can remember

Man, I loved this game as a teen. You had a Sims-style game with an open world filled with interesting characters with unique personalities. There were tons of fun side activities, a quirky but compelling story, lots of locales to explore and secrets to find... And all of that was contained in a handheld that I could play on long car rides. Thanks for the nostalgia trip.

I love watching people happy and passionate about stuff, even if I’ve never heard of it before!

Words can’t express how excited I am to watch this

This was one of my favorite games, and nobody had ever heard of it when I was younger. It was one of those GBA titles that really drew me in. It might sound silly, but I always thought this and Metroid Pinball were two *really* underrated games that should have been more popular.

The bayou scene traumatized him so bad he has spent the rest of his life building fictional cities over and over and over again to stave off the dread of the eternal, impending wilderness.

This game is one of my all time favorites! It holds a lot of nostalgia.

I played the hell out of the DS version, I'm so glad you're getting to this game

I think more children or teens (like me) should play these absolute gems. I got into GB, GBC and GBA games about 2 years ago and bought a GBA SP almost a year ago, and honestly I'm so happy I did. These games are truly amazing.

The Daddy Bigbucks matchup can be rough sometimes, but knowing that giant swing is a 1 break helps a lot.

hopefully you're planning on making a video on the sims castaway console game because the story and gameplay is incredible! it's crazy how much content they fit into it. i've never actually beat it because i got sidetracked/had too much fun exploring and crafting everything i could but now that i'm thinking about it i really want to. it's a shame that the console games for the sims 4 are literally just ports of the pc versions. i'd say i should have appreciated the sims 2 era of games but i still replay most of them every year lol

I love The Urbz: Sims in the City

I love a game that takes a detour from a "Stop the evil land developer" plot to explore a Lynchian demon swamp for a few hours

thanks for making this, i have such fond memories of this game and i always felt like i was the only one who ever played it. you're exactly right that it felt so mysterious and huge as a kid.

This game is such a treasure trove of memories for me. I can still hear that amazing bayou music in my head from time to time...

God I love console Sims. This looks like so much fun.

I respect Daddy Bigbuck's direct methods, and his willingness to get his hands dirty himself. I am now team chucking kids in rivers.

I waited for this, and I'm happy it's happened. I'm going to point out just a couple of my favorite tidbits of the game, so spoiler warning to anyone who hasn't yet played this gem. If you're still looking even after the "show more", you're about to be spoiled. The whole bayou portion is probably my favorite part of the game. Not only is the Red Man my favorite of the minigame jobs, but escaping the bayou leads to a great rugpull moment in the story. See, while you were having an involuntary bayou adventure, Daddy Bigbucks somehow got "running" turned into a criminal offense. After the amount of time you've spent playing the game and running everywhere, it's only natural that you'd continue doing so upon getting back to Sim Quarter. So when you suddenly hear the police siren SFX, get a popup telling you you're busted, and find yourself in jail talking to Detective Dan again, it's the last thing you'd expect to happen. It absolutely caught me my first playthrough, and the memory of that sudden change in the laws has stuck with me ever since. Oh, and the Bayou brothers? The Ninja is tied to them. If you talk about Ninjas with Clem, he'll tell you they supply her with her smoothies.

The Waffle House has found its new host

This was and still is my favourite game of all time. It's so simple yet so full of creativity and likley sparked my desire to make games. I still play this on my first gbsp all the time.

Ah, I remember this game. Every map and plot is a movie reference. In fact I think it is 99% movie references.

One of the greatest games ever! There are so much personality in each corner it is always fresh and fun

One of my fav channels. Love everything Sims related, and this really makes me want to get a GBA again. I had mine for just a year or so and apparently missed out on a lot of fun games.

I love these little re-views! I never played any of them, so it's nice to get a "guided tour" so to speak.

NOSTALGIA Thank you for reminding me how great my childhood was. I miss this game and NEED to find myself a copy and a GBA.

I've been hoping you would cover this one for so long, it was my first DS game and it feels like almost no one knows about it. It's SUCH a joy to go back to and idk, glad to see other people that feel the same way about it.

This was the first video game ever that made me smuggle my gba to grade school to play in the bathroom stalls during breaks

This was one of my favorite games growing up, I'm so glad that you did a video on it!

This game is so close to my heart! Many, many hours of my tween life were spent in Miniopolis. Thank you for sharing!

This one was my childhood goddamn. You are amazing.

I am so glad I am not the only one to think "Challenge Everything" whenever I see the EA logo.

Thank you so much for this video, this is probably one of my all time fav video game, I'm glad it got the recognition it deserves!!

This is absolutely my favourite game of all time, the vibes were immaculate, the music revolutionary, the bayou is probably got my favourite area music of all time. Glad to see people are still thinking about it even today. I wonder will you cover the Sims 2 gba game because thats ALSO a ride!

I love how the evil plan involves a completely unnecessary and expensive bulldozing phase 😂 like you don't need to rebuild the whole building if you bought it just to charge entry

thank you for diving into this one. ive been hoping youd cover it since the home console urbz video!

i LOVED this game as a kid, played it to death. the fiddler music was dope. it was such a weird, lightning in the bottle experience because everything in it was great

This was like the only spin off I played not counting Sims 2 on PS2. Loved it

The Urbz was my longest Blockbuster game rental

Had the best amphibian sum up my entire middle school childhood. Glad I still got a copy of it for DS

I love how busted one specific level of Comedy Club minigame was. The ratio of flowers to tomatoes there allowed you to keep playing the minigame as long as you know how to dodge well, and easily earn 1.4k or more per night. It was great for accumulating money early on.

i JUST talked about how i need to play this game again yesterday (but i couldnt find it anywhere online) and exactly now this video comes out. HOW? I love these old Urbz feverdream games

yes! this game was amazing, one of my all time favorites for the gba, glad to see it getting some of the attention it deserves

I thought most people would find this game trash but I'm surprised to see that a lot of people loved it, makes me feel good

man those tunes from the early 2000's maxis games really hit different once you grow old. such fun times i had.

YOOOOO, HE HAD FINALLY DONE IT!!! AND IT'S THE GBA VERSION TOO!!! Holy jesus christ, I know I was among many who wholeheartedly want Amphibian to do a video on Urbz Sim in the City for months now, been waiting for this video since last year and we finally got it!!!

as a minnesotan the fact that this city is a pun for minneapolis threw me for a loop every time you said it 😭

This is also my favorite Sims entry! I look forward to building a clubhouse in the trash every time I drag the GBA out of the closet.

I played Urbz on the Gamecube and the DS and had convinced myself that I was the only person to have ever enjoyed those games. Thank you for proving me wrong, Dan D. Man! I mean AA!

The villain is an homage to the antagonist on It's a Wonderful Life, Mr Potter.

When the pages were flipping at the end I absolutely thought my screen was flickering... Anywho, thanks for another great video!

Picture this. It was the early 2000s. I had a GBA I'd imported from the USA. I saw a game called "Urbz: Sims in the city" but passed on it because I thought it would be crap. 20 years later this video verified my assumption. Thanks AA!

7:38 LOL its a Star Wars reference to when Luke confronts his own self as Darth Vade in the caverns.

Your content has helped keep me sane over the last few years. Thank you for another great piece of content. I went through a lot of depression while taking care of an ill family member, and I lost my connection with gaming, and I've gotten back into gaming through your content. I got into Rimworld because of you and that game was a huge breath of fresh air. Sorry for dragging on, but thank you for helping us persist amongst this modern ennui, kaloo kalay!

I just found out your channel trying to live out memories of the games. If you notice at the start of the game there is a crashed rocket on top of the tower. It is implied that the rocket from bustin out crashed into the tower and you came out of it. And then you get hired as a janitor.

i have been waiting for a video on this game by a creator that i love for SO long thank you, i haven't even watched the vid yet and i know it's gonna be amazing this is def one of my favorite games of all time and one of the best soundtracks ever lol

I remember loving the shit out of this game as a kid. And as far as my memory serves its the best game in the sims franchise

Man, I love your videos so much, I watch them whenever they're suggested to me, even when I've already seen them multiple times! You have such a refreshing, charming way of talking about games.

I always had Urbz for the DS and as a stupid child I never fully understood what I needed to do. I always assumed it was like normal Sims. All I remember is that first theme, shooting basketballs, pissing myself and falling asleep in said piss and laughing and closing the game, good times. Awesome to see what it all was

Thank you for making a video on this game, I was obsessed with it as a kid. I still have my 4 copies of the GBA cartridge and on DS cartridge. Seeing one of my favorite RU-vidrs making a video on my favorite game really made my day. This was like a trip down memory lane. Thanks AA!

For Christmas, my boyfriend purchased a used copy of this game so I could play it on his old Gameboy, and it brought absolute joy to my life. Finding this video now just gets me more excited to keep playing!

Yoooo this is a blast from the past! I legit was looking through my things the other day and saw my original cartridge for this game!

have been having a shitty week, Ambiguous Amphibian uploads. Feel cheered up instantly.

I used to absolutely love the DS version of The Urbz. I still play it through to the end every few years.

This was so good! Please keep making more Sims content - they're such a joy to watch. I think it would be cool to see you try doing the same challenge (like Rags to Riches) in The Sims 1, 2, and 3 to see how different each game is

This game is genuinely one of the best games I have ever played -- I go back to it so often. Thanks for the nostalgia!

For anybody who doesn't know. "Rosebud" is an easter egg harkening back to one of the instant money cheats in Sims 1,