The Sims 3: Pets (console)

The Sims 3: Pets is a standalone game for consoles.EA.com - The Sims 3 Pets It was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo 3DS.
The game sees a return of pets from The Sims 2: Pets. However, the console version only features cats and dogs.The Sims 3: Pets - Interview with Ben Bell
Like the "base" variant, the online services were shutdown in 2018. The game has been removed from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Marketplace, meaning that the digital version is only available for download to players who have previously bought it.
==Features==
*Unlike The Sims 2 Pets for consoles, the game doesn't just focus on pets, which means it has all the features of The Sims 3.
*You can play as your own pet that you created.
*Pets have their own traits.
*Life stages for pets are: Puppy/Kitten, Adult, and Elder E3: Sims 3 Pets is Just What You’d Expect
*Pets can learn skills.
*Cats and dogs can learn to hunt, dogs can learn to locate collectibles and fetch your Sims a date.
*The Xbox 360 version features support for the Kinect motion sensor.IGN - E3 2011: The Sims 3: Pets Goes to the Dogs
*Players will be able to obtain new breeds such as a dog tiger husky, a dog panda chow, a cat skunk birman as well as other additional pets.
*There are also new pet motives, Destruction for Dogs and Scratch for Cats.
*The karma powers from The Sims 3 on console returns in the console version of Pets and some of the negative karma powers relates to animals.The Sims 3: Pets Announced | MK Gaming
*There are more than 100 breeds of dogs and cats with traits that can be altered, such as fur length and pattern.The Sims 3 Pets Live Broadcast NotesThe Sims 3 Pets Live Broadcast
*You can control the animals and they can have their own desires.
*You can assign features to pets and learn new skills, Your pets are also sims and can help your Sim.
*Pets can meet, fall in love and reproduce. Also, they can try to have puppies, kittens, and will also have family trees.
*Pets have inherited genetics.
*Sugar Maple Coast is the town for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions,The Sims 3 Pets Q&A with Ben Bell while Port Abel is for Nintendo 3DS.
==Cheats==
To cheat the player must press (PS3) or (Xbox 360) and a message will appear asking if you want to enable creation mode. Click yes and the player will unlock a few karma powers along with unlimited karma points and 99,999,999 Simoleons. The player's budget doesn't change if one buys or sells. However consequently the player will not receive any trophies, achievements or challenges with Creation mode enabled.
==Pet Trait==
There are a total of thirty possible pet traits. In Create-A-Pet, each pet can be given up to two traits. Pets can learn up to eleven traits, and they can also "un-learn" them. A few traits cannot be learned. Some traits are unique to one species, and some can be for any species. There are also some traits that will conflict with one another, such as Proud and Playful.
== Glitches ==
The Sims 3 Pets has its fair share of small issues with certain things. They don't necessarily break the game, but they can be annoying.
* Sometimes if you want to watch TV, you will be unable to because the game thinks that your couch is full, even when it isn't. Because of this, you cannot replace it or move it anywhere else.
* When your Sim steps out of a shower, there is a slight chance that the water coming from the shower head will still be running. This can be mistaken for a broken shower.
* There's a rare chance that a burglar will enter your house, set off the alarm, and stare at you for a few minutes before dashing out of your house. Nothing will be taken, but you will receive a message telling you that the police will get him/her next time.
* After using a piece of gym equipment (the treadmill or the weight machine) it can sometimes take a while for your Sim to change back to his/her everyday clothes.
* Sometimes a cat's tail texture may stretch occasionally. The only known way to fix it is restarting the game.
* During a birthday if you use a Karma power at a Sim that is aging up, then the "Having Birthday" interaction will cancel, thus resulting in a bugged age. Their portrait of them will be at the age they were supposed to become, but after the event would end, when idle they will be the same height of said age originally, but appearance-wise they would have the facial structures of the age they were going to become next.
*Sometimes while making food, a Sim will disappear for unknown reasons and will not return, forcing the player to create a new family.
*Sometimes a Sim will perform an action but will freeze mid animation. Trying to repeat the action will correct the issue.
*On the 3DS version of the game, if you delete a fence and you undo the action, the game doesn't reset the money to what it was before the action was made, essentially its an infinite money glitch.
*On the Xbox 360 version, if the player plays a save for more than 10 weeks in-game, the game will sometimes crash while playing for a few minutes.
*The game audio will sometimes cut out randomly, but will return shortly after.
*When a sims enters a vehicle while performing an animation (i.e Yawning or saying something) the sound from the animation will sometimes repeat indefinitely until they exit the vehicle.
*When in town or any big open areas, the game will have frequent FPS drops.
*On Xbox 360 when a teen or child stays out past curfew and the police come to pick them up, you will not be able to leave the current location because an "investigation in process" or something like that. when this happens you must restart your Xbox and therefore lose anything you had not previously saved. 
==Console features==
While both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions support native Dolby Digital (presumably 5.1), only the PlayStation 3 version supports native DTS (presumably also 5.1).
The Xbox 360 version supports the Kinect motion detector camera, but does not support backwards compatibility on Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S.
The Nintendo 3DS version supports autostereoscopic 3D and StreetPass.
==Gallery==
===PlayStation 3 / Xbox 360===
TS3 Pets Dog CAS Xbox 360.jpg|A dog being created in Create-a-Pet for console.
TS3 Pets Cat CAS Xbox 360.jpg|A cat being created in Create-a-Pet for console.
Sims 3 Pets console cat CAS.jpg|A cat being created in Create-a-Pet for console.
TS3P X360 Live.png|Live mode in Pets for Xbox 360.
sims-3-pets-limited-edition.png|Pet breeds exclusive to the console version's Limited Editions.
vampets.png|Feral Possession Karma Power.
The Sims 3 Pets Console 1.jpg|A picture of a Sim and the town pets, in the console version of The Sims 3: Pets.
TigerDog.jpg|Tiger Husky one of the many exclusive breeds.
===Nintendo 3DS===
TS3 Pets learning handshake skill 3DS.jpg|A dog learning the handshake skill.
Sims_3_Pets_Box_Art_3DS.jpg|Box art for 3DS.
==Music==
This is a list of artists and their songs that are to be featured in Pets:
Artist	Track 	Real-world preview	Notes/References
Plan B	Stay Too Long	 	The Sims 3: Pets soundtrack
==Other languages==
Language 	Title
English 	The Sims 3: Pets
Dutch 	De Sims 3: Beestenbende
European Portuguese	Os Sims 3: Mascotes
French 	Les Sims 3: Animaux et cie
German 	Die Sims 3: Einfach Tierisch
Italian 	The Sims 3: Animali & Co.
Japanese 	The Sims 3: ペット
Russian 	The Sims 3: Питомцы
Spanish 	Los Sims 3: ¡Vaya Fauna!
== Trailers and videos ==
The Sims 3 Pets Announce Trailer|Announcement Trailer
The Sims 3 Pets (Unleashed) Leaked Trailer|The Sims 3: Pets (Unleashed) Leaked Trailer
The Sims 3 Pets - Interview with Michael Cox|Interview with Michael Cox, a developer of the game.
The_Sims_3_Pets_Live_Q&A,_Sneak_Peak_Preview_with_Ben_Bell|An interview with Ben Bell.
The_Sims_3_Pets_Xbox_360_PS3_Trailer|GamesCom Console Trailer
The_Sims_3_Pets_Interview_-_PC_and_Console_-_Gamescom_2011|Sims 3 Pets GamesCom Producer Interview
Producer Präsentation Die Sims 3 Einfach tierisch - gamescom 2011|Sims 3 Pets Producer Presentation
Video-Preview_gamescom_2011_Die_Sims_3_Einfach_tierisch|Pets 3DS Gameplay
SimFans Sims 3 Pets Producer Interview|SimFans GamesCom Pets Interview
The Sims 3 Pets - Xbox 360 Offscreen Gameplay - gamescom 2011|GamesCom Create A Pet Console
The Wild World of The Sims 3 Pets (original narration by Randall)|The Wild World of The Sims 3: Pets
The Sims 3 Pets Producer's Walkthrough|The Sims 3: Pets Producer's Walkthrough
Trevor Mountleg presents The Sims 3 Pets on Console|Trevor Mountleg presents The Sims 3: Pets on Console
Trevor Mountleg presents The Sims 3 Pets on the Nintendo 3DS|Trevor Mountleg presents The Sims 3: Pets on the Nintendo 3DS
==See also==
*Game guide:The Sims 3 Pets (console) challenges
==References==
es:Los Sims 3: ¡Vaya fauna! (consola)
ru:The Sims 3: Питомцы (на консолях)
Pets (console), The Sims 3
Pets (console), The Sims 3
Category:The Sims 3: Pets (console)