If you're after excitement, the Sims games are not for you. But then you would probably be playing on an Xbox or PSP rather than a GBA anyway! As the title says, I think this game is great value. What with the price of GBA games coming down, I got this for around £15, and it provides many, MANY hours of gameplay. My favourite thing about this game is that you can pick it up, play a bit, and save at any point. Being a student (and someone who therefore shouldn't be wasting time playing games!), I don't have time to play games where I can't save until I've completed a long level. With this game, you are given little tasks to do by other Sims, which don't take long. Or you can work towards the larger tasks, such as saving up Simoleons to buy something, saving at any time, and coming back to it another day. I wouldn't recommend this game for children under about 10, as they would probably get bored with it, but I've been playing the Sims since I was about 13, on both computer and GBA, and I would say it is perfect the teenage age range.