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Each building grants certain benefits to the city. There are a number of buildings that can only be obtained by spending money on research (found toward the bottom of your exp. The game also features a "Save the City" mode in which the player must help one of several cities recover from a disaster and reach a specific target to succeed. The game features a number of disasters which the game can inflict upon a city, including earthquakes, fires, giant ape attacks, and UFO attacks.
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Bowser's Castle from the Mario series of video games is also featured. Real-world landmarks featured in SCDS include the Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Big Ben, Statue of Liberty, White House, Grand Central Terminal, Palacio Real, Moai, Capitol Records Building, United Nations Headquarters and Hagia Sophia. Independent real-world landmarks (and one fictional landmark) are also prominent in SCDS, but must be unlocked in play or by using passwords. Generally, when things were going very well in a city, the news ticker displays headlines which are comical, or even nonsensical and often seemingly useless to the player. In addition to the advisor, a news ticker scrolls along the bottom of the upper screen, displaying pertinent information about the city in the form of news stories, such as indicating that the city needs improvements in certain areas, or how well a particular city department is functioning. They may also give the player rewards or request certain structures to be erected in the city. There are also petitioners, many of which are citizens of the players' cities, that approach the player with problems and request solutions or to modify city policies, such as lowering tax rates, or neighbor deals (old coot offers to take trash for $250 per month, Granny Agnes offers to buy water for $500 a month, both last 5 years). The different advisors include Julie McSim, Ayako Tachibana, Kaishu Tachibana, Servo 3000 and a secret advisor named Alien. As opposed to previous versions of SimCity, the player must choose only one advisor to help them when they sign the town charter. SimCity DS features five advisors who help players make proper decisions in the game by providing recommendations and advice. The upper screen of the DS displays the city and news ticker, while the map, advisor, information and buttons are shown on the touchscreen. Before beginning a city, the player must choose a location in the region, one of five advisors and then sign the town charter using the touchscreen and stylus.
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Console-specific features are also prominent, such as the use of the systems' integrated microphone, which is used to blow out fires and the touch screen which is used to control the interface. SimCity DS inherits SimCity 3000 's graphics and uses the handheld's dual screens to display additional interfaces. Screenshot of SimCity DS, displaying a city on the top screen and the city's map at the bottom screen