
However, the Kraken may be sighted far out into the ocean in Sunset Valley and Lucky Palms, where the water is deep enough. The Kraken will only appear in Isla Paradiso due to the depth of the oceans there most other worlds in The Sims 3 have shallow bodies of water that cannot support the Kraken. The Kraken will occasionally appear underwater when the houseboat is in the middle of the ocean for a long time, and may attack Sims if they are on a boat. One special feature from Isla Paradiso is Kraken sightings. Other residents can be seen moving the houseboats, so it's not only the player who will move the inhabited houseboats. In addition, there are many ports and premade houseboats in Isla Paradiso. Hobart's Hideaway can be purchased for free, and it is intended to be a starting resort to help players familiarize with resort management. The resorts are Hobart's Hideaway (beach style), La Costa Verde (Spanish style), and Sparkling Sands (modern style). There are 3 pre-built resorts in Isla Paradiso, which have unique themes of their own. Similar to World Adventures adventure destinations, Isla Paradiso is also scattered with treasure chests, hidden in the islands or underwater. Sims can turn the island into a private secondary residential lot, or into a resort. Once discovered, the island will be automatically owned by the discoverer. It also has 8 hidden islands, surrounding the town, which can be discovered in certain ways. For instance, it's the only world that has diving areas for Sims to scuba dive and explore underwater, although some advanced players can also make their own in other worlds. Isla Paradiso has unique features that are not available in other worlds by default. The architecture of the town is either Spanish, beach, or modern. Unlike Sunlit Tides, which has a Pacific theme, Isla Paradiso has Caribbean and Spanish themes. The town is similar to Sunlit Tides, which is also based on a tropical island theme, although Isla Paradiso has even more islands. The Sims 2 Pets for console decreases the household size limit to 6, and limits the number of pets to five which counts up to the household limit.Isla Paradiso is located in the seas, consisting of two main islands and many small islands scattered around. However, it is impossible to create a household with more than eight Sims and pets in Create a Sim in The Sims 2. This allows an eight-Sim household to have one or two pets. The pets expansions for The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 keep the eight-Sim limit and limit the number of pets to six, but increase the household size limit to ten. The The Sims: Unleashed and The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs expansion packs does not change this limit a household can have any number of Sims and pets as long as the total does not exceed eight. Without a pet-related expansion pack, household size is limited to eight. In all games, the number of Sims (and pets, if available) that can be in a household is limited. This provided an indirect way to create non-college households in which Sims had different last names. This feature was available in all expansion packs for The Sims 2, regardless of whether University was installed or not. Beginning with University, players were able to merge two households. Beginning with The Sims 2, Sims could move out on their own. In all games, Sims can be added to a household by birth, adoption, or marriage/moving in, and can be removed by death or marrying into/moving into another household. NPCs are excluded from the household, though some NPCs ( butlers in The Sims 3: Late Night, roommates in The Sims 2: Apartment Life, etc.) can stay there permanently. "Family", which was the more common term in earlier games, is still used for households in which all Sims are related. The term became more common in The Sims 3, probably because Create a Sim in The Sims 3 lets players specify each Sim's last name. In The Sims 2: University, the term was used for young adults living in college sub-neighborhoods, to differentiate them from families living in other areas. A household is one group of playable Sims living on the same lot.
