i've been thinking of what i would like to see if mermaids return (pretty please) for TS4 and wanted to share and hear what ideas other people have. :p this isn't a fleshed out plan, just some ideas.CAS: 1. tails - we should still be able to customize their tails... since we don't have the color wheel, we would have a color palette like with everything else. i think a decent selection of colors and a few patterned tails inspired by different tropical fish would be nice.2. hair - longer hairstyles! nothing too crazy but a bit longer than what we have now. when i think of mermaid hair i also think of braids + flowers. long hairstyles and beards for mermen too! 3. accessories - lily pad hat, coral crown, pearl/shell jewely, starfish earrings, new tattoos, etc.4. clothing - seashell bra, starfish bra... (i don't think they should be limited to these like TS3 though)GAMEPLAY:1. if we got a large tropical world in a separate EP, a mermaid Game Pack could add a new smaller sized world. i'd love areas where mermaids could lounge about like the lagoon in Peter Pan. maybe something like this secret lot that screams mermaids to me:http://www.thesims.com/media/cache/full/content/dam/ea/www-thesims/news_images/Sims_grotto_photo1.png2. mermaids living in caverns like the one above. this may be unlikely but i'd love it. they could fish for their food, bathe in a waterfall for their hygiene (or just have hydration like TS3), etc.3. mermaids themselves would mostly be the same as TS3 (hydration, love seafood, etc)... with a few tweaks. for example no showers. imo they should bathe in a tub with their fin sticking out. (a la Splash, Aquamarine, Charmed...)4. mermaid children! (and toddlers if we get them)5. Sea Hag or Sea Witch NPC that can give you legs or a tail! INTERACTIONS:1. talking to fish in aquariums or bowls for social needs/goofy animations2. playing in waterfalls like TS33. swim together as a group4. lounging on rocks5. serenading sims6. sims can rub their tails for good luck7. conch instrumenti'll add more ideas later, i wanna hear you guys' ideas too!http://33.media.tumblr.com/f86a0be83421fe9cbeff84bda9ef6dbe/tumblr_mlbtku005g1snckw0o1_r1_500.gif

How would they walk on land? Oh and what about half-non Mermaid children?

"MadameLee;14008224" wrote:How would they walk on land? Oh and what about half-non Mermaid children?legs on land, tail in the water like TS3.

"MadameLee;14008224" wrote:How would they walk on land? Oh and what about half-non Mermaid children?Well to me Merfolk kind of are like, Werewolves The moon phase and the tides.According to Ariel on Once Upon a Time, Mermaid Mythology, The Sea Goddess Ursula, Grants her kind with legs on the lowest tide, Merfolk are granted legs for 12 hours, once the 12 hours are up they turn back into a mermaid and return to the sea.For gameplay purposes, I think, Sims must look for the hidden lot, Underwater and find the Trident stuck in the Stone. the weirder will have power over water, the ocean and storms and the ability to transform into a mermaid/human at will, and turn others into other sea creatures.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOt9C0NpHB8ORCollect pearls Seashells, and Sea glass, and craft the bracelet. this is from Once Upon a Time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f45vsUaERgOr craft a Shark tooth Necklace, for male sims and that can give men the ability to turn into a sea creature of player's choice.

"MasonGamer;14008395" wrote:Well to me Merfolk kind of are like, Werewolves The moon phase and the tides.According to Ariel on Once Upon a Time, Mermaid Mythology, The Sea Goddess Ursula, Grants her kind with legs on the lowest tide, Merfolk are granted legs for 12 hours, once the 12 hours are up they turn back into a mermaid and return to the sea.For gameplay purposes, I think, Sims must look for the hidden lot, Underwater and find the Trident stuck in the Stone. the weirder will have power over water, the ocean and storms and the ability to transform into a mermaid/human at will, and turn others into other sea creatures.ORCollect pearls Seashells, and Sea glass, and craft the bracelet. this is from Once Upon a Time.Or craft a Shark tooth Necklace, for male sims and that can give men the ability to turn into a sea creature of player's choice.that is a cool idea but unless they make it so mersims can live underwater (which would be awesome) idk about limiting their time on land that much.. the trident would be cool as a hidden object or lifetime reward, tho idk how much would be possible in the games engine when it comes to having power over water.. that's why i didn't bring up anything like that, i don't know what is realistic to ask for with that. causing storms i could see if it was added after seasons!but that video with ursula is awesome. the episode that introduced ariel got me to watch the show and that video made me want to watch more. also need her hair and tiara for mermaids. :o

"MadameLee;14008526" wrote:what about half-mermaid children?are there hybrids in TS4? i don't have GTW so idk if there are "half-aliens". assuming there aren't hybrids, i guess it would be the same as always? children are either born as a human or mermaid.

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MasonGamerBoi
8 years ago
"LadyJester;15546811" wrote:
"v12creator;15543597" wrote:
To tell the truth, i do say the same thing i said for horses request, their gameplay is tied to open world functionality and knowing thesims5 they are probably gonna be restricted to a single neighborhood, and in thesims4 that is very little, their gameplay will become old really really fast, i do rather them to focus on the main land occults such as werewolf ,robots etc.

I don't know I think the gurus would be able to find a way to add in mermaids. I don't think mermaids need an open world to work. They could have secret lots where mermaids can gather and swim in the area.

It would be cool to see an under water neighborhood, with a shoreline with one lot above ground. if that doesn't work, you could have a beach. and making all large bodies of water except unconnected ponds intractable. and i believes mermaids have the power to traverse realms/dimensions freely so they could have their underwater neighborhood hidden but only accessible in the menu if you're a sea creature.
Louise_Goethals
8 years ago
Sounds awesome!!

Some of my ideas:

-If a mermaid kisses a sim, that sim can temporarily breathe underwater. Mermaids can also bring drowned sims back to life by kissing them (only possible if a sim is busy drowning/near drowning/has already died but Grimmy hasn't reaped sim's soul yet)

-Mermaids can sleep in water (swimming pool, ocean, bath etc: they curl up their tail and float on the water, or sleep in the tub with their tail hanging over the side)

-I love the idea mentioned here of bathing instead of showering. It makes sense, as mermaids can't stand in the shower with their tails and Aquamarine is one of my favourite childhood movies!

-Mermaids have perks and weaknesses, like vampires:
Weaknesses:
>Smells like fish
A.k.a. stinks and gives other sims an uncomfortable buff.
>Can only eat raw kelp and raw fish
>Must be in water by sunset
Pops a tail when the sun sets, thus has to sleep in water, or dehydrate and die.
>Terrified of sharks
Will pass out if sim sees a shark and is more likely to be attacked by one.

Powers:
>Control the weather
Mermaids with this power, can alter the weather like @azareasaquarinus suggested.
>Control the ocean
Can make small waves, bubbles of different glowing colours, summon a whirlpool, summon a storm and tranquilize the ocean (makes it completely flat and calm)
>Friend of the ocean
Can talk to all sea animals, fish and sea plants, can ask oysters for pearls, can bring mounted fish back to life, can summon any type of saltwater fish and can order sharks to attack sims.
>Heavenly Sirens
Can lure a sim into the water by singing and then hypnotize them into doing stuff, seduce them or drown them.
>Steal other sims' voice
Mermaids with this power can steal other sims' voices. The voice will be stored in a seashell. The sim will not be able to do socials that use their voice , but can still hug, kiss, play cards etc. silently. The sim's voice will return in 24 sim hours, but the seashell will remain and serves as a sort of button where the mermaid can enchant it again at any time to steal the voice once more for 24 hours.

Etc.
Dreamprisoner
Seasoned Novice
8 years ago
I would like,
Mermaid-specific face/skin details, including an array of Fin-types and gill placements, etc.
Different tails to chose from, not just the colour.
The option for some semi-translucent skins with lights running through them, like a deep sea fish.
https://img.wikinut.com/img/twv8_40uozgs-pyy/jpeg/0/Deep-sea-fish.jpeg
Hairstyles that are made out of moss, shells, coral, etc;
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/748510b5c60a4ff1afa0bc4c782aa5a7/haircap-moss-hair-moss-star-moss-polytrichum-formosum-schnes-frauenhaarmoos-cc5y8p.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/eb/9a/0a/eb9a0aa37e6e436f39ec406ca9d9a676.jpg
Louise_Goethals
8 years ago
"dreamprisoner;15551685" wrote:
I would like,
Mermaid-specific face/skin details, including an array of Fin-types and gill placements, etc.
Different tails to chose from, not just the colour.
The option for some semi-translucent skins with lights running through them, like a deep sea fish.
https://img.wikinut.com/img/twv8_40uozgs-pyy/jpeg/0/Deep-sea-fish.jpeg
Hairstyles that are made out of moss, shells, coral, etc;
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/748510b5c60a4ff1afa0bc4c782aa5a7/haircap-moss-hair-moss-star-moss-polytrichum-formosum-schnes-frauenhaarmoos-cc5y8p.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/eb/9a/0a/eb9a0aa37e6e436f39ec406ca9d9a676.jpg

Ooooh love those ideas! It would be awesome to have those options for customization. I think we will probably get a lot of options like gills, mermaid-ish eyes, fins, tail details, cool hairs and a few skins (think kind of clammy , slightly transparent like you suggested and maybe a pastel colour or two) because of the detail we got for vampires. EA has set the bar high for life states now and I think they will continue to make lifestates highly customizable, which is great. They're really focussing on allowing simmers to create versions of just about any genre in a lifestate.
simmisammi98
8 years ago
I would love to see longer hair if there were mermaids, along with more hair colors!! I also think it would be cool if the mermaids were able to switch between human for land and mermaid for see, along with being able to have children that have a 50/50 chance if the child's mother/father is human and one is mermaid then the child might not be one either, or may be a hybrid
davina1221
8 years ago
"Louise_G0325;15551636" wrote:
Some of my ideas:
Mermaids can also bring drowned sims back to life by kissing them (only possible if a sim is busy drowning/near drowning/has already died but Grimmy hasn't reaped sim's soul yet)

I really like this one. I didn't think much when I clicked on because I was just starting to play S3 mermaids and my computer got a bug and went down and so I didn't play them too long, but I was impressed with your ideas and pictures especially the cove where they lounge and are hidden. That picture really made me want to play this hood and it could be kept to this one hood until they expand with water and beaches if they decide to. Many of the ideas here are great, but your picture was what really makes me want this. A gloomy hood like the vampires got.

"BOY;850845" wrote:
i've been thinking of what i would like to see if mermaids return (pretty please) for TS4

http://www.thesims.com/media/cache/full/content/dam/ea/www-thesims/news_images/Sims_grotto_photo1.png
misschristine14
7 years ago
YES! I support all of this so much and wish this was being created right now!! I love mermaids! Here are some ideas:

I would love for them to create an underwater world like in sims 3 but one that we can visit and explore! Maybe it can come with a map view like any other world but all the options are for mermaid life (different caves to explore, an abandoned ship to explore underwater, a treasure cove, an underwater hunting ground where they can find their food, a hang out place for mermaids where they can lounge, etc) . It could be a hidden world that can only be accessed by mermaids or a regular human sim that has a high skill in scuba diving (it would need to be re-introduced as a skill in the game along with snorkeling).

Interactions: I would love for there to be some new interactions between mermaids and humans. I would like for the mermaids to gain a skill that gives them human knowledge. The higher their skill, the more effective their relationships with humans will be.

If mermaids want to live with regular sims, i would love for mermaids to still need to sleep underwater. Maybe they will need to live somewhere near the beach and it can be a new world that gets introduced! If they don’t make an underwater world or a beach world, then maybe the developers can make an option for mermaids to have more access to the water around them in any world that we currently have in the game (like all the currently unswimmable “beaches” in the get together and pets expansion packs) and they can use it to sleep and hydrate when needed. I would like to see a mermaid swimming around the water by the lighthouse, I think it would look amazing but I might be only dreaming lol.

If we have witches by the time we (hopefully) get mermaids then maybe they can create a potion / spell that allows mermaids to be human for 24 hours or permanently. Maybe they can do the same for vampires and give them the ability to walk during the daytime. This suggestion is so that they have more than 1 way to become human so that it’s not always the same.

I love everyone’s ideas so far!!!!
TakThomas
7 years ago
Not sure if this has been said already but with the tails it would be cool if we had different styles of fins. (Koi fins, shark fins, dolphin fins) or even different types of bottom halves from different sea creatures, like octopus mermaids.

And it'd be cool if we had the option to paint the tails the same way we do for pets fur.
Madamelee
New Rookie
10 years ago
"kit;14008487" wrote:
"MasonGamer;14008395" wrote:

Well to me Merfolk kind of are like, Werewolves The moon phase and the tides.
According to Ariel on Once Upon a Time, Mermaid Mythology, The Sea Goddess Ursula, Grants her kind with legs on the lowest tide, Merfolk are granted legs for 12 hours, once the 12 hours are up they turn back into a mermaid and return to the sea.

For gameplay purposes, I think, Sims must look for the hidden lot, Underwater and find the Trident stuck in the Stone. the weirder will have power over water, the ocean and storms and the ability to transform into a mermaid/human at will, and turn others into other sea creatures.

OR
Collect pearls Seashells, and Sea glass, and craft the bracelet. this is from Once Upon a Time.

Or craft a Shark tooth Necklace, for male sims and that can give men the ability to turn into a sea creature of player's choice.

that is a cool idea but unless they make it so mersims can live underwater (which would be awesome) idk about limiting their time on land that much.. the trident would be cool as a hidden object or lifetime reward, tho idk how much would be possible in the games engine when it comes to having power over water.. that's why i didn't bring up anything like that, i don't know what is realistic to ask for with that. causing storms i could see if it was added after seasons!

but that video with ursula is awesome. the episode that introduced ariel got me to watch the show and that video made me want to watch more. also need her hair and tiara for mermaids. :o

what about half-mermaid children?
Madamelee
New Rookie
10 years ago
"kit;14008543" wrote:
"MadameLee;14008526" wrote:

what about half-mermaid children?

are there hybrids in TS4? i don't have GTW so idk if there are "half-aliens". assuming there aren't hybrids, i guess it would be the same as always? children are either born as a human or mermaid.

There kind of are and aren't you just get the alien's skin colour but you don't have the abiilty to alter yourself like a full alien would (not sure how alien+half-non-allien married an full alien would produced..