Maybe were getting a tropical pack with a mermaid life state ?
Due the symbols found in the game, some were tropical but there was a mermaid symbol. I think we might get a mermaid life state with a tropical pack.
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I'm probably just rationalizing because mermaids mean nothing to me and big bodies of water make me think of drowning (I used to get scared when I was younger, playing the water level in Super Mario 64) but I'm not sure what all grounds there would be for an interesting mermaid life stage. It seems like it'd be pretty limited to having special powers inside of water, but apart from pools, that's pretty much the extent of water. And if they added a tropical water world, then you'd basically have to live in it to get proper use of mermaidness.
So I mean, it's possible, but you potentially run into the "what about when they're out of water 90% of the time" problem. They'd have to build a LOT of gameplay to fit around inhabitating water and most of the game would be inaccessible, or (even if they could survive outside of water) be vanilla for them, since their powers wouldn't have justification for working.
I think it'd make more sense to expand Plant Sims than put a lot of time into a Mermaid life stage. Unless it's just some passing fancy life stage. Certainly, I don't see room for Vampires level of depth to it, but maybe I'm just being close-minded.
So I mean, it's possible, but you potentially run into the "what about when they're out of water 90% of the time" problem. They'd have to build a LOT of gameplay to fit around inhabitating water and most of the game would be inaccessible, or (even if they could survive outside of water) be vanilla for them, since their powers wouldn't have justification for working.
I think it'd make more sense to expand Plant Sims than put a lot of time into a Mermaid life stage. Unless it's just some passing fancy life stage. Certainly, I don't see room for Vampires level of depth to it, but maybe I'm just being close-minded.
