Unlike the other expansions, this game does not have a new neighborhood.
In Australia, one Australian dollar per game sold, from at least 50,000 copies of the game, was donated to the RSPCA. It was released for the Wii on June 12, 2007, being the first The Sims title on the platform. It was released on October 26, 2006, in Australia. Pets was announced on July 26, 2006, and released on October 18, 2006, in North American and via download, as well as on October 20, 2006, in European regions. It was also sold as a stand-alone game for GameCube, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Portable and Wii. The Sims 2: Pets is the fourth expansion pack in The Sims 2 series of games published by Electronic Arts. The last expansion pack, Apartment Life, was released on August 25, 2008. The first expansion pack, University, was released on March 1, 2005. Expansion packs tend to focus on major new features, with many objects, clothes, styles, neighborhoods and life states are geared towards the pack's major theme. All expansion packs were developed by Maxis Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts.