CityVille Welcome the World Brazil Goals: Everything you need to know

by Brandy Shaul, Posted Mar 26th 2012 11:45PM

The Welcome the World event has almost concluded in CityVille, but there are still two more countries that you'll need to celebrate before you can walk away with the final prizes. The second to last country is Brazil, but you can now complete its three themed goals in the Welcome the World event in your game. We have a guide to completing these three goals in your own game, so let's get started.

A Full Plate! Collect Feijoada DishesCollect from any Brazilian ResidenceIncrease Population by 1,500
The Feijoada Dishes come from family residences, or you can also ask your friends for help in collecting them. When you complete this goal, you'll receive 10 XP and 5,000 coins.

Game Face! Collect from Soccer StadiumUnload Passenger PlanesCollect Soccer Jerseys
Soccer Jerseys come from residences, and once you complete this entire goal, you'll receive the Brazilian Cottage as your reward. This home offers you anywhere from 1,200 to 1,980 citizens, along with 192 coins in rent every five minutes.

Kids at Heart! Collect from HomesCollect from CarsCollect from Cargo Planes
We're not sure of the exact amounts of items that you need to collect from in terms of homes, cars and cargo planes, but once you get to this goal, you'll be able to simply farm these items out yourself. For finishing this final goal in the Brazilian series, you'll receive the Soccer Training item for free. This is a Business that requires 345 Goods to operate and gives you 1,825 coins in return.

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Please welcome Mike Thompson — Inside Social Games’ new Lead Writer

Inside Social Games is pleased to announce Mike Thompson as our new lead writer. He joins us most recently from video game industry publication The Escapist to focus on the business of social games here at ISG.

Mike earned his undergraduate degrees in Advertising, Journalism and Photography from Northern Arizona University. Aside from news stories on The Escapist, you may have seen his bylines on Gamezebo and Ars Technica where he covered mobile games and a broad range of PC titles, respectively. His investigative articles on web game Envoy last year are a great read for social game developers looking to avoid a nightmare bad-press situation.

We hope Mike finds a happy home here at ISG. He joins up at an interesting time — Zynga is publicly traded, Google+ is expanding its social games platform, everyone wants in on i-gaming, clones and “fast follow” games are hot button issues and social games are now more widely accepted by the broader video game industry than ever before. Read his first ISG article here.

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CityVille Welcome the World Japan Goals: Everything you need to know

The Welcome the World event continues in CityVille this week, as Japan is now being represented via a trio of new goals. You'll be required to complete a new building project to finish these goals, but you'll be rewarded with some additional new items along the way (in addition to experience points or coins). Here's a complete look at the new goals to help you get started. Note: You can find these goals at any time by looking under Act 2 of the Welcome the World event menu on the left-hand side of your game's screen.

Welcome Japan! Place Golden PalaceCollect 20 Cherry BlossomsCollect 10 Dango from Japanese Restaurants
The Japanese Restaurants are items like the Noodle Shop or the One Leaf Tea Shop. The Cherry Blossoms, meanwhile, are earned by asking your friends to send them to you. Finally, the Golden Palace is a new housing unit that takes 10 energy to build. You'll need to ask 12 friends to come and join this building as staff, but when it's finished, it will give your city a population boost of 700 citizens (up to 1,180 with random population boosts). For finishing this goal, you'll receive a Japanese House, which offers 500 - 920 citizens to your town.

Say Hello to Tokyo! Collect from 30 Skyrise ResidencesAsk friends for 15 Origami BuildingsCollect 15 City Sketches from Community Buildings
Skyrise homes are a category of home including items like the Eco Skyscraper, Penthouse Tower, Skyscraper Condos and more. You can find a full list of the 19 known homes eligible for this goal right here. When you complete this goal, you'll receive 15 XP and 2,000 coins.

The Rising Son Collect from Golden Palace 6 TimesCollect from City Dojo 10 TimesCollect from Japanese Businesses 20 Times
This goal is more time consuming than difficult, so long as you have an upgraded City Dojo in your city to collect from. When you eventually complete this goal, you'll receive the Mugatu Media Inc building, a community building that raises your maximum population allowance by 1,200 citizens and requires 12 energy to build.

As this is the first portion of Act 2 in the CityVille Welcome the World event, we're now working towards another prize: the World Zeppelin. There are still two more goal series that have yet to be released in this quest for the World Zeppelin, so keep checking back with us as we bring you more information in the future. Good luck finishing all of these goals in your city!

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Welcome AJ Glasser – Inside Social Games’ New Lead Writer

Inside Social Games is pleased to announce AJ Glasser as our new lead writer. She’s joining us from video game industry publication GamePro Media to focus on the business of social games here at ISG.

She brings years of experience to bear, having also worked at Kotaku and GamesRadar, among other publications. AJ also completed her undergrad at Mills College and earned her Masters in Journalism from Stanford University.

In case you’re wondering, yes, she’s a serious gamer as well as a social gamer. You can reach her for all editorial matters at: amanda.glasser (at) insidenetwork (dot) com or follow her Twitter account (at)Joygirl007.

Meanwhile, Chris Morrison, the previous lead writer for the site, couldn’t resist the lure of game development after having covered the industry so deeply over the past year. He recently joined Concept Art House as a game designer, and will continue to contribute articles for Inside Network.

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