The Sims: A Complete History Of The Caliente Family

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There's maybe no family in The Sims with a history as varied as the Calientes. In some games, Nina and Dina live together and compete for the attention of the womanizing Don Lothario. Sometimes, they're the result of an alien abduction. Others, they're somehow connected to the disappearance of Bella Goth and are persistent in chasing her husband once she's gone.

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But just who are these girls? Why are there so many mysteries surrounding their ever-changing and routinely suspicious backstories? With The Sims timeline as twisted as it is and with the Calientes almost always popping up with a new story, we wanted to look back and try to figure out just who these ladies are.

While The Sims 3 is canonically first in the overall Sims timeline, it’s the game that adds more questions than answers for the Calientes. They’re missing from the base game, but are available as a household in Barnacle Bay, one of the neighborhoods available for download from The Sims Store during this era.

Nina and Dina are twin sisters as always, but they’ve also got a third roommate, Luisa Libros. While Luisa tends to stick to herself – her biography says that she’s “intrigued by the wild ride that is living with the Caliente sisters” – Nina and Dina have both gotten around. In fact, Luisa’s bio also says she’s hesitant to bring romantic partners home, all too aware that the twins might try to make a move.

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Both of the sisters are romantically involved with Juan Jr. Inkbeard, another Sim that came with Barnacle Bay. He’s an aspiring rock star that’s been driving the girls wild with his constant flirting, and both sisters are attached to him,