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I thought I would start this thread for another not-so-new game series that I'm currently playing. Animal Crossing is a series made by Nintendo that has been released in three different version so far. TLDR... Does anyone else have these games and would be interested in teaming up? You can swap friends code and visit other people's villages, and it would be interesting seeing some of the towns other people live in. The original was made for the Gamecube. Despite being several years old you can still see the clear influence this game has on the current remakes. In fact many would say they just keep re-releasing this game on different newer systems. This isn't a bad thing by the way. Small innovations do occur with each release while still keeping the core intact. Animal Crossing: Wild World was released on the DS about 2-3 years ago now. It's still sold as a "new game" and is still selling well despite it's age. Animal Crossing: Let's go to the city is the latest version released on the Wii. One of it's claims to fame is bundling with the "Wii Speak" accessory, allowing you to talk to other Wii players within Animal Crossing and outside of that game as well. But what is Animal Crossing? Well, it's a very different game to most others out there. There is no real violence in the game, you can't attack people or commit crimes. Although you can be "not nice" within the game, it just does not work very well as a play style. Just like in the real world, being a stupid jerk just does not get you very far. So what do you do? You are a human being living in a village with talking animals. You go fishing, plant flowers and trees, catch insects, talk to other villages, sell what you collect and buy other items to decorate the house you own, pay off the mortage, participate in special events... On the surface it does not sound all that exciting. But... it's incredibly fun and infectious. There are two main points to be worth noting: The game runs on a real world clock. That means that the time and date it is in the real world is the time it is in the game. So shops close at night, different insects and fish come out at different times of the day, different animal villagers might be sleeping in or getting up early, special events in the real world are reflected in the game world, like Christmas or your own birthday for example. The seasons in the Northern Hemisphere are reflected as well, so right now in the game world it's Summer and hot, but 6 months from now it will be cold and the ground will be covered in snow. The second main point is that the game does not really have an end. You have a mortgage to pay off, but it's a very big sum and it takes a lot of work to pay the entire thing off (just like in the real world). You collect items in the game, but the original had 1400 items, some of them unique to specific days or times. I believe it was originally estimated to take about 3 years, playing almost every day, to collect every item in the original without outside help. So why should you care? Firstly, it's a lot of fun in that it's refreshingly different. Anyone from young children to grandparents can play and enjoy the game, meaning the whole (real world) household can get involved if they wanted to. It's a big change from FPSer or violent kill all games that seem to dominiate most big releases now adays. It's by no means boring or less of a game for choosing to do so either. If you like the "family friendly" aspect of LBP, you might want to check out this one too. Secondly, it's quite addictive. You want to see what comes next in the store, or what the next stage of your house would be like, or what the next season will bring, or who the next resident of your village. It's got a whole lot of charisma and curiosity attached to it's game play. So... TLDR... Does anyone else have these games and would be interested in teaming up? You can swap friends code and visit other people's villages, and it would be interesting seeing some of the towns other people live in.

2009-06-13 07:45:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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The original was on the N64.

2009-06-13 08:20:00 Author: Rabid-Coot Posts: 6728

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Yeah, but that was in Japan only... anyway, used to be addicted to Wild World. Don't play no more, nor can...

2009-06-13 12:50:00 Author: RockSauron Posts: 10882

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Rabid is technically correct, the first version of the game was a Japanese only N64 version. Seeing as this is an English language site and that version of the game was not launched internationally, I did not mention it. To be even more detailed, the Japanese Gamecube version of the game has slightly different coding, in that, if I remember right, the first release of that version did not have the trading via codes that is seen in most international gamecube versions.

2009-06-14 03:44:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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Man I used to play this game on my Gamecube, sooo fun I loved it. Me and my brother played on the same cube, same town but different people. Funny thing I remember was that I hired my little brother to do my chores, I would mail him a letter of chores for the day such as plant me flowers, go buy me a certain item, go do chores for the villagers, or go catch me something. I would then pay him with money. Ah man that game was really fun... I loved getting stung by bees too, good stuff good stuff..

2009-06-14 04:39:00 Author: Whalio Cappuccino Posts: 5250

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Welll, I use to play the Gamecube version a lot as well. I find that the Wii version is similar enough to that version, but with some really sharp graphics and general overall improvements. If you have a Wii and fond memories of the Gamecube version, I highly recommend the new one. The DS version is much more sprite rather than polygon based, so it's harder to see small insects, for example. Still though, it's AC (Animal Crossing) on the go, which is great in and of itself. The two versions are not really compatible though. You can chose to import your DS save information to the Wii version, though for some reason it did not work for me. Apart from that the two versions are not really compatable. They are very similar though in terms of collection lists and events, however, so it's quite a familiar game. Still, I think one of the things I like best about AC is it's establishments of routines. With my health bad and my sleep cycle wack I find daily routines hard to do, but practicing in a virtual world can help me build up enough confidence to establish things in the real world.

2009-06-14 05:12:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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