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Fun for Adults

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is an entertaining, silly game that sucks you in. You control up to 4 characters that live in a town (you give the town it's name when you set up your first character. You meet other people (animals) in the town, you decorate your house, you can go fishing. It's full of clever, funny things that keep your interest. The interface is easy to use (if slow at times). The random events that pop up along the way make you laugh.

Even thoguh I haven't tried it yet, I understand there is a way to visit the town of another DS player. I can't wait to try it!

I luv animal crossing!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love animal crossing I don't have the game yet but I have rented the game many times. Animal crossing is a story about you (you can either be a boy or a girl) that moves to a town full of animals. When you get to your town (what ever you name it) you get to work for Tom Nook for a while to get some money so you can pay for your morgage. The more morgage you pay the bigger your house, Tom Nooks Shop and your city gets (you also get more people to live at your city).
Hints and tips for people who think they want to buy this game:

Fruit sells for a lot of bells (bells is money) Each fruit sells for 100 bells.

If you see a small X in the dirt take out your shovel and dig at that X! You might find a fossil or a Freakoziod!

There is a flee market day in this game that's when you go to other peoples houses and buy some of their stuff. So if you like a certian persons piece of furniture wait and save up your money for the flee market!

Sending notes with clothes or furniture to a certian person will instenly make you guys friends!

I also love this game because you get to make your own house and cloths! If your creative and like to design or just like to socialize with others this game is defently for you!

P.S. Does any one know where I can buy An Animal Crossing Plush Tangy?

Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun, well you live in a town with all animals. You get a job and do it until you pay some of your morgage off. After that your FREE!!! You can work on buying furniture for your house, catch fish and bugs, talk to people, mail letters, and MUCH more! Your house can also increase in size after you pay your morgage off. This game is great for a beginer game, (not because its babyish) because all the controls are really easy to use!

The Best Game for People who Want to Escape from Reality

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Animal Crossing is a marvelous game that can take you away from the real world.

You'll meet many new animals of many different personalities ranging from Snooty to Sweet. You strive to make them happy or to annoy them so that they move out of your town.You can send letters to them and they're sure to reply with a present. Or you can invite them to your house for a party!

You get to decorate your own house with whatever furniture you want and enlarge it by paying off mortgages(yes, parents, like real life mortgages, insurance, and banks!).

You can catch fish and bugs, and dig for fossils which will amaze and astound you.

Many times throughout a month special events happen like the Fishing Tournament,Bug- Off, La-Di-Day, and the Flea Market, which do involve prizes!

Special visitors may come to your town, like Gracie, the fashion designer giraffe, K.K. Slider, the singing dog, Pascal, the philosophizing present-giving ottter, and Redd, the blackmarket fox.

Experience all four seasons and the weather they bring.

A total 5-star game for all gamers, from beginners to elite. There's never an end to the great Animal Crossing world!

more to this game than you think

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I will admit im over 20 (not saying real age), i brought this game for my [...] son but after i checked it out i become hooked and now we fight over who gets to play it. There is so much more to this game than you think. The basic play of it is to collect different items, so many items can be found and different ways to make money, you get loan to buy and improve your home and make it bigger. It plays as real time so if its night it will be night in the game even the time of year can be seen in the game, snow in the winter etc... if things get static then you can time travel forward and backwards from mins to years, but beware there is a down side to this : )Even putting a message in a bottle and sending it out to sea can turn up on another players beach if your wifi'ing.

Being able to wifi with other across the world just makes it one of the best interactive games i have come across, reminds me a bit of sims on line.I would suggest you check out the web sites dedicated to this game as the instruction book only explains 2% of the game play, there really is no limit to this game and i am finding out new things all the time.

For any adults wanting to play this, there are many of us older people playing this game, a lot dont let on how old they really are but i have found a lot of people over 20 and made some really good friends. But my one bit of advice is too check out the web sites to understand the full level of this game... it will surprise you im sure

this game rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game, and i must say it is one of the most compelling and original gaming experiences i have had in quite a while. While the game isnt all that difficult, the first mortgage cane easily be paid off in one day, it is a lot of fun. From gather ing fruit, fishing, and catching bugs to designing clothes and writing letters the game is very well put together. It appeals to many different age groups and demographics, from 8 year olds to middle aged gamers. i have not tried the online play option yet, but i expect that to be as well set up and polished as the rest of the game. One of the best things about it is that there is so much content to be explored. I have a feeling i will be playing this game for the next year or more. one of the only things i dont like about it is that the basic tools arent available every day. i like the fact that the store expands with you, and all the customization available really adds to the game experience.

Still Playing AC:WW..!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

... I've been playing this game since November 2005 almost daily, and it's STILL a lot of fun! Every day brings a surprise of some kind - a new 'rare' colored flower, a mysterious gift floating by a candy colored balloons, that crazzzy Redd with his weekly surprises (more expensive? yes, but sometimes you just HAVE to buy, cousin! LOL), PLUS you can have friends visit (and good friends always bring gifts)! I think it's one of the BEST games Nintendo has created, EVER! ;) ...

A world where all your neighbors are animals!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I originally had this game for Gamecube, but now I also bought it for the DS. I really like this game, and I think it is a game more suited for handhelds than it is for bigger systems. This game is pretty simple and easygoing. You move to a new town and you don't have any money at first. You start off doing odd jobs for the local retailer, who is also the person that built your house. After a short time your are freed from working for the retailer, but you still have a hefty loan left to pay him for building your house. To pay it off, you have to do whatever you can. You can do favors for neighbors and in most cases they reward you with money or objects - the objects they give you, you can sell to make money. You can also fish, catch bugs, and dig - and whatever you find doing these things can always be sold. Of course, if you choose not to sell stuff there are other things you can do as well. You can always keep any thing you've got and use it for your house. You can donate fish, bugs, fossils and paintings to the local museum. Finding new bugs and fish is tricky, however, because the game is in real-time and some insects and fish only come out in certain seasons, but it's fun to see how the museum builds up over time and how many different types of insects and fish you have caught.
You can also send letters to the neighbors, and give them gifts, both of which makes them like you more (and give you better and better gifts!) Another fun part of the game is trying to find objects to make your house look it's best. Your house gets rated from time to time and you want to make your house as spiffy as possible.

Holidays and birthdays are fun in this game because the neighbors actually acknowledge them and do things to celebrate. Like on July 4th there is a fireworks show in the town square.

One thing that is new to this game is that you can be friends with other animal crossing players around the world and you can visit their towns, and they can visit yours too.

I love this game and I think it's great because there are so many things you can do in the game and so many things you can explore, and some things I probably didn't even mention because there is so much. But I digress, the game goes at a rather slow pace and if you like games with more action this is not the game for you. This is one of the more creative games I have ever seen. You have to have an open mind to play this type of game, because the game is much like real life in the sense that you never really know what will happen next, the game changes as you go along.

I highly recommend everyone to give this game a try. It can be very addictive. You may even be surprised at how much you like it once you start playing.

Animal Crossing---Time wasting and Loving it!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is one game I simply cannot put down. Everyday I look forward to harvesting, pulling weeds, building a snowman!! LOL, fishing and remodeling my home! With all of these things to do in a game, it is great! I have already collected 3 of the gold items you can get in the game and working on getting the others.

I love the fishing and bug collecting--not including shooting things down from the sky. I find that sending letters to all of the 'villagers' is somewhat a tedious task, but sometimes you get interesting things back. I love getting new fruit to plant, but I find that there should of been more options instead of the 6 or so trees to plant. As well, all fruit should sell for the same price, but it don't. The 'native' fruit sells for 100, while the rest sells for considerably more.

Otherwise, it is a great game for children as well as adults!! I highly recommend this for anyone who likes to micromanage.

The Animal Crossing World Just Got Wilder (by Laura)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Animal Crossing: Wild World is a great game. Like its precedent, it has some addicting qualities. Unlike its precedent, there are things that add immensly to its quality; and things that can seriously rob it as well. To articulate this better, I will do the Bad, Neutral, and Good, in that order like I normally do. For long time fans of the original Gamecube Animal Crossing, or those who have to choose one or the other to buy or rent, I will constantly be doing comparisons between the two.

*Note: Please don't just read the bad. I like to do the bad first so I can end on a good note with the good; but I don't want those who are interested, to be deterred without reading the whole story.

The Bad:

1. There are NO old nintendo games to collect anymore. So, if you are thinking about buying this game only to collect the old classics, don't buy it. I believe this is bad because it can rob playability skills pretty well. In the older Animal Crossing, if you got sick of paying off your overpriced mortgage and speaking to your neighbors, you could also play any old nintendo games you managed to collect. This game just isn't the same case.

2. The Able Sisters shop. Mabel no longer allows you to save more than the eight patterns on your person. This really disappointed me, because I love to design patterns. So, regardless of being able to draw with the stylus, you can't do it often unless your willing to sacrifice everyone else's good designs or some of your old ones. In the older Animal Crossing, you could save many more designs.

3. While we are on the idea of designing, Wendall, the starving walrus artist, no longer gives you rare wallpapers when you feed him. Now he gives you even MORE pattern designs. I consider this a bad thing because of lack of a decent pattern saving feature. The end result being you can get more patterns than you know what to do with.

4. The mortgages are too high. This too, can rob playability from the game. So, you are stuck once again fishing and catching bugs endlessly. You can get tired of it, and it's more difficult to make decent money with them this time around. Also, because it takes so long paying off the morgage, your house can get crowded very easily after a while.

5. Four players can live in one game, but there is a catch. Everybody has to live in the same house. Personally, I don't like this feature at all. Although everybody does share the same mortgage, they also share the same stuff and rooms. So, if you are hoping for a game to share with your siblings, or something of the like, make ABSOLUTELY sure they can be trusted with any valuable things you get in this game. I believe more harm than good can come out of this feature; I preferred it when everyone had their own house in the older Animal Crossing. Then you couldn't tamper with anyone else's items, and they couldn't tamper with yours.

6. Don't buy this game if it's just to see Porter, the train monkey, again. He isn't in this game, nor are there anymore trains. I, myself, don't consider this a bad thing; but it goes in the bad section anyway for anyone who is a Porter fan.

7. This game is not, whatsoever, able to link with the older Animal Crossing. I don't believe there is such a thing as a device that connects Nintendo DS games to Gamecube games. This is just a warning, even if you are a billionare with a full catalog in the original Animal Crossing, there isn't a way it will be helpful to this game.

8. Your neighbors. Unrealistically, one of them tries to move every two days (once you hit the maximum number of neighbors). Usually, you can beg anyone out of moving; but this can be a pain to deal with.

9. I hope you are not expecting to test your luck in Tom Nook's monthly lottery again. The lottery is no more; in its place is... a slightly more complex system. I will explain this a tad more in the good. I'm not to upset by the loss of the lottery, but I put this here because I know there are those who will be.

10. I don't think you can get Tom Nook's highest store upgrade without a foreign player (one from a different game card). This is bad if you don't know anybody else with this game, as well as having no Wi-Fi connection. I am this case. However, I am not certain the biggest store upgrade is impossible to achieve without someone else's help. Still, I don't have it as of yet.

11. The beach. While you can still collect seashells and the new bottle mail, there's not much else you can do there anymore. There are no more islands, which also means no more Kapp'n singing in a boat. Gulliver doesn't wash up there anymore either. Said characters do make appearances in this game, but not at the beach. Personally, I think no island, with no island mate, is a big minus in Animal Crossing: Wild World.

12. How to meet Gulliver now. Don't ask, just note that I haven't even met him yet. His arrival in this game does seem to suit him, however, as he always was "A basket short of a picnic, if you know what I mean"...

13. No more saving gyroid. For those who like every gyroid in general, this can be bad. Instead, you have to save in your bed; or use the start feature (one I really don't trust for some reason). To me it's not so bad, but Tom Nook has the nerve to call it another 'story'. To me, it's not a story, unless you can stash your stuff in it; which you can't!

14. Redd's store is the only place you can get paintings now, and I do not like it... Redd, as old gamers will know, is a fox who just LOVES to cheat people who shop at his store...

15. No more calendars. Not that I can find, anyway. If you want to receive an early warning a holiday IS coming, you will have to check the town's message board. Even then, you will only get about a two to one day's notice.

The Neutral:

1. Flowers now. Remember in the old Animal Crossing, where you could just plant a flower and forget it? The flowers would be beautiful, even for years, until you took the shovel and dug holes where they were; or run over them too many times. Now it's very different. If you want flowers, you have to buy a watering can and water them every single day. Even then, some of them still wilt the next day. Don't panic if a flower you love looks dead, though; just water it, and it will come back the next day. On top of that, if you store the flowers in your closet, they will never die no matter how many days without water they go. I put this in the neutral section, because whether it's good or not depends on how much you like to care for plants. I don't really like taking care of them everyday, but it's normally worth the possible pay off (See the good section). Oh, and please note, that you can pick up flowers like items this time. You can sell flowers, but most of them are not worth very much. If you pull out a wilted flower (gray or black), however, it will be disposed of like a weed. Dandelion Puffs are also an exception to this rule, as they never have to be watered.

2. Resetti, the Mole, is back. Just like in the old Animal Crossing, he only shows up when you reset (turn off without saving). I have yet to see if Resetti is as harmless here as he was in the old Animal Crossing. I have only resetted the game twice; and so far, he seems harmless.

3. There are no more Police Stations, but Copper and Booker still maintain slight importance in this game. They act as guards to your city's gates. Booker still runs the lost and found, but additionally, he can also sometimes tell you who the special guest in town is. Copper, on the other hand, is only important if you want to go to a friend's game card. He's also responsible for giving you your friend code if you wish to go Wi-Fi. I consider this neutral, because the police station was a cute idea; but now they are guard dogs, which is also cute. Whether this is good or bad, really depends on which one is the cuter idea.

4. No more glitches. Now, selling turnips will still never get you over a hundred bells (currency for newbies) if you time travel; but I don't think this is a glitch, as much as it is a mechanism to prevent cheaters. I consider this neutral, because while the annoying bugs (such as the range of the tapedeck's, or whatever you have that plays music, music) are gone, many good glitches died as well. If you don't like glitches period, than this is good for you. Congratulations, you find enjoyment in doing things the hard way; this is the perfect game for you. If you are open to good glitches, however, this is a bad thing. Reason being, it means no more dopplegangler; as well as no more 'save and quitting' to get catalog orders instantly (which must have also been a glitch). I think the catalog thing stinks, as you have to wait until the next time Pete delivers mail to get stuff that you order; which is very inconvenient. If you are not a morning person (one who gets up at six in the morning), your only hope is to decide what you need from your catalog before five P.M., or wait until the next day. I don't like this at all (I think DS games are too perfect...).

5. Too many holidays. Some of them are really poorly named too (La-Di-Da day anyone?). I put this in the neutral section, because I'm sure many people like to party all of the time. Tortimer doesn't seem to give gifts in very many of them either. If you need earlier warnings about events, try to chat with your neighbors. I received at least a five day, maybe even a week's, notice of Bluebear's birthday this way.

6. Getting jobs and making deliveries is different. Getting jobs just require speaking to your neighbors in general. You can no longer ask for work specifically; but no worries, they usually give you jobs to do anyway. This can be a pain if you just want to talk, rather than work or even compete. How deliveries are now done can be bad. They give you a wrapped package and a letter, both screaming to be opened, to give to somebody. This is only really a problem if you can't control your curiosity, but this can be an annoying problem. All I can say is packages are not worth the look, as you will learn what they are when the recipient gives them. Letters... only occasionally. It's more likely your neighbors will pay you with bells for these jobs, but you can get better pay catching a flock of mosquitoes... Not really worth the pay, but for 'friendship' purposes (see the good).

The Good:

1. How many ways can you say 'realistic'? That's what this game is. This game took greater advantage of its three dimensional capabilities better than its precedent; and it really makes you feel like part of the world. Flower care is realistic; and rather than rain or be sunny all day, the weather is unpredictable. It could be sunny one hour, and rain the next! You are not the only one who has birthdays either, your neighbors will also occasionally have birthdays; with small parties you can go to.

2. Three is no longer a crowd! Sick of talking to Robin? Oh look, Alice and Limberg are having a chat. I'm going to eavesdrop on their conversation, because now I CAN! It's true. If you see two of your neighbors chatting from across the lawn, there is a small window of opportunity to hear what they are saying. Just play like you are talking to one of them, and you will hear their conversation; sometimes, you even get to join in! I think this is pretty cool.

3. Really cute items. My absolute favorite item you can get is a picture of a neighbor you get close too. I love collecting these photos, and putting them in my house. They come with a small note behind them that represents their personality too. It's Really cute, and each picture unique.

4. You get to know a couple of the older characters more personally. Eventually you will hear the origins of Tom Nook's and Blathers' pasts. Even Sable will share a few more memories and secrets. This makes these characters seem more like people, rather than basic CPU.

5. New characters! There is a considerable amount new special guests, as well as normal joes and business people. A couple are a coffee shop pigeon named Brewster, who will warm up to you later, and Blathers' sister, Celeste.

6. Every old character makes a comeback save for Porter. They are also better than ever, and have greater influences. They have been changed a tad, a sample being Gracie doesn't make you wash her car, but their still here.

7. Accessorize! Sick of the old princess hat? Change it! Unlike the old Animal Crossing, where you could only change your clothes and hat simultaneously with the same outfit, you can change clothes, hats, glasses, and even your hairstyle (hairstyle comes with Tom Nook's biggest store upgrade). Wear a sunhat with a blue tie die shirt and sunglasses for the beach! Or even wear a feather you can get from the Boondox!

8. The game still teaches kids responsibility. How to live a life on their own, how to make mortgage payments and manage money, even how to do community service. There is this poor community called the Boondox you can donate bells to. The more bells you donate, the better off the community is. Like its precedent, this game has decent life lessons. It even teaches you should have good insurance!

9. I hear multiplayer is fun. I haven't tried this, but talking to people live is good in my opinion.

10. New tools! Shoot balloon floating presents out of the sky with a slingshot, or keep track of a few minutes with a timer.

11. More variety in fish, insects, and seashells. While it's harder to make money, it's not as boring to fish in the sea. You can even catch sharks and tarantulas!

12. No more dump. Now you have a recycling bin in the post office. It teaches kids to recycle, while wasting less space and being more attractive.

13. The game teaches you not to litter. To demonstrate this example, like its precedent, you fish countless pieced of garbage out of the ocean. Annoying yes, but teaches a good lesson.

14. There is new furniture, wallpaper, carpeting, and maybe even more. Now you can really personalize your house!

15. The HRA isn't as bad as before. At least not to me, your neighbors seem to have trouble with them though... Overall, they aren't as mean and unintelligent as they were before.

So, that's it in a big nutshell. Truth be told, I could go on with this game for hours, but many details of this game are better experienced than told. If you are interested in this game, and you own the first Animal Crossing, I recommend comparing their features; this way, you will be sure if you are getting what you want. It is important you know the differences between the two, so that you understand you are getting a rather different type of gaming experience. Both games to me are about just as good. This game lost some serious features, but the new features can make up for it. It's a great game, but if I haven't stressed it enough, whether I recommend it for you or not, greatly depends on what reason you are interested. If you are looking for classics from the old nintendo games, want to perform the good glitches, and are not interested in some store raccoon's history, then don't buy this game. Buy the original Gamecube Animal Crossing. If you are just looking for some great new and improved fun, are a hard core fan of any Animal Crossing thing in general, and want a fresh in game life experience, then you have a winner here.

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