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Animal Crossing. It's cute, but...that's about it.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 14
Date: November 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Ah, Animal Crossing. Finally a game where your primary objective is not to shoot evil zombie monsters or mow down prostitutes in the streets. No, instead your main motive in this game is to earn bells (that's currency) to pay off your new home in a village full of cute little animals. It may sound childish, but adult gamers will be surprised to find themselves sucked into this adorable world as well. And yes, it's fun--very much so! But only for the first few months.

You start the game off by jumping off a train into a strange new town filled with animals. You've just moved there, so you want to buy a house--but you've only got 1,000 bells with you and you need 50,000 to pay your house off. And so begins the game. You earn bells by fishing or picking fruit, and though that may sound fun, it does get very monotonous after a while.

You can also talk to your animal villagers, but that gets boring after a while too. They have a lot of things to say, but each animal fits into one of about three categories per gender, which all say the same things according to their personality. So if the zombie rabbit across the street from Acre B-3 fits into the "female nice" category, you'll find her babbling on about her quiche-making skills for the 87th time in a row and counting.

The game is true to real life, a few would say. It rains and snows in the winter, there are mosquitos in the summer and dragonflies in September, and it even runs on real time! But it's a bit TOO real in the sense that if you refuse to play the game for a week, your house and town will be infested with cockroaches and weeds, respectively. And this is where the trouble starts. This is a game that almost forces you to leave your social life to play it and get that "one last fish" or that "one last piece of furniture for your house". And when does it end? Well, frankly, it doesn't. It ends when you stroll to your Gamecube and turn it off without saving in a fit of independence, proving that you--yes, you!--can live your life without being bound to this little digital animal town. That you--yes, YOU!--can live without having to worry about how many cockroaches will appear in your house after you come back from vacation.

Don't get me wrong. Animal Crossing is a cute, fun game, but after five months or so, it simply becomes a chore.

Animal Crossing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: September 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The basic story goes that you, the character,is a human. You are moving to your town at the beggining of the game. You can choose your name and your town's name. Once you start, you have to buy a house.But, you don't have any bells (the animal crossing currency), so you work at Tom Nook's store. You pay off your debt for the house by doing jobs for him and other animals in the village. Once you pay off your mortage, you can add stories, basements, and you can buy furniture, wallpaper, and carpets. The further you get into the game, people will start moving in and out of your town. If you have a friend who plays animal crossing as well, borrow their memory card, then you can go to their town, and talk to their character. If you are buying animal crossing, you absolutly MUST have a memory card. Some games are okay not to have a memory card, if it only takes a few minutes to get the things you need. With Animal crossing, however, if you don't save, you have to start all over again.

Great game! Just a few problems.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: March 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is my 3rd fave video game of all time! Very addicting, entertaining, etc. But I have a few complaints.

1. The local villagers don't have a unique personality. I soon discovered that Pecan, Olivia, and Eloise said the same things! Wart Jr, Gaston, and Cesar said the same things! It just kind of bugs me.

2. At first, it's TOO addicting! It takes over your life. You come home from school, say, "Hi, mom," in a rush, and jump onto your GCN. Basically, it's TOO addicting...but only at first. Read below to see what I mean. When I first got it, I played 5 hours straight, and got bored FINALLY. 15 minutes later, I was dying to play again! It's one of the most addicting...no, it IS the most addicting...game I have ever played.

3. After the first 5 months or so, it's like a chore to play it! It's almost forcing you to play every day. The villagers get mad if you ignore them for a day, you don't want to miss out on buying the items at Nook's store, weeds grown, cockroaches invade your house, you might miss an event...phew! It gets tiring.

4. It's an...hmm, how do I say this?...on and off game. The first 5 months, like I said before, you play 5 hours a day. For the next month you don't play. You decide to try it again sooner or later, and become hooked for the next two months. Then get bored. It goes on and on!

But all in all, it's a very good game. I recomend it to all ages.

The BEst Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: October 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Animal Crossing is the best. You get to name people, the town and buy your own home. You also get to get upgrades on the house every so often when you payed up your dues. It is the best game.

Buy a gamecube for this

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: August 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

From what what I heard it seems like the Sims but with animals. It is better because it doesn't seem as serious and as hard. You can live your life like you want to. Such as be clean or be dirty. Also it can hook up with the Gameboy Advance to go to a special island or use the E-reader to import items like furniture into the game. I think it is worth buying for the nes games in it. Also it changes with time such as snow or christmas parade. Sounds like a great game. I will get it when it comes out.

THIS GAME RULES!!!!!!!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: May 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Now, this is the best game in the world. You have this little guy or girl that you can control and get things like Shovels, Telephones and even fish!!! There's this guy called Tom Nook that runs a store and 2 police officers named Copper and Booker. Every ome is an animal except you. (There's also a stupid guy called Reseti that yells at you.) Wtch out for Crazy, crazy Redd's rip offs! Once you get one, you can't give it back! Muahahahahahahaha! But, there are cool things, too! Like... getting a mansion and THE CHEAS!!! DUN DUN DUUUUN!!!
So, the point I'm getting here is... THIS GAME RULES MAN!!!

A very different game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Pay no attention to the TV commercial, it is stupid. But Animal Crossing is "don't judge a book by it's cover!" all the way! It's not to fun to play for a long time in one day, unless you have something special going, 30 minutes a day is about all you need.
You work through the game to pay off Tom Nook and after he's out of the picture your a happy home owner! you also get a nice golden statue of yourself where everyone can see. There is alot of really nice and interesting furniture/items you can get. Like some chairs, if you sit in them certain types they make a weird noise, as if you soiled your pants.
It's a lot harder than it looks to collect one whole type of furniture! catching the fish, bugs, and making your town the best is easier said then done.
But there is always a golden something in the end worth your time and consideration ;) (you'll figure it out).

REALLY FUN GAME !!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a really fun game. I have a 11 year old and a 5 year old and they both enjoy this game. It constantly changes and has so much variety that they never seem to get bored of it. A definate winner!

Gets old

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It's quite fun at the beginning. You don't mind the running around and how animals chatter on. You get a little part-time job that you're done with after a few errands. Then you get to know everyone better and make money selling things you find. But after a week or two it gets old. There is no structure to this game. I don't think you can lose or fail. That's alright for a while, but then there's just no point in playing anymore. There is a good variety of holidays, though. A few are Christmas, Halloween, and a fishing tournament. You can make money easily, by selling shells you find at the beach for example. There are no bills, you don't need to eat food, and you don't need to sleep. I think it would be better if you did. Much of the furniture is useless, except for the home rating system. You try to coordinate your furniture and you get a rating. I have never had much of a good score, so I don't know if you get a prize or anything. This is like a children's version of the Sims, with much less responsibility. But it is not as fun, either. I recommend trying this game, but not buying it.

I'm not a kid but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: July 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I really enjoy this game, it's cute and pretty cheesey. It has some good teaching skills for kids, you move to a new town and have to find a job and pay off a house, if you wish to up grade your house, you get a new loan which you have to pay off. There are all kind of fun things to do, you have to collect different bugs/art/fish/fossils. You get to decorate your own place and have to manage your own money. You have to keep your town weed free and you can dig up "treasure". I just think it's fun.

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