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You will not believe how much fun this game is!!!! | | Jesse from Texas, USA says (9/Jan/2003): | Okay, I would always go over to these folks' house and they would be playing this game called Animal Crossing. I looked at it, saw how they all sat and ooh-ed and aah-ed over this game that looked so stupid! A little guy holding a shovel, looking for holes to dig? I asked "What is the point of this game?" They told me, "You just go around and do stuff." What was the point of this game? I never had my question answered! So, for some reason, I went out and I actually bought the game, I played it, I AM HOOKED! I can't believe it! I used to make fun of the people I saw playing this ridiculous looking game; fishing, selling turnips, WHAT? This game, by far, is the best game I have played since as long as I can remember. Now, I know there are gonna be some others just like me saying "What is the point of this game?" And I say to them, "You just go around and do stuff!" Play it, you will be hooked too! This game is a magnificent piece, and it is for everyone and I promise you, you will be hooked too!
| Best ever!!! | | Melissa from Knoxville, USA says (18/Jan/2003): | When I first heard about this game, I thought it would be completly pointless! I played one night around ten and stayed up playing all night untill 4:00 in the morning! I was amazed at how addictive this game was! I just can't seem to get enough of it!
| SWEET GAME MAN!!! | | A gamer from Portland, OR, USA says (24/Jan/2003): | Over all great game! The only boring part is paying off your loan.
At first I thought this game was really bad I mean talking animals get real! Borrow your friends data and go treasure hunting, grab there fruit, and steal any items you find laying around in there town. I did that right infront of my freind and got busted. This game never ends so I think it's just like the Sims exept a whole lot better! Plus not as realistic.
| Animal Crossing is like the best game ever | | A gamer from paris says (25/Jan/2003): | When I first saw this awesome game I thought it was da bomb. Its like so realistic,it rains,it snows and people get mad. I couldn't stop playing it. I play it every day for at least 4 hours. Oneday before the game was made I thought some game would come out and it would be like living your life.At first I thought my wish would never come true but then animal crossing came out I almost had a stroke. But now I am happier than ever!
| Animal Crossing Mania | | Ray from Verona, Pennsylvania, USA says (28/Jan/2003): | I think that this game is complete for anybody who enjoy's setting out on their own. I've always been a huge fan of Harvest Moon and although this game isn't that entirely, it still has that feeling of spontanious actions and unique suprises. This game could be one that I would play for awhile because I don't have to play for hours to accomplish things. Once you get settled in the game gets kinda routine like but you can still put some extras on with the Game links to the Gameboy Adv and the EZ Reader. As long as this game keeps new and fresh I'll never stop playing! Could there every be a Animal Crossing 2.....who knows.
| This game owns. | | Tetsuo Shima from Fl says (30/Jan/2003): | The game was pure ownage for the gamecube. It had nice cel-shaded graphics(im not a big fan of em, but this game is an exception), and it is fun as crap. Me and my bro go to each others towns and chop down each others trees. Its a very creative game and its like no other and not to mention that if you do all the crap in the game, its bound to be pretty time-consuming. This game is definately worth $50 and you get a free memory card with it. I suggest getting this game, and if you dont, i will come to your town in real life and chop down all of your trees.
| Woah. That's (almost) all I can say. | | Jake from Minnesota, USA says (1/Feb/2003): | The think I like about Animal Crossing is the unlimited number of possiblities. Such as, say, finding a piece of furniture you'd been looking for for nine weeks in the dump. But it's more then just that. The countless number of different villegers you could have in your town is mind-boggeling. It's quite possible that you'll never see every person. (Duh.) But some things I would like to see in 2 (I hope, if they make it)
Useing your own patterns of furniture, WAY more NES games(!), Online play(i think it's coming out soon), a town hall, and putting in your birthday at the beggining.
| Best game ever | | A gamer from Dallas tx usa says (3/Feb/2003): |
You boot up the game, and immediately, you're taken to a dog named K.K. He explains the pros and the cons on living on your own in a town filled with complete strangers, and explains how you'll make new friends. Now, you're taken on a train, where a dog named Rover comes up to you. You have a few choices on what to say, but everything basically leads to the same lines. Rovers confirms the time of the in-game clock, and asks for your name, and what town you're going to. You can put in whatever you like, it's all your preference! He verifies your gender, and when he asks you if you have a house in the new town, he's quite surprised to find out you don't. Rover goes and calls his old friend Tom Nook, and sets up a deal to hook you up with a house upon your arrival in the new town. You arrive, and Rover hopes to meet you again. You arrive, and Tom Nook takes you to four houses. However, the only difference is basically some of the colour. They're all small, cube-shaped houses... for now! Pick your house, and you're set.
The story is simple, but what can you expect from a game of this kind. It doesn't rely on it's backstory to get you interested, I'll get to the best part much later on.
Graphics:
No surprise, you're probably looking at screenshots, perhaps wondering whether to purchase this game, or any others. The graphics may turn you off, and believe me, when I heard Animal Crossing was announced for Gamecube, I expected at least a little bit of enhancements to make it superior to it's N64 brother. There are tiny little improvements, but not that noticeable to the casual eye. The graphics are simple, the animals and the character look like little dolls, but believe me, there is no problem with that. Graphics aren't what you should be focusing on. The graphics however fit the mood of the game, and that's what makes it good.
Sound:
The sound is average, I honestly don't have a problem with it. The background tunes become unnoticeable once you're immersed in this awesome game. You can listen to some tunes that you get during your game on your radio, and other music-hearing objects you can buy, or receive later on. When you talk to animals, they took the Banjo-Kazooie-esque sound approach, and all you hear is little sound effects while you read the text. This should be no problem as well...
Gameplay:
The heart of this game, the absolute best part, the most addictive part of this game. You're probably wondering, ''Where's the weapons? Where's the enemies I fight? How do I die?'' If you're thinking that, you should probably take this game out, and pop in Resident Evil, or Eternal Darkness. This game has absolutely no point, the only point is that you live your life in the town. You maintain your life. In the beginning, you have to pay off a debt on your house to Tom Nook by doing odd jobs, selling items, collecting insects and fish. After you're done that, you can basically do almost anything you want. You can go to your house, and style it however you want it, and get awarded points by some group. You can just chill, and listen to the music you collect throughout the game. You can even collect some Nintendo games, set it up, and pick up and play it. Believe me, playing Excitebike, Donkey Kong JR, and some other classics is awesome.
You can interact with your neighbours, and you absolutely have the choice of making them happy, and love you by running errands for them, or detest you by pushing them, and being nasty to them. The amazing part of this game is the fact that it runs on real-time, that means if it's 3:00 PM in real life, it'll be that time in the game. This has some downsides, like having to wait for a specific day, or perhaps missing an important event that happened at a certain time, but it's a pretty nifty feature added onto a console game. The game is realistic in the sense that something is ALWAYS happening, whether or not you're present or not. While you're off sleeping in real life, a new animal could be moving in town, or even moving out. Almost every day, you'll see a new animal move in.
This game has an innovative trading feature that is pretty cool. What you do is you go to a friend, or even a person online, and get their Town Name, and their Name. You go to Tom Nook's shop in the game, and say you want to trade. You put their data in, and give the item. Tom will give you the password, and give that pass to the person you want to give the item to. The person can go to Tom Nook in their game, say the password, and receive the item! Cool!
Another interesting feature is if you have a friend with the Animal Crossing game, you can visit their town via Memory card, and make friends with the animals there. You can mess around there, and then come back to your town. People are probably wondering, ''What's the point? The towns look the same!'' Well guess again, each game has a random map of a town. Your town will most likely be different from any other person's!
To sum it up, you can do almost anything. Mail to your animal friends, trade, collect insects and go fishing and donate them to the museum for display, play NES games, talk to the people in town, and much, much more. Also, a bonus, play a game on certain days for certain events. December 23rd is Toy Day, and be sure to talk to a townsperson until they ask your birthday. I haven't experienced it yet, but I can't wait until my B-Day hits!
Overall:
This game may not be for some people, but that's alright. What I do suggest is for everyone to try it out. Not only does it offer variety in a time where we're getting constant sequels, but it offers a fresh new idea, with some innovative tweaks to some old classic game formulas. This game easily scores a 10.
| How come no one agrees with me | | code name 555 from Las Angeles, California, USA says (7/Feb/2003): | This was a great game when i rented it. I loved the talking animals, living your own life. Then Tom Noock had to be cheap and charge you tons of money for just a size increase for your house. Then there was back and fort, back and fort. I know i'm an expert at video games, and if you want this game rent it. People trust me. If you don't you'll regreat it. My name is code name 555, if you heard if me and taking my expert ( i mean it, and expert ) than you won't regreat it what i have to say.
| Melissa Donaldson | | Melissa from Floridia,USA says (20/Feb/2003): | I just wanted to tell You to send a letter to anyone in your town with the key and the code of: gQ6Xz862pfeNFqpQF6cRvf. I present should come soon.This game is cool and rocks!!! I love it!!! It is so cool!!! Don't you agree? It is cool right? YAH!!!!!
| The Best Game Ever | | Matthew from Saddle Brook ,New Jersey, USA says (23/Feb/2003): | This is the absolutley the best game i have ever played in the WORLD!!!! i cant keep my hands of the controller when im playing most of the time i even refuse to eat my dinner just to keep playing animal crossing its so addicting!!! This is absoutley my favorite game for gamecube. you get to decorate you own house in different styles and everything ive had this game for awhile and i really love this game.you really outta get this game! you earn money called bells and you have to pay off your debt to a cool hip racoon named tom nook the highest and final debt is a whole 798,000 BELLS but its really easy to make bells i think i make up to 75,000 a day im rolling in the bells and im on my final debt already!!! you get to listen to tunes in your pad from a cool dog named k.k. slider and the tunes rock!!The game goes by real time if its 8:00 here its 8:00 in animal crossing and wait theres more if you buy the game you get a whole free memory card with it and dont ever speed time in animal crossing a Mean angry mole comes and yells at you for 10:00 Minutes its so boring to listen to him so dont ever speed time in animal crossing. its absolutley the best game ever in the world of nintendo thats out now! FOR SURE.
| Well worth the time | | Cody says (12/Mar/2003): | When I first bought Animal Crossing I had high hope and wan not disapointed. I've owned the game for about 4 or 5 months now and still I have only a fraction of what's avalable. Some people may shy away from the whole Sim catigory because of how much time you have to put into it, and I can tell you now, It is well worth it to be able to walk into your own house, see the furniture you bought, sit in your coutch and watch your TV. Or even to be able to play the NES you were fortunate enough to win in a raffle. I could go on like this but I should get back to my town, and you should do the same!
| Addictive!!!!!!! | | Tommy Vercetti from New Jersey, USA says (29/Mar/2003): | This game is summed up in one word. addictive! It is amazing. I have had the game since the day it came out, and have been playing it ever since. People say that the graphics aren't good, but it is by nintendo. The game is geared toward children. If you don't like it, don't play it. If you've ever played The Sims, you'll love this. It's ten times better. Don't be fooled by the way the game looks. It's not easy. There is a lot to do, and it take's a lot of patients. I remembe how I was showing the game book to my friend who has like every game in existance. He said it looked retarted, and I said "buy it." two days later, he had it and said it was the best. The game is so original, and that is why I like it.
| Animal Crossing!! | | Russell Licciardello from Mission, Texas says (8/Apr/2003): | Animal Crossing is a very cool game. At my school barely anyone has it. Even though at my school its not the FAD of the month it a real life game. 1 of my friends named Marcos M. plays the games nonstop and is giving me tons of info.. 1 major thing he told me was that there was actual time traveling. I didn't believe him but it actually worked.
| BEST GAME EVER! | | Sarah Fuller from Torrance, USA says (13/Jun/2003): | If I could I would give this game a 1000000 score. Out of all the games I have ever played Animal Crossing is the best. There are some parts I dont like about it though. Some things you can't use. Like an elephant slide: You can't slide down it or anything, it just sits there looking stupid. I hope that in AC2 we can have more actions to do. Here are all my ratings:
GRAPHICS: 9.9 it's almost a 10 but I think that some stuff could be drawn a little better.
SOUND: 10 PERFECT!
GAMEPLAY: 9 I think you should be able to get a backyard in your house or like 2 rooms on the bottom floor.
I think Tom Nook should be able to get a bigger store. That mall he has is pretty good but I think there should be a resteraunt or an arcade or something. I also think that There should be more people being able to move into your village. And the animals should be able to go inside places because if you really went to a mall or a museum you wouldn't be the only one there and there should be animals there that you dont know like tourists or something. One last thing, I think that there should be able to be more than one person on at a time, Like if you have more than one controller you could plug both of them in and the screen would be cut in half.
| This game is awesome | | A gamer from Shorewood, Illinois USA says (14/Jun/2003): | I can't believe how awesome this game is! I have two cousins who always come over and we have people who live in the same town and... it just awesome playing with my cousins. See I have an Action Replay and I put on the cheat for infinite bell and I helped my cousins pay of their dept to Tom Nook.
| Excellent Adventure!!!! | | Earl Stapleton from Philo, Ohio, USA says (3/Aug/2003): | The only reason I didn't give this game a 10, is to give Nintendo a chance to come up with one better. Animal Crossing, in my opinion, is by far the best Gamecube game available that can,(and in my case DOES) satisfy the whole family, regardless of age. From fishing to designing clothes, planting trees to pulling up weeds, and visiting other towns to dealing in turnips, I am sure you will find something for the whole family to enjoy for HOURS of great gaming. SUPER game Nintendo, Thanks!
| Animal Crossing is the best! | | A gamer from Harrison, New Jersey, USA says (10/Aug/2003): | This game was brought to me when i brought my gamecube. I was thinking of getting zelda, but i remember somebody told me that this was a cool game. I started playing and the first time i played, I didn't know how to run so i got stung by the bees. I play it everyday and night. This game is great. PLAY it amd you will know. The game is awesome, you could do most of the things you do in a video game. It has real-time unless you set your gamecube time different. The bad thing about this is you can't play tag there.
| My cousin has it and I don't so he's evil. | | Lindsey from Brownsburg, IN USA says (13/Aug/2003): | My cousin has a Gamecube and Animal Crossing. I go over there alot though so I can play it sometimes! God, I love that freakin' game... He has 2 memory cards so me and his sister have 1 town and me, his sister and I all have another town. I'm so addicted to this game it isn't even, funny...
| I am ADDICTED to this game! | | Pilar from Tegucigalpa,Honduras says (15/Sep/2003): |
Two words> Animal Crossing! I absolutely love this game. I watched my little cousins and my 23 year old cousin playing and I still didn't know what the fuss was all about. I decided to give this game a try and I haven't stopped playing it ever since. It's awesome, I love paying off my debts, planting trees, fishing, travelling to the island! This game is a must have and I am planning to buy it because I don't know who I'll survive without it. I recommend this game to anyone who is in the mood to play non-stop! I'm not really into games, but this game has changed everything for me!
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