Do you like Animal Crossing?

[johnlucas]

TopCat8 said:

I remember hearing all the hype about Animal Crossing when it came out for the Gamecube a few years ago. I decided that it was worth a shot, so I bought it. I didn't like the game at all because I couldn't really see the point: Running errands to get furniture??? Boring... I traded it in for Metroid Prime. Anyway, my brother got the game for Christmas (not this Christmas, a long time ago), and I started playing it again. Now I like it more, but I still don't understand why this game is so highly praised.

What are your opinions of Animal Crossing on the Gamecube? I haven't played the DS version, but you can discuss it here as well.

Do I like Animal Crossing?

No.

I LOVE Animal Crossing.

Thanks to a trophy cameo in Super Smash Bros. Brawl (my first Gamecube game) I saw Totakeke, Mr. Resetti, & Tom Nook for this mysterious "upcoming release" or "new release" or whatever they called it.

Come to find out these characters were from a game called Animal Crossing & that became my 2nd GC purchase, one I have loved to death ever since. At one time about all I was playing was Animal Crossing on the Gamecube.

Recently I got a DS as a gift & my 2nd purchase there (after the obligatory New Super Mario Bros.) bought as December 29th, 2007 was Animal Crossing: Wild World. AT LAST! I have the DS Animal Crossing!!

The game was so fresh & so new to me when I saw it on GC.

If you're closed minded to new ideas Animal Crossing doesn't appeal to you. But if you like difference & variety it will. Nothing wrong with Metroid Prime (I own the epic trilogy myself) but you may wanna give Animal Crossing another try.

It was an early implementation of Nintendo's current strategy. Social accessible playing. Think of it like Seinfeld: a game about nothing. That's the freedom of it. You MAKE the game. You choose how you behave in this little community and how you will arrange it. Outside of the initial parts there is no real mission or objective. A cartoony version of another life.

And get a GBA (original or SP. Micro's not built for it) with a GBA-to-GC link cable so you can visit the island. Lots of people miss that. Adds so much to the game.

John Lucas