Countdown to Animal Crossing: New Horizons

[peachbuggy]

I think I can say with confidence, I was 1 of the 1st people in Europe to play animal crossing! I remember being enthralled by an import gamecube in a shop fairly local to me. It was in the back of a newsagents but was a specialised game store in the back, selling both retro and import games for all consoles. The gamecube was, in effect the central piece in there. I got talking to the owner and some of his staff. I think this was sometime around December 2001, shortly after U.S. launch. Iirc, I found out he was willing to sell his display gamecube (Which was unique I think, as it had been modded with a switch on the back to switch between U.S. and Japanese ntsc inputs for games.) I ended up saving up for it, bought it in early January 2002. Pretty sure it was out in U.S. about 18 months before it hit Europe. When searching for games to buy I stumbled across this weird title where the player went to live with animals. This game was of course animal crossing. I wasn't sure if I would like it but gave it a chance and soon became totally addicted! The added bonus was that, Nintendo wasn't even sure if or when they were going to even release it in Europe at the time. (It did become successful enough for a European release but it wasn't for about 2 years after.) So I was pretty blessed to play it early. Loved the original but I think the series has got steadily even better and his may be a predictable pick but I would say New leaf is my favourite. Sorry for the long rant.