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Animal Crossing: City Folk | 
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Rating:  177 reviews
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: artificial_life_simulation_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
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Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
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Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
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Model: 045496901363
UPC: 045496901363
EAN: 0045496901363
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| Features:
| • | DS Suitcase mode included which lets you carry your character from your Wii console to a friend's. | | • | A living, breathing gameplay environment where there is always something to do. | | • | Multiplayer support up to four players when used with 'Wii Speak' microphone (Microphone sold separately). | | • | Extensive custotomizing options allow you to visit the salon and give your Mii a makeover. | | • | Befriend your animal neighbors by exchanging letters, gifts and favors in order to bring their memories and stories from their old towns into the game. |
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If you were given the keys to your own community, what would you do? Go fishing, collect shells or watch fireworks with friends? Build a snowman, exchange presents with family or decorate your house for the holidays? Take a trip to the city, go on a shopping spree or visit friends from all over the globe? In Animal Crossing: City Folk, life moves at a relaxed pace, but the world brims with endless possibilities. 
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Enjoy mini-games against friends.
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Get to know your neighbors.
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Play at all hours of the day.
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Feel free to have company over.
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You make the whole story, as you and up to three other players move into a town and just live life. Befriend your animal neighbors, decorate your house with cool furnishings, fill up your wardrobe, get to know the local wildlife, hop on a bus to visit the new city and just explore the world. There are a million different ways to play. Every charming animal character has a personality: some are grouches while others are chatterboxes. And there's no final goal or high score to hit. The game keeps going for as long as you want to play, and your town will always be there when you return. Move into town, buy a house and then do whatever you want. Time and seasons pass as they do in the real world, so there's always something different happening. Collect more than 2,400 items, go fishing for rare and interesting fish, catch all kind of cool bugs, dig up dinosaur fossils and buried treasure, hang out with other players or spend the day in the city. There's so much to do, and you have all the time in the world to explore it all. DS Suitcase Mode
The DS Suitcase lets you carry your character from your Wii console to a friend's, thus giving people without an Internet connection the ability to experience multiplayer modes. Additionally, you can move your character from Animal Crossing: Wild World on Nintendo DS and play as him/her in Animal Crossing: City Folk. Key Game Features
- There's Always Something New To Do: In the living, breathing world of Animal Crossing: City Folk, days and seasons pass in real time, so there's always something to discover. Catch fireflies in the summer, go trick-or-treating on Halloween or hunt for eggs on Bunny Day. If you're in the mood for something a little faster paced, take a bus to a new urban city area that's unique to Animal Crossing: City Folk. There you can catch a show at the theater or check out the sales at Gracie's boutique. But if you don't show your face back home for too long, your neighbors will miss you.
- Play With and Hear Up to Four Friends: Up to four people from your household can live and work together to build the perfect town. Design clothes and patterns, write letters and post messages on the bulletin board for each other, or play online using your broadband connection and invite up to three friends to visit your town using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. With the new optional Wii Speak microphone (sold separately), it's like you're all in the same room. The microphone sits atop the sensor bar and picks up the conversation of everyone in the room to encourage a more inclusive experience.
- Get to Know Your Neighbors: The heart of Animal Crossing: City Folk is building relationships with the animals in your town as well as with other players. Befriend your animal neighbors by exchanging letters, gifts and favors. Animals can also move from town to town, bringing their memories and stories from their old towns with them. And since animals are notoriously loose-lipped, they spill all the juicy details.
- Express Your Personal Style: Customize your town, your house and yourself by collecting bugs, fish, fossils, art, furniture, clothes and accessories. You can also go to the salon in the city to change your hairstyle and get a Mii makeover. Plus, if you design clothes in the tailor's shop, animals will wear them and maybe even bring them to other towns.
Your Neighbors
Familiar faces such as K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, Blathers and Mr. Resetti all appear, as well as a bunch of new characters like Festivale host Pavé and Bug-Off judge Bud. Many characters who occasionally visited your town in previous Animal Crossing games have now set up permanent shop in the city, so you can see them anytime. Special Powers, Weapons, Moves & Features:
Use the Wii Remote pointer to type letters, use items, draw designs for clothing or wallpaper, drag clothing or items onto your characters, interact with animals or objects, or lead your character around the world. Use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to hang out in real time with up to three of your friends. You can also send them e-mails and text messages from the game. Play at different times of the year to experience different activities, holidays and seasons. And when visiting a friend in another country, experience the holidays native to their culture. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
Up to four people can play together in real time via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The host opens his or her gate to allow friends into the town, where they can perform all sorts of activities: fish, write letters to townsfolk, shop at the store, swap items, play hide-and-seek ... anything. Up to four players can interact in real-time, communicating via text chat, mic chat and emoticons. WiiConnect24:
Using WiiConnect24, you can buy and sell items to friends by participating in silent auctions, view actual players' homes in the Happy Room Academy office or send letters to other players' towns.
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 Moms choice! November 29, 2008
Kristen L. Norfleet (Arden, NC)
232 out of 244 found this review helpful
I truly do live by reviews that people are kind enough to take the time to write. I have an 9 year old son and getting it right the first time is the name of the game. I have been saved many times by simply taking the time to sit down and read a review.
I have come across a game that I just had to review. I can not tell you how wonderful this game is. I also have to say that simply renting this game provided my son an I something to bond over. I saw how much fun he was having and I decided to make my own character. This is a blast! We ended up sending mail and presents back and forth to each other and it has been so great.
I woke up in the middle of the night not to long ago and just happen to go down and turn the game ion and ended up fishing in the moonlight. It was so peaceful.
This is just a happy game. My son is normally drawn to war or fighting games. This is a nice break from that. There is nothing you as a parent will object to. I even bet you will want to play as much as your child. Enjoy and happy holidays!
First impressions---Is this a NEW game? And is that good or bad? November 17, 2008
Suzanne Amara (MA)
97 out of 110 found this review helpful
Anyone who knows Animal Crossing knows it's hard to really rate the game until you have played for a year or so, but I thought some people might like to hear some first impressions from a huge AC fan of the latest game!
My BIG first impression---very little seems to have changed. This game seems like a real cross between the Gamecube version and the DS version, both of which used up many hours of my time! The setup of the city is a LOT like the Gamecube version. The town have the same feel,with lots of slopes and rivers and the same somewhat tiring to get around town plan. Tom Nook, the Able sisters, Pelly, all are there in stores that look about the same. Blathers is even MORE long winded, and it's just as long a routine to get a fossil identified. It sounds like I'm complaining, but I'm not really, it's the AC I know and love. You have to go through the same internship with Tom Nook,and do even the exact same tasks you always have,and the first payment on the house is even just the same amount!
You DO get to pick your house, though,from four around town. You don't share a house, and they aren't all in a square. I picked a house on the beach, for easy fishing.
I bought a shovel and a fishing rod. Shoveling up things is the same,fishing seems initially a little easier---and yes,my first fish was indeed a Sea Bass!
The animals I visited all had furniture I recognized---modern black and white, cabin themes,etc. The animals were also about half ones I've had before, including Ruby, who I think has been in every town I've virtually lived in!
A few things I did notice---the sound was noticably better. One resident, Reuben, had a scary sort of voice, and it was really echoey and cool. The tops for sale at Able's and the designs on display were impressive---they looked a lot more detailed than previously.
I know at some point I will be able to take a bus to the city---I haven't yet---and I know as I go along I will find a lot more changes (I hope) but for now, I feel like I'm returning to a town I know well. I love Animal Crossing, and I will be happy even if there doesn't turn out to be much new. If you love AC too, buy this. If you have never tried AC, you are in for a treat---BUY IT! If you didn't like the first 2 versions but thought this one might be different---well....maybe wait and see!
loving it December 16, 2008
Monique (Virginia)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I absolutely love this game.
Every work day after fighting an hour commute I play this game to unwind and relax. This is probably the first game that I find hard to put down. I could play for hours. I have no experience with the DS or gamecube so I can't compare. I do play computer games but find this game more appealing. I have only had the game for a week or so but have played every day. I use the WII remote while playing and find it funny that the remote vibrates while catching a fish. Gives you the impression you are struggling to hang on to the fish. Kind of fun going to the store and seeing what they have available for sale that day. I love the way the government center has a recycle bin. Great way to teach people to recycle. I have caught both a tire and some cans which I took to the recycle bin. You can also recycle stuff you don't want or take something that catches your eye. Right now it is snowing in my town and I also get a kick out of kicking a snowball around. It is fun being able to act like a kid without people looking at you funny. Can't wait to get off work and go play again.
Same Old, but Still Fun January 6, 2009
ARK (Computer Chair)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is not really a game in the technical sense. Your character does lots of silly, mindless little activities. Strangely, it's incredibly addictive. Part of it is due to player choice -- you can do everything from decorating your house in any way you see fit, to changing your clothing, to messing with your animal "neighbors". Another part of it is the huge replay value. There is something different going on at all hours of the day, all days of the year. Events occur in the game when you're not even there. But the best part of it is that this game is sweet, pleasant, and laid-back. After a hard day's work, this game is like a healing salve.
Think "The Sims," except without any structure or story (which says something, I'm sure). You buy a house, all the while building the house as large as you can (and meeting the challenge of paying your mortgage. Don't worry, there isn't a time limit). You collect fish, fossils, paintings, and bugs, opting either to sell them or put them in a museum (one of my favorite features!). You also collect furnishings, wallpapers, and carpets, and decorate your house to your heart's content. The seasons change, and there are fishing tourneys, bug hunts, and special holidays. Characters appear at certain times of the year, certain times of day, and on certain days, which means there's almost always something new and fresh to see. The appearances of fish and bugs change with the seasons and time of day. Thus, the replay value is monumental!
There are plenty of things to decorate yourself with. Clothes, umbrellas, hats, even your Mii's face -- the possibilities are endless!
You can finally look up in the sky and see all sorts of aerial and astral phenomenon, from meteor showers to floating presents (which you can shoot down).
Your animal neighbors are extremely fun. They're extremely eclectic, ranging from sweet and bubbly to shallow and narcisstic to crotchety and rude. These character types are quite simplistic, but it affects how they interact with you, what kinds of gifts they prefer, and how they speak to each other (nothing is funnier than seeing two opposites get in an argument).
You can eventually make "relationships" with these animals. Options are varied; you can send them letters, run errands for them, or give them advice. (You can also be a complete jerk, if you'd like.) Each character has its own little personality, reacting to your choices and the gifts you give them in different ways.
My favorite part about City Folk is that it has addressed some small annoyances I had with Wild World -- the fact that Redd, for example, comes only once a week, and Gracie Grace comes once in a blue moon. This improvement is the City. You can go to the city, buy contraband from Redd, get a haircut, learn emotions, and put your items up on auction. My favorite element is that I can finally visit Gracie Grace's shop whenever I want.
Unfortunately, there is one major con. The more you walk and run on your grass, the more that grass disappears. Soon, you'll end up with a parched wasteland. How unfortunate... and how hideous! I pray Nintendo fixes this with a patch.
There were some things I wish that had been ported over from the Gamecube version. Anyone remember the gold spots? Blanca, the faceless cat on the train, whose face you drew horrible things on (one giant eye, the Superman logo, an upside-down face) so that later players would see her walking through town and break into laughter? The fact that there were 10 "soft spots" in the ground for digging up fossils (rather than a measly four), and all kinds of old NES games to collect? These things haven't come along. In fact, this game reminds me much more of Wild World than of the first Animal Crossing, from the "rolling barrel" worldview to shooting presents out of the sky. I suppose that's fine; those were all small features. It's still a lot of fun and the gameplay remains unchanged.
Now, to look at the hardware. Although you can play this with a Wiimote, I suggest using a Nunchuk. It makes your movements more accurate. For catching fish and bugs, this is a necessity.
I haven't gotten to use the WiiSpeak with Animal Crossing yet, but when I do, I'll be sure to update this review appropriately.
All in all, this is a must-buy. If you're not sure you'd like this, rent it and try it out. It's definitely something you'll either adore or hate, depending on your nature -- if you hate something with no structure, no plot, no real "game" to it, then this probably isn't the game for you. That said, even those who dislike the idea of such "games" might be pleasantly surprised at how much they like City Folk.
So much fun, especially if you've never played the DS version March 10, 2009
Ariel (Las Vegas, NV)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have seen reviews of this game saying that it's too much like the DS version. I had Wild World & played it for over a year, and I agree that it's very similar to City Folk. I want to write this review as more of a comparison between the two because I don't see any reason NOT to buy this game unless you've played Wild World & you're worried about it being the same thing.
I enjoy the new Wii version for several reasons:
-Everything's easier to see. Collecting furniture, clothing, bugs, and other items is so much more fun when you can see it on a big t.v. screen.
-New clothing: outfits. I don't think you could buy "outfits" in Wild World. In City Folk, they have outfits that include a hat and a shirt. For example, there is a strawberry outfit, kiwi outfit, doctor, etc.
-New furniture themes. I am pretty sure the Mario Theme is a new one. You can only get the Mario items as gifts from the balloons in the sky. A lot of the furniture is the same as in Wild World, but there are some new ones too.
-New method of getting Golden Axe. Getting the Golden Axe in Wild World was a pain!!!! Okay, it's not that much easier to get it in this game, but at least you have a different process. You have to donate enough bells to get a fountain in your town & then you have to throw your axe in the fountain and hope for the golden axe to come back to you!
-Visiting the city. I kind of like that you can take a bus to the city to visit Redd's furniture store, Dr. Shrunk, the hair dresser. You can even get your shoes polished & made to match your outfit.
-Turnips. Well, you can no longer leave turnips on a table in your house to keep them from spoiling. They spoil at the end of the week. I used to have to clear off my tables to make room for all the turnips I'd buy, but now I just throw them all over the floor in my house, so that's kinda nice. :D
One thing I do not like is Nook's store hours!! When you upgrade your store, you get worse hours. The last upgrade changes his hours so that his store is only open from 9am-9pm. I had to change my clock on the game so it would be open from 7am-7pm. That way I can play before work and when I get home. The reason I want to get on the game twice per day is because you get two different turnip prices every day.
All in all, this game is just fun. If you have never played Animal Crossing, GET IT! If you've played the DS version (Wild World) & liked it, you might want to consider upgrading to this Wii version. It's fun.
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