Animal Crossing Wild World

Animal Crossing: Wild World is what I like to call a life simulator. You just live the life of your character, getting money, buying thins, expanding house, getting money again, and etc. Now I think the best way to enjoy this game is to play about 30 minutes a day, checking out what’s going on, then get off. You don’t have to, but if you just play this game for hours on end, it gets pretty boring.

The game is about you moving into a new town. On the ride there in the taxi, you get to name the town and your character. When you get there you first check out the mayors office. There you learn some simple things like how to use the map and stuff. Once you leave, you get a welcoming from Tom Nook, who built the house you are moving into. He then tells you how much it is, and luckily for you, you are dirt poor. So he offers you a job at his shop to pay off part of your debt. Then the game begins.



Everyday there is something new for you to check out. Whether it be an event, items in the ground, or just new items at Tom Nook’s, it is always changing. This makes it so it will not get too repetitive. Each town a person makes is unique. My town consists of a crapload of apples, and recently numerous coconut trees near the shore. There is one river and some really cool residents. Now if you were to play this game, you will definitely have a town completely different than mine. You might have a river split into two, then form one river again causing a island within your town. You may have peaches and different residents. This makes the game pretty cool. If you ever get bored of your town, you can just move and go in to a new town, complete with new things.



The controls in the game are pretty good. Using the touch screen on the menus is a real plus, because I don’t like to continously go over just so I can grab one thing, then move it into another location. By using your stylus, you can drag and drop items, type text, and move your character around. I prefer using the control pad and buttons to move my character, because I like the security in it.

The graphics are a real plus in this game. Since this based of the GC title, which was a remake from a N64 game, it looks real solid. Being able to create tiles and stuff is nice, unless you rather get in game crap. Also if you just suck at drawing, just don’t bother with it. The trees are 2D, but since the entire game is viewed in one direction, you can’t look around it. This get’s annoying when you push a snow ball behind a tree and don’t know if you destroyed it or not.



The tunes in the game are nice for the background, but nothing to go cheer like you won millions of dollars. They are simple and pleasant, something that is needed for a simple game. You can create your own town tune in the game too. The town tune is what plays every hour like church bells, and when you talk to someone. My town tune is the theme for the Steel Samurai from Phoenix Wright. You can always change it whenever you like, so you don’t have to have that forever.

As for the online part, I have yet to sign up a friend on my friendlist and try it out. When ever I do, this section will change into a section for the online capabilities.

Animal crossing is a great game to have on the DS. It is simple, rarely gets repetitive depending how you play it, and it is plain out fun. If you have a DS and enjoy games that are basically about nothing, then pick this up. If not, then don’t.

4 star(s) out of 5

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