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Animal Crossing (GC)

GENERAL INFORMATION

GENRE/STYLE

Simulation/Life Development Sim

RELEASE DATE

17/SEP/02

ESRB RATING

EVERYONE,

DEVELOPER

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

PUBLISHER

Nintendo of America, Inc.

TRAITS (member-attributed "LIKES")

THE SETTING #USES

PLAYING AS #USES

PLAYING AGAINST #USES

Debt 33
Boredom 26
Entropy 7

HOW IT'S PLAYED #USES

GENERAL TONE #USES

DESCRIPTION

Dubbed as a "communication game" by Nintendo, Animal Crossing creates a virtual community of which the player is but a single member. Players begin by naming their character and town, and then setting the date before moving into their new Animal Crossing settlement. The town's denizens are talking animals, and the emphasis is placed on making friends and creating a virtual life.

By using the GameCube's real-time clock, the game reflects actual time of day or night. Play at six in the morning, for example, and many characters will still be asleep, while others will be getting a jump-start on their day. Holidays are celebrated and the world changes accordingly, with lights hanging on trees at Christmas, for instance. Certain in-game events will only occur at specific times during the day, and some characters will only appear at set intervals.

As with everyday life, characters need to get a job in order to make the money needed to purchase new items for their house as well as pay off loans. Using the Nintendo GameCube — Game Boy Advance Cable, players will be able to design new textures and outfits on the handheld and transfer them back to the GameCube so they appear in the game. Animal Crossing can also be played by up to four players, though not simultaneously. Others can visit and leave notes and items for the primary player.

The game also provides a host of events and things to do to keep players occupied. Catching bugs and fish could yield some extra cash, but time might be better spent on planting fruit trees or perhaps forging new relationships with some of the neighbors. Faithful reproductions of NES games can also be collected, played, and transferred to the Game Boy Advance, including Donkey Kong, Ice Climber, Baseball, Punch-Out!!, Pinball, and Excitebike. ~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Animal Crossing (GC)

GENRE/STYLE:

Simulation/Life Development Sim
RELEASE DATE:

17/SEP/02
TOP TRAITS:

Village, Real-time, Cute
DESCRIPTION:

Dubbed as a "communication game" by Nintendo, Animal Crossing creates a virtual community of which the player is but ... more

players 126

followers 0

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POPULARITY: GC PLATFORM

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Animal Crossing

“Some subprime mortgage crisis joke, perhaps?”

Added by: pierben
Date: 27/NOV/2009
Views: 1
Votes: 0

created 27/NOV/2009

pierben played Animal Crossing on 26/NOV/09

“Picked a great time to start playing -- got a complete set of new furniture on Harvest Festival.”

created 27/NOV/2009

pierben played Animal Crossing on 24/NOV/09

“For the first time ever I'm finally playing Animal Crossing. Gamecube version that's hardly different from the N64 version (except for English language) or not, yay.”

created 25/NOV/2009

Animal Crossing (GC) by: monkeygrenade

“Basically the formula is like this, The Sims + Pokemon=Animal Crossing. One of the few "casual" games I have enjoyed. You get a living wold experience and obsessive item collection wrapped up in one addictive package.”

created 16/SEP/2009

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Added by: monkeygrenade
Date: 15/SEP/2009
Views: 8
Votes: 0

created 15/SEP/2009

Animal Crossing (GC) by: Lianna

“Mostly like this on GC because it reminds me of my cousins. Spending hours upon hours catching/selling bugs and fish, trying to get the golden trophy before anyone else did.. Those were the days.”

created 07/AUG/2009

Animal Crossing (GC) by: Xaizin

“Fun game to kill time with”

created 12/JUL/2009

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Added by: Xaizin
Date: 12/JUL/2009
Views: 13
Votes: 0

created 12/JUL/2009

Animal Crossing (GC) by: bhive01

“This game is a guilty pleasure. I spent more time playing this game than I did any other GC game. The concept is so simple it hurts. But, the "realtime" real world interactions within the game were so well done. If you haven't, try the...”

created 02/JUL/2009

Animal Crossing (GC) by: Miuchi

“You wouldn't think that a title like this could be addicting, but when you owe LARGE sums of money to a cheapsake raccoon named Tom Nook, you tend to really get moving to get his money. Playing with your friends is also a blast too!”

created 15/JUN/2009

Animal Crossing (GC) by: dypos

“Great real life simulation. The game gives you no goals and you can do, what you want. Collect items, plant fruits, create flowers and talk with the other vcitizans. It's amazing, how you can get lost in this game. Play and relax.”

created 29/MAY/2009

Ysgrublaidd played Animal Crossing on 15/APR/09

“Didn't play the game for a couple of years now. But wanted to play it again. Today I mostly cleaned-up my town.”

created 15/APR/2009

Ysgrublaidd was the last to comment - 7 months ago... show previous hide previous

“One of the best things about this version is that it has those NES-games. But I know what you mean. For me it's not a game I can play for more than a couple of weeks. Then it gets really boring. But it has also a sort of Zen-vibe around it. It's a relaxing game. Plus the game is real time... and changes over time. I like that.

I even got two versions. First one was the Australian version. I bought that one because the game initially wouldn't get a release in Europe. And the Australian version is also PAL and could be played on a European GameCube. Later I also bought a European version. Not for the game, but for the memory card that came with it. The game with memory card was at that moment cheaper than a memory card. :P ”