Topic: Animal Crossing Questions

[MysticalMatt517]

Greetings! Well I just got Animal Crossing and let me say the obvious: THIS GAME IS AMAZING! Every time I go in there is something different going on! I was out today and I caught myself thinking several times "I wonder what's happening in my village?" I also got ticked off when I looked at my watch and saw that 10:00 had come and gone - I wanted to sell some of my stuff off to Tom Nook! Oh well, there's always tomorrow ;-].

Anyway, I have a few questions.

1.) How much does the Gameboy Advance add to the gameplay? At one point one of the characters told me that if I had a GBA I could go to the dock at the captain would pick me up. What happens at that point? I've also noticed a couple references to the e-card reader. Are these things just extras or what? I don't want them to be a deciding factor on a purchase of a GBA if they really don't add a whole lot.

2.) How does taking your character into a friends village work? I know you get on the train, but what happens from there? I suppose you take your memory card to a friends house but what happens from there? Can both of you be in the village at the same time?

3.) What is the passphrase thing that is offered by Tom Nook? What are you giving when you send / say a passphrase?

Ok, I think that's everything. I know I could probably read the manual, but I don't know where I put it! Thanks a billion!

-Mystic Matt

[ib2kool4u912]

i'll try to help you with your questions

1) It is definitely not worth buying a GBA for this game is thats what you're asking. The are other reasons for buying one but not just for animal crossing. With a GBA you are able to download your NES to the GBA to take with you somewhere, but you lose the game once you turn off the GBA so its not that great of a feature; you can also design patterns for free if you use the GBA (it normally cost bells to design a patern from those sisters). The other thing you use a GBA for is to go to your island place. That's what the person in your town was talking about, if you go to the dock with the GBA on a boat will be waiting to take you to the island. I can't really tell you about the E-reader since i don't have it.

2)In order to go to your friends village you put your memory card in slot A and your friend's in slot B the you talk to the train guy and get on the train to go to his town. Since only one person can play at a time, only one of you can be in a town at any time.

3)The code used by Tom Nook is how you would trade items with people. You go to Nook and tell him the name and the name of the town the person you're trading with is in. Then you give him the item and he says a code that you tell your friend to input to Nook. Your friend will recieve the item.  

I hope that helps.

[MysticalMatt517]

Thanks a billion! That does help a ton! I really appreciate your help!

I may still get a GBA down the road, but I'm glad to know I'm not totally missing out by not having one.

This game is absolutely brilliant! It's amazing how much community this game has going without online capabilities! Dev's on other consoles would do well to look at what Nintendo is doing here! This game is PURE GENIUS!