Topic: Is Animal crossing for everyone?

[KnowsNothing]

Well, I just have to add something.

See, when I first got AC and for a long while after it was my most played game.  It holds the record for  continuous playing time (12 hours srtaight).  But I grew tired of it after a while because there was nothing to do. I am ashamed to say it, but I cheated and used universal codes to get lots of items to finish sets and many NES game..  It just became too boring for me after that.

Now, a year later, I've come back and now play it everyday again.  Why?  Because I gave up most of my material possesions (in the game, silly).  Kinda like a Buddhist 'find inner peace' doowab.  There were some things I just couldn't let go of (<3 Balloon Fight) but for the most part I started over.  Of course, there were ALOT of weeds to clean up when I got back, but now things are running smoothly again. (excpet for the fact that the villagers can't undertand anything i write to them.  I tried using simple words they would undertand, too.  I said, "Hello.  You are my friend." and they sent stuff back to me like "What are you saying?  I couldn't understand one word you said.  Please stop sending me letters.")

[Edward - SkaTown]

they always seem to understand me if I'm talking in decent English words. OF course not exactly, but they happen to understand some really lil things. but I agree that the letter system sucks. do you happen to know how I can get more NES games? I only got soccer from the AC site but I can't find them anywhere in the game. And Soccer isn't that great

[ib2kool4u912]

Usually for NES games you just have to wait untill they appear in your town somehow. Just keep checking your bulletin(sp?) board for a message like "Donkey Kong/A special prize is buried in D-3."

I think soccer is pretty fun actually, but not as fun as Balloon Fight. Balloon Fight kicks ass.

[WhoDey]

Is Animal Crossing for everyone? Most definitely not. I'd say gamers that crave constant action, blood, gore, and instant gratification aren't going to like it. But if you are one of the ones that is ends up appealing to, then be prepared to be addicted for a long time.

I'm 31 and bought this game when it came out. I knew I'd like it before I bought it but had no idea how great the game was going to be for me. I played about 4 months straight (almost every day), and then finally kicked the habit for about 2 months. Then, one day I decided to play again and ended up getting hooked again for another 3 or 4 months. I  finally forced myself to quit playing it because I couldn't get any play time in with my other games, it was all going toward AC. I'd buy a new game and then have to play AC for an hour every day before playing my new game.

My wife and daughter both loved it also. I wish the game had a timer that showed how long someone has played because I know I'd be right around 400 hrs. To this day I won't play it because I don't want to become addicted again. However, I consider the greatest game I've ever played and I've been gaming since Atari/Colecovision. I can't wait to see what Nintendo does with this franchise although I also dread it too

[Edward - SkaTown]

I hope they will put some cool new features in the next game. A furniture creator would be awesome. Just with a simple concept, like the with, height and length of a object, then you could choose a mesh for it (maybe editible) and then just draw the 4 (or sides of the object. That would be really cool cause then you can really make unique homes. And the patterns may have a lot more pixels if you ask me. Also a online feature would be cool, in the form of a shop or something where you can start your own (market) stand and show of all your cool stuuf you've made to sell it. And an online happy room academy would be cool to. Online towns (I mean towns where different players live) shouldn't work I think. But online visiting should be cool to (and that you can set limitations for visitors, like you can't visit if the 'owner' isn't around, put on a password or choose if visitors can take stuff out of your town and take it as they leave etc.) And more facilities in a town, where you can relax and enjoy little things or just hang out with some animals. But not to modern cause it still has to be a forest.