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Rating:  - Animal Crossing is unique, interesting, and fun
In Animal Crossing, you live out a virtual life, similar to The Sims, but not quite. You take a train ride into town, filled with many different things to do. Here you can catch bugs, fish, shop, pull weeds, garden, and the list goes on. Every town is randomly generated, so you will never have the same one twice. You have different animal neighbors, like bears, birds, frogs, cats, and dogs. They sometimes will ask you to do things for them, like give clothes to someone or get their comic book from someone.Every town has a tailor shop where you can create clothes, a police station where you can be informed of upcoming events, a shop to buy furniture, a post office to mail letters, a museum to donate items to, and a fountain to learn about the status of your town. Plus owners of a Game Boy Advance and GBA-GCN link cable can visit an island with a unique islander. The game runs in real time. If it's noon in the real world, it's noon in the town. On holidays, sometimes special things happen. The mayor will sometimes give you special mementos of the day. Animal Crossing is not for everyone. It is best played in short bursts and not long periods of time. It still is a great game and one of the best games of the year.
Rating:  - Outstanding game, innovative for consoles!
This is a fantastic title. In fact I was so thrilled witht he reviews of it I ran out and bought a Gamecube just so I could play it while I was laid up after my knee surgery. I love it. In the spirit of the Sims it is so much fun and open ended just set in a more fatasy type world. The real time date system is new and innovative in that everyday things change and there are holidays and other special things going on just like real life. I haven't seen a festival yet but the visiting people are unique. The only problem I have with the game is that it also moves in real time. Meaning if you pop the game on after 10 pm the general store is closed and will not open until 9 am. THis means you have to basically go to sleep and play in the morning if you were planning on selling (the only way to really make money) or buy anything. I found it frustrating when I first paid off my loan to TOm Nook and he promised me a new house yet I had to wait a whole day just to see it or when you send mail away you have to wait days for responses. This is almost too realistic for a video game. What it transpires to is a game you pick up and play for maybe 1/2 to and hour each day then you can turn it off as things to do for that day run dry. I think Nintendo should look at that issue and perhaps make things happen faster with actions rather than time. I think the Sims should learn from this as well as the time frame for a day in the Sims was terribly fast! (It used to take me 30 minutes just to go to the bathroom. I mean were talking number 1 here and that was ridiculous!) So maybe a game such as either of these with a time scale in the middle would be great. Anyway back to the game. If you want a game that is fresh fun and entertaining well get this. You won't beat it or exhaust it in a day or so trust me. I also hear it is even more fun when connected to the GBA. Now I don't own one and am not really planning on it I am curtious. I don't like how it is very geared to those who own the system as a lot of the games features can only be accessed through the GBA. Kind of a gimmick in my eyes but oh well maybe I'll try it out.
Rating: - Move over Zelda, Animals are Crossing
First of all, it's not a Game Boy Color game. Second of all, now for my reviews. Ahem...Animal Crossing is a great game. You can do so many things. It is great for all ages. Everyone will have fun. You can do...These things: Name your character and town, ride a train to town to town, visit your friend's town by using the Memory Card, mail letters, change clothes, get a job, play original NES games, custumize your house, visit a mysterious island by using the GBA-GC connector, visit people's houses, if it's your birthday-you'll receive a gift and letters! This isn't a game. I'm not sure what to call it. I guess a mini-virtual life. If you reserve it, trust me:You will love it. It is not a game that contains stages, levels or boss-fights, just doing your daily routines. It may not sound fun, but if you look in pictures in Mags (Nintendo Power recommeded) you'll see how fun it really is.
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