Animal Crossing
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Animal Crossing is an enhanced rerelease of Dōbutsu no Mori +, designed specifically for Western audiences. As such, it replaces all Japanese cultural references and celebrations with ones that would be more familiar to the American, European, and Australian audiences it was released for. This includes such holidays as a Harvest Festival in November, April Fool's Day, and Mother's Day and Father's Day. New items and events were also added.
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- Animal Crossing series
- Animals: Raccoons
- Boss Fight Books games
- Console Generation Exclusives: GameCube
- Gameplay feature: Day / night cycle
- Gameplay feature: Fishing
- Gameplay feature: House ownership
- Gameplay feature: Interior decorating
- Games made into movies
- Games with hidden / unlockable full games
- Genre: Simulation - Human life
- Nintendo Player's Choice releases
- Protagonist: Female (option)
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Critics
Average score: 84% (based on 65 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.8 out of 5 (based on 100 ratings with 7 reviews)
The most adult game on gamecube?
The Good
The fact that you basically live. You have a house, you decorate it how you want, you dress how you want, you offend people how you want, you plant flowers where you want. The sheer amount of things that there are to do, boggles the mind. Fishing, shopping, designing clothes, running errands, collecting furniture, the list goes on. Everyday is different, something will always be happening in your town, even when you are not there. There are special events every month, and you'll even get a present on your birthday :)
The Bad
Erm, nowt to be honest, not saying its perfect, but theres nothing about it I don't like
The Bottom Line
This game looks childish, but is very adult. Having said that, children can play it but there are jokes in it, sexual references etc. which adults will be laughing at. This is probably Nintendo at its finest, doing something original, and not really broadcasting it. Unfortunately the fact that its only available in NTSC format (unless you live in australia, the only place you can get a PAL one I believe) means you'll have to import it if you live in Europe, but it is worth it. Buy it! BUY IT NOW!!!!
GameCube · by Tracer__ (11) · 2003
The Good
Gameplay-The gameplay is very addictive and has you coming back for more all the time. A really cool feature is that of a real-time clock. As in if you decide to play at 4PM in real life, it is 4PM in the game. Even the days are the same as in real life, with seasons and such and holidays. Basically you live in a village of animals and can do stuff for them, become friends, and such. You can go fishing or catch bugs to collect or make money off of. Design shirts, collect furniture. You can even play classic NES games. This is truely one fun and simple and VERY addictive game.
Graphics:Very simplistic, but charming at the same time. Nothing real special, but there are tons of different furniture and other objects. Overall good.
Sound:Nothing too special. You can make your own town theme that plays every hour in the game. But mainly just some basic sound effects and some cutesy simple music.
Replayability:Almost infinite, you will at least have to play a year to see all the different seasons to get all the different bugs and fish. See all the holidays and such. While sometimes becoming a bit like a chore, still very fun and such.
The Bad
To me after awhile it seemed a bit like I HAD to play the game(since every day weeds grow in and lower your towns value a tiny bit, and after a long while villagers might move out). Also it does get quite repetitive at times.
The Bottom Line
Quirky, Strange, Fun, and Addictive.
GameCube · by Vessol (53) · 2006
Great sim game even your wife or girlfriend will love!
The Good
There are so many things that continue to surprise me about this game. First of all it is one of the only games my wife and kids and I have ever been able to compete in. For a month now I come home from work to hear about what new piece of furniture or other item she has collected for her house. We have started a second town and some of our friends now come over just to play this game. I can see us all playing this game off and on for the next year. Just to see the seasons change. Instead of watching a New Years Eve celebration on TV our family was watching the countdown and fireworks.
The Bad
Sometimes my dinner is late because someone is playing this game :)
The Bottom Line
It is a real time life sim. There are no set goals. You basically develop your own. You move into a new town. Get a loan to buy a house. Work to buy a bigger house and collect lots of cool stuff for it. If you want the "Full Effect" be prepared to spend money. If you have a gameboy advance you can connect it to your gamecube and get a special Island location to travel to. And you can trade islands with your friends. And you can keep an eye on your island residents using the GBA. Also you can collect Animal Crossing trading cards. These card have special codes to give you special items in the game. With an E-Reader you can scan the cards directly into your gamecube. You can also get secret codes and information directly from Nintendo's website. What a major marketing marvel. I have never spent this much money just to play one game. But compared to the amount of time my family has played it then it is a bargain.
GameCube · by gametrader (208) · 2003
Discussion
Subject | By | Date |
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I always thought this game was a bit sinister | Pseudo_Intellectual (66423) | Jan 9, 2009 |
Animal Crossing Pioneer | Joshua J. Slone (4666) | Jun 26, 2007 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
The GameCube version of Animal Crossing appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Don Resetti
If the player resets a certain number of times, Mr Resetti's older brother Don Resetti will appear to lecture the player instead of Mr Resetti. This only happens once.
Fake Reset
If the player resets a certain number of times, Mr Resetti will pretend to delete their town in an attempt to scare them.
K.K. Slider's name
Among the ensemble of animals that populate Animal Crossing there is a dog who welcomes the player on their first play session and gives guitar concerts every Saturday night by the Train Station. The Dalmatian is called Totakeke (or K.K. Slider), an obvious pun to Kasumi Totaka, the game's sound director.
Loading time
With its small size due to being a slight enhancement on the N64 original, Animal Crossing completely loads into memory soon after you start the system. Thus the only load time in the game is when using the memory card or linking with the Game Boy Advance. Once loaded, the game can even be fully played if you remove the disc from the system.
Promotional copy
In early August 2002 Nintendo ran a contest where teams of two told in 50 words or less why they should get free copies of the game. 125 teams of these so-called Animal Crossing Pioneers got copies a month earlier than the general release. This helped to create a big buzz about the game on the Internet, and is also where the "Promotional Copy" disc scan on this site came from.
Tom Nook
The name of your first employer on Animal Crossing, a raccoon named Tom Nook, is a pun on the Japanese word for raccoon, "tanuuki". Fans of Super Mario Bros. 3 might remember the Tanooki suit that resembled a raccoon. Tom Nook clearly owns all the supply lines in town. He owns the only general goods store, controls all real estate, and is the only one who gives out loans. This has led many gamers to dub him as somewhat of a slum lord and a loan shark.
Awards
- GameSpy
- 2002 – Should Have Been Online Award (GameCube)
- The Strong National Museum of Play
- 2021 – Introduced into the World Video Game Hall of Fame
Info also contributed by JPaterson, ~~, Joshua J. Slone, Jiguryo, Matt Neuteboom and Thomas Dowding.
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Game added by JPaterson.
Additional contributors: Sciere, Juan Pablo Bouquet, Patrick Bregger, Deleted, FatherJack, Harmony♡, Deleted, SoMuchChaotix.
Game added September 21, 2002. Last modified March 7, 2024.