Animal Crossing: Wild World

Short Description

Touch screen simplifies item management and world navigation - Tap the touch screen to type letters, draw designs for clothing or wallpaper, drag clothing or items onto characters or just lead them around the world
Players and up to three friends can hang out in the same village and interact in real time - either through wireless LAN or over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
Travel to a friend's village -- even if it's thousands of miles away
Interact with members of the original cast of Animal Crossing - K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, Blathers, Mr. Resetti and more
Meet all the new characters, including animals of all shapes and personality types

~~$39.99~~ $53.98

(as of 30/07/2010 09:57 - info)

Full Description

Animal Crossing : Wild World takes you into a real-time virtual world where an entire village is waiting to be explored. Whether you want to decorate your home, catch bugs or fish, or just chat with the characters in your village, there’s always something to do. Days and seasons pass in real time, and you can visit the villages of online players — even if they’re a thousand miles away.

5 Reviews

anony says:
Posted June 30, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

If your looking for a game that can keep your child’s attention, then this is it. I bought it for my 7 y/o and she loves the role playing theme of the game, which is unlike the other games she owns. She loves that she can pick her character, buy new outfits, talk to other people, control where to go next. I’ve not played it, but it seems interesting enough for my daughter where she can’t stop talking about it.
A. Dyer says:
Posted April 13, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

Animal Crossing is so much fun to play, and I can spend hours fishing, running errands for my animal friends, organizing the town’s trees and flowers, etc. It’s not a traditional game in that there’s a goal to save the princess at the end of the level, but there are fun little things to work toward, such as a bigger house, pics of the animals in your town, golden tools, and hybrid flowers. Any description you read of the game sounds like it’s fluff for little girls, but I’m 22, and I know a few guys my age who love it as well (but won’t be the first to admit it).

It’s also the only game I know of that will make you play on its own time. For instance, K.K. Slyder is at the Roost every Saturday night from 8 pm – midnight. And there’s Joan that comes to the town every Sunday to sell you turnips.

There’s too much to explain everything, but this game really is super fun (for all ages), and if you do need help on anything, I’ve gone to [...] to figure a few things out, and there’s also the Animal Crossing Guide Book, which I actually haven’t read through but I’m sure is worth checking out.
Bigwig Y says:
Posted April 7, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

I have played this game until my house was first upgraded but then got really tired of playing because its extremely poor controls. I tried to use the stylus only but it did not work well. D-pad and buttons gave me even more frustration because no matter how carefully I move my character, I could not get things done effectively.

For example, I could not pick items up easily. When I wanted to walk, I picked the designs I paved on the ground. i could not shake trees while holding a net or watering can.

The worst thing I experienced is that I could not effectively water my flowers. It was so difficult to position my character to pour water dead on the ground where the flowers were growing that the following day always several flowers were dying. Trees were blocking my view to water. Instead of watering flowers, I pluck them out and shove them in my pocket! It was too much maneuvering to just water flowers! Positioning and adjusting took so long and wore me out (think about watering more than 100 flowers every morning with this dull control!) It was so stressful that I could not go on any more.

In addition, it was a hustle to decorate my room. It was troublesome to move furniture. If I tried to rotate a piece of furniture, other furniture went into my pocket. When I wanted to put items in a dresser, the dresser itself went back into my pocket.

The weakness of the control ruined everything for me. If you are full aware of this shortcoming, you might be able to enjoy the game. If you get easily irritated, this game is not for you.
Zer0 says:
Posted March 4, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

First off, if you dont like the animal crossing formula you wont like it now so just leave. This is a VERY casual game, perfect for the DS since you never get too involved. I have played all three animal crossings but I think the set up for this one is better since its pick up and play, then disconnect when your finished. One serious flaw in this game though that marks a whole star off is the animals are not as “intelligent” as they are in the other versions. They say the same things alot sooner than before and hardly ever need your help. Often they just ask stupid things like replacing their phrases. Dont expect to be addicted to this playing it 24/7 but about 2 hours -3 hrs a day max and the game will be quite enjoyable.
Susan Ballazhi says:
Posted February 19, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

This is now my daughter’s very favorite Nintendo game. She hasn’t played any others since she got it. It is endlessly fun and amusing for me. She loves it.