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Holistic Guidance - Animal Crossing
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $32.98
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Nintendo
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Nintendo
EAN: 0045496960322
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: This game has a 24-hour clockwhere something new happens in real-world time -- as day turns to night in the real world, it also happens in Animal Crossing
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Model: 45496960322
Platform: GameCube
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: 2006-06-15
Studio: Nintendo
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Features
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This game has a 24-hour clockwhere something new happens in real-world time -- as day turns to night in the real world, it also happens in Animal Crossing
Watch or join in as you watch the animal-people of Animal Crossing carry out their daily routines
Build relationships with villagers, celebrate special days, collect furnishings for their homes and just live life in an innovative new gaming experience!
Works with Link Cable to connect your Game Boy Advance to your GameCube!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Animal Crossing lets you cross over into a whole new world where you experience real-time exploration
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Play It With Friends
Comment: Animal Crossing
One of Nintendo's top titles for the Gamecube was Animal Crossing. Many players bought this game and are still playing today. However, I am not in the magical group of players and believe that this game gets old quick. This game is a routine game; once you realize you are doing the same thing over and over, again you will stop playing.
Graphics- 5/10
As you probably already know, the graphics for this game are horrible. I'm not saying they needed to great, but they could've been a little better. The game was originally made for the Nintendo 64, which actually explains it's poor graphics. You also are stuck in a top down view that really restricts what you can see most of the time. Looking for other characters is a task because the view is so annoying. There aren't many load times though, so you can move throughout the small world quickly. The ugly graphics can be forgiven, as they don't really affect the gameplay any.
Story- 4/10
There really is no story in this game. You have hopped on a train heading for a town. You have pretty much no money. Luckily for you, Tom Nook quickly offers you a tiny home to live in. He allows you to make payments on it. From that point on there is no story. You just visit with other critters in the world and talk to them. There is nothing going on to keep you interested in the game. All you do is pay Tom Nook money and buy things from his shop. You are truly free in this game, but I wish a little bit of a story were added.
Sound- 4/10
The game's sound is almost unbearable. The music is probably the only thing you can deal with on the game. Even then, it is usual an annoying tune that gets old quick. The characters talk in a weird language that is more annoying than the Sims. I suggest turning the animal language off in the beginning of the game. You will get so sick of hearing the way they talk.
Gameplay- 6/10
You need to collect cash to pay off Tom Nook. At first you will run a few errands for him that will act like more of a tutorial. After that you are on your own. You can furnish your home, run errands for people, and a few other things. Once you have paid off your house, you can upgrade it a few more times to get bigger and add extra floors. This is all fun for a couple weeks. Eventually you will realize that this is a routine game. You do the same thing every time you turn on the game. You check your mail, run errands, fish, sell everything, pay off Nook, save and quit. This gets really tedious once you get to the really expensive upgrades.
You can have up to four people in a town though. If you have a couple other people to play with the game will become a lot better. If you have a town created on another memory card that is in slot two, you will be able to travel to that town and buy things from their shop. Trading fruit between towns can lead to a huge profit. You can even wreak havoc in another person's town by digging holes and leaving garbage lying around. It's up to you. Having a couple friends to play this with can really add to this game longevity.
Difficulty- 5/10 (Note- This is how much I like the difficulty)
There is no skill required to play this game. The only hard part about this game is paying off Tom's insane fees. Other than that there are no hard parts. Finding items for the Museum may be difficult, but at the end of the day you only have to dig up whatever is there. If it isn't there then you wait until the next day. The game wasn't meant to be difficult though, so I will give it an average score in this section of scoring. The fact that the game is so easy helps if you want a bunch of friend's to play the game with you.
Overall- 6/10
I will admit that the game is pretty fun for the first few weeks. Once you hit point where you owe Tom around 700,000 bells (currency), you will realize that you are going to have to do the same tedious things over again to get enough money for it. You can probably play this game an hour or so a day and be done with it in a few weeks. I can only recommend purchasing this game if you have a couple friends that are willing to play this game with you. If not then just avoid this all together. It will get too tiresome too fast.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I Love this game
Comment: I love this game. I can't wait to be able to play it on a nintendo WII when ever I can afford to buy one. HaHa!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Some of you are not playing long enough!
Comment: I realize that different people like different things, but this is not the kind of game you can 'try out' for an hour.
The first day or two you are 'working' for the store owner, who has just sold you a house to live in. He has you run those errands and such. This is mostly to familiarize you with the game and get you started.
This game works in real time, so you can't 'finish' this stage all at once. It wasn't designed to be played for hours and hours straight. It was made to play a little each day.
I've read a lot of reviews here and there about people who think they're 'forced' to pull weeds, pick all the fruit, pay off the loans (which get bigger and bigger), run everybody's errands, fill up the museum, etc.
THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL!!! You don't HAVE to do anything! You don't even have to pay back any of your loan, but you get a better house each time that you do. You don't HAVE to pull the weeds...just let them grow! Ignore the museum...whatever! Why would you keep doing something you don't enjoy? Personally, I hate dealing with the weeds...so I let them grow. (fortunately, a nice ghost I met at 2am pulled them for me!)
Heck, my boyfriend just got a big kick out of resetting and watching Mr. Resetti raise heck about it...and then he beat poor Kiki with the the butterfly net until she cried!!!!!
There are mini games that you find in the game, there are special events, and lots of game secrets (tip: when you dig up money from a glowing hole, bury some money in the same hole...you will grow a money tree!)
Also, some people are upset about the timeline and how they can only play during certain times of the day. CHANGE THE DATE!!! You can make it Christmas morning if you want. Also, I work night shift, so I change night to day...or just tweak the time enough to get Tom Nook's store to open.
Anyways, I really feel that some of you would have enjoyed it if you gave it a chance. Just play for 15-30 minutes each day for a week...then you may become hooked.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome
Comment: This is a very fun game along the lines of the sims. The only thing that even slightly bothers me is the character model graphics. Other than that this game will keep you playing endlessely, especially if your as easily amused as me.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What a lot of games should aspire to be.
Comment: This is an example of a game returning to what gaming used to be before the fanboys went completely nuts, before everything was about graphics and frame rate, and before developers ran out of originality. This game is about fun, and nothing else. The graphics are what many would consider to be sub-par but I find them colorful, different, and relaxing. The game runs very smoothly and without any hiccups, adding to the experience. The little missions your neighbors give you are relatively easy and the rewards are always helpful or neat in one way or another. Decorating your house and keeping it clean is surprisingly fun, and the only violence it requires is squishing cockroaches. The environment is beautiful in its own special way and even changes with the seasons. I would say a negative for this game is how addictive it is except that the game goes at the same pace of real life. So, the only way to keep going and going throughout the day is to lie to the game and tell it that another day has gone by. If you do that though you either have some serious addiction problems or are very bored. What it comes down to is that this game accomplishes what most games being made these days cannot, its just fun, pure and simple. It doesn't try to be art or cutting edge, or push the sex and violence envelope, it just tries to be genuinely fun, which in a strange way makes it art in itself.
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