Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: 73592
• Released on: 2006-03-31
• Rating: Universal, particularly children
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo DS
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review:

In a nutshell:
Start a new life on your DS with the most unlikely source of online addiction you’ve ever experienced. You’ve complete freedom to customise your home and the town around it as you socialise with the locals and your friends alike.

The lowdown:
The world of Animal Crossing seems a peculiarly simple one at first: there are no levels to be beaten or bad guys to overcome, just a cheerful little village to maintain, as you water flowers, catch fish and dig for fossils. But before you know it the game has its hooks in you, as you meet friends via the Wi-Fi Network Connection to chat and compete or start playing the turnip stock market. With over 600 different pieces of furniture to collect the game has a near infinite lifetime and by running in real-time with special events all through the year you’ll find yourself checking in daily with what’s going on around town.

Most exciting moment:
Winning a fishing competition against three friends and rubbing their noses in it via the online chat.

Since you ask:
The first Animal Crossing game was actually released on the N64 in Japan – the GameCube version was a slightly enhanced version of this.

The bottom line:
Live the life idyllic on your DS with the best use of the Wi-Fi Network Connection yet.
HARRISON DENT

Manufacturer's Description
Players move into a living, breathing world inside the Nintendo DS...and then invite their friends to visit from anywhere on earth. In this sequel to the wildly popular Nintendo GameCube game, 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. Now players can visit a friend's village from thousands of miles away. The touch screen makes item management and world navigation a breeze. Typing letters and designing patterns are now just stylus strokes away. Days and seasons pass in real time, so whether players want to decorate their homes, catch bugs or fish, collect brand-new items like hats and sunglasses or just chat with the wild and wacky characters in their villages, there's always something to do.

Customer Reviews

Animal Crossing - Wild World
Trying to describe this game to another person is hard, particularly if you want to get accross how addictive and fun it is! I try with friends, 'you go around catching fish and bugs and making friends, buying stuff and doing favours'. To which the usual reply is why? where does it end? Well.. it doesn't! And that is one of the things that I love!! You can do literally what you want to do, collect what you want without having to be tied to a boring 'mission' whose illusive completion prevents you from progressing in the game!

For those who do like a bit of a challenge there is the paying of the mortgage, but this can be done 'as and when' rather than being a necessity. The game is played in real time so at 11pm in the real world the shop shuts, in winter it snows etc. The landscape changes with the seasons and so too do the objects and animals you can collect!

There is a social aspect to the game too as you can connect to other players through the internet. I tried this out and found it to be a great addition, and a great way to add to your own game. For example, when you start your game your town will have a town fruit, for me it was apples, these are what grow on the trees. Other people have different fruit so if you visit their towns, get a fruit and plant it in your town then tadaa new fruit trees!!

Only downside to the internet connection is you require a 'friends' code and they require yours before you can connect and visit. So, if like me, you have no friends with the game then you will need to find someone, however there are many forums on the internet where you can meet and share codes.

I got this game shortly after getting my DS and I loved it! Playing it all the time, late into the night, just collect a few more apples...

Great for wifi
Aside from the excellent collectathon that is the main game, this is fantastic if you plan to play online. It's like a wonderfully glorified chat room. Find the right website and it's easy to find people of your own age to play with - that is, talk to, trade items with, explore one another's towns and houses. It's just great fun, and once you've built up an ample roster of animal crossing: wild world friends you'll soon find yourself playing every evening!

Genius game
I bought this game about 2 months ago from ebay for £12! i didnt realise what a bargain i was getting. it really is a great game. And when you try and describe it to other people who dont have it it sounds so dull. but it isnt. i never new bug hunting could become so addictive!

I have only just started using wifi with it too and had a bad experience where someone came into my game and ruined it by 'seeding' which was a gutting experience as i had to start from scratch. so i lost all my neighbour friends and everything! but i know what to look out for now and have since had a great time visiting other towns and having visitors over to mine!

i love how the animals are so different to each other too. and when you get attatched to them and they leave it's really sad. although you can usually talk your favourites into staying. also, saturday nights down in the cafe with KK Slider are cool! the way he 'sings' is hilarious but i cant help thinking he looks so much like Alistair Darling!! i love drinking coffee in the cafe too as im a coffee addict in reality.

anyway, this game isnt just for kids, im 24 and love it. i also bought super mario at the same time as this but have only played that once. i play this every day. well i dont want my town going to ruins!