Animal Crossing: City Folk | 
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Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.99
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 35
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: artificial_life_simulation_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: RVL P RUUE
Model: 045496901363
UPC: 045496901363
EAN: 0045496901363
ASIN: B001CM0PR8
Release Date: November 16, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | DS Suitcase mode included which lets you carry your character from your Wii console to a friend's. | | • | A living, breathing gameplay environment where there is always something to do. | | • | Multiplayer support up to four players and 'Wii Speak' microphone functionality available (Mic sold separately). | | • | Extensive custotomizing options allow you to visit the salon and give your Mii a makeover. | | • | Befriend your animal neighbors by exchanging letters, gifts and favors in order to bring their memories and stories from their old towns into the game. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
If you were given the keys to your own community, what would you do? Go fishing, collect shells or watch fireworks with friends? Build a snowman, exchange presents with family or decorate your house for the holidays? Take a trip to the city, go on a shopping spree or visit friends from all over the globe? In Animal Crossing: City Folk, life moves at a relaxed pace, but the world brims with endless possibilities. 
Build your own community | 
Enjoy mini-games against friends.
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Get to know your neighbors.
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Play at all hours of the day.
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Feel free to have company over.
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You make the whole story, as you and up to three other players move into a town and just live life. Befriend your animal neighbors, decorate your house with cool furnishings, fill up your wardrobe, get to know the local wildlife, hop on a bus to visit the new city and just explore the world. There are a million different ways to play. Every charming animal character has a personality: some are grouches while others are chatterboxes. And there's no final goal or high score to hit. The game keeps going for as long as you want to play, and your town will always be there when you return. Move into town, buy a house and then do whatever you want. Time and seasons pass as they do in the real world, so there's always something different happening. Collect more than 2,400 items, go fishing for rare and interesting fish, catch all kind of cool bugs, dig up dinosaur fossils and buried treasure, hang out with other players or spend the day in the city. There's so much to do, and you have all the time in the world to explore it all. DS Suitcase Mode
The DS Suitcase lets you carry your character from your Wii console to a friend's, thus giving people without an Internet connection the ability to experience multiplayer modes. Additionally, you can move your character from Animal Crossing: Wild World on Nintendo DS and play as him/her in Animal Crossing: City Folk. Key Game Features
- There's Always Something New To Do: In the living, breathing world of Animal Crossing: City Folk, days and seasons pass in real time, so there's always something to discover. Catch fireflies in the summer, go trick-or-treating on Halloween or hunt for eggs on Bunny Day. If you're in the mood for something a little faster paced, take a bus to a new urban city area that's unique to Animal Crossing: City Folk. There you can catch a show at the theater or check out the sales at Gracie's boutique. But if you don't show your face back home for too long, your neighbors will miss you.
- Play With and Hear Up to Four Friends: Up to four people from your household can live and work together to build the perfect town. Design clothes and patterns, write letters and post messages on the bulletin board for each other, or play online using your broadband connection and invite up to three friends to visit your town using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. With the new optional Wii Speak microphone (sold separately), it's like you're all in the same room. The microphone sits atop the sensor bar and picks up the conversation of everyone in the room to encourage a more inclusive experience.
- Get to Know Your Neighbors: The heart of Animal Crossing: City Folk is building relationships with the animals in your town as well as with other players. Befriend your animal neighbors by exchanging letters, gifts and favors. Animals can also move from town to town, bringing their memories and stories from their old towns with them. And since animals are notoriously loose-lipped, they spill all the juicy details.
- Express Your Personal Style: Customize your town, your house and yourself by collecting bugs, fish, fossils, art, furniture, clothes and accessories. You can also go to the salon in the city to change your hairstyle and get a Mii makeover. Plus, if you design clothes in the tailor's shop, animals will wear them and maybe even bring them to other towns.
Your Neighbors
Familiar faces such as K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, Blathers and Mr. Resetti all appear, as well as a bunch of new characters like Festivale host Pavé and Bug-Off judge Bud. Many characters who occasionally visited your town in previous Animal Crossing games have now set up permanent shop in the city, so you can see them anytime. Special Powers, Weapons, Moves & Features:
Use the Wii Remote pointer to type letters, use items, draw designs for clothing or wallpaper, drag clothing or items onto your characters, interact with animals or objects, or lead your character around the world. Use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to hang out in real time with up to three of your friends. You can also send them e-mails and text messages from the game. Play at different times of the year to experience different activities, holidays and seasons. And when visiting a friend in another country, experience the holidays native to their culture. Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
Up to four people can play together in real time via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The host opens his or her gate to allow friends into the town, where they can perform all sorts of activities: fish, write letters to townsfolk, shop at the store, swap items, play hide-and-seek ... anything. Up to four players can interact in real-time, communicating via text chat, mic chat and emoticons. WiiConnect24:
Using WiiConnect24, you can buy and sell items to friends by participating in silent auctions, view actual players' homes in the Happy Room Academy office or send letters to other players' towns.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
 Nintendo Gets It Right Again! November 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been playing Animal Crossing for years (I have the Gamecube and DS versions as well), and I'm still in love with it. I'm glad that City Folk is not too different from the other versions- it is still the Animal Crossing I know and love. The city adds a nice touch, and it's nice to be able to see some new sites. The graphics are sharper and more realistic as well.
I have not tried a Mii makeover yet, but I think that's a nice addition. Crazy Redd is still in the game, along with Dr. Shrunk, Harriett, Gracie, and many more! I got Animal Crossing: City Folk three days ago, and I've been playing nonstop. Between going to the city, sprucing up my town, and visiting my friends, there's always tons to do.
The holidays are tons of fun in City Folk. I played the Harvest Festival for roughly two hours, and enjoyed every minute of it. There are quite a few new ones, too, like Bunny Day. I can't wait to discover everything they added!
If you have a Wii, I would definitely recommend buying Animal Crossing: City Folk! It's fun for everyone, and will get you hooked immediately.
 fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! November 30, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
My friend rented it and it was so fun I spent 2 to 3 hours on this game. I even beat talking to everyone for her. she says its hard but its not.This game is better than the first animal crossing for the gamecube. But I hate and love that you have to use real time. I hate about the game is that it does not go fast enough. But I love how you get to use real to do stuff thats hard.(theres nothing hard) If you have a Wii I would recomend buying this. But if you don't buy animal crossing for the DS, but don't buy any more you would not like it and return it the next day.(or the same day if you get far enough). I would recomend it to 4 to 10 year olds mabey 3 to 11 year olds but thats any body over 11 it would suck big thime!!!!!!
Moms choice! November 29, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I truly do live by reviews that people are kind enough to take the time to write. I have an 9 year old son and getting it right the first time is the name of the game. I have been saved many times by simply taking the time to sit down and read a review.
I have come across a game that I just had to review. I can not tell you how wonderful this game is. I also have to say that simply renting this game provided my son an I something to bond over. I saw how much fun he was having and I decided to make my own character. This is a blast! We ended up sending mail and presents back and forth to each other and it has been so great.
I woke up in the middle of the night not to long ago and just happen to go down and turn the game ion and ended up fishing in the moonlight. It was so peaceful.
This is just a happy game. My son is normally drawn to war or fighting games. This is a nice break from that. There is nothing you as a parent will object to. I even bet you will want to play as much as your child. Enjoy and happy holidays!
Minor Improvements November 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
About the same as the DS version, however it is nice to be able to play it on a much larger screen.
An excellent game by all means... there's just hardly anything new. November 29, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Positive:
+ very bright, fun atmosphere
+ towns are big
+ graphics and frame rate are incredibly smooth
+ superb Wii controls that don't overdo themselves
+ unique, quirky sense of humor
+ relaxing, fun music
Negative:
- the game is hardly even an update to Wild World
- Nook's store takes way too long to expand
- the city is small and lacking anything that's actually worth your time
Animal Crossing: Wild World on the DS was a huge hit because it managed to be so and big and fun on such a small console. Three years down the road, we now have a third entry in the series that's a great game by all means... there are just so few differences between it and its predecessors that it feels like a quick cash-in by Nintendo.
City Folk starts the same as the other games, but this time you're coming in by bus rather than train or cab. You name your town, answer a few questions, are introduced to a bit of the game's shining, brilliant sense of personality and humor, and then you're off. You start by working for Tom Nook, the raccoon owner of Nook's Cranny, to pay off a bit of your mortgage on your new house, but once you finish a few jobs you're on your own to do whatever you want.
Animal Crossing's towns have always been big, but this game somehow feels bigger than before. As far as activities you have fruit growing that you can sell to Nook for money, go fishing or catch bugs, participate in the fun little activities that go on around town, and more. The gameplay mechanics involved are incredibly simple but it still manage to be pretty enjoyable.
One of the things that gives Animal Crossing such a huge appeal is its unique, charming personality and sense of humor. Talking to neighbors, which could be an extremely boring pastime, is spiced up with bits of quirky humor. Blathers (the museum owner) always makes a reference to how he's the only worker there and how there's nothing in the museum's collection. Lyle, while annoying to talk to as he takes up a lot of your time, is actually pretty witty and funny. Every turn of a corner in City Folk will reveal yet another aspect of its fun personality and sense of humor.
City Folk also has some nice music tracks. Whether you're just walking around town or cruising through the city, the tunes are nice, relaxing, and very fitting to the environment. The sound effects are also pretty decent, retaining the game's feel and not getting in the way. The only problem with the area of sound is that everything, including the music, is recycled from Wild World (except the music that plays in the city of course). This is kind of disappointing but I don't know how much I wanted it to be all new in the first place.
If you've ever played an Animal Crossing game before, you'll probably have noticed by now that all this great stuff is exactly the same as it was back on the DS. Well, if you had that thought you are unfortunately quite correct. Despite being a great, solid game, City Folk features hardly anything new to the franchise. It's still fun, it's still packed with charm, but it's all exactly the same as we've seen before. So now I'll move on to the few things that are different about this game.
Being a game on the Wii, new controls were a must. Thankfully Nintendo fully delivered here with some excellent, smooth, and convenient control schemes. You can use either the remote alone or with a nunchuk, but both control modes work very well. The nunchuk is basically for those who want to move with a control stick rather than by pointing your way on the screen, but even that feels surprisingly smooth and works very naturally. Pointing at an icon on the bottom of the screen, which is quick and convenient, can access any section of the game's menu. The best part about the new controls, though, is using the remote's control pad to equip items, which saves those precious few seconds every so often that previous games in the series wasted. There is also the option to swing the remote for fishing and catching bugs, which is pretty neat.
The main difference in the game overall is probably the option to go to the city. Once you're finished working for Nook you can hitch a ride on the bus any time to head off to the city. When you arrive, the first thing you will probably notice is just how small it is. There is simply one main courtyard with about five buildings to go into, none of which feature anything incredibly interesting. Almost all the shops and attractions feature characters from Wild World that only came around occasionally, but now you can see them any time you want. There is also an auction house, which is really the only worthwhile diversion in the city. Unfortunately bidding is only open here every once in a while.
City Folk also features some decent, simple, and smooth graphics. The character models, while revealing little detail, are very smooth and lively. The colors used on the environments are pretty vibrant and make it look nice. The great graphics are complemented by an ever-consistent frame rate that never falters and almost makes the DS game feel choppy in comparison.
Those three differences aside, you basically have a Wii version of Wild World. But despite the fact that there is so little change, it's still a great game in itself. If you've already played an Animal Crossing game you're better off leaving this one alone, but if you've never played a game in the series before then this is the perfect place to start because it's truly the best Animal Crossing yet; the lack of change just earns it a lower score than its predecessors.
Gamplay: 8.0
Graphics: 8.5
Sound: 9.0
Value: 9.0
FINAL SCORE: 8.0/10
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