Just as Animal Crossing: City Folk won't be abandoning the series' trademark graphics, so the boxart is exactly what you'd expect: a bright, bustling village scene featuring fresh fruit, happy animals, KK strumming out a tune beneath a tree, and Tom Nook waiting to rake in your Bells. A lot of those villagers look familiar to! While a lot of traditional elements are on display, there is a hint of the fresh possibilities afforded by the titular city, and a bright yellow bus to transport us there. Ah, we're excited already! Do you approve, dear reader?
[Via Go Nintendo]
KK says: buy Animal Crossing: City Folk to visit the city, reach out to friends, and make Iwata cry!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-04-2008 @ 4:40PM
TWOO DEE said...
yes, such is the benefit of fresh exposure to a franchise...
can.not.wait
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9-04-2008 @ 4:52PM
danny. said...
I will not be fooled into animal servitude this time.
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9-04-2008 @ 5:00PM
HairyBalls said...
It is ok...
I like Wild World's better.
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9-04-2008 @ 5:40PM
Paroxysm said...
Wow! This game was great 6 years ago! I can't wait to play it... Oh wait! I can!
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9-04-2008 @ 5:42PM
Dylan said...
Well I love Animal Crossing, so I can't wait for this game.
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9-04-2008 @ 6:20PM
Steve Galgas said...
You know what would have been brilliant?? If a form of Animal Crossing was integrated into the Wii system itself from the start, a la Miis, or Playstation Home. I think it could have been a real interesting feature for the system.
But as it is, this version of AC seems like just another repeat.
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9-04-2008 @ 6:49PM
Phil said...
Wild World's cover sucked big time.
I LOVE this cover.
This make's up for the pathetic rehash that was wild world. HEY, say what you want about the game being repetitive all it's own, but the game needed a step up in interactivity, and the WiFi for Wild World felt like a pathetic test stage, whereas I have faith in City Folk to be the final cut of multiplayer for this game.
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9-04-2008 @ 6:53PM
Hamster said...
That is lovely.
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9-04-2008 @ 7:32PM
tkAshur said...
It's good...but...I can't actually see that far in the game itself. that would be cool if the planet view eventually looked like rolling hills...but it don't. I kinda miss the GC versions view.
As for the game...I hear there is no actually Wii motion functionality...just point and click. Please don't get me wrong...this will be a blast. But I was lookin forward to actually yankin the pole back or swinging my net.
BTW...wheres the "Wii Speak Included" sticker? Cover for the game itself...and then an additional box?
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9-04-2008 @ 9:17PM
flameofdoom666 said...
It does not come packaged with the game. It is a 30$ additional fee.
9-04-2008 @ 8:11PM
MidnightScott said...
I'm looking forward to real core titles like Animal Crossing & Wii Music this holiday season.
Just kidding...come on Disaster US release date!!! ^.^
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9-04-2008 @ 8:32PM
Matt said...
Why. Are. They. Standing. In. Trees?
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9-04-2008 @ 9:58PM
BlackDogAssault said...
We call those "bushes" where I come from...
9-04-2008 @ 10:01PM
Shogan said...
I was so excited to hear about a new AC for the Wii. After seeing the game, it looks like the Gamecube version with some of the neat stuff moved to a 'city'. That's just... unbelievably lame. I just don't care now.
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9-04-2008 @ 10:34PM
VaultICEE said...
I'm pretty sad too to see that there isn't much new other than the town, which to me doesn't look like a bundle of new options.
Hopefully its better than it looks at this stage. I played AC and WW both for a total of probably 2 and a half years straight, so I'm pumped to be even more of a couch potato with City Folk :D
9-04-2008 @ 10:57PM
SoshiKitai said...
Whatever all the "booo~~ lame!!"-people say, it makes me confused...
I mean, they want something new. As if it needed pizzazz or somethin'... like greater graphics or all-new all-new features that blow your mind, and etc etc etc etc...
That makes me tilt my head like a confused pup.
I mean... they are talking about the same Animal Crossing, right?
The same Animal Crossing from long ago? The peaceful, eased-back, rest-and-relax, go-and-slow Animal Crossing?
Why do you need new feature for relaxin' and chillin'?
I mean, all you'd need to add is more actions towards the items to make it feel "new". Graphics wouldn't matter- cuz then you'd be relaxin' in HIGH DEFINITIOMG!!!
It's Animal Crossing, people. You just relax. But now you could do it with friends in an easier fashion with voice chat and tons more festival events. MORE FESTIVAL EVENTS! I love that. :D
If you want something new, go get Sims, that's pretty chill while having new things every... week.
As for me, I'm gettin' AC:CF. And I'll be happy. :P
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9-05-2008 @ 9:32AM
Crustin said...
SoshiKitai is right!
(and Adrian is right for saying SoshiKitai is right!)
9-05-2008 @ 1:26AM
Adrian said...
SoshiKitai is right!
This game is gonna be awesome! I am very excited to play it. SoshiKitai, I want your friend code. you're a smart dude!
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9-05-2008 @ 1:37PM
jesse said...
Sounds like you're all a bunch of festival freaks
9-05-2008 @ 1:55PM
Deona said...
I am sooo excited for the new AC! I played both previous games and loved them both. I like the simplicity of the game--talking with neighbors, fishing, updating your house. I wonder if you can go to the island like you could in the GC version (you had to hook up your GBA).
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9-05-2008 @ 1:56PM
Deona said...
I am sooo excited for the new AC! I played both previous games and loved them both. I like the simplicity of the game--talking with neighbors, fishing, updating your house. I wonder if you can go to the island like you could in the GC version (you had to hook up your GBA).
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9-05-2008 @ 7:33PM
thesoiden said...
This will be my first Animal Crossing, so I'm excited for it.
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9-06-2008 @ 8:55PM
ZombieOrgasm said...
I didn't want new graphics, I wanted new game play.
I want something really new to the table. This game is full of rehashes. The festivals? We saw that in the Gamecube version. The online play doesn't seem to offer anything new at all. Great, the big hype about online play is WiiSpeak? The video of people playing together was pathetic. It shows them ONCE AGAIN fishing. How many of us actually did fishing contests in the DS version?
Animal Crossing is such a great idea and has so many possiblities for new features. City Folk though just was a sad disappointment for me.
I'll pass, not playing the same thing. To me this is just Animal Crossing Ver. 1.5. I want a TRUE SEQUEL.
All I got from Soshi's post is that he doesn't mind paying money for the same exact experience over and over again.
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9-14-2008 @ 6:49PM
josh said...
Yeah exactly, if it's the same thing as wild world as it seems so far, I can relax and play Wild World some more again. What would be the difference then?
I don't see anything wrong in wanting upgraded graphics, I understand the style is simple but when it looks the same it just feels like they didn't do anything.
9-17-2008 @ 9:02PM
Ithius said...
It would be pretty cool if the island was back. That's the big thing that'll make me want to buy this game. Animal Crossing for gamecube was one of the most relaxing games ever to me. Sometimes at night i'd play it and it gave a very home-ish feeling which i liked. then i stopped playing for a while and i felt i was gone too long, and the town was a mess of items, all my favorite neighbors gone or in my sucky town on the other memory card. Wild World completely killed the aspect of relaxing just by being on the DS. Not saying i hate WW, i love it, but it was a strain to play and you couldnt exactly lay back against the bed with your arms dangling from the bed holding the gamecube remote while you watched your char move on the Television.
And the city aspect of the game, is that one of those "new" features where they try to make it seem like a whole new world but really its just the section of the town you see in the trailer? And the NES games would be fun too!
Throw in the Island capability and the NES games and I'll buy this in a heartbeat.
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