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#1 Oct 24 2007 at 10:31 AM Rating: Good
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Animal Crossing for the Wii will be an MMO/social networking title. It’s no great surprise – in a few short years, Animal Crossing has become one of Nintendo’s most-loved and top selling franchises (over seven million copies sold), particularly in Japan. Nintendo refers to the title as a ‘communications game’ rather than a videogame, and playing already depends on real-world timekeeping, weather patterns, social conventions, and above all else economic interactions. In almost every way, Animal Crossing has always been the perfect MMO concept, and this development is simply a fulfilment of that promise.

The game has yet to be officially announced (although Nintendo has at least confirmed that an Animal Crossing game is in development for the Wii) and so details are not so much thin on the ground as nonexistent. But there are some indications of where the game will take the series: Katsuya Eguchi, head of development for the project, has made relatively non-committal noises thus far, but hinted that connection to mobile phones and PCs (for basic functions such as messages) would be included in an interview as far back as last year. Animal Crossing’s earlier iterations already feature travelling between towns, the ability for players to live in the same town (though not to play in it at the same time), and the ability to design your own clothing – and to sell it.

Of similar import is the imminent arrival of an official DS flash card, which will initially just be available to allow Nintendo to sell the back catalogue of Game Boy and Game Boy Colour games. The uncontrollable homebrew and piracy communities that use the DS rely on similar devices for their more nefarious ends, but this should, in the long term, allow Nintendo to exercise some control over at least the former through the simple step of offering a path to publisher-supported content. Compared to the slightly vague WiiWare proposition, this has the possibility to revolutionise homebrew development – at least in terms of distribution and the possibility of mainstream success – but how far the notoriously controlling Japanese giant will allow that community the creative freedom it requires to flourish will only be seen in practice. And before getting too excited, the device will launch exclusively for old Game Boy content, initially.

These are two moves that might seem insignificant in the whirlwinds of Halo 3, Home and the AAA titles that will dominate Christmas headlines. But grandmaster Nintendo is already thinking many positions ahead, and these two announcements, when made, will only consolidate this winning stance.


Don't know how many of you have played and enjoyed the other AC games. I've played them since they came out so I'm extremely hopeful this actually happens. Though, have to admit, I'm extremely curious how they'd implement it.


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Edited, Oct 24th 2007 2:32pm by Nagah
#2 Oct 24 2007 at 10:35 AM Rating: Good
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I really like Animal Crossing, but forum=22 would be more suitable for this thread :/
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#3 Oct 24 2007 at 10:41 AM Rating: Excellent
Yeah.. It hit me after I posted... I don't typically go to multigame forum. Oh well :o
#4 Oct 24 2007 at 10:43 AM Rating: Good
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I just hope they offer a rediculously huge amount of furnature. Im really tired, after playing the GC and the DS versions of the game that the furnature always looks the same.
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#5 Oct 24 2007 at 11:07 AM Rating: Good
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In before LobsterJohnson.
#6 Oct 24 2007 at 11:14 AM Rating: Good
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In before LobsterJohnson.
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Anyway, everyone better damn well get this for the Wii, we can be BFF's
#7 Oct 24 2007 at 11:22 AM Rating: Good
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You still haven't even attempted to connect to my town in Wild World Smiley: mad
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#8 Oct 24 2007 at 11:31 AM Rating: Decent
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This could be cool. I played the GC version for way too long XD
#9 Oct 24 2007 at 11:39 AM Rating: Decent
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You still haven't even attempted to connect to my town in Wild World Smiley: mad
Wii Wild World got boring pretty quickly and so did the GC one, I'm just waiting on the next one now
#10 Oct 24 2007 at 1:45 PM Rating: Good
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Anyway, everyone better damn well get this for the Wii, we can be BFF's


A reason not to buy it!
#11 Oct 24 2007 at 1:50 PM Rating: Decent
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Etain, Star Breaker wrote:
LobsterJohnson the Sly wrote:
Anyway, everyone better damn well get this for the Wii, we can be BFF's


A reason to preorder it!
It's like Skype version 2.0.
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Thank god I stopped playing MMOs.
#12 Oct 24 2007 at 2:03 PM Rating: Good
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Actually, it would be hilarious to visit someone's house like Lobjon....

And surround the entire area with Pitfalls.
Oh, the laughter :D
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#13 Oct 24 2007 at 2:24 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm totally going to find a way to loot all you **************
#14 Oct 24 2007 at 8:45 PM Rating: Decent
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If they use those stupid friend codes they can just keep the thing. The one for DS could have been great if not for the friend codes. Well that and the fact they actually took things away from the game.

This could really be neat, but Im not holding my breath. Nintendo seems to0 scared to offer any type of on-line gaming system.
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#15 Oct 24 2007 at 9:40 PM Rating: Decent
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How do you make Tom Nook go on a murderous rampage again?
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