I know, I know, I said I would make a giant post of all the City Folk reviews during this weekend. Well, I got busy, what can I say. With all the college stuff and duties on other websites, I got my hands full. But I have some time off next week, so you should expect the giant review post then. In the meantime, here's a scan of Nintendo Power's City Folk review.
River River and River Mouth Holding Pond Pond Waterfall Sea
From here.
Here's a really cool list of some of the extra stuff that is found in this latest version of Animal Crossing.
Brewster eventually offers up additional storage. Drink his coffee and earn this reward. It sounds like it’s only storage for one particular type of item, but we AC horders will take whatever storage space we can get.
Animal Crossing - the most harmless series ever created. Or so you thought...
Animal Crossing invites you into the quiet, tranquil life of a quaint little village, complete with it's own shop, tailors, museum and town hall. The only sounds to diturb you are the buzz of the bees and the trickle of the local river.
But look again - peel back this thin sharade and you'll find a veritable den of thieves, schemes and all-round nasty fellows...
Read more here.
Nintendo has an awesome interview with some of the developers of City Folk on their website, and the interviewer is none other than Iwata. It's a great read, so read more here.
Iwata:
I think that's because NOA (Nintendo of America) were well aware that the sheer volume of text in Animal Crossing meant it was going to be no ordinary title. (laughs) So they needed to make sure they were prepared by getting the localization structures established well ahead of time. Okay, let's go back to the start of the project. With the team decided and work set to start on the Wii version, did you find there were aspects of the DS version which you felt obliged to carry over, or which somehow acted as obstacles?
Nogami:
Naturally, there were issues like that. But we decided to put the previous title out of our minds for the time being, and start work on the next one afresh. After all, Animal Crossing was originally a title that you could enjoy fully even when playing the game on your own.
Gemini and Phoenix of the Animal Crossing Friends podcast have their impressions of City Folk up. Check them out here.
Also, if you're looking for reviews of City Folk, I'll be making one big post on the weekend of all the City Folk reviews I can find on the internet. So hold on until then.
These are the scores from super-popular Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu.
Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing: City Folk] (Wii, Nintendo): 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (33/40)
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The new Animal Crossing™: City Folk game for the Wii™ console launches Nov. 16, allowing players to move into fun communities, customize their surroundings and interact with hundreds of animal characters. The world is filled with possibilities, and players never run out of things to do. They can collect more than 2,400 items like shells, fossils and bugs, or design new clothing patterns that they can share with their friends.
The new “city” area of the game provides access to the latest fashions and offers players the ability to give their character a Mii™ makeover at the hair salon, which transforms the character’s features to look like the player’s Mii. Players can also put items up for auction in the city and bid on items others want to sell.
“Animal Crossing: City Folk is all about building communities, customizing your world and staying in touch with friends and other characters,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “There’s no ending, so people can keep playing for months and even years. It’s an experience that everyone in the household can share together.”
Up to four people can create characters and move into the same town. And using the Wii Speak™ accessory, players can voice chat with friends and family members around the world. The microphone sits atop the TV set and captures the voice of everyone in the room, providing for a more communal experience. People can now get together to chat with their distant loved ones, which is especially meaningful when they can’t be together for the holidays. The microphone can also be used with the upcoming Wii Speak Channel, which launches in December.
The Animal Crossing: City Folk calendar passes in real time, so climates along with bugs and fish change with the seasons. Players can catch fireflies in the summer or celebrate Harvest Festival in the fall. If players use Nintendo® Wi-Fi Connection to meet up with friends in other countries, they will experience the holidays native to the friends’ cultures.
Animal Crossing: City Folk is a great value for the holidays because it can be enjoyed by everyone. The game never ends, which gives players months – or even years – of exploring and interacting with their virtual community.
Animal Crossing: City Folk retails at an MSRP of $49.99 and the Wii Speak accessory is sold separately at an MSRP of $29.99. Bundles of the game and accessory are also available at an MSRP of $69.99.
Animal Crossing remains one of Nintendo’s most popular franchises. The original Animal Crossing for Nintendo GameCube™ sold more than 1.55 million copies in the United States alone, while the Nintendo DS™ version, Animal Crossing™: Wild World, sold more than 1.75 million in the United States.
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii features, visit Wii.com. For more information about Animal Crossing: City Folk, visit Animal-Crossing.com.
About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.8 billion video games and more than 480 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii and Nintendo DS, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company’s Web site at www.nintendo.com.
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Surprisingly, the first verdict doesn’t come from one of the official Nintendo mags, but unofficial UK-based publication NRevolution - the latest issue of which dropped onto subscribers’ doormats this morning. It gets 9/10, with the review concluding that it’s “a lovely game for the right people. It may not appeal to more hardcore gamers, but for anyone else it’s excellent”.
These are the holidays that will be in the Japanese version of the game. There will be some differences between this and the US version. Also, this is the 100th post of this blog. Hooray!
JANUARY
1/1 - New Years
1/17 - Fishing Tournament
1/25 - Flea Market
FEBRUARY
2/3 - Setsubun
2/14 - Fishing Tournament
2/22 - Flea Market
2/23 - Carnival
MARCH
3/3 - Hinamatsuri
3/21 - Fishing Tournament
3/22 - Flea Market
APRIL
4/1 - April Fools
4/11 - Fishing Tournament
4/12 - “Come to the Pyontarou” day
4/26 - Flea Market
MAY
5/5 - Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day)
5/16 - Fishing Tournament
5/24 - Flea Market
JUNE
6/20 - Insect-catching Tournament
6/28 - Flea Market
JULY
7/7 - Tanabata (Star Festival)
7/18 - Insect-catching Tournament
7/26 - Flea Market
AUGUST
8/2 - Summer Fireworks Gathering
8/9 - Summer Fireworks Gathering
8/15 - Insect-catching Tournament
8/16 - Summer Fireworks Gathering
8/23 - Summer Fireworks Gathering
8/30 - Summer Fireworks Gathering
SEPTEMBER
9/19 - Insect-catching Tournament
9/27 - Flea Market
OCTOBER
10/3 - Tsukimi (Moon Festival/Mid-Autumn Festival)
10/10 - Fishing Tournament
10/25 - Flea Market
10/31 - Halloween
NOVEMBER
11/21 - Fishing Tournament
11/22 - Flea Market
11/26 - Harvest Festival
DECEMBER
12/12 - Fishing Tournament
12/24 - Christmas Eve
12/31 - Count Down [to New Years]
The new in-game voice chat function for Animal Crossing™: City Folk will be ready to go as soon as the game launches on Nov. 16, using the Wii Speak™ accessory. A separate Wii Speak™ Channel that people can use to chat independent of Animal Crossing: City Folk will be available in December.
The new voice chat function makes use of the new Wii Speak accessory, a microphone that sits on top of the television and allows entire rooms of people to communicate with one another. Only users who have traded Friend Codes can connect with one another using Wii Speak. The accessory is sold separately at an MSRP of $29.99 and will also be available as a bundle with Animal Crossing: City Folk at select retailers at an MSRP of $69.99. The Wii Speak accessory comes with a code that lets users download the Wii Speak Channel from the Wii Shop Channel at no charge.
The Wii Speak Channel will allow friends and family members to chat with one another, whether they live across town or across the globe. When users are chatting with the Wii Speak Channel, they can see each other’s Mii™ characters representing them on the television screen.
Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii features, visit Wii.com.
I don't understand anything it says here, but it's launched.
So check it out here.
Here are some photos of Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City booth at Micromania Games Show with a real Animal Crossing style village.
I know it's been said from numerous sources that it would be cheaper than that, maybe even as low at $50. But here's Amazon.com selling it for $70. Hopefully that's a mistake on their part, we'll find out soon.
Check it out here.
PS - Don't forget the contest for a free copy of City Folk!
Send your Animal Crossing news to: aco@nookscranny.net
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