Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City Comments by Simon Parkin

Christ, this has been a very poor Q4 for Nintendo this year.

Does it have the collectable NES games that the Cube version had?
Is it easy for 2 people onthe same Wii to visit each others villages or is it only via going online?

Never played the N64 or Cube versions, but played a fair bit of the DS version. The NES games were one of the biggest draw for the Cube version, but as I say, I never got round to getting it. The Mrs loved it for a good while too, so would be great to know if I get it, we will be able to dip into each otheres villages easily.

@ gamingdave

Ifit's anything like the Cube version, you only get onevillage for up to 4 persons.

I was shocked to play this at a convention. It's the exact same game with so little extra content that even my wife, who's hugely into Animal Crossing, was very disappointed.

Nintendo can say what they want about HD, but N64 graphics should not be put out to a modern display. I am very surprised that they didn't bother to redraw some of it - or if they actually did, the change is so minor that I can't tell. It's just ugly. When it's meant to be cute. Doesn't work.

I really honestly thought that Nintendo would put a lot more care into a new Animal Crossing game, especially considering how this is supposed to be the season's "hardcore" title.

I've never played an Animal Crossing game before and would also be interested to know what you'd score this for a newcomer..

Most of us here are, if not hardcore gamers, at least long-term gamers who look for new, better games. We are no longer Nintendo's target audience. This is sad for us, but sensible business for Nintendo. While the money flows in, I am sure we'll still see Zelda and Mario titles released, but true gaming innovation beyond such staples is going to be thin on the ground.

I still love my Wii though... it plays my extensive Gamecube collection better than a Gamecube!

Knew this would be disappointing. It was the only game I wanted to play on the Wii. Had to sell my Wii big time. Nintendo don't really make what I would call 'proper' video games anymore. :(

"This is the best execution of Animal Crossing so far"

should be 9/10 then!

/ignores rest of review

I'v never played a AC game (yes I know!)... so I quess it will be a good buy for me?

And in the Nintendo boardroom they did offer a festive toast to the Christmas 2008 - the season of maximum cashing in for minimum effort....

@Dr_Spankenstein:

"but that shouldn't be an excuse for Nintendo to release sub par crap. 3rd party releases are worse still. This is a far cry from glory days of the NES and SNES. It's no wonder that a lot of fans are upset, we're being treated like dickheads."

As I understand this game isn't sub par in itself, rather it's sub par in terms of improvements over it's predecessors. Aside from Wii Music I can't think of a recent Nintendo game that has been sub par.

It's ludicrous bringing 3rd party titles into this argument since Nintendo don't have control over their output.

'"This is the best execution of Animal Crossing so far"

should be 9/10 then! '


If you have never played it before, i think so yes.

@Beano:

I'v never played a AC game (yes I know!)... so I quess it will be a good buy for me?

It is a good game but as with FPSs or JRPGs it depends on whether you like the style of play; read the review! :)

Starfox (proper Starfox mind, as opposed to Adventures ) or a Pilot Wings anyone???

I'm not sure why Wii owners are complaining, sure this might have only got a 6/10, but look at what you've got coming before christmas...
Barbie Borse Adventures: Summer Camp
Funfair Party
Hasbro Family Game Night
Movie Studios Party
Shrek's Carnival Craze
Rubik's Puzzle World
TV Show King Party
Baby Sitting Party
Deal Or No Deal
Freddi Fish
Pajama Sam
Golden balls
.... And many many more.
Cheer up yeah? :)

Shakey_Jake33
" I'll still get it because I'm looking forward to a Christmas of playing this with my brother over WiFi, but 6/10 is a fair score for what sounds like a rehash. It's about time they started getting critisised for this, to be honest. "

Criticised by the snobby and self destructing gaming community and media maybe, but there are still over 10 million Wii owners who havn't played it yet. Is it really only worth a 6/10 to them when the Gamecube version they havn't played yet got a 9?

captainrentboy
" I'm not sure why Wii owners are complaining, sure this might have only got a 6/10, but look at what you've got coming before christmas...
Barbie Borse Adventures: Summer Camp
Funfair Party
Hasbro Family Game Night
Movie Studios Party
Shrek's Carnival Craze
Rubik's Puzzle World
TV Show King Party
Baby Sitting Party
Deal Or No Deal
Freddi Fish
Pajama Sam
Golden balls
.... And many many more.
Cheer up yeah? :) "

Yeah yeah, you've proved your point, the PS3 plays blu-rays.
Meanwhile some of us have a shit load still unwrapped on all 3 platforms thank you very much. The new Pilot Wings can wait til next year.

"i was in game picking up my 360 mirrors edge on friday and was behind someone who was buying a Wii.
People are still buying this gimmick. "

LOL at the people who go online to troll Nintendo reviews but still shop in Game!

"This is the best execution of Animal Crossing so far"

Animal Crossing GC : 8
Animal Crossing DS : 8
Animal Crossing Wii : 6

A six beats beats two eights now? Are we playing score poker or something? Does anyone even know the rules? Hello? McFly?

I can't help but feel this is a little unfair, simply marking it down for being like the prequels..
Didn't happen to Pokemon - So why this. And from what i've gathered, this is a polished up version of the others - And in all fairness, i'd be pissed if it didn't stick to the same template.
I presume you'll be marking Rock band 2 down. And all rhythm based games, oh and platformers, sports games..I could go on.

I love Animal Crossing but quite frankly I see no need to buy the same game a third time. It pains me to say it but I think I'll pass. :(

Confused by this as well, the other half wants more of the same and I'm sure there are thousands like her (not to mention all those that have never played it), so if this is the best version so far then it's an easy 9/10. Bizarre.

'The new Pilot Wings can wait til next year. '

I wasnt aware that there was a Pilot Wings happening.... is this concrete? Still as you say too much thats waiting to be played that it can afford to come along next year.....

good point - not a whiff of him

Sheesh, why is someone on here complaining about the wii and how it's killing gaming? Why aren't you playing with your serious console / commenting online on a serious game? Unless of course you are a troll...

Truly, a completely lost opportunity here by a very complacent Nintendo. A shame, especially considering the weeks of my life spent playing the first two games in the series.

Time to go back to playing the embarassment of gaming riches on the PC and 360.

Wii Mucus, Animal Tossing and Disastrous Day of Reviews.

I don't care, I'm still going to get this. :o)

As many have pointed out, a 6 for the best iteration of a great game maybe fair in terms of being a rehash, but when many of the readers will not have experienced the other iterations previously, the low score only does them a disservice by putting them of a wonderful and unique experience.

I'll stick with my opinion that another score is needed to reflect the game's true value for al those readers.

"Disaster: Day of Crisis - 6/10
Wii Music - 5/10
Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City - 6/10 "

I agree, a truly poor Christmas lineup. Nearly all the interesting Wii games appear to be coming out next year (I'm playing CoD:WaW at the moment and that's good, but its also multiplatform).

Was never planning on buying this anyway. Disaster won't have sold well, Wii Music isn't doing too well and let's hope this doesn't either, it should discourage Nintendo from releasing such rubbish in future.

Does anyone actually READ the reviews, or do you only read the scores?

The reviewer said is is THE BEST VERSION of Animal Crossing! The only reason it got a 6/10 is because of it being esssentially the same game as the DS version. If you haven't played that, or don't care and want it on the big screen, the game is actually very very good.

The RROD is more fun than most Wii games.

Should've had guns... and a full screen ad... then it wouldve got 10.

>very fair score, i will give this a miss sadly :(


See, this sort of thing winds me up.. if you've not played a game.. how do you know whether the score is "fair" or not?

should have had more new gameplay, instead of recycling the old stuff, I think is the point, mr. smelly.

''Should've had guns... and a full screen ad... then it wouldve got 10''

Doubt it, Metroid didn't :)

As I wrote above, I have never gotten around to play a AC game but I like the concept and style. So I will buy the Wii version when it comes out - at least one good title for Wii this christmas and something to get my pulse down after long Resistance 2 online sessions :)

Wii comments threads are kind of like the games selection on the machine - there are gems out there, and some solid stuff, it's just getting drowned under reams and reams of shite-merkdot and potato-fan competing to be the Wii Music of this thread.

As for review scores, this is another perfect example of why they're bollocks pointless numbers for simpletons. The review tells you everything-don't bother if you've played it before, but the best version if you haven't-and yet people are looking to base purchasing decisions on the score, or compare it to other games' scores from different years, on different consoles, with different predecessors (Jimaroid - does it matter??!!). Get rid of review scores, they seem to cause more confusion than they're worth.

@Cap'n

The Pokemon games do at least add new content and features..

This is simply a port of the DS game, there's very little new content. The new city features is all just things you could do on the DS version on specific days, the graphics are exactly the same, there's no new fish, insects or fossils and little new furniture..

I am a big fan of the series, but I don't see any reason to waste my time with a console port of a DS game. This should have been so much more.

Aw, bless.....

"should have had more new gameplay, instead of recycling the old stuff, I think is the point, mr. smelly. "


But my point stands.. If you say "i'll give this game a miss" then you obviously havent played it.

So how can you therefor say its "a fair score" to give the game?

I've never ever ever played an animal crossing game - they look dull to me. But I wouldnt cast judgement on whether a review is "right" or not without actually having played the thing!

I didn't say that, btw, and I have had the fortune to have played both UK iterations of Animal Crossing in the past.

Reading about the lack if significant new features in this one, I think I even would rather play a game with guns, on a joypad at that.

But of course that's not a problem, because there is a hell of a lot more choice out there than this strawman argument that you seem to bring up any time people criticise Nintendo games.

??? You did read the bit where i said i wasnt interested in this? Or do you think i rush out and buy every nintendo game from wii music to this?

In fact i dont play games that much. I havent bought or played a new game since getting a copy of "skate" on the 360. That game fills up all my time as i've STILL havent completed it (and when i do, i'll buy the sequel next year).

Back on topic.. No-one seems to mind when the "latest fps" (tm - i wont mention any specific names as it'll only get fanboys going and start accusing me of bashing their console or something lame) comes out with no real new features from the last one do they?

I may be wrong, but recently EG seems to reviewing games based upon their graphics and story as opposed to their gameplay. If you have a great story and gfx (bioshock) then you're gauranteed a good review regardless of whether the game itself is fun.

Now back to animal crossing - I've never played them - but my understanding is that they're similar to games like harvest moon. So I'd GUESS that the game may on first glance look the same as those before but play more and more stuff will be revealed?

I'm not making excuses though - if nintendo truely have just released a carbon copy of previous games - they can go to hell. But I dont think that's likely, so i am interested in what is new..

And I certainly wouldnt be making a throw away comment like "this is ace" or "this is shit" without actually playing it - REGARDLESS of the machine it's on (note to fanboys : this is important.. i'm just as praiseful/cynical about other machines.. And I *DO* play on my 360 more than my wii)

I didn't say you had played it. What a weird response, do you get posters confused a lot?

Oh well it will still keep plenty of series newbies amused for hours

not if they keep away due to the low scores it wont.

they should have just picked up the original Cube version for peanuts months ago

I think the review score is very msleading to newcomers. I can understand if its too similar to the DS version, but If I had never played AC before and skipped the review text (like so many do) I would never part with cash for it.
Should at least have two scores or a sub score.
I can image the outrage if a certain FPS got 6/10 for being a rehash of its last outing.
I'm losing my trust in the EG reviews to be honest.
GamesTM seem to be the only honest and fair critics.