Posted by dkidwell on December 29th, 2005 — Posted in Animal Crossing, Nintendo DS, parenting
Credit where credit is due – it was actually very easy to have our Nintendo DS systems recognize our home network. Relatively intuitive and no issues at all. Likewise, the systems recognize the DS to DS easily with no effort on our part at all.
But, connecting our Nintendo Wifi IDs to the Gaming Hub for Animal Crossing has been less easy. The process is pretty straightforward, as presented on the Nintendo Wifi site, but I’ve yet to successfully make a connection.
Nintendo sent me a wonderful email – rather chipper and optimistic in tone. Seems my issue may be that I have no ‘friends’ in Animal Crossing. So, if any you lovely readers are playing Animal Crossing, leave me a comment and we’ll befriend each other in game.
More to come…
Posted by dkidwell on December 28th, 2005 — Posted in Animal Crossing, Nintendo DS, parenting
One of the little critters in my village in the new Animal Crossing: Wild World mentioned that you can have roommates in your house. Sounds like you can have up to 3, and you get them at the Civic Center. Curious – that’s not an aspect of the old Game Cube version.
The one thing about the AC 1.0 that really did seem constraining was the fact that multiplayer on the Gamecube meant 4 different folks could have a character in the same city. That’s not quite multiplayer, more like, multi-account. We did have family rules – always do your fair share of weeding when you play, chip in and plant some flowers, etc. The kids used to send me cards and presents in game – things they knew I was collecting. Those first in-game letters from my son, who was 9 at the time, were very precious.
It’ll be curious to see how the DS version goes…
Well, he just caught our first….octopus! Wonder how many bells we’ll get for that….
Posted by dkidwell on December 28th, 2005 — Posted in Animal Crossing, Nintendo DS, reading
As I type this I’m in Tag mode waiting to see if my Nintendo WiFi finds anyone online to play…so far, the playground is looking pretty lonely…
But, the game is great. All that you might have experienced in the original GameCube version, but with some great additions.
So far, differences we’ve noticed:
- You don’t have to send fossils off in the mail to have them identified. The museum curator has been certified to id fossils and can handle the whole thing for you. Much faster and makes for early revenue generation!
- The observatory is new – take a look through the telescope and create your own constellations. Very nice.
- Tag Mode – but I can’t tell you what that is, because while I’ve sat there for the last 20 minutes, I haven’t actually seen anyone.
- WiFi – it was incredibly easy to set up the Wifi to use our home wireless router. Dectected it right off and it was technically a no brainer. Now, since I haven’t actually been able to play with anyone. I’m not sure what I’ve gained by ease of set up….stay tuned.
Posted by dkidwell on December 28th, 2005 — Posted in Nintendo DS, Nintendogs, daughters, reviews
My daughter got a DS too – and while mine came from Hong Kong, her’s came from the North Pole.
She got the teal Nintendo DS Best Friends bundle – came with:
- A teal & black Nintendo DS system – the teal is a lovely pearl tone and is offset by the black very well. It’s a darn good looking device.
- The Best Friends Version of Nintendogs – complete with the following breeds: Labrador Retriever, Miniature Dachshund, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Beagle and Yorkshire Terriers
- A DS shammie for cleaning your dual screens. Shaped like a little bone too…darn cute.
- A Nintendogs skin – subtle but cute and should protect her case.
She adores it, and commented that her Teal/Black and my Pink/White versions go really well together. Extra points for both form factor and aesthetics, Nintendo!
Posted by dkidwell on December 28th, 2005 — Posted in Nintendo DS, Nintendogs, daughters, reviews
Lik-sang sent along my Candy Pink Nintendo DS is a fast 2 day turnaround – shipped from Hong Kong on a faster turn around than anything we got from Amazon. Not only did they ship the DS, but we also got a cute little mouse pad, a teeny anime toy, and a Lik-Sang badge holder. Not bad! They threw in a $5 off coupon for our next purchase too.
Lik-sang has fantastic anime toys – animal crossing figures – you could even assemble a small pikmen army!
Now, lessons learned:
If you buy from a vendor who is off-shore, you won’t get a warranty. I don’t plan on mistreating my DS, but I don’t have a warranty during this first year like my daughter’s US version will. Take care!
Lik-sang has been involved with law suits over their international commerce service. Essentially Sony trying to keep them from selling PSPs to European customers before they could buy it local. That was in August, and things seem to be quieter. Nintendo sued them back in 2002 and won, that time over the sale of devices that could copy Gameboy Advanced games. Seems that one was a weaker arguement, and the founder of Lik-Sang published his thoughts on the suit.
I’m very happy all in all with my Pink DS – wouldn’t send it back for the warranty – as soon as I get my camera to focus on the screen I’ll start loading up some shots 
