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.
