Animal crossing is one of the worst games I have ever played in my entire life, and i have played ALOT of games. It's like they took harvest moon, got rid of the farming, got rid of the courting brides, the festivals, the animal raising, and everything that makes harvest moon what it is, and left nothing but a topdown character running around able to pick stuff from trees and fish to sell them or eat them, and then they took the sims and got rid of the stats, the fact that objects influence the stats, and the ability to get married and interact, left nothing but decorating and clothes changing, and mashed them together. That is ALL you can do. I thank god that I only rented it and didn't buy it. It seems like something one of the designers just cooked up in spare times to give to his 4 year old kid. It's so aweful I could flood this topic with how bad it is, but I'll stop--- Now!

Animal Crossing is really good, but if you get bored of games that don't have levels and stuff, stay away from this game and Nintendogs.

Well.....I really liked animal crossing! I sure did. Of course this game looks silly, and you feel increidbly weird playing it, because you'll constantly ask yourself, "Why....why in the world do I like this game? There's no point to it!"....but still, the game is good. It's great, beacuse it's a game that never ends. Yes, of course after a while I got a bit bored with doing nothing in that game, but it's neat to come back to, even if your town becomes over-run with weeds. New people move in and out, and ...as lame as it sounds.....sometimes it's sad when they move away. There are plenty of time wasters to mess around with if you're just looking for a game to chill out on. You can fish, or catch bugs and donate them to the museum. Anyways, without going into too much detail, it's a simplistic game where you can just waste time. It's fun though. You'll just have to try it out some day.

Animal Crossing for Ds Was fun, Exspecially when you got to use WiFi to get online I loved it. I think the one for the Wii will be really cool too seeing that you can use Miis, (your wii created characters)

I can't believe people hate AC.Even though it can get boring it's really fun only if you want action stay away from this game.It's just earning money to pay off your house.

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While it lasted, Animal Crossing was a fun game. Here's my review:

Pros:

• You don't have to play every single day, because it lets you reset the date and time. If you don't play for a month, you can go back in time so your animal friends won't hate you and wonder where you've been.
• You can play with your friends who also have Animal Crossing.
• It's a pretty addicting game for the first while.
• You can make cool designs with your gameboy or in the game at the Able Sisters.
• The game makes good use of the gameboy, I think.
• When you reset the game without saving, you get Resetti yelling at you when you come back. It's hilarious!
• If you're all about winning, cheats are all over the internet for you. This game is VERY easy to win with cheats!
• It ALMOST seems like a real town with all the events and happenings.

Cons:

• The main point of the game is flawed. You have to get money to pay off your rent to Tom Nook. But the only way to get the money (besides cheats and getting really lucky at games with your neighbors) is to sell things to Tom Nook! It's like a cycle. You sell Tom Nook an item, you get money, you pay off your house, he gets money, you want a bigger house, you sell something else to Nook, you get money, you pay off your house, he gets money. YOU SEE?! IT MAKES NO SENSE!!
• Whenever you write a letter to a person, even if you say the sweetest thing in the world, they can take it as an insult.
• Only one person can play at a time, so unless you have two gamecubes, when your friend comes over to play Animal Crossing in each other's town, one of you will be bored.
• The game can last FOREVER and when you finally beat it, all you get is a stupid statue in front of the train station.
• When you first start out, doing work for Nook can be a PAIN.
• When you do jobs for other animals, THEY can be a PAIN! The jobs can last FOREVER because some animal lent it to another animal, who lost it at this other animal's house, who found it and gave it to the wrong animal, who took it and also lost it, and this animal found it and gave it as a gift to the next animal, who now has it. See how careless your fellow citizens are?
• Unless your town is very convenient as far as the terrain goes and where places are, you're going to hate running errands and going to events. Sure, your character never gets tired, but your thumbs will.

It's a very fun game, despite the cons. Especially when you don't think about them! I rate the game 8 stars of 10.

Well, considering I live on a farm in real life, I doubt I'd get too much enjoyment from this . However, for people that want to have a real life simulation it sounds like a pretty neat game, especially for kids - as they get to do things that they can't necessarily do until they're older in real life. I should try it sometime (even though it's pretty old by now).

I thought the game was a good time waster. It a much better game if you have a friend that plays that way you want to buy stuff to make your house better. Fishing is fun but not the best. I think making money is a pain in the butt until you have enough money to live off the stock market. I also hate that you have to play every day or your city is overgrown with weeds. Other than that its fun and overall a good game.