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Text Box:   Animal Crossing: Wild  World (DS)   At a first glimpse of this game, one could very well start screaming “zOMG! IT’S TEH KIDDIE! KILL KILL KILL!!!11one” and begin having a seizure. But looking past the childish and cute exterior, you will find a very lengthy and very involving game. There are no set goals to Animal Crossing. There are no real time limits or any real way to lose. So where is the challenge you might ask? Well, the challenge is, you make one up yourself. Animal Crossing is a very open and free game. You start the game in a taxi, heading towards what will be your new place of residence. It is raining quite heavily and the taxi driver seems quiet odd. He talks just like a pirate! You talk a bit before the rain clears and you arrive in town. After stepping out of the taxi you are greeted by the Mayor. You are given some jobs to do by the local storeowner, Tom Nook. Once these jobs are done you are free to do as you wish. The tasks and chores are really up to you. You could try your hand at making a garden. There are quite a few plants that can only be obtained through hybridisation. You might want to collect items for the museum. There are over 200 items to donate to the museum. Maybe you want to do a spot of fishing. There are over 50 different species of fish to catch. You might be the type that likes bugs. There are a wide variety of them too. But it doesn’t stop there. There are over 1000 items for you to collect, most of which are rare. You can make constellations, talk to neighbours, meet the various special visitors or, most importantly, visit other friends in other towns by use of the Nintendo Wifi Connection. But, as perfect as the game sounds, it does have its flaws. People who have played the original see this version as too similar to the original. The holidays in this version seem to be boring as the only one that has any significance to the real world is New Years. There is no Christmas, no Halloween and no Thanksgiving. The graphics, although good for the DS, seem somewhat grainy and you have to look closely at an item to see any fine detail (especially for small items like bugs). Another letdown is the number of arseholes that are on Wifi. People (when invited in) can come into your town and chop down your trees and ruin your flowers. There have even been reports of hackers removing your town gate, meaning you can’t use Wifi again. But, despite it’s flaws, Animal Crossing: Wild World is a very addictive game that, if you like games without a real end or a set purpose, will keep you coming back for more. I highly recommend a look at for people who have never played the original, but this can be safely skipped by those who have.  By FrozenSoul80          

 
Text Box:   Graphics: A- Could be better, but decent for an old DS game.   Sound: B They get slightly repetitive, although there is a fair variety.   Gameplay: B+ Awesome for the first 6 months... gets old after that.   Overall: B+    
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