By: yy10

AG Rating: 8.7 out of 10

Who knew living with animals that have huge heads and can talk would be this fun? Animal Crossing Wild World made it so. First off, you arrive at a town, which you choose the name to be. Same with your character's name. You come out of a taxi in front of town hall, with no money. Once you get to your house, a fat raccoon tells you to come to his shop and work. So you do some easy tasks, which can be annoying. Especially when he asks you to meet everyone in town, and you can't find them. After that you get some bells (money). You meet friends, who give you stuff. But then comes another hassle, MORTGAGE. Tom Nook, the fat Raccoon makes you pay money for your house, each time your house getting larger with more rooms. That's the stuff in the beginning. Don't think you have to do jobs to make bells. All you have to do is pick up some stuff and sell it to Tom Nook. You can go fishing or bug catching. With those you can donate them to the museum or sell them to Nook. You can dig up fossils, which must be identified by the museum before selling or donating. As you soon find out Tom Nook's store has furniture and other items. They are very expensive. The more you buy at Tom Nook's store, it gets bigger. You have fun with your animal friends, but they decide to move away. You must convince them out from moving or you may never see them again. When they say "I'm not sure", "Fine I'll stay" don't talk to them until the boxes are gone from their house. What the...CRABGRASS?! Yes, there are weeds in your town. Just pull them out using B while near the weed. Always watch for odd people walking around, for they will give you things if you talk to them. Always shoot down balloons, birds, and UFOs and you will get things.

Animal Crossing: Wild World

By Saphyr
Looking at the cover of this game a few things come to mind. Cutesy, cartoonish, and perhaps even a bit too childish for my liking. Having never owned a gamecube I had never even heard of the original, so I was thrown into the game with no expectations other than what I had seen in the graphics- not the best impression one could have. How I was wrong.This is one of the most addicting, heartwarming, and social games I've ever played. The player is whisked away to a small town in the imaginary world of animal crossing, populatedby big headed and chibi creatures that somewhat resemble the animals they were based on. You're taken to your town of choice by a frog in a taxi-cab (who seems to talk like a pirate and long for the sea), and left in front of the town hall where you meet the lovely secretary, Pelly the Pelican (or her not-so-lovely sister if for some reason you're playing in the middle of the night) who points you in the direction of your new home, a sparsly furnished, yet very quaint little house in your equally quaint town. You're quickly greeted by the local shop-owner and mortgage salesman Tom Nook, a rather annoying fox who won't take no for an answer. He wastes no time in putting you to work to pay off your house, which will take you the majority of your game, by the way.After you're done working for him, the rest is up to you! Become friends with the locals, animals of all shapes and sizes, or become the town terror- it's really up to you. You still need to earn money to live, so why not take advantage of the fruit growing on the trees or the shells by the beach- or if you're not so squeamish, try catching bugs and fish; all of these items can be sold to Tom Nook (who'll eventually get your money back anyway!) Run errands, make friends, and live out a second life in the wonderful world of Animal Crossing...What I loved most about this game was the fact that you are really part of it, you interact with the characters and build up close bonds with your neighbors. Some will need your help and advice, and will come to think of you as a friend- I guarantee that at some point of playing the game, you will regard them as your friends too.Animal Crossing: Wild World has achieved something wonderful in the gaming world, and though it gets a bit boring at times, you'll unlock new surprises around every corner- Don't forget the insane amount of events held by Tortimer, the mayor of your town; watch fireworks, take part in contests, the fun never ends!I highly recommend this game for the average gamer, some of the more "hard-core" gamers will find it cutesy and boring, (by hard-core I mean the average teenage male gamer who plays nothing but shoot-em-ups and smash brothers) but for all those who give AC a chance, I guarantee you'll be blown away.
Overall rating: 10/10, not to miss.