With the announcement of Animal Crossing: City Folk as a future Wii title for this year, let us look at the past an see the game that started it all. Of course, many of you might say the Gamecube version was the first AC game that introduced talking animal neighbors. This is in fact only “partly” true. While North America did see Animal Crossing for the first time on the GCN console, there was actually a N64 version before that, and was only released in Japan. Take a look at a bit of gameplay of Dobutsu no Mori – Animal Forest.
Author: Jose Gallardo
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Animal Crossing… for N64?
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Character Highlight – Luigi
Let’s face it Mario fans, Luigi is much better at everything. Just kidding! Before barraging us with fireballs and hammers, let’s take a look at our first ever character highlight. Luigi takes the spot for this memorable occasion for a reason: he is and has been my favorite video game character of all time! Luigi is Mario’s younger “twin-brother” (and yes, I said twin brother). Although Luigi didn’t quite appear beside Mario in the Red guy’s first game, he was, according to Nintendo’ ever-changing series of events, born at the same time. It really isn’t a mystery, seeing as how the first games in the Mario Bros. series often portrayed Luigi as a green version of Mario. Pretty identical, if you ask me. Luigi got taller and leaner, however, and eventually gained a mysterious jumping prowess that rivaled that of Mario. Luigi is significantly faster nowadays, and and is now gaining a rapidly growing fan-base of its own. While Luigi seems to have the upper hand when compared to Mario’s basic moves, it is not really true. In theory, Luigi just has a different skill set to master, providing a new “Mario” experience. It also depends on a player’s tastes. Luigi’s seemingly higher jump can be bothersome to many, as well as Mario’s regular jump can be seen as “stale” or “old” to others. But one thing will forever stand out: Luigi is the mean green machine, while Mario is… The Red Fed Guy? -
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Oh me, oh my. Pinch me, ’cause I am writing this late at night and I think I’m dreaming. Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii has been announced for a scheduled release on or around November of 2008. By the looks of its recent trailer, it is much bigger and much wilder than its past incarnations. I won’t spill the beans just yet, but lets just add to the hype by saying AC:CF will allow voice integration, meaning you can talk LIVE with your friends through Wi-fi to give a more authentic real-life experience. Although the graphics haven’t changed much from its DS version of Wild World, “City Folk” more than makes up for it with what seems to be a much bigger world revolving both around the simple life, and the more industrious city we all know (and love?). Follow this link to view a couple of screenshots and the trailer for Animal Crossing: City Folk!
