More Notes On Animal Crossing

I wrote a brief note on Animal Crossing in my first blog.  And it turns out that my first blog is no longer up.  Don't know what happened there.  All that wisdom lost to the ages.  (Actually, it's funny how many things I believed in 2002 that I no longer hold true.  If I extrapolate that means I'm probably still full of crap.)  If it weren't for the Google cache, that is.

Cathy, my wife, had a real Animal Crossing addiction - I thought it might be a problem.  It got its hooks in me for a while but I did lose interest after a while.  She kept going until she got the statue.  Then she put it down for years.  We pulled it out last New Year's, and now she's hooked again, even though she already has the statue.  She just likes the mechanics of playing, I guess, the act of walking around, digging, pulling weeds, doing jobs for people.

The interesting new development is that Sofi loves it.  Sofi's fifteen months old now, and will sit quietly and watch her mom play.  This morning, Sofi, whining, pulled mom into the living room and then pointed at the TV and didn't stop complaining until mom sat down and started playing Animal Crossing.  If we hand Sofi the controller she'll mash buttons - dig, not dig, whatever.

So we rented the DS version from GameFly - seemed like a no-brainer.  But Cathy's not playing it.  She prefers the big-screen Gamecube version.  To try and pique her interest I read her this review from The Escapist:  http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/32/7
"I don't want to play with other people," she said.  "And I've got a lot invested in THIS game," she said, pointing to the Gamecube.

So there it is.

Comments

[Timmy]

I don't like the DS version because playing with other people sux. People
will mess up my flowers, layout, etc.

I prefer the big screen and tons of memory cards. I have full control over that. Plus DS version doesn't have NES games or hacking through Action Replay. Gamecube version has more furniture, smoother graphics - good framerate, store upto 96 patterns compared to 8 patterns only in DS, Gamecube doesn't need to be computer dependent on wifi or McDonald Dependent on wifi hotspotting.

Its life for only 20 bucks. Animal Crossing for Gamecube (Dobutsu No Mori)
is my favorite and only game for the Gamecube.

I plan to do an Animal Crossing for Gamecube Weekly Podcast targeted for the original users of Animal Crossing. Purpose I will cover are Game Reviews for Gamecube Animal Crossing, topics in the game (Gyroids, etc,),
Stuff on Project Hyrule, Action Replay usage, niche culture of Animal Crossing, and some KK songs.

Please email me if you want ideas. I still have to plan my shows and buy a cheap mic.

[Gemini Ace]

Go check out my podcast on the DS version of Animal Crossing. It's good stuff.