Sunday, November 16, 2008

It's Here!! City Folk Day 1

OK, so I got up and went to Best Buy this morning just as they opened to get Animal Crossing City Folk. They hadn't even put the game out on the shelf yet, they had to call back to someone in the warehouse to bring it out (meanwhile, they had about 30-40 Wiis and WiiFits out and it was like a shark feeding frenzy). So, Greg and I each got one and we have spent just about all day playing!

On first thought-I wasn't that impressed. The graphics are improved, but on first notice that is really it. I am little annoyed that the music is, for the most part, exactly the same as Wild World, but that is pretty minor. The controls did take some getting used to and while I thought I would be a nunchuck and wiimote player, I actually like playing with just the wiimote sometimes. I still go the nunchuck when I'm inside, but I think both ways are convenient actually.

So, I got my town and my character (Kiwii from Dragon) that I wanted by using a face guide I found online. Your town comes with six villagers to start with-I have Antonio, Tabby, Alice, Drake, Gaston, and....crap-a cat that I've had in Wild World before, but I can't recall her name.

I chose my house based on how convenient it was for all the town stuff. My house is near Nook's, the Museum, and the Town Hall. Only the tailor is separated, but it's just across the bridge.

I did a lot of bug hunting and fishing today even though in November, the bugs are rather limited. I couldn't really do any landscaping because Nook didn't have a shovel today, but I got a pole, net, and watering can.

Here are some pictures I took using the in-game camera (and then saved pics to SD card):

Me in a Bear Hood


Me with Greg


Shockedopus


Football Fish


Me in the City


Dr. Shrunk Teaches Laughter


All in all, I am really enjoying the game, even if there are some disappointing aspects. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that they spent as much time as they did on creating this (or maybe they didn't and that's why it has some shortfalls). Still, Animal Crossing is my favorite game and I will enjoy playing this one as much as I enjoyed the others.

Now...if only I could get Bob to move into my town.

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