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DS Animal Crossing shipping

Nintendo's semi-surreal life sim gets wireless, tactile in new handheld edition.

Gamers tired of The Surreal Life reruns can now make their own lives a little more surreal with Nintendo's new bill-paying, garbage-dumping, bug-collecting, zoological life sim. Nintendo confirmed today that it has shipped Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS to retail.

Wild World, like 2002's life sim Animal Crossing for the GameCube, once again drops gamers into a small town populated by anthropomorphic animals and asks them to make a living and spend their time however they see fit. The DS version of the game retains the open-ended approach of the original, but sports a number of new features and tweaks to the gameplay.

Chief among the new features is the game's Wi-Fi compatibility, which lets players travel around the world to visit each other's towns and chat, trade items, or play games together. The game is also controllable entirely using the DS touch screen, from navigating menus to customizing clothes. Up to four players can also share a house in the same town, though only one can play at any given time.

Animal Crossing: Wild World is rated E for Everyone and retails for $34.99. Check back later today for GameSpot's full review.

30 Comments

  • hunter-400

    Posted Dec 31, 2005 11:02 pm GMT

    i give it a 9.0 rating.

  • Maigoyume

    Posted Dec 8, 2005 12:40 pm GMT

    its definitely mass ownage

  • someguy99

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 1:56 pm GMT

    Animal Crossing Is Ownage!

  • Sevenik

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 2:04 am GMT

    This and Mario Kart are so on my Xmas list

  • videogamr49

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 10:47 pm GMT

    I love this game but I just need to get it. I'm getting it tomorrow FOR SURE. I played this game at G.A.M.E. and I enjoyed it.

  • forever_blank

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 6:40 pm GMT

    YAY, I must get it!!!

  • -Ronin-_basic

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 6:30 pm GMT

    Predicted 8.5.... got an 8.4.

    As for Flamer on the second page.... well, that's what happens when 12-year-olds get their dirty little hands on Mommy and Daddy's computer.

  • falcons320

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 5:50 pm GMT

    im guessing a 9.2 , yes very high i know, but this will be a great innovation for the ds, since it is going to be wireless

  • falcons320

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 5:50 pm GMT

    im guessing a 9.2 , yes very high i know, but this will be a great innovation for the ds, since it is going to be wireless

  • woohooforme

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:33 pm GMT

    Lol, Flame-man judges books by their covers, that's why he misses out on the greatest games, such as Animal Crossing and Katamari Damacy

  • limpbizkit818

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:08 pm GMT

    just got this game, really good.

  • FlameAlchemistX

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:30 pm GMT

    [This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]

  • gonzalezj1

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:17 pm GMT

    Oh, and I don't care what it ends up being rated, I'm still getting it.

  • gonzalezj1

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:16 pm GMT

    Well, I sold my soul to the original AC, so this new one will only be able to snare my soul's withered remains.

  • woohooforme

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:51 pm GMT

    adidap5410, no, we haven't played the game, that's why we're making a PREDICTION!!! But yeah, you're probably right on yours >.>

  • Mourned_Soul

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:37 pm GMT

    oh and also i predict a 9.0!!1!11!!!

  • Mourned_Soul

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:34 pm GMT

    ! w@nt !t f0r c#r!$tm@$!!!1!11!!

  • adidap5410

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:31 pm GMT

    have any of you PLAYED the game?
    isnt a review based on how the game PLAYS?
    or am i mistaken, maybe it is about the pretty artwork and what they are adding.
    they could add tons of stuff and do it poorly, or excellently. so im predicting something like a 1-10. yeah...something in that range

  • dwmorrow

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:30 pm GMT

    I'm thinking 8.7. Got my copy on preorder....

  • DarkBeast90

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:22 pm GMT

    8.6, trust me on that... wait no... never trust me

  • -Ronin-_basic

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:21 pm GMT

    I'm predicting an 8.5 rating. Better than the GC version, with the online and all, there's a ton of stuff to do, and being portable always helps.

  • cb_jeep

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:13 pm GMT

    they will give it an 8.5
    no NES games and lots of restrictions online make
    me mad...

  • woohooforme

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:10 pm GMT

    That's why I didn't try and collect everything, it lasted a good year and a half with me.

  • ryanduvall

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:02 pm GMT

    I cant wait, i mean the gamecube one was a little weak because of its lack of replayability after you collected everything, but this opens up new possibilities with online.

  • woohooforme

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 2:02 pm GMT

    Either way though, I'm getting it tomorrow.

  • woohooforme

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 1:58 pm GMT

    Well yeah, but they're adding SOOOO much stuff! Not to mention online play, it's gotta be great! XD!

  • meggido

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 1:57 pm GMT

    8.9 seems very high but you never know. I'm guessing 8.4

  • woohooforme

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 1:55 pm GMT

    Can't wait for a review, since the first one got an 8.1 (UNDERRATED!!!) I'm guessing they're going to give this one an 8.9...that's just my guess though

  • veratronator

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 1:54 pm GMT

    I wish i had a ds to play with fake doggys my dog just blasts dookies on the floor

  • meggido

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 1:45 pm GMT

    Reviews up today. AA for sure.

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