Nintendo Direct: Animal Crossing [pics from stream + Offical site + twitter]

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As translated by StreetsAhead on NeoGAF.

- Talking about the game, being mayor, building house, no firm goals.
- Eguchi, producer. Going to talk to devs.
-The man and woman were the game's directors, the other woman is a planner.
- Flowers will sparkle depending off if they've been watered.
- Can design roads - they added the character for 'road'. There's a camping ground, sometimes there'll be campers - villagers who don't live in your village.
- Villagers and visitors can buy items in the recycle shop.
- There's a pot plant and the other is a music album.
- The bench and clock were stuff she placed as mayor.
- When you sit in the mayor's seat, **** (for some odd reason it's censoring the secritary's name) will come up and talk to you.
- Once you've decided what to build, go with **** to decide where. Then they'll show you what it will look like. Donations from villagers begin.
- Don't have to go back to mayor's office once building is placed.
- Can donate yourself.
- New item: megaphone. Can say a villagers names to get their attention by speaking their name into the 3DS microphone.
- The tanooki brothers will take turns each day to service the shop.
- Halloween goods sold because it's October.
- Different types of shoes, boots and socks.
- 2nd floor is the museum shop. The four doors lead to special exhibitions. You can set the special exhibitions yourself. Hawaiian Expo, Sushi expo.
- Tanooki Housing Real Estate. Buy parts for your houses outside.
- Can decide if you want to increase room numbers and where (1st flow left, right, 2nd floor etc)
- Shisho, comedian. Started a comedy club, Club 444. Can watch his comedy shows. He has spoken dialogue during this. Can decide your reaction.
- Take photos of your expression with good timing for best result in the photo booth. Many reactions/emotions to collect.
- This is the design leader, Takahashi.
- Talking about new items.
- Can alter designs at R. Parker's
- The redesign takes 30 minutes in this instance. Changed the design and wood.
- Can create your own designs
- Entire house of Tom Nooks if you want!
- Can turn designs into QR codes.
- Model Homes now. People met through Streetpass. These are the people she's streetpassed with. Sometimes they will give you things, like ice-creams, balloons, and pin wheels.

- Up to 48 houses in three block, 16 homes per block.
- Can see with the map where the houses are using people's names.
- Toilets & urinals!! Mario stars, shells, & mushrooms!
- The woman to the left of Eguchi drew that apple as her 'Own Design' in the game.
- You can go to visit some people's villages that you've street-passed with. It's a 'dream'.
- Allows you to see how other people have set up their towns. When you have an internet connection, if someone you've street passed with has a Village number, (can search by name too) you can go into a new shop and visit their village. You can do stuff like cut trees and get fruit, but it doesn't affect their village.
- You can alter the look of City Hall, too.
- This is the sound director.
- This is the early morning theme. Second, the morning theme. Daytime theme now. Evening theme. Sky has changed color too and there's a diesel train running. And now the night theme. And now the late night theme.
- K. K. Slider, Saturday night live performances at the new Shisho's Club 444. Now for a new song. Shisho is dancing to the beat!
- DJ K.K. (K.K. Slider under a different name) performs on nights other than Saturday at the comedy club. 'House Nights' Includes NES Nights. 'Famicon Nights'.
- Can listen to the music on audio players in your house, like gramophones.
- Lots of new songs.
- Islands! The four of them are going to the island. Going by boat. A motor boat, headed by Kapp'n!
- A new song for the ride, too.
- Can get swimming suits the first time here, wearing it you can go swimming.
- Can dive for coral! Sometimes there'll be jellyfish.
- Find summer fish and bugs all year round here.
- Can trade medals got in mini games on the island to trade for the goods in the souvenir shop.

- Games are focused on Co-op.
- Tortimer appears as the Tour Guide, explains the games

- Each person has to search for their own type of fruits; mangoes, persimmons, etc.
- The faster you are the more medals you get.
- Can pick up fruits and drop them for other players in easier locations.
- This is 'Hammer', hit the little electric car.
- And that's it from the team - thanks to the staff.
- Iwata reconfirms download version; same as the retail version. Mentions the benefit of download versions.

- Official Animal Crossing twitter @doubutsuno_mori , will reveal new characters and items.

Watch it here.

Offical Japenese Animal Crossing webpage

Images in spoiler.

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Lol.

It sucks that the west has to wait till next year to get this. I know I'll be getting it when it launches.

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If there was one game to convince me to buy a 3DS again it would be this, but I'll wait to buy a 3DS when Pokemon comes out for it too.

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#5 cain006
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That looks extremely similar graphically to the DS game based on those pictures.

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#6 -Patrick_92-
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That looks extremely similar graphically to the DS game based on those pictures.

cain006
The graphics look better in the video.
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#7 cain006
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[QUOTE="cain006"]

That looks extremely similar graphically to the DS game based on those pictures.

-Patrick_92-

The graphics look better in the video.

Yeah, but it still looks bad compared to other 3DS games.

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Looks like this is a huge change from previous games. Looks pretty good.

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[QUOTE="-Patrick_92-"][QUOTE="cain006"]

That looks extremely similar graphically to the DS game based on those pictures.

cain006

The graphics look better in the video.

Yeah, but it still looks bad compared to other 3DS games.

Animal Crossing isn't really about the graphics though, but I think it looks really good anyways :P
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[QUOTE="cain006"]

[QUOTE="-Patrick_92-"]The graphics look better in the video. -Patrick_92-

Yeah, but it still looks bad compared to other 3DS games.

Animal Crossing isn't really about the graphics though, but I think it looks really good anyways :P

A cartoony style game should be clean cut, not full of jaggies and bad looking textures. Look at TF2, it's textures aren't high resolution or anything, but they look good.

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#11 Shinobishyguy
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That looks extremely similar graphically to the DS game based on those pictures.

cain006
aside from the art style being the same it looks waaay better.
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[QUOTE="-Patrick_92-"][QUOTE="cain006"]Yeah, but it still looks bad compared to other 3DS games.

cain006

Animal Crossing isn't really about the graphics though, but I think it looks really good anyways :P

A cartoony style game should be clean cut, not full of jaggies and bad looking textures. Look at TF2, it's textures aren't high resolution or anything, but they look good.

Yeah it could look a little smoother, but I still think it looks fine though.
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#13 Shinobishyguy
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[QUOTE="cain006"]

[QUOTE="-Patrick_92-"]Animal Crossing isn't really about the graphics though, but I think it looks really good anyways :P-Patrick_92-

A cartoony style game should be clean cut, not full of jaggies and bad looking textures. Look at TF2, it's textures aren't high resolution or anything, but they look good.

Yeah it could look a little smoother, but I still think it looks fine though.

it'll look much better on the 3ds's screen. Hell video footage almost never does the games justice.
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I think i read somewhere that the 3DS game looked better than the game that came out on Wii. Though i really can't say for sure if its true.

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All the pictures in the OP are screen shots of the stream. So natural some picture quality has been lost. It will howerever look better on the 3DS's screens itself.

Here is the 3DS verson compaired to the Animal Crossings on the Gamecube, DS, and Wii

Gamecube: Animal Crossing Population Growing

Animal Crossing Population Growing

DS: Animal Crossing Wild World

AC WW

Wii: Animal Crossing City Folk

Animal crossing city folk

Animal Crossing 3DS

Animal Crossing 3DS

I tried to find a screen shot of the Japanese only Animal Crossing on the N64 but couldnt find it :P


And here is the DS verson compaired side by side with the 3DS verson

AC WW compaired to AC 3DSAC 3DS compaired to AC WW

This is all the compairison you need, so while the art style is the same, you'll notice the graphics are far clearer and smoother and just simply better in every way.

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Looks amazing. People are going to sink so many hours into this. Including me. Animal Crossing really belongs on handhelds.

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This actually sounds really good. I'm excited to start a new town! There's so much more customization now.

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Finally an actual upgrade from the original!
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Let me just say that I can not wait to play this game. day one buy for sure.

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Finally an actual upgrade from the original!VideoGameGuy

Indeed.

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Looks amazing. People are going to sink so many hours into this. Including me. Animal Crossing really belongs on handhelds.

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I own the console ones but never realy dug into them. Wild world has hundreds of hours on it. I'm really excited for the 3ds one.
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As soon as this comes out I will get a 3DS XL. Been waiting for this game to make the jump. (Japan gets a bundle, doubt we will here...)

And are people really concerned about the graphics? In Animal Crossing?

Anyway glad to see all the changes, this is shaping up to be the best AC by far.

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My hype is basically through the roof for this game. I've always loved the series, and it looks like we finally get a lot of great stuff that puts this game above and beyond its predecessors.

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#24 Gamingclone
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As soon as this comes out I will get a 3DS XL. Been waiting for this game to make the jump. (Japan gets a bundle, doubt we will here...)

And are people really concerned about the graphics? In Animal Crossing?

Anyway glad to see all the changes, this is shaping up to be the best AC by far.

PopeReal

Graphics is all that matters to some around here.

It would be nice if we get a bundle, but it isnt likely.