Animal Crossing: Wild World

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 335 Ratings

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  • Summary: In this sequel to the wildly popular Nintendo GameCube game, players and up to three friends can hang out in the same village and interact in real time - either through wireless LAN or over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Now players can visit a friend's village from thousands of miles away.In this sequel to the wildly popular Nintendo GameCube game, players and up to three friends can hang out in the same village and interact in real time - either through wireless LAN or over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Now players can visit a friend's village from thousands of miles away.
    The touch screen makes item management and world navigation a breeze. Typing letters and designing patterns are now just stylus strokes away. Days and seasons pass in real time, so whether players want to decorate their homes, catch bugs or fish, collect brand-new items like hats and sunglasses or just chat with the wild and wacky characters in their villages, there's always something to do. [Nintendo]    … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 55 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 57
  3. Negative: 0 out of 57
  1. Thunderbolt
    100
    The online multiplayer provides for limitless possibilities for handheld gaming, allowing its participants to access a miniature world where individual style and interactivity reign supreme.
  2. Just RPG
    92
    With no big battles, mesmerizing graphics, or frustrating challenges, Animal Crossing plummets the player into a new, relaxed world, where your only concerns are to meet the animals, find all species of fish and bugs, excavate ancient fossils, and of course, pay your seemingly endless mortgage to Tom Nook.
  3. NTSC-uk
    90
    Whether you are a fan of the previous titles or not, the wonderfully incorporated real-time system combined with the villager’s emotional-pull creates a world that has the potential to alter your sleep patterns and actually intertwine and weave its presence into your daily lives.
  4. N-Insanity
    88
    A game that will last forever. Regardless of whether you have human friends or are just playing the game alone, it will likely last you a long, long time.
  5. GameBiz
    85
    It just seemed to me that for every good addition to the DS game, they left out a good thing or failed to fix a problem that was evident in the first.
  6. G4 TV
    80
    While none of these issues hold the game back from a playability standpoint, Wild World is closer to an enhanced port than an extravagant sequel.
  7. Times Online
    60
    It may sound mundane, but there are enough winning touches to make the game very playable in short bursts.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 83 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 111
  3. Negative: 8 out of 111
  1. DonnaS.
    May 7, 2008
    10
    I LOVE this game. I'm 62 and my daughter got me started with it on my birthday, in February.
  2. DJT
    Dec 15, 2007
    10
    Awesome game... it'll keep you coming back, even after you put it down for a few months! you'll find yourself wondering "whatever Awesome game... it'll keep you coming back, even after you put it down for a few months! you'll find yourself wondering "whatever happened to old what's his name?!" Great Wifi fun, really good stuff here! Give it a chance!… Expand
  4. Nick5414
    Oct 1, 2011
    10
    BEST game ever !
  5. JeremyN.
    Sep 16, 2007
    9
    Great for a while....but i lost interest after about 4 months.
  6. omniface
    Mar 7, 2021
    9
    copycat but less features compared to anch

    pros
    bell system
    nooks cranny added upgrades
    town hall services
    planting

    cons
    very few
  7. RobP.
    Jun 25, 2006
    8
    Animal Crossing really isn't a game. It's more of a time waster/killer. I mean for some reason, even though it gets kinda old, I Animal Crossing really isn't a game. It's more of a time waster/killer. I mean for some reason, even though it gets kinda old, I still sit around and fish like crazy so I can pay off my home mortgage. This has a very high replay value, so if you liked the one on GCN (this is a tad bit different though), you'll like this one. Get it used though, I can't bare to spend $35 on it, so I paid under $25 with tax since I had a card at GameStop.… Expand
  8. IWantGoodGames
    Jun 15, 2020
    0
    Sloppy Compared To The New Versions And There's So Little To Be Done! It's Like, "It's A Small World After All!"

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Awards & Rankings

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#7 Best DS Game of 2005
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#2 Most Discussed DS Game of 2005
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#6 Most Shared DS Game of 2005