Animal Crossing: City Folk coming to Wii in 2008

by Kyle Orland { Jul 15th 2008 at 12:31PM }

At Nintendo's E3 press conference this morning, the company announced Animal Crossing: City Folk, a new game in the series that will have graphics similar to those of the GameCube version. The game will use the Wii Message Board to allow players to send messages to friends and allow players to put on masks to look like their Miis. It will also support a new community microphone option known as WiiSpeak that will allow you to talk directly to other players around the world. More details as we get them.

Tags: animal-crossing, animal-crossing-city-folk, animal-crossing-wii, wii

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 15th 2008 12:35PM

Glad they got voice chat, but I'm extremely disappointed it's not an MMO. It looked almost exactly like the gamecube version (and no i'm not talking about graphics) with an added area to visit.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jul 15th 2008 12:49PM

Honestly, I think the reason why it isn't an MMO is because Nintendo knows what will happen if people are allowed to go to every person's town. Let's just say it would be hard to resist not fucking up a person's town.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jul 15th 2008 12:51PM

That's a fair point but surely they could have thought of some way to work around that stuff. There's always a solution.

Guy Number One @ Jul 15th 2008 1:01PM

If it were an MMO, there wouldn't be invidiual towns.

It isn't an MMO, because it's Nintendo, and Nintendo is paranoid.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jul 15th 2008 1:02PM

I guess. but I'm still excited about the game. And there will be voice chat, so that will be good.

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jul 15th 2008 1:41PM

With the hair salon and the town hall, it looks more like the DS version (but with Miis!).

But, yeah. MMO Animal Crossing = some random douchebag entering your town, cutting all your trees and droping penis textures everywhere.

GenBanks @ Jul 15th 2008 1:51PM

The animal crossing MMO can be called 'Animal Crossing: Anarchy Edition'

soaper4 @ Jul 15th 2008 4:33PM

i'm really relieved it's not an mmo, because then everyone would live in the same town, and half the fun of animal crossing is visiting other people's towns.

Joseph Henry @ Jul 26th 2008 9:57PM

I think they didnt make it in an MMO because like others have said everyone who is a jerk would cut down your trees, dig holes everywhere, etc. I'm actually glad it isn't an MMO

Brittany @ Jul 15th 2008 12:35PM

YESS I LOVE ANIMAL CROSSING :)

Duke @ Jul 15th 2008 12:56PM

Many of us do - but caps lock is not needed!

I am sad this wont be an MMO type game, but its still nice to see. Now, didn't they show others fishing together? How does that work exactly I wonder.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Jul 15th 2008 12:40PM

Wow, Animal Crossing is now a clone of the Sims?

tabby @ Jul 17th 2008 11:01AM

(if u were talking about the computer sims then don't bother reading this
but ac didn't really copy sims for the pc either because u can die cook, have babies and such in sims PC)
*in my sims you have a goal
*in ac you don't have to do anything
*my sims you build houses
*in ac, it's like real life (except the talking animals)
*my sims dose not have talking animals walking around
*you can't mail anything in my sims
*you can catch bugs and dig up fossils in ac
*my sims has essences which can turn into paint and other things
*in my sims you unlock different parts like the desert and forest
*you can't visit other people in my sims
*all the towns are the same in my sims except the people you put in them
*ac has different types of towns you can have and you don't choose the animals
that go in them
*ac has seasons and moves in real time
*you spent about 10 minutes in day and night in my sims
*you decorate other people houses in my sims
*in ac you can't move the other animals things
*you build stuff in my sims
*holidays in ac
and you get the picture!

the only thing that is the same is you fish, walk around in a town, talk to villagers, and decorate a home. you can't really think the the games are copying each other because they are so different and have little similarities

shawn @ Jul 15th 2008 12:44PM

this is the only title so far that interests me,hopefully nintendo comes out with some storage

random nintendo nerd @ Aug 20th 2008 8:53AM

Actually in the last issue of nintendo power they announced they would have info on a 'secret' game not at E3. I've no clue what in hell it is.

Snowblind @ Jul 15th 2008 12:47PM

Disappointed in how similar this looks to the other versions, and I don't just mean graphically. The city portion looks fantastic, but why didn't the entire game take place there, instead of in the little village again?

The Holidays returning is definitely a good thing though.

hoagie @ Jul 15th 2008 1:04PM

This is probably one of my most anticipated titles of the last 2 years. Me, the wife and kids will have a blast with this. Excellent!

McWeen @ Jul 15th 2008 1:27PM

It looks decent enough but there isn't much that makes me want this anymore than just firing up Wild World again.

baby sea tuna @ Jul 15th 2008 1:28PM

I loved the original AC, but this is just lame.

Nintendo Fan @ Jul 15th 2008 2:25PM

Now that they announced the wii speak is it going to be bundled with the game or sold separtly. Also os wii music and wii sports coming ou tin 2009

A.W. Brawler @ Jul 15th 2008 1:48PM

The Wii is definite number one now, because ACCF plus Wii means core and casual both will buy and it will skyrocket sales.

kudos Big N, Kudos.

giantenemycrab @ Jul 15th 2008 2:28PM

I am so happy.

giantenemycrab @ Jul 15th 2008 2:48PM

So, are there anymore details than this, or is this it so far?

Dovi @ Jul 15th 2008 7:25PM

That pink haired bitch better stfu and go do the damn laundry.

Alp @ Jul 16th 2008 9:31AM

Any idea whether you can play with other people on the same Wii ? I get the idea that you get visits from other people on their own Wii, I'm just wondering if 2 or more players on the same Wii can play at the same time, or is it one at a time like on the DS.