Marcelo

AC has goals and achievements if you meet them. Some of the achievements (the golden slingshot, for example) are easier than others (the golden axe). Nonetheless there's PLENTY to work towards. What makes it different is the seasonal clock. You can't just grind through the game in a week, you have to wait the entire year to cycle through everything there is to do. Thankfully there's a half dozen random things you could be focusing on at any given time.

When I first played AC my goal was to earn tons of money to pay off my mortgage and get the biggest house. After a few months of that I got hooked on catching fish. After about half a year of that, I got into decorating and furniture. Then it became more social, making friends and getting pictures of villagers, then I focused on gardening and making hybrid flowers. Then fossils. Then bugs.

The point is that while you're waiting for a particular fish to cycle into the game, there are half a dozen things you can work on as side projects.

Maybe the reason you don't get AC is because you haven't familiarized yourself with everything you can do.

No. You should be ashamed for asking the question though. :)

Thanks. Still haven't decided whether to import or start fresh. Seems like cheating to get your catalog.

Can more than one person import? My GF has a character in her town as well.

Question about importing your character:

1) When you import your character from the DS, does it merely bring your character over or do you get your house, your stuff, your tools, etc? Part of the appeal of doing AC:CF is starting from scratch all over again, which would be ridiculous considering I've already caught most of the fish and bugs and I have the complete fossil collection.

2) When you import your character from the DS does your character leave the DS town or is a copy merely made?

I guess I'm just not clear on what the importing feature actually does and does not do.

I'll be getting AC, and there is a reason for me to get it over DS, so my GF and I can play and live in the same town simultaneously. On DS she had to have her own town.

My AC is remaining closed til I win NaNoWriMo though. It's my reward. :)

That's awesome, now Japanese gamers can experience the World's Most Boring Game.

Congratulations! I've been body testing every day (although I do my workouts elsewhere) and I've gone through a similar drop - 235 to 194. Feels good, eh?

If there's any game that won't be "collecting dust" in a few months it's Animal Crossing. The game is designed to be almost endless. You can't "beat" it or collect everything in a short time. The game is tied to the real passage of time so you're forced to sit and wait a season if you want to get a fish that's not there.

I'll probably be playing this longer than I played SSBB.

In my opinion this is the single best story-driven PC game of all time. I'd love to see a version on Wii.

Touché. :)