E308: Animal Crossing: City Folk Fact Sheet, Pictures, and Trailer

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If life were an endless vacation, what would you do? Go fishing, collect shells or watch fireworks with friends? Build a snowman, exchange presents with family or decorate your house for the holidays? Take a trip to the city, go on a shopping spree or visit friends from all over the globe? In Animal Crossing: City Folk, life moves at a relaxed pace, but the world brims with endless possibilities.
There's always something new to do. In the living, breathing world of Animal Crossing: City Folk, days and seasons pass in real time, so there's always something to discover. Catch fireflies in the summer, go trick-or-treating on Halloween or hunt for eggs on Bunny Day. If you're in the mood for something a little faster paced, take a bus to a new urban city area that's unique to Animal Crossing: City Folk. There you can catch a show at the theater or check out the sales at Gracie's boutique. But if you don't show your face back home for too long, your neighbors will miss you.

Up to four people from your household can live and work together to build the perfect town. Design clothes and patterns, write letters and post messages on the bulletin board for each other, or invite up to three friends to visit your town using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. With the new WiiSpeak microphone, it's like you're all in the same room. The microphone sits atop the sensor bar and picks up the conversation of everyone in the room to encourage a more inclusive experience.

Get to know your neighbors. The heart of Animal Crossing: City Folk is building relationships with the animals in your town as well as with other players. Befriend your animal neighbors by exchanging letters, gifts and favors. Animals can also move from town to town, bringing their memories and stories from their old towns with them. And since animals are notoriously loose-lipped, they spill all the juicy details.

Express your personal style. Customize your town, your house and yourself by collecting bugs, fish, fossils, art, furniture, clothes and accessories. You can also go to the salon in the city to change your hairstyle and get a Mii™ makeover. Plus, if you design clothes in the tailor's shop, animals will wear them and maybe even bring them to other towns.



Also of note is that the WiiSpeak accessory will be sold separately for $29.99.

Screenshots and video can be found after the break. Imagine 'Stuff teh Weasel' on Wii ... with voice chat! Win!

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Comments

Big dawgBig Dawg Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:11:54 AM

better than p0rn.

AntonCaptainSeagull Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:32:14 AM

Ndeed Big Dawg! Ndeed!

seaempty Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:10:14 AM

Stuff Teh Weasel \o/

Haavardhaavard Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:00:15 AM

It's... GameCube!

JasonLlamaBoy Wednesday, July 16, 2008 2:54:26 PM

MITZI'S IN!

Big dawgBig Dawg Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:37:13 PM

no, haavard.... it's ds, cubed.

Joel Lutherlutherjw Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:54:33 PM

Where do I direct my complaints about how stupid political correctness is and the fact that Easter is now 'Bunny Day'?

SpookSpook81 Wednesday, July 16, 2008 9:06:40 PM

Bunny Day? Where?

AntonCaptainSeagull Monday, July 21, 2008 10:24:40 AM

luther i dont think this was meant more towards political, and more so that even harcore-religious people from other religions besides those that utilize easter can practice bunny day, or at least not try to sue ninty for pushing religion in a game.

Dustin WilsonKhadgar Monday, July 21, 2008 3:26:28 PM

Considering many of the developers of the game probably weren't Christian themselves it's probably "Bunny Day" for the matter that a lot of Japanese that aren't Christian call it that. It's not that big of a deal. Just play something else other than Animal Crossing when it's Easter next year and you'll be fine.

Dustin WilsonKhadgar Monday, July 21, 2008 3:35:56 PM

Oh and on Christmas they might call it "Ho ho Day" or "Yule" or "Oh Boy I Get Presents Day"

SpookSpook81 Monday, July 21, 2008 3:40:26 PM

I've always found "Yule" to be a funny word... but the "Oh Boy I Get Presents" Day would definitively be marketable p

Joel Lutherlutherjw Monday, July 21, 2008 7:07:24 PM

Christmas is actually "Toy Day". p