Best to Worst Animal Crossing Game

[Momo15]

1. New Leaf, of course for the new features it has, it's really fun AND portable!
2. Animal Crossing, haven't played it but all of the features it has is adorable, it seems like a great game of its time.
3. Wild World, of course I put it here because it was my first game. Its graphics may not be good and it may have rather pointless gameplay, but the music and the personality in this game is so good and makes me feel nostalgic.
4. City Folk, again I haven't played it, and it has the music like Wild World and much more holidays, but from what I've seen, the game gets hacked a little too easily.

 

[jupisan]

New Leaf-hands down
Wild World- was my first AC game and I enjoy it.
CF- didnt like it cause the Wii controls were hard and the design aspect was weird to me. only thing I liked about it was visiting the city.

 

[snapdragon]

3. City Folk
2. Wild World
1. New Leaf c:

I only played the GC version for a few minutes so I can't really say. I'll just rate it last since the screen changes gave me motion-sickness... -3-;

 

[katronsensei]

1 - The original Ac.. yeah New leaf is fun... butt the original game just has this feel for it. Also it doesn't feel as soft. I loved the old angry resetti making you say thing's like 'I'm a idiot'... and how villagers would be meaner. Call me weird, but it made me laugh. I also adored a lot of features in the game... Out of all my games I tend to go back to this one. :3 Been playing it on and off since it came out.

2 - New leaf - I have to admit... I played wild world, which was why I never tried out city folk. Wild World turned me off. I easily got bored of it unlike the original. It just felt too weird... and it didn't feel like AC to me. New leaf... new leaf felt better. It brought back everyone had their own house, which I adore. it also brought in a lot of new features.. though I dont like how soft the villagers got

 

[Zady]

New Leaf: It's the one I've been most committed to
Wild World: My first AC game
City Folk: It didn't hold my interest for long
I never played the original AC

 

[Eline]

I never played the GC version. This is my order:
1. New Leaf
2. Wild World
3. City Folk

Allthough I really actually like City Folk, I don't believe I played it for a very long time. I loved the City and I'm very glad with main street in NL. Wild World is very nostalgic for me, I used to always play with my sister. I can remember that those damned coconuts would never grow! I do think New Leaf is the game I put the most hours in.

 

[Phosphorylation]

I liked New Leaf, Gamecube, and Wild World the best. To list them from best to worst doesn't seem fair, because I played them all so much and loved them all equally!

New Leaf has the most features, and is the first time I ever played online with others. I've got some extremely fun and interesting memories, especially from when it first came out, with the people I met online. Sadly the ones I became close to have all stopped playing in the past year, making it a little more boring, but still very fun! I wish the villagers weren't so kind now, though. I liked it when a cranky character was cranky, not just old-fashioned or having the personality of an old man lol. It made becoming their friends all the more rewarding. Same with Snooties.

The gamecube was the first one I ever played. Most of my love for it is from nostalgia, and I have, without a doubt, played it the most. I loved it soooo much and still do, though it is very dated and has less features than the rest. It has my favorite hourly music, out of all the games. You could also have more villagers compared to today's 10, so that's a thing I wish they'd bring back. Villager personalities were harsher, but more interesting and not as bland as today. It also had the NES games you could play, funny references to other games or consoles, heck I think one of my villagers even mentioned Nintendo Power once! Loved the variation, it seems like they never repeated themselves. Kept me occupied for years, and is one of the first games that got me into gaming. Sadly they took out some of my favorite villagers after this game, which is another reason I like this one so much. It’s the only game they’re in!

Wild World was another game I have nostalgia from. Loved it and played it a lot. It was revolutionary for me, since I had always wanted to change my hair on the gamecube, which I was finally able to do because of the introduction of Harriet. I also liked the little backstories some of the characters would tell you about, such as Sable's strained relationship with Tom Nook, and his frustration with Tommy and Timmy. The villagers also talked with each other a lot, and I liked their conversations. The lack of good holidays always bugged me, though.

I played City Folk a little. Didn't really like it that much. It was just Wild World, but with more annoying features, I thought. I would talk to a villager, and every time I talked to it afterwards, it would continue repeating itself about that certain topic until I went away for awhile. That REALLY got on my nerves. Played it the least out of all the games, and barely got the second upgrade on my house before just not playing anymore.

While I can’t decide on rankings, I will say that City Folk was my least favorite. The rest are all #1 for different reasons.

 

[david bowie]

After reading everybody's opinions on this thread...

1. AC:GC - mainly because I had no idea what to expect when I began playing. There were so many things to discover and it seemed endless. Like others have said, I too played the NES games for hours. Having built-in lights was a good thing (thanks, New Leaf, for bringing this back). I loop the music in the background when I work.
I realize I'm mostly responding to nostalgia -- some things about this game weren't so great, like always having to wear a hat (though it was funny when villagers would ask what was underneath it. "...it's a secret!"), the acre system seemed fine at the time but now just seems to make everything lag. Not knowing when a villager would move was bad, and the Faraway Fossil system was awful (and why was it needed?). Wilting flowers (I can't even remember what I'd do with them). But, and this is my main problem with subsequent releases, the villagers seemed to have more bite to their personalities. The villagers are kind of bland, at least in NL. Also, petition to bring back Leopold 2k15.

2. AC:NL - like everyone else has mentioned, I like how you can tweak nearly everything in this game. Being mayor is cool, the island is a great way to make money, and Main Street is an easier-to-get-to City. A HUGE step up from its previous releases. They brought back igloos! There are events and holidays and stuff and things! The visuals are the best I've seen from this series so far! I actually have a shot of getting more than 3 paintings in the museum (I'm looking at you, WW). It was tempting to bring this to No. 1, especially since I'm playing it obsessively now, but it doesn't quite reach AC:GC -- and I can see where I'll get bored with it down the line.

3. AC:WW. Probably played this one the most. I looked at it again a few days ago and it looks awful -- but it was great at the time. They got rid of the acre system (good). The Able Sisters got more of a role here than in the Game Cube version. The WiFi features (with Katie and Blanca) were fun. Villager pictures! You could tell when they were going to move! Shampoodle! Unfortunately this game didn't wear well, and is definitely not as much fun as New Leaf.

4. Animal Crossing: the one about the city. The less said, the better.

 

[LaBelleFleur]

1. AC:NL. After being let down by City Folk (more on that below), this game brought some much needed change to the series with your main character being the Mayor, PWPs, the island, StreetPass, Main Street, more clothing options, etc. etc. etc.

2. AC:WW. I've always preferred Animal Crossing as a handheld game, so WW ranks second place for that aspect alone, plus the addition of wi-fi play (this was the first Animal Crossing game my best friend played, and we've played every AC game released together since).

3. AC:GC. Nostalgia factor, NES games, giant statue of yourself, awesome music. Not a whole lot to say about it since the series has improved a lot since.

4. AC:CF. I bought this game the day it came out, and was disappointed when I realized that the only major addition was the City. As someone who prefers Animal Crossing on a handheld, I didn't really play CF unless my friend was online, since there was nothing that drove me to play it over WW. The only thing I really think it did better than any other game in the series was wi-fi play (with the microphone and the ability to use a USB keyboard).

 

[hoobster4]

I've only played 3 of the games;
1.Wild world-It was the first game I played, and held real nostalgia for me. I played it for years and years, and barely got bored with it. Best of all, I didn't worry about any of the paths or hybrids or even bells, I just played the game for what it was to me.
2.New leaf-IMO, best gameplay over all, but before I found this community I was getting sort of bored with it, as WIFI play was practically unavailable to me. But great graphics and such. I didn't really love the music though.
3.City Folk-At first I thought I'd love the concept, but travelling to the city all the time, with the long loading screens, was more of a hassle than fun. There were some aspects I liked, but overall I barely played this. I much prefer AC on a handheld device, where it's much easier to control. The Wii's controls just feel clunky to me, and the nunchuck didn't help.

 

[BungoTheElf]

1. New leaf
2. Wild World
3. City folk

haven't played the original game oops

love new leaf though and city folk is just why i hated going on the wii and turn on the tv just to play my game lol

 

[Xita]

1. New Leaf
2. Wild World
3. Population Growing









4. City Folk

I really hated City Folk. It's the only AC I sold, and I don't miss it at all.

 

[abbydoll]

1. Population Growing/New Leaf - Can't really decide. I love playing both of these games and I never get tired of them.
2. Wild World - I had a lot of memories with this one, especially playing with friends over Wi-Fi.
3. City Folk - I didn't hate it... it just didn't appeal to me like the other ones did. I never connected with anybody over Wi-Fi because everyone always used Wii Speak. :c I liked the idea of voice chatting on the game, but I'm just waaaay to shy.

 

[ChaosEmperor1988]

1. new leaf: this one added so much new stuff to make it fresh and new, which the series honestly needed.
2. animal crossing: the one that started it all. set the ground for what was to come, and making us in debt to tom nook forever
3. city folk: i had a night job when this came out so i wasnt able to enjoy it like i could the others, though i do like what it offered it became stale quickly.
4. wild world: this game just feels bare bones to me, what with most of the holidays/extra stuff taken out of it (and brought back in city folk) and it just feels barren in comparison to the other games in the series

 

[Heartcore]

1. New Leaf
2. Wild World/Original-I loved them both
3. City Folk. Hated it.

 

[Melody]

1. New Leaf
2. City Folk (Up until New Leaf came out, this has been my favorite to play!)
3. Wild World
4. Animal Crossing

 

[matthevvv]

New Leaf for reasons I doubt I'd ever have to explain
City Folk. I really liked the city aspect of this one idk! i really loved it
Wild World

I haven't played Population Growing

 

[annikki]

1. Population Growing. - my third game.
A huge map. Balls, diaries, fountain (seemed spiritual and therefore more forest-ish? less urbanized?), trees are bigger, 15 villager limit. It also doesn't have the rolling log effect. (there's a view from above instead)
And the faraway museum. It's terrible, but I loved it.

2. City Folk. - my second game.
I don't understand why everyone hates it. I absolutely loved it after Wild World. Maybe I like they it because it's on a home console.
Anyway, the town has ledges, it's pretty big, stuff like that. The city is great. The difference between this city and the main street is that you have to take a bus to go to the city. Meaning it's somewhere far.

3. New Leaf. - my fourth game.
Nothing added in New Leaf interests to me, in fact I disliked it because dialogues are boring and repetitive, map is medium-small, the town seems too urbanized. Snooties, Crankies, Phyllis are not the same.
There are good sides to this game. Being able to customize your town,(the coolest thing is that just about every town seems the same after a lot of travelling: viva la paths!) PWPs, being able to build your house wherever you want and swimming are good additions. Also Dream Suite, but it will die in a few years. Nintendo Network will be shut down, sadly.

3. Wild World. - my first game.
Wild World loses because there isn't much to and the world is terribly small. Dialogues seem to be better though. I can't say this game is much worse than CF, yet better than NL. A hard cookie to place.

I guess I don't value portability.

This isn't objective, just my preference on games.

Now gameplay-wise.

1. AC:NL, since the more content is usually better, it has better graphics, so on. And it brought a lot of content.
2. AC:CF, you people say it's a copy of WW with few additions, but isn't that's what should make it better?
3. ACG, as its controls are clunky, it's pretty clunky for most people I'd say. There's more content than in AC:WW honestly.
4. AC:WW is, again, hard to place. I don't remember much from it, but at least it's easier to write letters and especially being able to hang out with other players, it's a huge addition.

 

[Spongebob]

I cant decide there all awesome

 

[aliscka]

-New Leaf (obvious duh for why it's the best)
-GC (events make this one stand out as well as the nostalgia factor)
-City Folk (eh)
-WW (SHARING ONE HOUSE WITH MY SISTERS WAS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. The graphics used to make me motion sick, too, and I just didn't like it.)