How did you find out about Animal Crossing?

[pharbro]

my aunt sent me a bunch of her old ds games when i was a kid and there were tons of goodies and wild world was one of them!!

 

[eeveelovee]

I actually have always known about it since the gamecube one came out but for some reason it took me years to actually play, until new leaf came out that i finally played it. People were raving about new leaf so I tried it and I havent looked back

 

[Llust]

I bought it due to envy. My brother tried getting me into buying it, but after seeing a few screenshots and trailers I thought it was some pointless game for kids. Yet here I am playing it non-stop :/ I was into pokemon at the time (pokemon x specifically) and while I'd zone into pokemon, by brother would brag about the so called amazing things in the game. I actually thought it looked fun and cute watching the actual game play up close, so I ended up buying it as well haha..but after I bought it, I dropped pokemon and never finished the game. Then the most recent pokemon game came out- I got into that since I took a break from animal crossing. In the middle of the pokemon game, I decided to randomly check on my town and clear up a few weeds, see which villagers I lost etc and get back into pokemon. Nahh, my addiction started again and I ended up not finishing that pokemon game either ._.

 

[Ramza]

I saw commercials for it back in 2002 and every know and then G4 (around when it first began broadcasting) would have some things related to it playing.

 

[00ToxicLove00]

My cousin introduced me to animal crossing for the GameCube and I fell in love with it. After that I knew that I would continue to play this game series.

 

[noctos]

My sister used to be a subscriber to these Manga magazines way back. There was an ad for ACWW on the back and as I was obsessed with stuffed animals and pets in general, it caught my attention. I'd smuggle the magazine away and just look at the picture and all the animals before I went to bed. I was a shy kid so I never dared ask my parents for the game ;; a few years later my sister bought Wild World and she didn't like it, so I got it instead.

I think this is the ad actually! It brings back memories heheh

 

[ashjaed]

It was the bundled game with the GameCube! :3

 

[conorbamodwyer]

My discovery of Animal Crossing was magical. My best friend, Kate, and I were looking at games in the gaming section of the local toy shop. We were looking for something new and fun. Our eyes literally clasped Animal Crossing Wild World at the same time and we lunged towards it. We weren't allowed buy it on the day, we had to wait until Christmas (She was 7, I was 8) so on that fateful Christmas Day, we both got the game that we'd be hooked to for years.

A few Christmases later and we both got Wiis and Animal Crossing City Folk. She would literally bring her entire Wii to my house and we'd set up two TVs next to each other and play side by side all day long. We bought 3DSs the day they came out and had to wait for what seemed like an eternity for Animal Crossing New Leaf as the date was pushed further into our lives. On the 14th of June 2013, we went to town at 7am (extremely early for people like us), waited outside the tiny little GameStop in our tiny little city (there was one other person there) and bought ACNL. We went back to my house where we had emptied the shed in my garden and had made a small gaming hut, and hibernated there for a while.

I can safely say that Animal Crossing was the finest game discovery we made.

 

[Daveyx0]

I found out about the series a long time ago... probably in the GameCube era. I was more into other Nintendo titles back then and really did not have the money to start with a new unknown series (I was quite young and did not get any allowance). Years passed and only ONE WEEK AGO I actually decided to give the series a try. Especially after Villager's appearance in Smash, I could not resist any longer... I bought one for myself and my little brother so we could play together. We are both hooked now

 

[K9Ike]

was walkin around best buy looking fore wii games to rent,and saw animal crossing city folk,i rented it then bought it i loved it

 

[Liseli]

Back in 2003, my sister introduced me to the first game. And then I started to fall in love with it and the series itself.

 

[uwuzumakii]

I don't clearly remember how I got it, I think I bought it at a store since it was on sale, but I do remember that City Folk was what introduced me to this true Nintedo gem!

 

[Pheenic]

I found out about the series through jvgsjeff on youtube like 4 or 5 years ago. Even though i couldnt do anything over wifi i knew from his videos its a game i may like and when i say city folk in walmart when shopping i had to get it and i did and fell in love with it. c:

 

[Duzzel]

Haha, I watched jeff all the time before New Leaf came out. It got me so hyped!

I guess around 2003 or so I found AC:GC and decided to try it out. Nothing drew me to it since I never saw commercials or ads. I guess it was serendipity, haha.
I vaguely remember times where I would have to jab a pencil in my tv to turn it off (the power button fell out) because it was past my bedtime and I'd be up fishing or looking for Wisp.

 

[nolifequeen]

My ex boyfriend told me about it. He was excited for New Leaf to come out, and I hopped on board and bought it with him.

 

[peachy13]

I'm not sure who got it in my family, but I got the GameCube version when I was about two or so. I've gotten every one since then.

 

[Mr Coffee]

I was on my 3DS browsing through the eShop. I saw Animal Crossing: New Leaf. I watched some videos, and I loved it.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

Way back in the day one of my besties came over to stay a few nights during the summer, so she brought along her gamecube and Animal Crossing. At the time to be honest I thought it seemed kind of stupid, just watching her run around and talk to people, I was so used to seeing action video games, and the only games I really played at the time were RuneScape and Spyro. So at the time I wasn't interested. Then just last year or so one of my friends came over and while we were talking she was like "Oh crap, my town!" Cause I guess she had been playing on the way to my house and I sat next to her and she showed me her museum and all the cool and cute things, showed me the island and stuff. I thought it was so cute and it seemed so relaxing now that I have a life full of stress. So I had to get it, and when more of my friends got it pushed me even more. Now I am addicted, and I only wish I would have gotten the older games and grew with it.

 

[The Bell Master]

Found it in a sale bin, and got addicted for, like, 4 years. It's all a blur after that, but I've been playing ever since!

 

[Leslie Violet]

My brother told me about it and I bought it a whim when I had my ankle broken since I had nothing else to do all day