I DID IT!!!

[pika62221]

Thanks to Ebay, I did it! I just bought machi he ikouyo doubutsu no mori (City Folk/Let's go to the City), along with doubutsu no mori +, to go along with doubutsu no mori (N64), doubutsu no mori e+, oideyo doubutsu no mori, and tobidase doubutsu no mori- that's EVERY Japanese Animal Forest (Crossing) game!! For those who wonder, I have a Japanese N64, Wii, and LL to play them all (even though oideyo is region free, tobidase is the special edition LL, so the only game in it is oideyo). Now I'm going to have to get a Japanese Wii U when that version's doubutsu no mori game comes out!

 

[biker]

I have almost no idea what you're talking about, but congrats!

 

[FancyThat]

That's very cool, they have better holidays than other regions. Have fun .

 

[pika62221]

I have almost no idea what you're talking about, but congrats!

It's all the Japanese versions of Animal Crossing. In Japan it's known as doubutsu no mori, directly translated as Animal Forest, but localized into Animal Crossing. There are 6 total games in Japan, with the first being on the Nintendo 64, ported to the GameCube with some added features, localized into Animal Crossing with more added features, then localized back to Japan as doubutsu no mori e+ (Animal Forest e+) with even more features! Then, all the others debuted in Japan, and localized to the rest of the world (tobidase/New Leaf being the most recent).

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That's very cool, they have better holidays than other regions. Have fun .

Yes, they do! I found that out after playing, and falling in love with tobidase so much last year, that I got doubutsu no mori, along with a Japanese N64, and oideyo, which grew into doubutsu no mori e+, along with a Wii, and soon the last 2 will complete the collection! I just LOVE how villager rang the bell in the shrine a few weeks ago in DNM, it felt so Japanese! I see now why they changed it to a wishing well in the North American version.

 

[Ghost Soda]

congrats i guess.

 

[pika62221]

congrats i guess.

It's just the fact that I now have the real root of the series, since it originated in Japan, with the new iterations debuting in Japan, and is just loaded with Japanese culture that I want to really experience this game un-Americanized (localization tries to make a Japanese-style game into something for Americans to relate to, like when Lyle calls Tom Nook a raccoon). Plus, they're a great way to reinforce my Japanese (one of the main reasons I got tobidase). Very few games have this much written text in it, let alone this much kanji!