Is it worth getting the DS version after i have the 3DS

[spCrossing]

Wild World aged the worst IMHO.

Although a lot of people had nostalgia with it, I haven't played it until I got CF & NL.
Which basically means that WW lacks a lot of stuff compared to later games and even the Gamecube one.
Though, WW still has that charm that later Animal Crossing games seem to miss out on.

Like seriously, CF's conversations are terrible and NL's is an improvement but are STILL repetitive.

After all of this, play NL & the Gamecube one.
It's too late to go back into WW & CF since the Wi-Fi for the DS & Wii are dead.

 

[Kirby of the Stars]

I view the Gamecube and 3DS versions of Animal Crossing as two branches off the same tree (New Leaf pun intended). They share many of the same aspects and returned a lot of what made Animal Crossing on the Gamecube so great. When Wild World came out on the DS, my little brother had is so I started a character. Being able to put on hats and accessories was fun, but ultimately, the villagers had taken much more to their token personalities, the town is smaller, the buildings are generally missing... It just felt like a lacking experience that lost a lot of the charm when it upgraded. Personally, for many reasons, I cannot recommend Wild World.

On a side note: Listen to the kind people before me and do not consider City Folk unless you like deserts with desert themed sand.

 

[Brianstorm]

Nope.

Wild World is the worst AC game, very ugly graphics, the online play was horrible as well... I suggest that if you buy then just transfer your town to City Folk.

and I agree with you guys saying it hasn't aged well, like most DS games didn't besides Pokemon (D/P/Pt/B/W/B2/W2) and Mario Kart DS.

 

[JCnator]

Ironically, Animal Crossing (GCN) actually had better dialog compared (albeit a little bit too long) to Animal Crossing: Wild World, which renders this "selling point" moot.


If you're aware that each Animal Crossing released generally improved over its previous iteration, then this should obviously means that basically all of the older Animal Crossing games won't age well along with the lack of significant "exclusive" features that would define these games. And that's the case for Animal Crossing: Wild World, because nearly all of the additions it brought are also carried for the subsequent installments. The DS version also got hit by technical limitations by its system of origin, along with the rather paltry DS game card capacity (which is around 32MB?) back in late 2005. Being a region-free system, the decision of not including the real holidays came from the staff's desire of getting the game localized as fast as possible. All of these factors made the game being the most susceptible to age poorly. Also, online play is no longer an option since May 20th 2014 for both this game and Animal Crossing: City Folk.


To sum it up, justifying to get Animal Crossing: Wild World right now is an exercise to futility to anyone but the rose-tinted glasses fans. The lack of major redeeming features unique for the game, the incredibly tight technical limitations, the localization rush and the lack of online play all easily prevented it to age well over the course of history. At this point, you already have Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which is technically superior to every other installment that preceded the latest. It's also very easy to find a copy of it on your favorite retailers and on eShop. Heck, even the 3DS installment might become outdated as soon as the inevitable sequel gets released on Wii U (or whatever system Nintendo will produce).