When I first heard of Wild World, the game was already released in Europe for a month or so. I saw the (awesome) commercials on TV and I remember being at my grandma's place, flipping through a game magazine that had some pages dedicated to the game. But at that time I did not have a DS, nor did I have enough money to purchase one.
My father however ordered the GC version for me, and I'm really, really grateful he did! It's my favourite AC (until NL?).
I really loved that game. The first thing I'd do after school was turning on my gamecube.
I was still saving money for a DS though, and some months later I could finally order one - bundled with Wild World. (and it took forever and a day to arrive...
)
WW was great... mainly because I was part of a very active online community and always had people to play with!
I wasn't excited for CF at all... Me and my sister got it for christmas the year it released here, and we actually completely ignored it the first few days... Even after that, we didn't play nearly as devoted as we used to play wild world or the gamecube version.
I mean... I
did enjoy playing it (especially last year when I finally got a nice town layout~) and was very thankful, but it does not compare to the other games!
However... my anticipation for New Leaf is even bigger than it was for Wild World and I'm really happy that the wait is almost over ;_;