Two years since the Wi-Fi shutdown...

[pocky]

I never got to play Wild World online because I didnt have any friends who were into the game. It also didn't occur to me that I could just find friends in an online forum, which is funny considering that I frequented a bunch of Pokemon forums back then (and traded with a bunch of people I met on there.)

 

[pika62221]

LOL at all these profile pics now showing Zootopia characters! I KNEW that movie would get Animal Crossing fans!! As far as the Wi-Fi, yeah, I had fun playing Wild World with it, it was the first time I played with someone else in the game. The local is still available, but good luck finding people still playing it, even I only start it up every month or so just to de-weed and such. The way New Leaf is setup REALLY reminds me of the way Wild World was with the typing dialog. People who never played Wild World are at a major disadvantage!

 

[korumi]

I never played WW with Wi-fi as I spent most of my DS days raiding the GTS in Pokemon, but City Folk was another story. I was in a group of 3 friends and we used to destroy one of their towns every so often. We would build forests, plants, and all sorts of pitfalls all around the town and then watch as she would time travel and see what survived.

Watching the Wii glow blue to signal that someone sent you a message is one of my fondest memories. I understand why they had to remove the wifi servers and all, but I truly wish they hadn't.

 

[Ghost Soda]

it angers me that they decided to make unlocking Nookington's, and, by association, Shampoodle's, only possible through having someone visit your town. it was hard enough finding someone who i trusted not to brick my town, but shutting down wifi made it pretty much impossible to unlock it. (unless you know someone irl who still plays WW.) it's partly why i don't play my copy of WW anymore.

that aside, i'll always look back on my days playing AC:WW and Hatena with fondness. (while also cringing at some of the dumb things i did back then...)