I was 13 when the gamecube game came out in Europe. I don't remember ever anticipating a game as much as I did the gamecube Animal Crossing and I probably won't ever experience that again. I remember following the uncertainty over if it would come outside Japan and how everybody was pushing for it.
Now I'm 21 and I've also played Wild World on the DS. (I gave City Folk a miss though)
Started playing near when it first came out I think so I was like fff 11? Or something. Now I'm 21. I've got bad math skills. And number skills. But I started at 10 or 11 or something.
I think I probably started playing when I was somewhere around 10.... maybe.... I don't remember xD
Either way, I'm 20 going on 21 in just a few weeks.