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My name is Emma c:
I met these two sisters when I was about 9. They were my best friends as a child. They had everything because their parents were well off. They had animal crossing on game cube and I remember they would let me play it. I don't remember much but I do remember that ACGC had lotteries and the Gyroids. And you could kick a soccer ball around.
Then when animal crossing wild world came out, my mum was in a car accident and got a pay out. So she bought me my first DS (original one) and animal crossing wild world because I'd spoken about it a lot. I loved it.
I played wild world until I started working. I had my job for like 3 months and I put my red 3ds on layby. I lost my job so I paid it off then bought New leaf. Since then I've bought a 2DS and 2 more New leafs c: I just love this game so much.
Then when animal crossing wild world came out, my mum was in a car accident and got a pay out. So she bought me my first DS (original one) and animal crossing wild world because I'd spoken about it a lot. I loved it.
I played wild world until I started working. I had my job for like 3 months and I put my red 3ds on layby. I lost my job so I paid it off then bought New leaf. Since then I've bought a 2DS and 2 more New leafs c: I just love this game so much.
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The Hidden Owl
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It all started when I was at my sisters best friends house...
My family was over there and was the only boy there so the girl's mom offered for me to play on the Wii. I tried CF and didn't get it one lick.
About 2 years later, I was at a friends house and she was playing it and said it was her favorite game ever, so she got it for my family. I played it and I was hooked.
About another 2 years later, I had drifted away from CF since I kinda finished my house... then I heard about NL coming out. O.O I decided to buy a 3DS as soon as I got the money. I fortunately got a brand new one for 30% off and got NL one week later then tada! I'm here.
My family was over there and was the only boy there so the girl's mom offered for me to play on the Wii. I tried CF and didn't get it one lick.
About 2 years later, I was at a friends house and she was playing it and said it was her favorite game ever, so she got it for my family. I played it and I was hooked.
About another 2 years later, I had drifted away from CF since I kinda finished my house... then I heard about NL coming out. O.O I decided to buy a 3DS as soon as I got the money. I fortunately got a brand new one for 30% off and got NL one week later then tada! I'm here.
When I was younger, I used to rent games from Blockbuster occasionally. This is where I picked up Animal Crossing for the first time, along with a number of other titles, such as Harvest Moon. I loved the game a lot, which led me to have it on my Christmas wishlist that year, my grandmother got it for me, and I still have that copy today. Ever since I've been well acquainted with the series, I now own all of them (Not including the Japan-only games of course).
Lepidoptera
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Growing up we could never really afford luxuries like video game systems. Only when I was older and had a job was I able to get these things. I was flipping through the channels when I came across and ad for Wild World. It caught my eye and reminded me of Harvest Moon(which I used to like a lot) I've been addicted ever since to the portable versions of AC.
SirDevious
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My brother is a district manager for GameStop, and he's always been big on games and he would buy me games when I was younger. He bought me Animal Crossing a few weeks after it came out so I could try to upgrade faster than him and I've been addicted ever since and got the games on their release dates every time since!
evoxpisces
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I read this article on IGN 12 years ago, during a time when I was in my second semester of college...
http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/05/animal-forest-diary-volume-1
There were multiple entries and it was basically a freelance writer chronicling his adventures in Animal Forest + (the Japanese version of Animal Crossing). This was during a time where I was obsessed with The Sims and anything resembling a life simulator. When I read this article and the other entries as they were written, I was ecstatic! I was literally obsessed with obtaining every bit of information that I could find about that game.
Back in the N64 days, my friend and I came up with a concept for a game, even before The Sims and Animal Crossing existed, of a game we dubbed "Life 64" which was basically a life simulator with no clear goals, just do whatever you want. The most similar thing to our vision is Second Life which is almost an exact replica of how we envisioned, but at the time we saw it appearing on the N64. But Animal Crossing was the closest thing to it at the time. I also love animals so having villagers as animals was really appealing to me. So I read each of these articles on IGN obsessively, over and over, and trying to get a feel for what the game will be like when it comes to the States and I get to play it.
Fast forward to September 2002. I read that Blockbuster got the game earlier than release. Despite having both the game and guide pre-ordered at EB games, I was so desperate to play this game that I went out and rented it anyway...and it was amazing! Animal Crossing was, at the time, my most hyped game of all time. I just absolutely loved the game, so you can bet the day it came out officially, September 15 2002, I went out and picked my copy up the moment EB games opened and played pretty much all day. I even skipped my classes that day for an extended period of game time! I played this game a few times daily for a few months straight. The level of excitement I felt for this game has never been reached before or after this game. I even woke up extra early some days to attend the morning aerobics sessions in the game. And I was NOT a morning person. The amount of hold this game had on me was monumental, but after several months of playing (I believe it was January of 2003) I decided I needed a break. I started a new town in April 2003 (crazy how I actually remember) and played for about a month before stopping again. Started another new town in September 2003 and played for a few weeks before stopping again.
This sporadic cycle continued until November 2005, just before the release of Animal Crossing Wild World on DS. While nowhere near as excited as I was for the original, I was pretty pumped for Wild World. I already knew what to expect but to have a handheld version of one of my favorite games was a godsend. I was almost done with college and thus shortly began working a lot, and in turn wasn't home as much anymore, so the portability of the DS and Wild World fit me perfectly. I decided not to preorder the game, which turned out to be a mistake, and on the day of its release, the game was nowhere to be found. I was not happy. I skipped class the day of its release, December 5 2005, and drove from store to store in search of it. I was so let down. A few days later I was able to find a copy and finally was able to obsess over my new copy of Animal Crossing Wild World. Just like the original, I played this one pretty much all day the day I got it. I enjoyed the innovations it gave the series and the portability factor. Though I grew tired of it rather quickly as I still preferred the original. About a month later, I took a break. Just like the original I sporadically came back to the game after a few month break, played for a month or two, then stopped again. I reset my town nearly every single time I came back from a a few month break. A few years later I actually went back to the original Gamecube, as it was the still the definitive version to me but due to committing to a relationship and working 2 jobs, my time in the game was not nearly as frequent as it had once been and eventually stopped playing again.
City Folk came out on November 16 2008 which I was looking forward to at the time, but once I had read the reviews that City Folk was basically the same thing as Wild World, with very little content, I didn't even bother to pick it up. Not initially anyway. So I reverted back to Wild World and the Gamecube version. I played Wild World for about a month or two per year, increasingly infrequent as time went on, and the Gamecube one, which was once my most hyped game of all time, sat on my shelf collecting dust.
After nearly 4 years of sporadic Wild World playing, I decided to finally pick up City Folk in Fall of 2011. I decided it wasn't too bad a purchase since it was only $20 at the time. I played it for about two months before quitting it completely. I was just never home enough to warrant playing it. It was that point that I decided maybe Animal Crossing is a series that should remain in my past. So I traded in City Folk and pretty much disregarded Wild World and the Gamecube version.
Until New Leaf announced. I thought it looked good but I wasn't sure if I would have time to play it with have increasing responsibility as an adult and less spending money for games. In the weeks leading up to its release, I kept reading about it and how much better the game sounded than the previous versions and in turn became super hyped about it. I ultimately decided at the very last minute to preorder it and get the game anyway. I scheduled off of work the day it came out, June 9 2013 and played it, like AC and WW, pretty much all day. I played New Lead for a few months before stopping and resuming in December 2013, then stopping again, and resuming in May 2014, then stopping, and now I am finally resuming yet again, started back up on Sept 1 2014.
New Leaf is the best game in the series though I still have a strong attachment to the original. It's been years since I last played any Animal Crossing other than New Leaf but my faith in the series was completely restored and I am once again an Animal Crossing fanatic for life!
The End...?
(I know it was long but hey you asked!)
http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/02/05/animal-forest-diary-volume-1
There were multiple entries and it was basically a freelance writer chronicling his adventures in Animal Forest + (the Japanese version of Animal Crossing). This was during a time where I was obsessed with The Sims and anything resembling a life simulator. When I read this article and the other entries as they were written, I was ecstatic! I was literally obsessed with obtaining every bit of information that I could find about that game.
Back in the N64 days, my friend and I came up with a concept for a game, even before The Sims and Animal Crossing existed, of a game we dubbed "Life 64" which was basically a life simulator with no clear goals, just do whatever you want. The most similar thing to our vision is Second Life which is almost an exact replica of how we envisioned, but at the time we saw it appearing on the N64. But Animal Crossing was the closest thing to it at the time. I also love animals so having villagers as animals was really appealing to me. So I read each of these articles on IGN obsessively, over and over, and trying to get a feel for what the game will be like when it comes to the States and I get to play it.
Fast forward to September 2002. I read that Blockbuster got the game earlier than release. Despite having both the game and guide pre-ordered at EB games, I was so desperate to play this game that I went out and rented it anyway...and it was amazing! Animal Crossing was, at the time, my most hyped game of all time. I just absolutely loved the game, so you can bet the day it came out officially, September 15 2002, I went out and picked my copy up the moment EB games opened and played pretty much all day. I even skipped my classes that day for an extended period of game time! I played this game a few times daily for a few months straight. The level of excitement I felt for this game has never been reached before or after this game. I even woke up extra early some days to attend the morning aerobics sessions in the game. And I was NOT a morning person. The amount of hold this game had on me was monumental, but after several months of playing (I believe it was January of 2003) I decided I needed a break. I started a new town in April 2003 (crazy how I actually remember) and played for about a month before stopping again. Started another new town in September 2003 and played for a few weeks before stopping again.
This sporadic cycle continued until November 2005, just before the release of Animal Crossing Wild World on DS. While nowhere near as excited as I was for the original, I was pretty pumped for Wild World. I already knew what to expect but to have a handheld version of one of my favorite games was a godsend. I was almost done with college and thus shortly began working a lot, and in turn wasn't home as much anymore, so the portability of the DS and Wild World fit me perfectly. I decided not to preorder the game, which turned out to be a mistake, and on the day of its release, the game was nowhere to be found. I was not happy. I skipped class the day of its release, December 5 2005, and drove from store to store in search of it. I was so let down. A few days later I was able to find a copy and finally was able to obsess over my new copy of Animal Crossing Wild World. Just like the original, I played this one pretty much all day the day I got it. I enjoyed the innovations it gave the series and the portability factor. Though I grew tired of it rather quickly as I still preferred the original. About a month later, I took a break. Just like the original I sporadically came back to the game after a few month break, played for a month or two, then stopped again. I reset my town nearly every single time I came back from a a few month break. A few years later I actually went back to the original Gamecube, as it was the still the definitive version to me but due to committing to a relationship and working 2 jobs, my time in the game was not nearly as frequent as it had once been and eventually stopped playing again.
City Folk came out on November 16 2008 which I was looking forward to at the time, but once I had read the reviews that City Folk was basically the same thing as Wild World, with very little content, I didn't even bother to pick it up. Not initially anyway. So I reverted back to Wild World and the Gamecube version. I played Wild World for about a month or two per year, increasingly infrequent as time went on, and the Gamecube one, which was once my most hyped game of all time, sat on my shelf collecting dust.
After nearly 4 years of sporadic Wild World playing, I decided to finally pick up City Folk in Fall of 2011. I decided it wasn't too bad a purchase since it was only $20 at the time. I played it for about two months before quitting it completely. I was just never home enough to warrant playing it. It was that point that I decided maybe Animal Crossing is a series that should remain in my past. So I traded in City Folk and pretty much disregarded Wild World and the Gamecube version.
Until New Leaf announced. I thought it looked good but I wasn't sure if I would have time to play it with have increasing responsibility as an adult and less spending money for games. In the weeks leading up to its release, I kept reading about it and how much better the game sounded than the previous versions and in turn became super hyped about it. I ultimately decided at the very last minute to preorder it and get the game anyway. I scheduled off of work the day it came out, June 9 2013 and played it, like AC and WW, pretty much all day. I played New Lead for a few months before stopping and resuming in December 2013, then stopping again, and resuming in May 2014, then stopping, and now I am finally resuming yet again, started back up on Sept 1 2014.
New Leaf is the best game in the series though I still have a strong attachment to the original. It's been years since I last played any Animal Crossing other than New Leaf but my faith in the series was completely restored and I am once again an Animal Crossing fanatic for life!
The End...?
(I know it was long but hey you asked!
)
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I first heard about Animal Crossing in June 2013 when I saw ads for New Leaf. At that time I could care less about Animal Crossing because the commercials for NL weren't that good. But in November I saw chuggaconroy start a lp of it and after the first few episodes, I really wanted NL. So for Christmas I asked for a 3DS xl and NL. And on Christmas 2013 that's what I got. I loved it. The first villager I ever met was Sprinkle. I reset my town in Apr, then again in July. I still love every town I've had. I got WW in February 2014 and ACGC in July 2014. I love ACGC and WW is good too. I haven't tried CF yet tho
I have to say back when I was probably 10 I found out about animal crossing wild world because of tv. I used to live in a small apartment and I saved up all my money for this game I was anticipated for and when I played it I couldn't stop everyday I brought it somewhere and had some of the best villagers(in my view) My brothers started playing after me and my cousin has been playing since gamecube and then I played the older version xP after buying city folk I played it till I got bored since my wifi wasn't compatiable in the past. now I have acnl and i'm happy since I didn't think i'd ever get a 3ds but my cousin let me keep it 3 months ago i've been playing acnl since the release date on my brothers copy, now I have my own ds and copy. I love it
i've been playing acnl since the release date on my brothers copy, now I have my own ds and copy. I love it
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I think I was about 12 for AC GC. It was the first game I bought for my GameCube.
I played WW addictively for over a year.
I was STOKED for CF but didn't actually like playing that much. I think I prefer handheld versions of the game.
Been playing NL for over a year and still going very strong. Easily my fave aside from my GC memories.
I played WW addictively for over a year.
I was STOKED for CF but didn't actually like playing that much. I think I prefer handheld versions of the game.
Been playing NL for over a year and still going very strong. Easily my fave aside from my GC memories.
TheGreatBrain
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My son forced me to play the game cube animal crossing.It looked wierd.I didn't think I would like it.Next thing I knew, I was staying up way too late, dishes and laundry piling up.lol.I was getting up early just so I could play.
By the time wild world came out, my daughter was old enough to play games.I made sure to buy her a ds with wild world for Christmas.I would play when she went to school, and also when she went to bed at night.Once again, I was addicted.
I bought City folk as soon as it was released.My daughter and I spent many hours playing.We would stay up late on the weekends.It was so much fun.
I made sure to preorder new leaf, and saved my money ( Yes, I have to save and earn the things I want that aren't a necessity.lol )so my son, daughter, and I could all have our own copies.My kids stopped playing new leaf quite awhile ago, but I still play after work for a little while.This is the first game I have played for over a year.The other ac games were fun, but I stopped playing those after a few months and never played again.
By the time wild world came out, my daughter was old enough to play games.I made sure to buy her a ds with wild world for Christmas.I would play when she went to school, and also when she went to bed at night.Once again, I was addicted.
I bought City folk as soon as it was released.My daughter and I spent many hours playing.We would stay up late on the weekends.It was so much fun.
I made sure to preorder new leaf, and saved my money ( Yes, I have to save and earn the things I want that aren't a necessity.lol )so my son, daughter, and I could all have our own copies.My kids stopped playing new leaf quite awhile ago, but I still play after work for a little while.This is the first game I have played for over a year.The other ac games were fun, but I stopped playing those after a few months and never played again.
When I was 6 my sister had gotten Wild World for her DS and I was- to say the least- mad. My brother whom at the time was about 28 said that if I was good then in a few years I could get my own. I was good and when I was 8 my brother gave me City Folk as a Christmas present and I was more then thrilled. I tried to play it everyday for a year and nearly got there before rage quitting after I had 2 gorillas in my town! After that when I was like 10-ish I found Wild World at gamestop cheap and picked it up. I didn't play this one as long but it was still fun seeing as I had Stitches again. Then... the dry period. I stopped playing games for like a year and it wasn't until I started playing Minecraft that I got interested in games again. By this point the 3DS had already come out and I was broke. I started a blog on tumblr talking about games then narrowing down to nintendo then finally to an animal crossing only blog and about a year and a half ago I got a 3DS XL with NL as an early birthday present. So yup... thats my long and boring story xD
when i was 8 (i'm 20 now) i played Animal Crossing(GC) at someones house and loved it, so that week, my dad bought it for me and i played it NONSTOP. i loved it so much. afterwards, i would get each release of Animal Crossing on day 1 and play each game a whole ton! i love these games and always have
when I was like 9, I had an internet friend tell me to get a game called Animal Crossing for gamecube so the next day I told my dad to take me to Best Buy so i can buy it, and I loved it immediately
but of course after a few months of constant playing i gave up, then I picked it up again in 2008 (like 6 yrs later) and starting playing, but didnt last more than a few days
then I heard of several AC games that came out, one day I was really reminiscning how I used to really enjoy AC for Gamecube, so I bought New leaf for the 3DS in June! I love it, its like a sequel to the GC one
but of course after a few months of constant playing i gave up, then I picked it up again in 2008 (like 6 yrs later) and starting playing, but didnt last more than a few days
then I heard of several AC games that came out, one day I was really reminiscning how I used to really enjoy AC for Gamecube, so I bought New leaf for the 3DS in June! I love it, its like a sequel to the GC one
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I'm playing it since I'm 10 years old. (I'm 16 now) I got Wild World + City Folk at the same time as Christmas presents, haven't played any game of the franchise before. I started with Wild World and was really excited to find out all the different things and secrets. After one or two weeks, I started a new file on City Folk, but I still played Wild World more than CF if I recall correctly. I really enjoyed playing online or with my brother, cousin, friends.. It was so much fun back in the days. After two years (I guess), I wanted to play AC for Gamecube and got a copy from the Internet. (Luckily, I got a cheap but used copy)
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