Wild World vs New Leaf

[Pietro:)100]

New Leaf, the graphics were obviously a huge improvement, and the general aesthetic of it just seems more 'cute'. That's something quite important to me! Wild World was very simplistic, often a good thing, but sometimes limited in customization and whatnot.
New Leaf feels more like you're trying to make your town very much your own, with Public Works Projects and things like that.
There is obviously more to do in new Leaf, and I love it the most, (plus the fact that there's way more social things you can do) but Wild World was still a good game. It seems to have more of a nostalgia factor!

 

[DreamieMad]

I personally feel that New Leaf and Wild World were the most important games in the franchise. New Leaf took everything from the past games and vomited fan service everywhere, whereas Wild World had so much more replayability in it for those who played it during its life span. Sadly I was born in 2002 so I grew up with Let's Go To The City, however in about 2009/10 my aunt bought me Wild World, which I sadly never touched due to my extreme, wake up at 5 AM, addiction to LGTTC. However I appreciate Wild World more than New leaf for the sole reason that it set the paving for LGTTC. (Which is my favourite AC game) In recent years I've tried to play it and I see why people adore that game and call City Folk a dissapointment. I personally met some of my 3 best friends due to Animal Crossing, who had gotten Wild World on the DS, (Thanks to our local Blockbuster having a bundle sale) and had moved onto LGTTC, the game I was playing at the time. Of course, all of that lead to me buying New Leaf at 6 AM from my local ASDA on the day of release. I do personally prefer New Leaf over Wild World due to the fact that this fourm has made my experience very pleasant. But I respect Wild World, and one day, I will get around to playing it.

 

[lars708]

Wild World is like no match content wise (or in any aspect actually) so the only reason why someone would say that Wild World was better is emotional value.

 

[Mash]

NL. But I enjoyed WW a lot, being my first AC game it was great. Honestly, New Leaf is better because there is way more opportunities.

 

[abbydoll]

I loved, and still love, Wild World. It was my first Animal Crossing game, and probably the one that I put the most hours into. But, I still think New Leaf is the better game. ^.^

 

[Alyx]

I absolutely adore New Leaf over Wild World, but here are some things that I miss about Wild World that I wish were put in New Leaf:

-Message in a bottle
-Celeste's observatory & constellations

 

[lars708]

I absolutely adore New Leaf over Wild World, but here are some things that I miss about Wild World that I wish were put in New Leaf:

-Message in a bottle
-Celeste's observatory & constellations

The constellations would be pretty nice to have in New Leaf yeah, but Celeste is in charge of the player displays now sadly. They could've made a new owl character that would handle that and let Celeste do the constellations but oh well.

 

[MyVisionIsDying]

As much I love Wild World, especially for the mostalgic value it'd give me if I went to boot up the game now, I'd have to go with New Leaf because like what everyone else has said, there are certainly more opportunities within the game regarding almost everything about your town.
Wild World was the first AC game I played so it has that special place in my heart and there are a few qualities of the game that I say are better than NL. The house designs for example, I loved how they looked and they were bigger as opposed to the villager's houses now (and they had a window on the front, which was easier to see if a villager was home or not as opposed to having to look up to see if the chimney was smoking). The constellations as well, loved making them. And I miss the flea market as well, if that was implemented into New Leaf then I would have surely gotten things for my house quicker and certainly a lot cheaper! xD
But there were so many more things to do in New Leaf, so many more choices for players to do as well. I love the addition of Re-tail, Tortimer's Island and the Dream Suite as well as Main Street as a whole. I also appreciate the wider selection of things we can do the exterior of our houses as well and of course the PWPs. So gameplay to make our towns look nice to our own standards definitely take a lot more time and effort. I saw someone say that there was a lack of things to do as mayor of the town which I can totally see, I do feel like there should have been other things we could have done as well as PWPs and ordinances, surely there could've been other mayoral duties somehow.
That being said, I prefer New Leaf over Wild World.

 

[Ray-ACP]

I love new leaf but i'm more inclined to say wild world just for nostalgic purposes. I played that game ALOT

 

[Odette]

Wild World had a certain charm about it, and it will always have a special place in my heart simply because it was my first AC game and I devoted much of my early teenage years to it. However, New Leaf is a massive improvement and adds so much new content. So I have to say New Leaf.

 

[faceburn]

If New Leaf was perfect, I wouldn't be looking to re-buy Wild World again. Nintendo always seem to take away features when they add in new one. I wish I had a GC and Wii, I would love to try out PG and CF.

 

[SugarPeachy]

Wild World somehow feels more animal crossing-y than new leaf does. For me, NL was and still is relatively easy to do well in, with easy ways to make money and pretty up your town and get the villagers you want. It's fun, and definitely more relaxing than WW, but it feels less like a 'life simulator' and a little more like a... power fantasy i guess. WW feels much more life like. You have to work for everything, there is no easy way, but that's what makes it fun. Despite having less control of the world around you than in NL, everything in WW feels more like you've earnt it and shaped it to be that way yourself. The layout of your house, the way your town looks, how friendly your villagers are to you, even the stars in the sky all depend upon you inputting time and care into the game. Although, its lack of online services can make it feel a little abandoned and creepy at times, and being contained to just your town, despite creating a sense of community with your villagers, can also create a feeling of isolation
TL;DR NL is very fun as a game, but doesn't feel true to previous animal crossing games and is way too easy IMO, WW is kind of isolated but follows the AC formula more and is more fun to play due to the challenges and depth it presents you with despite still being relatively simple
Or who knows, maybe my nostalgia goggles are just blinding me

 

[Wooly Business]

Wild world was never really that fun to me and the graphics are horrible, it looks like it was made on MS Paint. i hate that all the fun holidays where taken out of it, and that all of your players had to share a house was really annoying, out of all the ac games wild world comes in last for me, new leaf is 100 items better in my opinion :>