Animal Crossing

[A Genius]

It's been a while since I've played this game, so give me a sec (weekly review my ass). Animal Crossing is, for me, an on/off game. Meaning that, roughly every month, I get tired of this game. And then get readdicted a little while later. Similar to what I think of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, except I get tired of that game for weeks at a time and then play it for a day before getting tired again. Animal Crossing is a safer bet, on my count.

Basically, this game is like the Sims, if the Sims ever allowed you to have romantic relationships with pigs. On second thought, that may actually be in one of the upgrades, so never mind. There's plenty to do in this game, if you know the right sources. more on that later.

Anyway, you start off as a human that looks kinda like a monkey pig, with horns. He/she buys a house from an evil racoon salesman, and when he's cheated you off all your money, the game's over. Just like real life, except money is as common as dirt in this game. Anyway, the house you get at first is pretty crappy, so once you've payed off the rent for that one, you can get another one, with maybe an extra floor or something. Once you've gotten all the house upgrades you can get, you get a statue erected in your likeness. That's right. Your town in Animal Crossing is fairly small, so just managing to pay off your rent is enough to prove your greatness to the world.

Anyway, the inside of your house can be decorated with a variety of items. Furniture, dinosaur bones, cockroaches, and NES games. Shockingly, it is not nessecary to own a TV or an NES to use it, if you have the game, that's all you need in the wonderful world of Animal Crossing! So, what games can you get? Well, Excitebike, Wario's Woods, Donkey Kong 3, and Balloon Fight are some good ones, unless you aleady own them. Or hate them. Also, if you're really lucky, you can get Nintendo's boxing classic, Punch Out!! No, not Mike Tyson. the Mr. Dream one. Still, Punch Out! kicks ass. It's hard to get it though. You're also supposed to be able to get The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros., but I don't know how.

However, all is not finished. There's also scores to get on how you arrange the furniture in your house and the quality of the world outside (Outside: (Owt-Sid). A special place utilized in certain games (IE: The Sims, Banjo Kazzooie). Depicts an imaginary world outside of your home. Looks like what you see when you look out a window (Read: window), only a whole lot more so). Arranging furniture sucks, but if you can keep the outside world perfect for 15 days, you get a magical axe that presumably allows you to hack off townspeoples heads without getting bloody, hence eliminating you from the suspect list. There's also a golden net, fishing pole, and shovel, which probably do the same thing to insects, fish, and dirt.

Also, if you don't want to look for special items, you can go to the evil racoon salesman, say a special code, and he'll give you free stuff, like NES games (that's how I got Punch Out!). Woohoo!

So, currently, I am addicted to this game. There's plenty more to cover, but I think you've got the basics. Altogether, it's worth buying, but you'll love it sometimes, and hate it others.

Graphics: N64 style. Feh.
Sound/Music: KK Slider's tunes rock. Did I mention KK Slider? No? Meh. Other music is so-so.
Gameplay: Kicks ass. I never got to play the Punch Out! games on the NES, so this game is a godsend.
Replay Value: On again, off again. In again, out again. The urge to play this comes and goes. I usually play it for long incraments of time, before getting bored. Yay me.

Overal: 8/10

-A Genius (I like my new scoring system better. If you don't, SCREW YOU!)

*claps* Funny!

Animal Crossing is pretty good, though it gets boring after a while.

Wouldn't it be fun to go on a psycotic Rampage in there? >=)

Animal crossing was addictive for a couple months. I've played about... twice since then.