(Recommendation of the Week)
The fourth installment of the Animal Crossing series is now out, and has been since this Sunday. It's already blown up in sales, setting a new 3DS eShop record and a new record for the series as a whole, selling over 200,000 copies in the first week alone. It's been out in Japan for about a year now and is still selling strong. A lot of the custom creations and creative possibilites shown from Japanese players, the ability to buy it digitally, and the option to customize your playstyle with the use of ordinances got me interested in picking the Animal Crossing series back up after originally being disappointed with City Folk. I'm a week in and things are really starting to pick up and I'm quite happy with my purchase thus far.
By original problem with Animal Crossing on the GameCube and City Folk on the Wii was that I had to swap out the discs to play a game that was intended to be played every day (or at least frequently), and so far, having New Leaf digitally makes a world of a difference. I can play New Leaf from 10 to 2 and immediately switch to Super Mario 3D Land or Fire Emblem: Awakening until 7 when the expensive bugs come out and I can then switch straight back to New Leaf, all without ever changing the game cart. It makes the game much more accessable in the way of playability. From the gameplay standpoint, it's holding up more than previous Animal Crossing games so far in that it's way easier to save up and collect Bells (the in-game currency), in turn making it easier to get your hands on furniture or expand your house. The only downside is that it takes a few days for everything to become available, but once everything is open and ready to go, managing your town as its new mayor is a lot of fun. Speaking of mayoral duties, you can further customize your town by setting up public works projects, allowing you to add things like new bridges or park benches to your town, making you feel more in control of the game instead of having to abide by strict rules set in place in previous games. The best part of New Leaf is easily the multiplayer and social media functions; using a Wi-Fi connection, you can upload screenshots (taken by pressing L and R simutaneously) to Twitter or Tumblr by opening the 3DS internet browser (which doesn't require you to close your game) and visiting i.nintendo.net. If you prefer your friends to see your creations and your town in person, however, you can easily allow them access into your town through the internet. The visits are all in real-time; you can communicate with your visitors with an in-game chat and, if it so pleases you, chase after them with your axe. There aren't seperate friend codes, either; for a friend to visit, they just have to have swapped friend codes. This simple approach to multiplayer and the fact that more and more people are buying this game every day allows for you to get in touch with your friends and have fun with them in a whole new way.
Experience the game that's bringing people together this summer by picking up Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS, either at retail locations or on the 3DS eShop for $35, or by getting the limited-edition 3DS XL bundle for $220 that comes with a white Animal Crossing-themed 3DS XL and a copy of ACNL pre-downloaded to the SD card.
The fourth installment of the Animal Crossing series is now out, and has been since this Sunday. It's already blown up in sales, setting a new 3DS eShop record and a new record for the series as a whole, selling over 200,000 copies in the first week alone. It's been out in Japan for about a year now and is still selling strong. A lot of the custom creations and creative possibilites shown from Japanese players, the ability to buy it digitally, and the option to customize your playstyle with the use of ordinances got me interested in picking the Animal Crossing series back up after originally being disappointed with City Folk. I'm a week in and things are really starting to pick up and I'm quite happy with my purchase thus far.
By original problem with Animal Crossing on the GameCube and City Folk on the Wii was that I had to swap out the discs to play a game that was intended to be played every day (or at least frequently), and so far, having New Leaf digitally makes a world of a difference. I can play New Leaf from 10 to 2 and immediately switch to Super Mario 3D Land or Fire Emblem: Awakening until 7 when the expensive bugs come out and I can then switch straight back to New Leaf, all without ever changing the game cart. It makes the game much more accessable in the way of playability. From the gameplay standpoint, it's holding up more than previous Animal Crossing games so far in that it's way easier to save up and collect Bells (the in-game currency), in turn making it easier to get your hands on furniture or expand your house. The only downside is that it takes a few days for everything to become available, but once everything is open and ready to go, managing your town as its new mayor is a lot of fun. Speaking of mayoral duties, you can further customize your town by setting up public works projects, allowing you to add things like new bridges or park benches to your town, making you feel more in control of the game instead of having to abide by strict rules set in place in previous games. The best part of New Leaf is easily the multiplayer and social media functions; using a Wi-Fi connection, you can upload screenshots (taken by pressing L and R simutaneously) to Twitter or Tumblr by opening the 3DS internet browser (which doesn't require you to close your game) and visiting i.nintendo.net. If you prefer your friends to see your creations and your town in person, however, you can easily allow them access into your town through the internet. The visits are all in real-time; you can communicate with your visitors with an in-game chat and, if it so pleases you, chase after them with your axe. There aren't seperate friend codes, either; for a friend to visit, they just have to have swapped friend codes. This simple approach to multiplayer and the fact that more and more people are buying this game every day allows for you to get in touch with your friends and have fun with them in a whole new way.
Experience the game that's bringing people together this summer by picking up Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS, either at retail locations or on the 3DS eShop for $35, or by getting the limited-edition 3DS XL bundle for $220 that comes with a white Animal Crossing-themed 3DS XL and a copy of ACNL pre-downloaded to the SD card.
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