Crossing animal

Animal Crossing is a Video game published by Nintendo for the video Game consoles Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo 64 (in Japan). The Japanese original title “ Dôbutsu No Mori ” (どうぶつの森) means “Forest of animals literally” but was renamed Animal Crossing with the the United States and in Europe. This denomination is resulting from a pun referring to the road panels warning against the sudden appearances of animals on the roadway.

He knew a continuation on Nintendo DS: Animal Crossing: Wild World .

In this play, the player moves in a village of countryside inhabited by animals with the quite distinct characters. He introduces a new type of play derived from the collect them up : the goal is to make all the inhabitants happy, to create clothing and decorations and to collect objects (movable, carpet, clothing, fossils…). The play proceeds in real-time, the minutes and the hours being synchronized with the real life (hour of the console), as well as the days, the months and the seasons. It is also possible to celebrate Christmas and all the other events (American) with the villagers.

Course of the play

Once arrived in the city, it is necessary to find a housing where to live. Tom Nook, the commercial raccoon, proposes a small house to start, that the player will have to refund gradually. Each time the purchase is refunded, the house will be increased, up to four times of continuation.

It is possible to gain small bells (the Monnaie of the play), useful to refund Tom Nook or to buy objects in its Boutique, by carrying out odd jobs, initially at Tom Nook then near the other inhabitants, or by collecting objets.attention! to strike in a rock with a shovel or to shake a tree can make it possible to make fall from the bags, being able to contain of 100 has 30000 small bells.

It is also possible to fish fish with a fishing cane, like catching insects with a net, the animals thus captured having a variable value. These discoveries can be are sold at Tom Nook, are offered to the museum of the village or are left like decoration in the house. Very as much as the fossils, which can be unearthed with the shovel. The fossils are worth very expensive at Tom Nook.

In short, it is not necessary to play a long time, but more or less essential to play the every day, the especially certain last days of the month, days of tombola at Nook and at the time of the particular events (Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, etc). The village evolves/moves during time, and of the inhabitants move or settle in a regular way.

Four people can cohabit in the same village. What each character does modifies the play for everyone, for example by planting trees or flowers. The players can be sent or to give gifts (via their gyroïde respective) and it is also possible to exchange objects with no matter whom in the world having the play while passing by Nook.

Several styles of pieces of furniture are available to furnish the interior of the player. By respecting the principles of the Feng shui , the player will be able to obtain effects facilitating to him the discovery of objects or money. He will be also noted on the decoration of his house.

Collection of consitue objects thus one of the principal points of the play. But he also plays on a simulation of social life with respect to the other inhabitants of the village and other players of Animal Crossing , with the mail, the discussions in the structure of the city, the voyages and the exchanges of objects with other players through community Internet or of the friends of the player. 218 animals are likely to live in the village (15 maximum simultaneously, 8 on Nintendo DS) without counting the special and itinerant characters.

You can also gather fruits (ex=orange) which will be defined for your city at the beginning of the play. Can you make money (small bells) thanks to them. However, it is possible to plant other fruits found in the cities that you visited. Indeed, this play constitutes several easy ways like: to send a letter with registered voter above Fruit, then to send the fruit of vorte city.

Connectivity GBA

It is possible while having a Game Boy Advance and of a cable of connection GameCube/Game Boy Advance to go on an island made up of 2 or 3 pieces where the player will have a hut, will be able to meet new hâbitant among 18 different and to collect coconuts. There exist also easy ways to grow rich quickly thanks to this island.

Graphics

One of the weak points of the play according to some but graphics " enfantin" play contributes to its charm (the play in itself is not childish), graphics is not especially impressive but remains however pleasant. It should be specified that the play had a preceding version left on Nintendo 64, only in Japan and known under the name of Animal Forest . Animal Crossing on GameCube thus takes again the same style of graphics, with bright colors.

Plays BORN

The player will be able to also play plays BORN as much as wished once found. The plays being able to be collected are:

• Pinball

• Golf
• Balloon Fight
• Tennis
• Baseball (only while going on the island via the GBA)
• Donkey Kong
• Donkey Kong 3 (while going on the official site of Crossing Animal)
• Wario' S Woods (only while going on the island via the GBA)
• Donkey Kong Jr. (while going on the official site of Crossing Animal)
• Donkey Kong Jr. Maths
• Soccer (while going on the official site of Crossing Animal)
• Excitebike
• Clu Clu Land
• Clu Clu Land D (while going on the official site of Crossing Animal)
• Out Punch!! (while going on the official site of Crossing Animal)

Four plays can be obtained only with a Action Replay or a E-Reader:

• Ice Climber (E-Reader or Replay Action)

• Mario Bros. (E-Reader or Replay Action)
• The Legend off Zelda (Replay Action)
• Super Mario Bros. (Replay Action)

Musics

Every saturday evening as from 8 p.m., Kéké (a dog singer) comes to interpret a song of its repertory. During the music the names of the development team appear: it is the only means of seeing the credits of the play. Once the finished song, Kéké gives to the player a recording to be able to put it in its discotheque and to listen to it later. On the whole, there are 55 different songs:

See too

• Animal Crossing: Wild World , the version Nintendo DS.

External bonds

• Official site
• Official site
• Site of the French-speaking community

Random links:

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