Photo Friday

Me and this little guy are patiently waiting for the release of Animal Crossing New Leaf!

Animal Crossing Funnies

I found these today while messing around on Reddit.

57 days until New Leaf!

Animal Crossing New Leaf Video Journels

I ran across a couple of video journals on YouTube that I thought I would share here, though I'm sure most real Animal Crossing enthusiasts have probably already seen them.

TheBitBlock.com - This guy is funny, especially when dealing with situations where he's not sure what's going on due to playing the Japanese version of Animal Crossing New Leaf.  I'd also recommend going through his playlist and view the Animal Crossing New Leaf dream diaries.  Good stuff.

LIN & Ko. - Not quite as funny as the previous journal but what they lack in laughs they more than make up for in content.  I think, at this time, there's somewhere around 50 videos they've uploaded detailing the daily grind that is Animal Crossing New Leaf.  Though the game shown is the Japanese version, Lin and Ko do a fantastic job of translating the texts in the game or describing what's going on.  Check it out!

Any other Animal Crossing video journals I should be watching?

April Showers...

... bring May flowers. The last couple of days, in the real world, has been perfect for playing Animal Crossing (Wild World). It's been raining for two days straight, which is awesome considering the drought we've endured recently in Oklahoma.

Since Zombie Jesus Day has come and gone it was time for some new duds for April. Since the next "big" holiday on my radar is Cinco de Mayo, I thought I'd go with a Mexican look. Too bad you can't change your shoe colors on the DS version of Animal Crossing!

It's a Wild World

I recently brushed off the old DS and loaded my long neglected game of Animal Crossing Wild World in anticipation of Animal Crossing New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS. After pulling a ton of weeds I got back into the swing of things and have been playing almost daily. There really isn't a lot left for me to do, mainly just finish off some collections, paintings, Gulliver items, things of that nature. I've found I'm really enjoying the game again in spite of its age especially the zen like peace I obtain by managing my flowers...

New Animal Crossing 3DS Information

Found this over at Nintendo Everything. Sound interesting!

"Famitsu has a brand new report on Animal Crossing: Jump out this week. We’ve started to translate some of the details below. Keep checking back for more edits/information throughout the night.

- Now play as the mayor
- Roofs, doors, posts, fences appear to be customizable
- New furniture… including mermaid items
- New thrift shop from Lisa the alpaca
- Shoe store has been added
- As was previously confirmed, there is now a shopping mall
- This lies beyond the train tracks

Able Sisters (open 10:00 – 21:00)

- Familiar clothes shop

Museum (open 24 hours)

- Similar to previous entries
- Increase in the types of fish and fossils
- Exhibition Room included
- Museum Shop included

Gardening store (open 9:00 to 20:00)

- Seems to be run by a sloth
- First time a gardening store is in Animal Crossing
- Purchase flower seeds and tree seedlings

Raccoon housing (open 10:00 to 20:00)

- Tom Nook seems to be managing this aspect
- Take an early tent and gradually customize it into a large house
- Handle parts which decide the appearance of the house

Miscellaneous goods store (open 8:00 – 20:00)"

Animal Crossing: Jump Out Nintendo Direct

I finally found a new trailer of the Nintendo 3DS version of the game after being disappointed with zero news at E3 last month. Despite the trailer being in Japanese there's some pretty cool stuff to see.



My impressions:

First, the graphics look pretty good considering this is a game for a handheld system.

It looks like the travel system has gone back to a train, or streetcar perhaps?

At one point someone is toggling through what looks like items that can be place around town outside of the houses, lamp posts, park benches, things of that nature.

Solar panels. Nifty.

From what I've seen of the shops they look about the same as previous versions of the game with the exceptions of a shoe shop and the ability to buy pants at the clothing store, a fun addition.

I definitely spied some new household items and furniture in the game, though that is certainly to be expected.

So, based on this video, the game is going to be more of the same Animal Crossing goodness with some tweaks and a few new revisions. This is totally fine with me as long as the game stays on par with other installments in the series. The best I can guess is an early 2013 release. Bring it!

Animal Crossing 3DS E3 2011 Trailer

Posted also at Dave's World:

Nintendo has released a new E3 trailer for latest edition of the Animal Crossing series on the 3DS. Basically Animal Crossing is a life simulation game, think the SIMS only Nintendo style. The series has been featured on the Nintendo GameCube, Wii, and DS.



Anyone else out there in the world looking forward to this game?

Animal Crossing Ahead Forums

The Animal Crossing Ahead Forums are probably one of the best resources for Animal Crossing information and discussion. I used to frequent the site a lot when I was playing Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk daily. I especially liked the Trades and Meetings Category for setting up online trades with other players or bidding on auctions or auctioning off items I didn't need anymore.

The site had been down for the majority of this year I believe but I found yesterday that it was back up and running. Check it out. As I said, definitely a great resource for information as well as a great place to find people to play with online.

Return to Animal Crossing?

Maybe. I dusted off the old Wii last night and popped in Animal Crossing: City Folk. The last time I had played a full day within the game was on March 8th! I've been reluctant to play the game since my Wii is on it's last leg. I figure what's the point of playing if I'm going to purchase a new Wii sometime in the near future and have to start a completely new game of Animal Crossing (there is no way to transfer the save game files from one Wii to another).

I guess I may try to get back into the game for now and if I do purchase a new Wii I can always connect them together through the Internet and move over any items I want to keep from the first save game file. To make a long story short, perhaps I'll be updating a bit more often.