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7.5 out of 10

Animal Crossing: Wild World

First seen: 8 december 2005

Information found in: from 184 sources in 21 countries.

Best Price: 11.99 USD

  • User Score (340)
    8.6 8.6 from 340 reviewers
  • Expert Score (115)
    8.2 8.2 from 115 reviewers
  • Gameplay (45)
    7.9 7.9 from 45 reviewers
  • Graphics (59)
    6.9 6.9 from 59 reviewers
  • Sound (46)
    6.9 6.9 from 46 reviewers
  • Storyline (3)
    7.6 7.6 from 3 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (7)
    7.7 7.7 from 7 reviewers
  • Control (5)
    7.5 7.5 from 5 reviewers
  • Addiction (4)
    8.3 8.3 from 4 reviewers
  • Lifespan (14)
    8.6 8.6 from 14 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • stylus means tasks, seemingly endless fun, never ending game play, as now, life sim game
  • stores close at 11, limited online, no more retrogames, not for everyome, may become boring repetitive

Animal Crossing goes mobile! Venture into a virtual village, where you can decorate your house, go for a spot of fishing or just shoot the breeze with your fellow animal residents! You don’t have to play alone, either; as well as a single player mode, up to four players can hook up in the same village, using either wireless LAN or Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Unlike other games, Animal Crossing doesn’t pressure you to complete levels, achieve scores or learn complex con…

Manufacturer's Specs

  • Category:
    Simulation
  • Multiplayer mode:
    Simultaneous
  • Players:
    1-4
  • Age rating:
    7
  • Publisher:
    Nintendo
  • Developer:
    Nintendo

Release Date

  • First seen
    8 December 2005

Animal Crossing: Wild World

Animal Crossing: Wild World is a life and social simulations video game developed and published by Nintendo for Nintendo DS. It was released on November 23, 2005 in Japan; December 5, 2005 in North America; and December 8, 2006 in Europe. It enables single player, multiplayer and also online multiplayer modes. It is rated as A (All) by CERO, E (Everyone) by ESRB, G (General) by OFLC, 3+ by PEGI and Unrestricted by USK.

Features

The Wild World requires the player to p…

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Animal Crossing: Wild World

Animal Crossing: Wild World is a life and social simulations video game developed and published by Nintendo for Nintendo DS. It was released on November 23, 2005 in Japan; December 5, 2005 in North America; and December 8, 2006 in Europe. It enables single player, multiplayer and also online multiplayer modes. It is rated as A (All) by CERO, E (Everyone) by ESRB, G (General) by OFLC, 3+ by PEGI and Unrestricted by USK.

Features

The Wild World requires the player to pay the mortgage of the player’s house to Tom Nook, the shop owner as its main objective. Future loans will increase gradually as the player upgrades their house. It also enables the player to obtain furniture and decorate it in the house. The player is only be provided with a single, native fruit and then the player enables to obtain up to six fruits including apples, peaches, pears, cherries, oranges and coconuts. The player also can choose to collects fish, bugs, fossils and paintings as the ultimate goal in the game. Besides that, the game also requires the player to engage in a variety of tasks including interacts with villagers, plants flowers and collects items such as clothes and stationery. In this series, the player’s characters live in the same house and work together to pay off the mortgage. The Wild World uses several features of the DS that include touch screen that is used to navigate menu and interacts with other characters; dual screen are used to show the town environment on the bottom screen and the sky on the upper screen; and the internal clock that shows real-time clock as featured in the game. Moreover, it also features its own yearly holidays and events including "Yay Day", "La-Di-Day", Acorn Festival, the Flea Market and fishing, bug and flower tournaments.

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  • Reviews of Animal Crossing: Wild World

  1. Animal Crossing: Wild World

    Reviewer: DarkZero
    19 July 2008
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    Overall though, Animal Crossing feels like a game that the DS was made for. While the GameCube version could only be played at home, the DS version can go with you wherever you go, so you won’t miss out on anything happening in town during the day. The online features that the GameCube version was sorely lacking add a whole new dimension to an already groundbreaking game, and makes you think that this what the creators of the game had in mind when they first brought... Read more

  2. Animal Crossing: Wild World (USA)

    Reviewer: NTSC UK
    1 March 2006
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    Animal Crossing: Wild World allows gamers’ senses to soar beyond the veil of reality into an alternative mystical realm of fiction. Whether you are a fan of the previous titles or not, the wonderfully incorporated real-time system combined with the villager’s emotional-pull creates a world that has the potential to alter your sleep patterns and actually intertwine and weave its presence into your daily lives. Read more

  3. Animal Crossing: Wild World

    Reviewer: Gamesmonster
    24 February 2009

    In Animal Crossing DS players move into a village, buy a small house and then do whatever they want. Time and seasons pass as they do in the real world, so there will always be something unpredictable happening. Collect or buy items, talk to neighbours, go fishing, catch bugs, dig up treasure or hang out with human friends. Much of the cast of the original Animal Crossing returns, including animals of all shapes and personality types: K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, Blathers, Mr.... Read more

  4. Reviewer: Official Nintendo Magazine
    2 February 2007
    Overall 10
    9.5
     

    A brilliant, huge, engrossing game that has so much to see and do there's zero chance of you doing it all - or getting bored. You'll still be playing Wild World this time next year. Amazing. Read more

  5. Animal Crossing: Wild World

    Reviewer: DS-x2
    26 October 2009
    Overall 8
    8.2
     

    As I have stated, Animal Crossing is what you make of it. You may find it a thoroughly enjoyable game that will lasts you for months to come (and believe me, there are many people who do so), or you may find yourself a jaded critic. There's really only one way to find out. ACWW is truly a unique game that everyone should try at least once. Read more

  1. Reviewer: Master Minish, Verdicts
    23 January 2007
    Overall 9
    9.0
     

    It depends what games you like really but if you liked the first animal crossing you will definitely like this. This game has the best online mode on ds at the moment, if you like games like the sims and harvest moon you will enjoy animal crossing. If you like your game to have a conclusion this is probably one to avoid but i can safely say this is one of the top 10 ds titles out at the moment and if you have the time it becomes a very absorbing game. Read more

  2. Reviewer: Review Centre
    24 February 2009
    Overall 10
    10
    Graphics 4
    4.0
     

    i normally don't like games because they are annoying and when you cant get past a level its annoying. but Animal Crossing: Wild World is amazing because you can just relax and talk to the animals in your town, dig up a fossil,fish or buy things at tom nooks. but there is also little tasks to do like pay you mortgage and make you town the nicest it can be. you can send letters and go to peoples town on wi-fi or with your friends, i all ways connect up with my cousin and... Read more

  3. "Not bad!... not bad...."

    Reviewer: CNET
    17 January 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    This game is great! There's always something to do. Always something new. BUT! It's not as great as they put it out to be. I give it **** (4 stars). But either way, it's a great game, for the mere reason that it can last a lifetime. Don't you just HATE the kind of games you can beat in a month and be done with? Read more

  4. Love it!

    Reviewer: Game Seek
    4 November 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    I have about ten ds games, and after about a month the novelty of the game seems to wear off, well i’ve had animal crossing for three years and it’s stil my favourite. It’s really cute, you can wander aruond town catching bugs, fishing for fish, furnishing your house and collecting points, it’s set on real time so the shops have an opening and closing time. All sorts of crazy things happen, UFO’s in the sky that can be shot down, creating your own patterns for... Read more

  5. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS): The best RPG available for the portables in my opinion.

    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    3 weeks ago
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Well this is probably as close to a real RPG on a handheld console, really its a very impressive game, there are countless items to collect, about 1,000 in total. The focus of the game is to pay off your mortgage to Tom Nook, the villages supermarket owner, who provides you with a home at the start of the game, as you pay off your mortgage, he will upgrade your house, increasing your mortgage, there are 7 house extensions in total. The game takes advantage of the DS'... Read more

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