Animal Crossing: Wild World

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Developer(s)	Nintendo {{#if:{{{publisher\|}}}\|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Publisher(s)<td>{{{publisher\|}}}
Release date(s)	Image:Flag of Japan.svg 23 November 2005 Image:Flag of the United States.svg 5 December 2005 Image:Flag of Australia.svg 8 December 2005 Image:European flag.svg 31 March 2006
Genre(s)	Role-playing game, Communication Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer {{#if:{{{ratings\|}}}\|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Rating(s)<td>{{{ratings\|}}}
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS {{#if:{{{media\|}}}\|<tr><th style="background-color: #ccccff;">Media<td>{{{media\|}}}

Template:Nihongo is a life-simulation game developed by Nintendo for its own portable system, the Nintendo DS. It is the follow-up to the 2002 Nintendo GameCube title Animal Crossing. Wild World shares many similarities to its predecessor, but also contains many improvements, both big and small. The most prominent difference is the DS title's ability to utilize the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for online play. It is the third DS title to do so, following Mario Kart DS and Tony Hawk's American Sk8land.

1 Characteristics
2 Characters
3 Items
4 Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
- 4.1 Glitches, Bugs, and Hackers
5 Sales information
6 Reviews
7 Trivia
8 Screenshots
9 External links

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Characteristics

Although Animal Crossing: Wild World is a follow up to 2002's Animal Crossing for Gamecube, it is not a sequel in the strictest sense. Wild World is very reminiscent of the original and contains the same basic premise and shops with some changes, such as the expanded museum that now contains an observatory and a café and the expanded Able Sisters' shop that now sells hats and other accessories. The angle at which players view the town has also changed, as well as the removal of "acres", removing transitions between areas, and the towns are smaller in a sense. As a result, the world now moves in three-dimensional space. The most notable addition is the ability for players to visit other players' towns by exchanging "friend codes" and connecting with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Many players still enjoy the game even if they do not play it online. LAN (DS to DS) play is also available.

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Characters

Although there are several new characters, several others are returning from the GameCube version, including Tom Nook, Kapp'n, Crazy Redd, Blanca, the Able Sisters, Gracie, and Katrina. Some others appear in the Roost cafe from time to time. The animals that live in your town have been expanded from 250+ to a whole new number!

The new characters in the game include a pigeon named Brewster, who will serve your character some coffee, Celeste, Blathers's sister, who maintains the observatory of the museum, Dr. Shrunk, who will teach your character new emotions for multiplayer chat, Harriet, who will give your character a haircut, Lyle the insurance agent (and Redd's partner in crime), and Pascal, the trading otter.

There are also many, many characters who will live in your village and move away from time to time, and some return from the gamecube game, including Caroline, a squirrel that appeared in the GameCube original as the islander Bliss.

Even though there are many new and returning characters, some haven't made it through the transfer to the DS. These include Porter, Jingle, Wisp, Jack, Farley, Franklin and many of the islanders and neighbours.

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Items

Over 600 items are available during the game, including the golden tools. Several promotional items are also available at determined dates by connecting to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and writing letters to town-mates and other AC: WW WiFi users

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Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection

Animal Crossing: Wild World's Wi-Fi capabilities will allow players to visit other players' villages no matter where they are in the world, assuming that access to a compatible wireless access point is available and that they are using a version of the game with a compatible language. For example, the Australia and North America versions can connect locally and via Wi-Fi, but they cannot connect to a version from Japan. Up to four players can be in an Animal Crossing: Wild World town both via local wireless or through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Connection to random players is not possible as in Mario Kart DS, as connection is made by the mutual entry of "friend codes."

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Glitches, Bugs, and Hackers

On January 26, 2006, a slight accidental disaster occurred relating to the Wi-Fi features. A few weeks prior, Nintendo sent out a free Mario Coin item from "Satoru Iwata", (the president of Nintendo) to all who connected to Wi-Fi while it was available. On the same day, a failed attempt to send a second exclusive item sent a blank letter to all who connected to Nintendo Wifi before 5:00 p.m.. This letter contained the "glitched red tulip" item. This item could be planted in cement as a tree or, if put into the player's house, would create an invisible, unremovable wall. The item could be disposed of by planting it in the ground or selling it. Nintendo has said it is working on a fix for players affected by the glitch. On February 13, 2006, Nintendo sent out a letter containing 1,000 bells and a humorous town bulletin board notice to apologize for the mistake.

Recently, a bug was exploited by someone known only as ACFan2006 using a cheat device which would turn the receiver's town gate into a museum, preventing any multiplayer play, Wi-Fi or LAN. The built-in Metroid item was used to trick people to opening their town gates to a stranger.

On February 20, 2006, a GAME VIRUS threat made by some hackers started circulating around the Internet saying that they would go into people's towns on Wi-Fi and destroy them by turning their town gate into a museum, preventing any Wi-Fi play or destroying their towns, making it so they can not receive any special visitors, evict all neighbors, prevent new neighbors from moving in, and other threats, such as recklessly chopping down trees. These hackers can supposedly go to others' towns without knowing their friend code and wreak havoc. The integrity of this threat is debatable, as nobody really knows who started it. "prguitarman" of Livejournal has described a method to get rid of the museum gate glitch which involves destroying your town and moving to a new one.[1] The AnimalMap editor can be used to correct these problems, without destroying your town.

Several users have reported that burying something too close to your town gate and saving the game can also cause the 'Museum Gate' glitch.

In addition, it is suggested to give your Friend Code only to people that you trust, as it doesn't take a hacker to wreak havoc in other towns by chopping down fruit trees, sending inappropriate messages to your neighbors or the bulletin board (where they cannot be erased), deleting constellations, or other mischief.

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Sales information

On December 1, 2005, Media Create stated that Animal Crossing: Wild World sold 325,466 copies in Japan in its first week of availability, beating the previous mark set by Jump Superstars and becoming the best selling title for Nintendo DS. [2] The game also sold over 100,000 copies during 7 consecutive weeks, reaching 2,000,000 copies by March 5, 2006. Many retailers sold out of this game due to its popularity, and some sites, such as EBgames.com, restricted sales of this game to one per customer.

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Reviews

1UP gave the game a 9.0, which is an "Outstanding" rating.
In Electronic Gaming Monthly, Animal Crossing: Wild World got a rating of 7.0, 9.0, and 7.5"
The notoriously tough reviewers at Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu gave Animal Crossing: Wild World a score of 37/40.
Game Informer magazine gave Animal Crossing: Wild World an 8.75.
GamePro magazine gave Animal Crossing: Wild World a 3.5 out of 5.
Currently, GameRankings has the game's rating at 86.8% while Metacritic lists it near by at 85/100.
GameSpot gave the game an 8.4, a higher score than they gave its predecessor. It was also nominated for best DS game of 2005 (a title eventually won by Mario Kart DS). It was also nominated for funniest game of the year.
IGN gave the game an 8.8, saying that it was not a new enough experience.
Nintendo Power magazine writer Steven G. gave Animal Crossing: Wild World a 9.5, while Andy M. gave it an 8.5; he said that it was an improvement over the first game, which felt like a chore because the player could not easily show anyone his or her accomplishments, as the player can easily do now in Wild World.
Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) gave it 95% saying it's 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"
NGC Magazine (UK) awarded the game 92%, declaring it "the ultimate Animal Crossing...this retains the ability to charm your socks off."

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Trivia

The character Pierce, who is one of the characters possible to have as a neighbor, has the catchphrase "Hawkeye". This wordplay is an obvious reference to the character Hawkeye Pierce from the M*A*S*H (TV series).
The character Jerimiah (a blue bullfrog) is a reference to the popular folk song
All buildings are bigger on the inside then they are on the outside.
The location of the player's house is decided by the player's answer to the last question Kapp'n asks him (Why did you move to Town?). The house will be closer to the place he chooses. (ex: Museum, Nook's and Tailor, Town Center, etc...)
Amelia may be a reference to Amelia Earhart.
Apollo (a bald eagle) may be a reference to America and the NASA Apollo missions.
Melba the koala's saying, "toasty", is a reference to melba toast.
There are a few references to other Nintendo games, such as the "Big Bro" and "Li'l Bro" clothes, which are references to the clothes worn by Mario and Luigi. There is also a piece of furniture called "Metroid". Incidentally, Mabel is a blue hedgehog, possibly a reference to Mario's former rival Sonic the Hedgehog.
If you buy an arcade machine, the "Lead Characters" look like Mario and Luigi.
The song "K.K. Song" is a simple melody that can be heard from SNES's Mario Paint and N64's Yoshi's Story. Also, the song "Forest Life" is a remix of the GCN Animal Crossing's main theme.