Animal Crossing: Lets Go to the City

[shira]

So; has anyone got this game? I think it looks badass. IGN said its lazy and too much like the DS one but, I didnt play the DS one cause it hurt my neck looking at the DS for that long, and the battery life on my DS is shite. So I think it looks great, and with Wii Speak. Well that just looks great.

At last something on Wii that looks worth buying! Huraah!

 

[Castlevania]

Looks fun, just like the previous ones.

I hear Nintendo got in trouble for something racist within the game. I remember seeing one of the animals in a Nazi uniform.

 

[shira]

Looks fun, just like the previous ones.

I hear Nintendo got in trouble for something racist within the game. I remember seeing one of the animals in a Nazi uniform.

No question about it, I am getting this game.

 

[CitizenGeek]

I'm shocked at how similar this game is graphically to the DS version. The Wii is many times more powerful in terms of graphical capability to the DS and yet they look so similar.

 

[Tachi]

I'm shocked at how similar this game is graphically to the DS version. The Wii is many times more powerful in terms of graphical capability to the DS and yet they look so similar.

You'd think.....but this is nintendo your talking about...the last time they made a serious console (gamecube) it got terrible reviews and to this day is still mocked for being crap. the Wii is all pixelated and childish for the very reason that they can't do serious gaming. hence the Wii is a "party console" or "the drunk mans console"

 

[Lupus]

It's like this to appease to Animal Crossing fans and the Gamecube version was a port of the original from Japan which was on the N64, no real need to change Animal Crossings gameplay or graphics, if it works, don't fix what isn't broken.

 

[BlackWolf]

I'm shocked at how similar this game is graphically to the DS version. The Wii is many times more powerful in terms of graphical capability to the DS and yet they look so similar.

You'd think.....but this is nintendo your talking about...the last time they made a serious console (gamecube) it got terrible reviews and to this day is still mocked for being crap. the Wii is all pixelated and childish for the very reason that they can't do serious gaming. hence the Wii is a "party console" or "the drunk mans console"

Metroid Prime 3 would like a word with you...As would Twilight Princess. Besides Nintendo know how to make money, they are now playing it safe, Sharing graphical assets between versions of the game saves money and time. A pity they couldn't of used more of the power the Wii has but nothing we can do about it.

 

[Tachi]

lol okay i may have been generalising again. there's afew games where they put the graphics to a (ps2) standard.
but apart from that the target audience is: children and drunk people

 

[BlackWolf]

lol okay i may have been generalising again. there's afew games where they put the graphics to a (ps2) standard.
but apart from that the target audience is: children and drunk people

Actually their target audience is those who don't play games. They got old people playing the wii, bascially Nintendo saw that while only 30% of the population (i've long since forgotten the actual figures that was used but you should still get the geist) played Video Games that meant there was a whooping 70% of the market untapped. So they decided they wanted that market instead and in business terms that was a good but risky move. I mean how would you sell video games to people who aren't or don't want to play them. Their answer was the Wii and the DS's collection of non-games. Though the wii could also be seen as a test to further gameplay with the addition of motion sensitive gameplay (word on the street is that they will be bringing out a head tracker set like the one seen in this this video though not that exact one as that guy could probably sue nintendo

Though it seems that motion control isn't really needed yet at the end of the day which is sad as i wanted them to come out with proper Virtual Reality and not those machines you could find that made you want to be sick.

End of the day Nintendo like Sony and Microsoft are out to make money, and if screwing over their loyal fanbase in order to cater to the non-gamers get's them more money then so be it.

 

[devilrules666]

i was hopeing for something different from this game. same old stuff!

 

[shira]

It's like this to appease to Animal Crossing fans and the Gamecube version was a port of the original from Japan which was on the N64, no real need to change Animal Crossings gameplay or graphics, if it works, don't fix what isn't broken.

Thats what it looks like for this one to me. It looks great. I wanna hear/see more KK Slider 8)

 

[CitizenGeek]

They got old people playing the wii, bascially Nintendo saw that while only 30% of the population (i've long since forgotten the actual figures that was used but you should still get the geist) played Video Games that meant there was a whooping 70% of the market untapped.

But they didn't really get old people playing videogames. The stuff they play on the Wii should hardly be considered "videogames".

 

[Lupus]

The stuff they play on the Wii should hardly be considered "videogames".

Oh? Why's that?

 

[Tachi]

The stuff they play on the Wii should hardly be considered "videogames".

Oh? Why's that?

the cooking *games*
rataloullie - im sorry but when you sisters sat there playing that for 200 hoours playing time...it bothers the hell out of you.

 

[Archaic Sage]

Just because you don't like a style of game on the Nintendo Wii, does not mean it's not a game at all. Cooking Mama, Wii Sports, Wii Play, and Boom Blox are just a couple of games that have opened the gaming demographic and are fun to play.

The Gamecube was graphically more powerful than the PS2, and the games on said console utilised it's graphical prowess, therefore any game that was on the GC on the Wii is automatically better than what it would of been on the PS2.

There are plenty of serious games on the Wii, such as: Super Smash Bros Brawl, Super Paper Mario, Baroque, Nights, Mario Kart Wii, Opoona, Twilight Princess, Metroid, Resident Evil and Sonic Unleashed, which is actually alright. It's just the general gaming media that are slamming the Wii for not having enough serious "core-gamer" games, simply because it's got a lot of third party support with poor quality games.

In regards to Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City, it's pretty good actually. The style graphically hasn't changed at all, but the graphics are a lot smoother and lot significantly better than the DS and the Gamecube counterpart, the animation is smoother on the Wii than it was on the DS as well.

There's not really much different in terms of gameplay aside from the City side of things, but then what are you really expecting. It's an Animal Crossing game. Similar to how most Harvest Moon games don't change much, AC isn't likely to either. Not until it stops selling anyway.

 

[BlackWolf]

The stuff they play on the Wii should hardly be considered "videogames".

Oh? Why's that?

the cooking *games*
rataloullie - im sorry but when you sisters sat there playing that for 200 hoours playing time...it bothers the hell out of you.

Are you been forced into watching her play it? And it is a game like it or not :lol:

Thanks Archaic Sage that's the point i was trying to make earlier though i only listed Metroid Prime and Zelda Plus with the wii ware channel there's a lot more potential for good games to come through

 

[Archaic Sage]

No problem, there are loads of good Wii games, and equally there's a lot of crap on there too. But that was the same for the PS2, whatever the most popular console is gets tons of poor quality games.

 

[Tachi]

The Gamecube was graphically more powerful than the PS2, and the games on said console utilised it's graphical prowess, therefore any game that was on the GC on the Wii is automatically better than what it would of been on the PS2.

Where the heck did you get that from?
look at prince of persia on both consoles. same graphics.
now look at the latter games that came out for ps2 against latter games that came out for GC....the GC is far inferior on the graphics side. it may have looked better to begin with but sony are still trying to fine tune the ps2 to get the best from it. whereas the GC has been left alone by nintendo.
and with that in mind....the ps3 is nowhere near put to its limits....it has 4X the proccessing power of a celeron processor. and using the above as a example. i can only assume that by the end of the ps3's life....when ps4 comes to town. that the graphics will be pushed to the limits and make the games that are out right now, look mediocre at best.
and the Wii....well its graphics might get better slightly....but it is a "non serious gamer" console afterall so it'd be wrong expect much.

Some of those games you mentioned are more passtime activities....cooking, tennis, football, air hockey, skiing and all the others so unless your playing in a group...its boring. and yes i own both PS3 and Wii so i know there are afew decent games.....just not many.

it all swings in roundabouts.
PS3 is dominant on graphics and free online gaming and assurance that it won't mysteriously die on you. but has a serious lack of games.
360 has hundreds of games but you have to pay to play online and the console is known to come with a limited shelflife before it encounters a fault.
Wii has a moderate amount of games, moderate graphics, free to play online but the games it does have are made for people who don't play games so their nothing special.



and black: Yes, i get asked to help her. and then whenever i get home she's playing it...when you've seen the same kitchen and sewer for hours on end....you'll want to scream and break the disk too.
i only play mariocart and brawl.

and i'm not arguing...just saying that the Wii shouldn't be put on a pedistal. i bought animal crossing on the DS and learnt that you have to have real loyalty to it..or your town ends up like mine.....covered in weeds and all the people complain to the town hall that i cba to clean it up anymore, i did think "why the hell am i the only civil servant??" and gave up cleaning the place.

 

[BlackWolf]

360 has hundreds of games but you have to pay to play online and the console is known to come with a limited shelflife before it encounters a fault.

*looks at his 360 that's he's had since launch when the 3 rings of death was running rampant* Mine still works perfectly

On paper the Gamecube had better specs then the humble PS2 and i mean it was created and launched after the PS2 so that's a no brainer (the wii is an expection to this rule) There are other factors governing graphics and some of them lay in the hands of the developers. So you know blame them not the console manufactures as they are just shipping out blank canvas

Also passtime activties or not they are still games (the sports ones i mean, they've turned cooking into a game) We've seen a surge in party games over the past few years and this kind of stuff doesn't surprise me.

 

[Tachi]

360 has hundreds of games but you have to pay to play online and the console is known to come with a limited shelflife before it encounters a fault.

*looks at his 360 that's he's had since launch when the 3 rings of death was running rampant* Mine still works perfectly

On paper the Gamecube had better specs then the humble PS2 and i mean it was created and launched after the PS2 so that's a no brainer (the wii is an expection to this rule) There are other factors governing graphics and some of them lay in the hands of the developers. So you know blame them not the console manufactures as they are just shipping out blank canvas

Also passtime activties or not they are still games (the sports ones i mean, they've turned cooking into a game) We've seen a surge in party games over the past few years and this kind of stuff doesn't surprise me.

sports i get, passtimes like bowling i get....cooking...something you do to eat and survive....i don't get that. why play a game about a basic survival need? play a game about a player shooting aliens, being shuttled to the core of a planet and made to fight the horrors...make a game about epsionage. about a game where you can let your creative genius out of its cage and make whatever you want......the whole point of gaming is for enjoyment. and part of that is to escape the boundaries of reality, its just the same as anime....if there was an anime that was based solely on everyday things....no spin offs, no jokes...juust getting up, getting dressed, having breakfast and going to work. living a 9-5 working life where nothing special happens. going home and eating and going to bed....it'd fail and nobody would want to watch it. as cooking is part of an everyday thing and a necessity to survive...i just don't get how thats meant to be fun.
give me a game that takes me away from reality and i'll love it. give me cooking mama and i'll go into the kitchen, pour cooking oil over it and fry it.