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[edit] Someone REALLY screwed with this article

When I last saw it, it look perfectly fine. But now it looks like a critic messed with it.Allen649 11:20, 14 July 2007 (UTC)


Not really relevant to this section of talk page but I saw this "Animal Crossing: Wild World features a huge plot." and thought that sounds pretty sarcastic! 140.203.12.240 12:11, 26 October 2007 (UTC) 26/10/07 13.15

[edit] Online

Is this game online or is it just for people who are near you? • Thorpe • 23:13, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

This game is online. It will allow you to communicate and visit other players town from anywhere in the world. I think! <Nikachus01> —the preceding comment is by Nikachus01 - 05:06, 25 July 2005: Please sign your posts!
This is true. Nintendo has stated AC DS will utilize a friends list of sorts, and you can also blacklist people from your village, if they try to do things like chop down trees. Other people can be invited to your village, and kicked out as well (speculative feature). Plus, no one who is not a native of a village can't enter it if no other natives are online (and in the said village). --gakon5 (talk) 22:17, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
Will the online features cost money? Crimson Shadow 16:53, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
Only the money you pay for your broadband access. Nintendo Wi-Fi is free -- ReyBrujo 23:22, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name change

Here's an IGN article on the new name: [1] Thunderbrand 22:08, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Do you really think you should have changed this? There's nothing on Nintendo's website that says anything about the change. In fact Nintendo has it listed as Animal Crossing DS. Squid Vicious
Nintendo has revealed that the upcoming Nintendo DS version of Animal Crossing has received a new title. The game will henceforth be known as Animal Crossing: Wild World.
They probably haven't gotten around to changing it on their site yet. Thunderbrand 01:16, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Life in AC:WW

If we are all buying the game, we should exchange friend codes. As soon as i get it I'll post my friend code. --Mattmagician —the preceding comment is by Mattmagician - 15:00, 29 November 2005: Please sign your posts!


[edit] EU Release Date

I've changed the european release date for the game. I got it from here[2] so it should be right. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Orzolek (talk • contribs) .

[edit] ABOUT JINGLE: I know he will not be in

There was an article about all the holidays being taken out except for New Years, as it is not controversal. They want Animal Crossing to be a international game, so it's not offensive to anyone.

Jingle was the part of Santa in the game, so he will be taken out, as will Franklin the turkey, Jack o'lantern, etc.

Thank you, I hope that helped some tiny bit. ;-)

--Aeryka 05:46, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Message ina bottle>>>

Umm, not sure if it appears anywhere in the world, I think its just in your general area, like in nintendogs having Bark Mode, okay> Its in the official nintendo guide, but I dont own the game, so I wouldnt know... --Aeryka 02:59, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

The Message in a bottle pops up on your beach once in a while, and while playing tag mode.(Roxas 16:47, 8 May 2006 (UTC))

most of the letters are random made into the game, but with WiFi, you can get mail from other people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.223.108.48 (talk) 15:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How Do Letters work?

i'm a little confused by the Current Information on this page, and am curious how letters actually work:

  1. Players may only visit another player's town if he or she is online.
  2. Players may send letters and items to friends via Nintendo WFC, regardless of their online status. To do this, the player sending the mail must be in the letter recipient's town.

does this mean only a player who is online can visit other people's towns, but if that player is online they can visit the town of an offline player and leave them a letter? thanks for any clarification =) and i will post my friends code when i have the game ... Starpause 03:40, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

As I understand it, you can visit someone if both are online, and both have exchanged friend codes. If the other is not online, but you have his friend code, you would "reach" the gates only, where you could leave a message. If the other is online, he would get a notification, and would be able to either accept or ignore the request. I would think the "offline" messages would be stored in Nintendo Wi-Fi network until the other connects, just like ICQ. Of course, this is what I understand from the article. -- ReyBrujo 04:27, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
According to the IGN review [3]: Players can only send mail to other players by visiting their village and mailing it to them from that player's local post office. So, it seems there is no offline messaging system. -- ReyBrujo 04:57, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I own the game and can confirm that thier is no offline measeging service. -Deathawk 17:14, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

The closest thing to that is the Message in a Bottle, which will randomly appear on the beach of a random person's town. There's no way to pick who you're sending the bottle to, I've even gotten my own bottle back on one occasion. Phred Levi 09:47, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ratings

I added worldwide ratings, because having the release dates in four countries and the ratings in just one seemed lacking.
Sources:Pegi, Cero, and OFCL --ThrashedParanoid 23:50, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Discusion of weather or not to have links to animal crossing fan site.

Please say is http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Animal_Crossing:_Wild_World&oldid=34541817 should be the current artical with the links. --Actown e 04:26, 13 January 2006 (UTC) (forgot sig)

Wikipedia is not a link repository. One of the fan sites could stay, the one with the highest Alexa ranking and that does not need Flash, Java or any other plugin, per WP:EL. -- ReyBrujo 02:33, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, but alexa rankings don't judge how good a site is, just how many people go there. How about one site that's the best for one thing, so there are multiple fansite resources, each one good with one thing, which would be an improvement upon that system, which has slip-ups, like Project Hyrule was the first site to crack the code for the AC for GCN tom nook code system, and they have every code, but were rejected from the AC article due to 'a low alexa ranking'.68.107.17.239 23:57, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
I don't think that you should exclude fansites altogether, especially since other wiki pages link to fansites. Many of the links are useful, such as Animal Crossing Ahead (for information), AC:WW Live (for friend finding) and a variety of the forums and communities that were (useful for organizing online trading in a moderated setting). What I do object to is people who are using Wikipedia to advertise their sites. These, I think, are obvious from the "THIS IS THE BIGGEST AC SITE ON THE NET" taglines. They may be relevant links, but presented in such a way that users are misled.67.165.2.106 03:10, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
I think the links should stay again. People come here and could be looking for another website or to try to find someone on wifi. EL are not spam. They are a way to let people find useful sites.--Actown e 04:35, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not a link directory. One or two fan sites is enough, more not according to the guidelines. -- ReyBrujo 12:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
So what do we keep? Axa and acwwlive or what? --Actown e 16:31, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
The WP:EL does suggest fansites when they provide significant information not currently available on Wikipedia. Personally, I would review the fansites and see if any of them provide this information. Put some back, though. The current page is useful, but the game itself is very complex and there are other sites that are more thorough than Wiki at the moment. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.165.2.106 (talk • contribs) .
I have no problem with that. Select the ones that are hosted in their own domain, don't have advertisment and seem professional (not needing Flash or Java or another plugin). I just don't want the EL section to become like this. -- ReyBrujo 20:12, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
I think the review site idea is good, but on the point of advertising, some sites like Project Hyrule made some stuff members only a while back due to it being stolen a lot, so they should say 'sign up needed' if you need to sign up for a forum or something for some info. Either that or make a 'fansites' section for sites that aren't in external links but are worth mentioning, which is just plain stupid, so I go with the former. 68.107.17.239 02:21, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I'm going to return Animal Crossing Ahead to the link section as a result of this conversation. Animal Crossing Ahead (www.animalxing.com) has a lot of material available on Animal Crossing: Wild World. Concerned parties should feel free to review this site if they disagree, but I think they'll be pleased. It also does not require any plug-ins to view it, so ReyBrujo should be satisfied. Project Hyrule was a useful Animal Crossing site, but having just googled it, I can't find the Animal Crossing: Wild World information. My understanding is that it's mainly a site for Universal Codes that apply to Animal Crossing (GCN) only. Correct me if I'm wrong. Someone else can feel free to add it if they can clarify where the Animal Crossing: Wild World material is. I'm doubly confused by the different sites listed as "Project Hyrule" when you search for it. Lastly, I would like to return Ac:wwlive to the link section, but I believe it requires a plug-in of some sort (I can't tell and wasn't willing to disable my plug-ins for the sake of testing). However, it offers a specialized service for Nintendo wifi users that I can't imagine would be possible without some sort of a script. So I'm going to wait on a response about that link. Someone else who knows better than I can feel free to put it up. Oh, and I'm also going to add a link to www.nintendowifi.com. It's the official wifi site and I have no idea why no one added it earlier. There's an Animal Crossing wifi hub on that page, but I don't believe you can link directly to it without logging into Nintendo, so I'll just add a link to the main page. First time visitors are redirected to a language site anyway. 67.165.2.106 04:40, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Acwwwlive dosent need any plugins. Who else thinks acwwlive should come back? --Actown e 06:46, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Well I am sad you guys took out the fan sites. AnimalCrossingWildworld.com has more traffic than the other sites and ACWW fans often are looking for people to converse with or change friends codes to play online. ACWW doesn't even require email authentication to sign up at their forums. In a month there has been over 600 members join and over 20,000 posts. That's a lot more than the other fan sites and it's all targetted to ACWW. oh well... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.193.9.45 (talk • contribs) .

We only did a general clean up. External links had been added for the sake of site promotion lately. Now before adding one it should be discussed to see if it can be inserted or not to prevent spamming. A quick Whois search reveals that the domain animalcrossingwildworld.com was created on 08 Sep 2005 10:56:11, while animalxing.com was created on 2002 (dedicated to the original GC version back then). -- ReyBrujo 16:25, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello I am an admin for project hyrule, I just wanted to give you guys information about us and I just wanted to note that http://www.project-hyrule.com/forums/ has a higher ranking than the home page, that we have lots of information about ACWW and if anyone needs more information I can help out. bisous@gmail.com I hope I am not going against any rules by posting this here. 70.81.167.115 16:26, 26 January 2006 (UTC)bisou

Who put all the links back up? Someone added duplicate links at that.~~
Here 71.139.183.153 put all the links back. I am reverting to the previous version before that. -- ReyBrujo 19:47, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
ReyBrujo, please be more careful with your reverts. You removed more information than added by 71.139.183.153. This website is not a fan site. It contains information that can't be found elsewhere. --70.170.90.107 21:11, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Preemptive comment, before anyone deletes the link about Action Replay because you don't like the point of view (using Action Replay as an alternative/enhanced way of using the AC:WW game), please read the Wikipedia rules on external links, in particular "The number of links dedicated to one POV should not overwhelm the number dedicated to any other". This site represents the minority point of view, although 100% legal, it is often censored on many so called 'fan site' forums. It is not a fan site.--70.170.90.107 21:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Additonal: people keep deleting tool links without commenting here. If you want to debate their value, do it here. Don't blindly delete links that you don't agree with. The links contain useful tools for fixing problems mentioned in the main body of the article. There are many good reasons to keep them because the information is only partially represented in the main article. They are not "SPAM". Please discuss why you want to censor them before editing the main article. 70.170.90.107 15:36, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia where users can go for basic infomation on, say, a video game. External Links should be a list of major sites (typically official sites) where users can go to find more infomation on the topic at hand. Am I alone in thinking that minor sites that give no new infomation on the topic do not belong in the external links section? 71.124.6.74 04:00, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
There are general guidelines for links. Much of the link bloat in this article is due to fan sites, and are the main topic of this discussion. If they add no extra info or there are too many of them, then removing them is appropriate under the guidelines. It is a matter of opinion and debatable which ones are the best. However check the [GC Animal Crossing article] and see it has a lot of links, including fansites (but only a few of them).
For the AnimalMap link, it is different. It is an example of a different point of view that people have been [actively censoring]. If someone wants a link pulled because they don't want you to know the topical information it provides, that is one good reason to keep it around. 70.170.90.107 16:24, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • It's not about the topic of infomation provided by either of the two sites (the Icon Maker or the Action Replay aid), it's the fact that the two sites are simply there to aid in gameplay - not to provide infomation on the game that cannot be included in this article. If you want to include reviews *about* the game, that's one thing, but as far as 'how to play' the game, that's what GameFAQs is for. This article isn't about 'here's infomation on any one particular way to play the game', it's about 'here's basic infomation on the game'. As per wiki's External Link's Guidelines, I say the links need to be deleted until a neutral Wikipedia editor would like to comment on if these two links are proper for this kind of site. 71.124.6.74 04:40, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I Readded Acwwlive as its a Tool. You can not find random people in the game for wifi. This site does that. Irs very useful and helps the WiFi of acww continue. --Actown e 05:52, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Why was the pattern maker tool removed? --echelon talk 22:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I think that acwwlive should be added back. Its a useful tool for acww players to find people at random. --Actown e 00:37, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I added the [Wild World Wiki] a week or so ago, but someone deleted it. So I was just wondering if anyone could give me a valid reason why it shouldn't be here- it's a genuine fast-growing fansite that aims to be the most comprehensive AC:WW factfile on the internet, and I feel it does deserve a mention in the links section. Noit88 14:42, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

It is not giving a reason to delete it, but instead a valid reason to include it. There are thousands of Animal Crossing sites around that claim to be the biggest AC community in internet; few can give enough proofs, though. That is "fast-growing" doesn't mean it is notable enough. How many registered users it has? How many articles have been created? When was it created? Are you the owner of the site? The guidelines state that occassionally On articles about topics with many fansites, including a link to one major fansite is appropriate, marking the link as such. In extreme cases, a link to a web directory of fansites can replace this link. (Note: fanlistings are generally not informative and should not ordinarily be included.) Thus, we could find the biggest current fan site, and delete all the others. We are being permisive enough by allowing to include fan sites after discussing them here ;-) -- ReyBrujo 15:32, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving information to a Wikibook

If nobody does this, I will be moving the following sections to a Wikibook next weekend:

  • List of changes between the Gamecube and DS version
  • New Characters
  • Returning Characters
  • Paintings

I will be leaving a paragraph or two about the new and returning characters, and maybe something about general items (not only paintings). However, specific information about the game don't belong to Wikipedia. Think like a common user who has never ever heard about Animal Crossing: Wild World. He would not care if Pete is delivering mail at 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM or only at 9:00 PM, maybe not even who Pete is. He just want to have some information about what the game is about, some places to check reviews, how successful the game is/was, etc.

There will be a {{wikibook}} tag here for people who want more information, and you will be able to write your own walkthrough in there if you want. -- ReyBrujo 20:10, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Instead of starting a Wikibook ReyBrujo, why don't you try StrategyWiki? It was created partially due to the Wikibook/Wikiversity clash (though mostly due to the GameFAQs issues listed on the main page). The website is in need of some regular content contributors, and it's licensed under the GFDL. Hope this doesn't seem pluggish. Cheers! --echelon talk 08:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coffee

What does the coffee do in the cafe? Is there any point in drinking it?--Martin925 04:02, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

If you drink it regularly enough, Brewster will warm up to you. You have to avoid letting it cool, however. Luck effects are currently unproven. 67.165.2.106 18:47, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
I know this may sound stupid, but I drink the coffee to hear the harpsichord-esque chiming.
On an unrelated note, I did a few minor clean ups to the character section, among other things. Divine Wind 02:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Will there be a link to the Wikibooks article on the main page?
Because I can imagine that after learning the basics fo the game, people may want to find
out more in-depth about it. Divine Wind 02:43, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

It's just to waste your Bells. ;) General456 17:33, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Season

Are the seasons reverse in Australian version and in North American version ? If so, two seasons can be enjoyed via Wifi, that sounds interesting.--Mochi 22:02, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

An interesting thought...I never thought about that. RememberMe? 01:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Hmm...I always thought that the US version was the same as the Aust. version becuase I was thinking Nintendo was too lazy (in the good way) to fix it. --General456 13:14, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

The seasons are the same in the Australian version and the American, well in the austrlian version december is winter instead of summer as it is in real life and I presume in the american version the seasons are to what season it actually issss333 06:47, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

I disagree. I visited an Austrailian town over WiFi (I'm American)and in his town, the clock said February but by the looks of it, it was late summer. However, I could be wrong, as February is when AC:WW changes winter to spring. XXDucky21Xx 02:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)XXDucky21Xx

I am playing AC:WW in Australia and the seasons in my game are in-line with North American seasons. So far I can't see a way to change to the correct season without being in the wrong month.124.184.25.217 09:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Yup, that's correct. And maps are nothern-sphere centric too. The seasons are incorrect if you live in the southern hemishpere. No adjustment has been made for this, and I believe that that's true for all of the AC games. TStein 13:42, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Importing

The section on importing appears to be too brief and does not have alot of value. Either someone should add region differences or delete the section. Citizen erased 20:17, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something I just realized..

You know, the location fo your house isn't random. it's decided by you answer to the last question Kapp'n asks you (Why did you move to Town?) IF you say shopping, you'll be near the stores, if you say muesum its near the muesum, etc. etc. etc.!--acfan-Talk to me 14:20, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

If you say border you will be near the border, if you say beach you will be near the beach JayKeaton 09:10, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, It says so at www.animalxing.com. Most people know that already, like me.--General456 03:28, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reviews

Reviews are missing the links to the articles when possible. This way casual readers can't verify the information. -- ReyBrujo 21:39, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More images

Some where around the Characters part there should be more images to make it look nice. Also the cleanup could make it look clean. :) --Actown e 06:24, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I cleaned that section up, there is no need to specify every single character that is or isn't. We can add images of the chracters to a gallery, but I believe the important characters already have their own page. -- ReyBrujo 17:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Incomplete

This article makes the assumption that readers are familiar with its prequel. I think it should be revised to give a comprehensive understanding of the game on its own, without depending on knowledge of the first title. 65.96.209.236 04:45, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

A prequel is a sequel that takes place before the original. Phil Bond 21:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I just rewrote the gameplay section, plus added some information on some of the common goals in the game. I think that any information about interaction with villagers or descriptions of how money can be raised or what purposes the shops serve etc can be added to the gameplay section. Anything about achieving the highest Happy Room Academy rating or gaining all of the golden tools should probably go under the objectives section. I think a new section about the events throughout the year would be a good idea. Hammer Raccoon 23:32, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] King Tut's Hat

I bought it and when you equip it, it makes a strange noise gives you bad luck (eg. You fall down and there is only small fish ect) Did this happen to anyone else? zeldamaster3

I'm sure it did. --General456 13:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

The only falling i know about is when you get bad luck from Katrina, But i never knew about the fish thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.223.108.48 (talk) 16:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Apollo, Amelia, and Pierce

apollo, amelia, and pierce are parrots right? Some people think they're eagles or something. Thefreakshow 22:46, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Dunno about the others, but Amelia looks more like a toucan to me. Hammer Raccoon 17:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Apollo is a Bald Eagle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Frankyboy5 21:47, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
  • They are eagles, according to the official ACWW character guide. I don't think there are parrots...but they might use the same base or something? Aeryka the Gnome 19:16, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Keyboard Tab

While playing, I noticed that the game censors curse words and the word "nigger", but a lot of curse words such as "cock" and "pussy", along with the rest of the racial slurs in the English language, remain uncensored. Does anyone know why that is and is it worth mentioning somewhere in the Nintendo Wi-Fi section? Ashton Brood 18:05, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Maybe they didn't know about those words. Those words could be non-cuss words in the japanese language.--General456 19:48, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Either that or its just not possible to censor every single swear word in the English language. Doesn't seem notable enough to mention in the article. Hammer Raccoon 16:15, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I am guessing cock or pussy could be used to describe the chicken and cat animals, while nigger is never going to be anything other than a slur 83.67.108.204 19:02, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Is it neccesary to try and spur on people to use inapproiate language in an E-rated game? XXDucky21Xx 02:13, 23 July 2006 (UTC)XXDucky21Xx

ESRB did warn us that the rating may "change" during online play. And no one cares about what's its rating, they ARE going to cuss and swear. --General456 14:55, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

This just seems very un-AC-ish, but it's true. Also, you can just go c0ck, pu$$y, etc. if they banned it, and there is always a way to get around filters (Action Replay, etc.)

Aeryka the Gnome 19:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review?

I noticed that this article seems to be very well-written and comprehensive; would anyone else support a peer review? --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 01:56, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

The article's not actually that great, but I'll give you a mini peer review right here of the more obvious problems:
  • Insufficient lead.
  • Insufficient inline citations with improper formatting.
  • Images need fair use rationales. I'd rethink the screenshot gallery also.
  • The Trivia section needs to be removed or at least severely reduced. Things like "Patty the cow's name is very likely derived from 'cow patties,'..." do not belong in an encyclopedia, and this example is also speculation.
  • Italicize all video game names.
  • Too many short/one-paragraph sections.
  • Don't write in the third person. Ex: "...after you get to 1,000 bells..."
  • The writing also needs work, there's a lot of filler text. Consider this sentence: "Another goal that the player can choose to pursue is that of collecting the fossils, fish and bugs in the game.", which can be replaced by "Players can also collect fossils, fish, and bugs."
  • "Unlike most video games, Animal Crossing: Wild World features minimal plot, instead letting the player roam freely and play at their own discretion." - I'm not sure about that, I can think of a lot of video games with minimal plot, such as early games and just about anything in the puzzle genre. Also, the sentence implies that having a minimal plot is what allows the player to roam freely, but Final Fantasy games have complex plots and let the player roam.
If these get fixed and you want me to take another look at the article, let me know. Pagrashtak 06:04, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Trivia section is wrong. People at PR don't like them, they prefer having it incorporated in the article itself as paragraph, not as list. -- ReyBrujo 16:33, 14 July 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Copper's curious WiFi reason

Should the curious reason error be included in Problems since it is a very common error with an unhelpful description? XXDucky21Xx 02:17, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Well, you can't really explain that very well, apart from the reason that Nintendo gives. -Which, as you said is unhelpful. Plus, technically, it's not a problem with the game. It's a problem with network usage/bandwidth of the host or Nintendo's network, I'm not sure which one. --Chimpman 08:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Daisy

Could Daisy (a dog) be a reference to nintendogs' kennel dog daisy? Daisy is a lab you can look at (but not buy) along with Lucky the dachshund and Maxwell the chihuahua.Frankyboy5 02:56, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I just found out that Lucky, the mummified dog, could also be a reference to nintendogs.Frankyboy5 02:57, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Both characters were carred over from the Gamecube Animal Crossing (which was released years before Nintendogs), so it would have to be the other way around if the names were references (Nintendogs referencing Animal Crossing). SNS 03:10, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

If you read Daisy's picture it says "just a regular girl in a crazy world".. but if you read Goldie's picture, it says... "I'm really into that Lab on the cover of Ninendogs. He's pretty dreamy." So maybe Goldie has something to do with nintendogs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.223.108.48 (talk) 16:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] K.K. Slider: Teaching Kids About Piracy

K.K Slider will give the player a bootleg of his song. He may be teaching people about piracy. He may want people to pirate thingsFrankyboy5 14:56, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Or....

He teaches us to value music, not just expensive, popular music --Zeldamaster3 19:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I wish to point out that he was originally on the side of the road just playing for people, but now he's a star, so he wants to thank people since he started low and knows how it feels. He's basically promoting thanks because if it wasn't for the people, he'd still be playing at the side of the road. LinkSlayer64 | Why? because you want to Talk about me! 17:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

AND . . . He's not real

--Zeldamaster3 15:14, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

If AC teaches you, then that's kinda sad.

There's such a thing as school.

And kids can't even pirate music. they don't know how. usually.

Aeryka the Gnome 19:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

It's his own music, so he can do what he likes with it. 88.109.50.205 16:26, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

He's an indie artist. Plenty of indie artists give away tapes/cds of their stuff to build a fan base willing to pay to get into concerts (since the real money is in merchandise). And the above poster is correct, he owns the rights to the music he plays, so he can give it away for free if he pleases. And this is all, of course, if he were real (as ZeldaMaster3 pointed out). CallidoraBlack (talk) 00:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Whacking, Pushing

You can whack the animals(not special visitors) with a net and push them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Frankyboy5 06:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't do that, because thay wouldn't like you as much, and there goes your picture of them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.223.108.48 (talk) 16:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cheat Websites

Currently there is one website listed. I think it should be removed due to it having fake cheats; such as the golden timer, and Resseti's house. I would like to replace it with this: Animal Crossing: Wild World CheatsThis website verifies cheats to ensure bad ones are not kept.

LinkSlayer64 | Why? because you want to Talk about me! 01:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

We are not responsible for external link contents. However, a cheat guide site is not really useful. I suggest removing it and not putting anything in. If it is absolutely necessary, then yes, add it, but if not, keep it clean. I have added a warning because there are too many external links. -- ReyBrujo 02:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Skin Tone Change

Does your skin color change depending on the season(ie. summer: tanned)Frankyboy5 03:34, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Only skin-tone change is a tan. -24.92.41.95 19:33, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

It tans if you are outside for a period of time during the summer, once summer is over, or if you stay inside for a while, it goes back to normal. --TJ09 22:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Average EGM Rating

I think that someone should edit it in, because EGM is often referenced for reviews, and EGM is one of the only well-known sources that gave the game a rating that wasn't fantastic. It got a couple of sevens and an eight, all with decimals, of course. That's still good, but it's lower than most and balances out the referenced reviews.

[edit] Trivia Section

What're some of the things that can be done to make the trivia section smaller, as right now it's considered way too large. Maybe some of the character name origins can be moved to a subsection of "Characters"? --TJ09 15:24, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I am removing all of the specific information about character, furniture and conversations references. This is for the reason that the reader does not need to know of every possible reference. This is also because most of the information is not proven, and is probably what the editor saw then. ChadyWady|Talk 21:48, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Forest Life

THE K.K. Slider song "Forest Life" is mistakenly claimed to be the full original Animal Crossing theme song, but it is actually the 7 AM song in Animal Crossing for the Gamecube. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.214.196.198 (talk • contribs) .


[edit] searching for animal crossing and getting redirected

when searching for animal crossing I am directly taken to the animal crossing series page page. the redirect page has only this page. The only way to get to the GC page or the WW page or any other animal crossing page is through this page. I think that this should be changed. Searching for animal crossing should give you all of the animal crossing pages--the other articles shouldn't only be available through more complex searches or direct links. TStein 10:17, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Future Wifi Events Page

I'm making a new section for updates that will be visable in bold for upcoming events so people won't miss them. cool?

[edit] Removed some poorly written meat substitute

I removed a section from the article with the title "Loads more fun with Wi-fi" and the following text:

A suggested site is animal crossing community there you can excange friend codes and find that very item you have been looking for a great place to go.

It's poorly written and obviously advertising some web site, but whoever wrote it didn't even have the sense to, you know, link to the site. Whatever, it's spam. If anyone thinks it has a place in the article, clean it up and do with it as you see fit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.40.172.245 (talk • contribs) .


It might be good to link to that site in the Wi-Fi section because that is a site that has a well organised way of swapping friend codes. To play in multiplayer the player needs to use a friend code. Someone with no friends would be very keen to find them on such a site. I'll try to word it as a reliable location for finding AC:WW friend codes without it sounding to much like an ad. Oh yeah, and I'll even put in a link.61.88.180.90 23:07, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Final Mortgage Payment

When you start the game paying your mortgage allows you to enlarge your house, but once your house is as large as possible is there any point to paying the final mortgage payment? - Mit  kebes  T  15:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

This talk page is for discussing about the article, not the game. --RedPooka 18:24, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ok amount of trivia?

I cleaned up the trivia section. The Sow Joan info is already on the complete animal crossing character info list, and random tidbits like Corimer-Tortimer really don't belong here. I've tentatively deleted the toomuchtrivia tag--if people still think it's too full, let me know. TStein 15:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can someone add a lock, please?

I mean, from IP and newly registered users. Some idiot keeps changing "grilled cheese" into "grilled dirt" in the Boondox section, and that is completely false. See WP:VANDAL. --RedPooka 16:54, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
get on with it, dirt, cheese, same difference, in fact, dirt is all they can afford to eat, red pooka —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pikasneez27 (talk • contribs) 23:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

  • Support At this point in time, I would fully support a lock on most of the Animal Crossing game pages (WW, GC, and Series). I do not know why the Animal Crossing pages attract vandalism, but they do. They attract semi-regular obvious vandalism, like section blanking and adding nonsense words and bad language, and then they attract people who just make stuff up which is sometimes harder to catch in articles that really don't use a lot of sourcing because they use the games as a source. I'm not quite sure what a good solution is. I don't like permanent locks, but as long as I've been editing the articles there's been vandalism I think every day. Which is a big problem TStein 03:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Please take a look at the semi-protection policy. The vandalism on this page averages out to less than once a day. Page protection is to be only used in cases of extreme vandalism. Simply revert and warn the user. Thanks! --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 03:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I found who's doing this by looking into history. It's User:124.184.25.217. I've given them a warning (one for violating 3RR), and if they do this again, I will report him/her to an admin. No lock needed I guess. :) --RedPooka 05:58, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Dirt and cheese issue aside, 124.184.25.217 is not adding "poop" to the article or committing the more serious vandalism that is occuring on a regular basis. TStein 13:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Yeah.. So there Red Pooka. Anyway, I'm right about the dirt thing.124.184.25.217 09:14, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
I think he might be right, however he needs to discus changes first. plus, i found his location through his IP adress and i think he may have a different version of the game than ours...74.105.212.81 18:55, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
As far as my research has revealed, there are no differences between the Australian and the North American release. The seasons in the Australian release are Northern Hemisphere centric and the game contains references to thanksgiving, which we don’t celebrate in Australia. Also, I have no idea why a game developer would have the poor people eating cheese in one country and dirt in another. Considering how much cheese America eats, I doubt it would be presented as the lowest form of nutrition.
(I really should get a username; people are so suspicious of non-username contributors.)61.88.180.90 22:31, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
First, please see the dirt v. cheese section below. Dirt is correct. In fact there are apparently a whole series of jokes in the dirt thing. second, that's correct--there really are no differences between versions game wise. For example in the GC version I believe the Australian version lacked the little E-reader thingy in the post-office because the game lacked e-reader support, but it's differences like that. For each game there is a Japanese version (or many Japanese versions) released first, and then an English version. There are no changes to the game for the various different English releases. They don't do different hemispheres, different holidays, British English v. American English. The only things that ever differ are different technological things sometimes. Also, additional game stuff will be released differently. This is especially true with wifi as it's especially easy for Nintendo to do with wifi--so special items are unlocked different places. But the games are the same and Boondox residents eat dirt in a cornucopia of varieties. And yes, you should. Why haven't you? Non-username editors always seem sorta shady. Mainly because it is so easy to get a username. It's like their hiding something. Except you know, where they log on from. TStein 01:45, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


It's dirt. Just go on google! IT IS DIRT! there are screenshots of it saying that somewhere. I don't have time tho.

Aeryka the Gnome 19:32, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'Dirt' not 'Cheese'

People who have changed grilled cheese to dirt have been right in doing so. In the game, the town of Boondox is so poor that all they can afford to eat is DIRT. Why would poor people only eat cheese? Isn't cheese a little expensive? I just donated some money to Boondox myself and Pelly said they would be eating 'dirty rice'.

It is even stated in a guide on gamespot.com, under donating to Boondox.

http://au.gamespot.com/ds/rpg/animalcrossingds/hints.html?mode=unlockables

So I will change cheese to dirt once more, sigh. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.184.25.217 (talk) 08:40, 1 January 2007 (UTC).


-If this Boondox issue is so big of a problem and is not resolved soon, why not just reword that section of the article? All of this argument over four lines.... There are many ways to say that the town is poor rather than saying exactly what they eat. I, as an avid ACWW player, don't know which statement is right myself, though I'd think "grilled dirt" makes more sense. Also, I've gotten all the feathers and therefore most of the letters from Boondox, and I don't recall a "grilled" anything statement - perhaps the things said in letters are random for different players? - and it isn't at all significant to the game or to gameplay. Also, when the article talks about "surly" residents, does that refer to cranky-personality neighbors? Are they really the only ones who mention it? And is the fund really called the "Boondox Flavor Fund"? Maybe I'm just not very perceptive of the finer details, but I don't remember that. Toadette Fan 05:19, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


The 'Boondox Flavor Fund' refers to them eating dirt. You see dirt has no flavor and if we give them money they can buy food that tastes better. They could buy something with lots af flavor that they couldn't usually afford, like... cheese.

What ever they eat in Boondox, it always contains dirt. Red Pooka may of seen something like ‘on special occasions they eat grilled cheese on dirt’ and didn’t take in the running joke on dirt. Please go to the post office now and donate one Bell to Boondox and I assure you Pelly will mention DIRT and not CHEESE.

Some AC:WW residents criticize the Boondox donation fund as fraud and claim that the money goes into the Mayor’s pockets.124.184.25.217 09:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


Darn, I did go donate more, but Pelly is only mentioning how that after donating so much, Boondox becoming so well-off that "THEY should be donating to US" (which brings up another fact to put in the article - once enough Bells are donated, the town's name is changed to Boondopolis). However, I found a source for the "dirt" thing (as well as the Flavor Fund - I guess I did just miss that while playing, sorry!), though only a walkthrough. Would it work? From http://faqs.ign.com/articles/681/681130p1.html: 'Have you heard of the town of Boondox? It lies far north of here. Life in this remote town is very modest. One might even call it meagre. Of course, they live without the flashy clothes or music that we take for granted. But the saddest aspect of life in Boondox is the flavourless diet. The townsfolk there eat nothing but grilled cheese morning, noon and night! But the real tragedy is that they have no cheese! Or bread! So they are forced to eat grilled dirt, or, on special occasions, scrambled dirt! WITHOUT KETCHUP! Oh, have you ever heard of anything so terrible? Wouldn't you like to treat the Boondoxians to pastries and cinnamon toast? I thought so. That's why your help in the Boondox Flavour Fund' is so crucial! It will bring flavour to this otherwise flavourless town. Please help. Oh, please help!' Toadette Fan 21:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I asked on a forum (I asked for direct quotes and screenshots if available). So far I've gotten the following answers:

  • "they eat Dirt. They are dirt farmers.. Poor guys.."

  • "I gave $ today and it said "dirty rice"."

Ok people? Until proven otherwise it's dirt, NOT cheese, because while they eat grilled cheese morning, noon and night, they don't have cheese to make the grilled cheese with so they clearly are not actually eating cheese! They don't have bread either, so they don't eat grilled cheese sans cheese! They eay dirt. Apparently they can afford a grill and a frying pan, but let's not quibble people. After all, you can register for everything for the kitchen except the food. TStein 09:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


More responses:

"...at first I was told they were eating "grilled sandwiches" "grilled DIRT sandwiches", that is....
Then they had dirty rice all of the time. Now when I donate she doesn't say what they would have eated, only that my donation will help a family eat pastries."

"Yes, the Boondoxians were eating Grilled dirt sandwiches. No cheese for them! Thats why I had to donate to the Flavor Fund Now they eat Dirty Rice...which is a southern dish but I have a feeling the pelican meant actual dirt on the rice instead of the creole flavorings"

So, they go from grilled dirt sandwhiches (sans cheese sans bread), to dirty rice (made with dirt instead of spices) to pastry. Hopefully they aren't dirt-filled. TStein 06:00, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] So.. what do you do in this game?

Okay it's going to sound like I'm an idiot, but I read through this whole article and I have no idea what this game is about. I've never heard of this series before, and the article seems aimed at people who have played various other Animal Crossing games before. I think this article could improve on some general background of the play enviroment, what players do to interact with the world, what players "typically do" when they play, etc. I fully understand from reading it that's an open ended game, but that doesn't tell me what gameplay is like.

For one strict example, one thing I understand after reading this is apparently it's possible to visit other people's "houses" or something. But then what? Do you communicate with others, play games with each other, etc.?

Perhaps some screenshots could help the article. But in summary, it just needs SOMETHING to help those who have NEVER played any of these games before! --157.234.254.6 18:02, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, when you first start the game, you get to tell someone your name, if your a boy or girl (burly or cute), name of town, and why you want to live there(picks you houses location). then you have to meet Tom Nook, the store manager, and do some things for him. then you adventualy through out the game you meet people (animals), pay off your house to make it bigger, and get lots of cloths and funiture. So i guess it's just a life game with lots of stuff to do, and you don't get stronger or anything like that. Sorry if it sounds boring, but i have it and it's lots of fun.

[edit] Dangerous or Tedious?

Do tarantulas and scorpions pose and real threat? As far as I know, all they do is knock you out and send you back your house, and after that, nothing else happens. Is the only reason they send you to your house to make them annoying to catch? 69.138.14.233 21:56, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but I think Lyle will give you insurance Frankyboy5 20:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] K.K. Ballad and another in-game variation?

I heard a song from K.K. Slider in the middle of a Youtube video (with real songs of course) with a song that begun and sounded like K. K. Ballad but was different. It had no name since it was a bunch of K.K. Slider songs and it was just a still photo of K.K.. The song is in the middle of the video (30:06). Does anybody know what this song is?

Sounds like I'm trying to use this talk page like a forum but this is probably worth mentioning in the article. Frankyboy5 20:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFC

Hey...we only have the input of three people at Talk:Dōbutsu no Mori (film)#Requested move and I'd realy like more. Since this article is closely related your opinions would be welcome. Miss Mondegreen | Talk   20:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Semi Protection

Personally, I think this page seriously needs to be under semi-protection. I looked through history, and practically every day it gets vandalized AGAIN. I think it should be semi-protected so that there would be much less of this. Hammerbrodude 02:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Special Items

I just removed the "Golden Timer" from the list of golden items under the special items section as it does not exist.Kieff kalina 01:42, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Is the timer not Golden by default?

At least the color is a yellowish thing even if the name does not say Golden. :) aeryka 05:17, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

There is supposedly a Golden Timer obtained after getting all other gold items. You get it from Tortimer whenever he is outside of Town Hall. I'm not sure if it exists. I'll look into it. brickdude^_^ 19:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wow

The article needs to be rewritten because of the point of view is sort of unencyclopedic. This is a problem. I cannot do this as people would likely get annoyed so I'll just leave a note. This article is in need of some serious cleanup, though, and I'll try and figure out the mark for the cleanup box. It's just too hard to read. SBKT 17:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] System requirements

i dont think necessary that a Action replay be listed under System Requirements. Action replay DS is an alien influence on the game and isnt an absolute requirement to play it.

I agree fully, it is a cheating device and alters gameplay from what is intended it is not a requirement. -- VederJuda 14:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Apparently, somebody thought the game was too hard :P. But honestly, I can't help but laugh about what goes on here. Hammerbrodude 20:33, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Just a Reminder

This is not a guide it is an encyclopedia, we don't need to know the ins and outs of the various hacking seeds, only that they exist.

[edit] Golden Shovel Requirements...

I just removed the process of getting the Golden Shovel from the Special Items section. As I've seen before, this is supposed to be an encyclopedia article, not a guide. Also, having ONLY the Golden Shovel's requirements there in the first place doesn't make much sense. ↑ChronaMew↓ ‎~Talk 00:49, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] golden bug?

I have never heard of this golden bug someone posted, im not sure if its true but the article was interesting.

The article may have been interesting, but anyone who falls for a rumor like that must really be pathetic.↑ChronaMew↓ ‎~Talk~Contributions 19:24, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

It is completely fake. I and many other people have been playing faithfuly since Dec. of '05 and never come across one. If we havn't seen one by now I doubt anybody ever will. 24.174.148.166 01:33, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I have seen a bug fit to the description above. It had great wings and shined brightly.

[edit] Add Fansite Section

Shouldn't there be a fansite section? There is one in the AC:GC article so Why not one here? Just make it be approved first.

24.174.148.166 01:25, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

So how about approving Animal Crossing Community?


[edit] that pic that got removed

The nookington's pic:

I restored it. There was no reason give as to its deletion. It did help the article.

Just wanted to give my reason for restoration!

aeryka 05:18, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rare items

Alright, whoever made the rare items section in this article really needs to make up his mind. There seem to be five items named as the rarest in the game Ahmeri18 21:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

I saw the "animal crossing tragedy" ytmnd (which isn't the original source of the story), and was quite moved by it as it details how video games may be used to allow disabled people to experience things and take part in "life" in a sense. But then I noticed one of the comments mentioning that there was a NPC who sent letters almost exactly as described. So I decided to do some digging around to find out the truth, and found the answer here (the mom npc is real). So, I've decided to be Bold and expand on something that I was sure many people are not properly educated about, as well as add a space and influence for others to add mentions of Animal Crossing in popular culture. I hope that if anyone reverts my edit they don't do so blindly, but consider keeping SOME amount of the information in order to educate some of the millions of people who saw the cartoon. thank you 64.230.87.17 (talk) 12:43, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


The mention of the confusion over the mom letters in the article provides no explanation as to what the heck it is talking about even though it says it will be explained below in the same sentence. Should this be removed? Is someone going to add something to explain it? I have no idea what this is even about, so I can't fix it myself. Anybody? CallidoraBlack (talk) 23:58, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Animal Crossing Tragedy

Blog posts that amount to 'look what I found on the Internet' are not reliable sources and thus Wikipedia:Verifiability has not been met. I have once again removed the section. Punctured Bicycle (talk) 14:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

News.Filefront.com is not a blog. As for the other link, I was attempting to make an external link rather than a source. Re-added. 64.230.92.27 (talk) 18:03, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
It looks like a blog, has the functionality of a blog, has the casual writing of a blog, and says "Add this blog to my Technorati Favorites". It's a blog. Punctured Bicycle (talk) 21:17, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] False Cheat...

A specific false cheat was found on the website IGN on the 25th December 2006, sent in as a practical joke from a user. This was to be if you went to a villager's house on Christmas day, they would remove a decoration from their shop bought Holiday Tree It was decided that if the resident sold the decoration to Tom, you would receive a total of one billion bells. It was found to be false as the total is 100,000,000 bells, and couldn't get any higher.

If this is a false cheat submitted as a joke, I don't see why it should be mentioned. And if it is needed, would anyone mind trying to reword it? I an barely understand what it says. ↑ChronaMew↓ ‎~Talk~Contributions 00:05, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Should We Add.....

Should we add the dangers of Wifi? Like seeds that could permanently damage your game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.51.206 (talk) 22:11, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Most are glitches, so mabye under a section titled "Glitches." But we would have to find some examples in addition to glitched Pitfall Seeds. brickdude^_^ 19:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Freewebs...?

I recently noticed that a freewebs site was referenced at the beggining of the article, is that really a reliable source...? walkingonthesun Say something to me 23:48, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

No. In addition, we shouldn't have a quote like that in the lead of the article (even if it's with permission). I'm removing it. Punctured Bicycle (talk) 13:50, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Boondox

Some jerk off changed the info for Boondox. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.232.179.70 (talk) 01:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Let the Sunshine In" reference

On "Yay Day", you get a bulletin board message notifying you of the event. In the last part of this message, it says "Bust out your best compliments and let the sunshine in", or something to that effect. I believe this might be a reference to The 5th Dimension's song Let the Sunshine In.—King Bob324Contrib(s)«»Talk 21:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)