Worth picking up, but nothings changed.....
User Rating: 8 | Machi e Ikouyo: Doubutsu no Mori WII
Animal Crossing City Folk is a good game and a must for any Animal Crossing Fans. Animal Crossing Wild World for the DS is ALSO, a good game. The difference? Not much. It's nice to go the City and explore the different shops, but you're usually not there for more than 10 mins max. Actually, the city consists of: Redd's Shop (DS), Emotions Guy (DS), HRA Office (new), Gracie's (seasonal stuff only), an Auction store (for town members only), Shampoodle (DS), and Fortune Teller (DS). Unfortunatley, the City has alot of potential but falls short. For instance, why would place an item for bid for only my townmembers to see and bid? And why have I been playing this for 2 weeks and still not seen any other items for sale or bid at this auction? The Auction in my opinion had alot of potential if it was done like an ebay style with others from all over the world, but instead it's like a waste of space. Gracies is seasonal, so unless it's 4 months down the road you've seen it all the first visit. The HRA room is the only noteworthy addition as you (according to the strategy guide) "Compete with other Wii 24 players around the world" to have the honor of having your room displayed in the model room for all to see. It's actually a good idea because now there is a purpose for buying themes to your rooms, and puts a competative spin on it. I question it's validity though, as I recieved the honor of model room but didn't feel I met the criteria. We'll see how it plays out.
The games does however fall short in the items area as well. The item list is almost the same to the DS Wild World, and so are the themes with maybe only a handfull of new ones. There's plenty of new characters as well as special characters that that seve different purposes with hard to come by items. Although, their very pressence is hard to come by as well.
I'm a little back and forth on the controls. The biggest shortcut and handiest in the DS was the Y button atomatically transfering items from your pocket to storage or to Nook if selling. There is no short cut in City Folf so have to mess with the wii remote to carefully click each item 1 by 1 and it can get frustrating. Although the quick tool equiper makes up for it, so when you wanna switch to any tool withought searching your pockets, you can hit left or right on the directional pad and scroll though your tools. Very helpfull.
I really expected more with this game, but I'm still addicted to it. That's why it's still worth picking up. Hardcore AC fans will dig it because well, there's nothing different from what their used to, and those who haven't played Wild World for DS will love it more because, it will be an all new gam to them. What else can I say other than, I think I'll go play Animal Crossing City Folk. Again. 
