Still at it's best.
On DS it is no different. It is still addictive, and it is still an awesome virtual life game. You would think living in a town of jibberish talking animals wouldn't be so much fun, but it definately is.
In this game, you start out in a cab with a frog driver. Unlike the past one where you were on a train with a cat. The Frog will ask you if the time on your DS is right, what your name is, figure out your gender, the town name, etc. Just like the old one. You don't see you character until you reach your town. This is the only part I dislike. Unlike the other game, you can't just start over with a new town, you can make a new resident, but all human residents live in the same house. My character has some wierd pigtails/mohawk thing going on, but a hat easily fixes that, haha.
After you get out of the cab, Tom Nook (owner of the local everything store, Nook's Cranny) will meet you. He'll start talking about mortgage. You will own him 18,000 bells (bells is the game's currency) for the house. You start off with no money though, so you will have to earn all that money. You begin earning money and figuring out work working in Tom Nook's store. He'll have you run some errands, go meet the townsfolk to get acquainted, and then run some more errands, and then you're done. You'll hardly earn enough money to pay off your debt, so you need to learn some basic ways to earn money. You can pick things like shells off the beach, flowers from the ground, and shake trees. Although, be ware, shaking trees can get you money, food, and even furniture, but they also bear bees.
After that, living your life is all up to you. Love your neighbors or not. Fill the Muesam with all sorts of fossils, bugs, and fish or sell it all to get more cool stuff. Do anything you want. And everything gets better with Wi Fi and DS connection. Possibilities are endless.