I bought Animal Crossing:  Wild World today and started my life in a new town.  Unfortunately, as much as I tried to avoid it, my meeting with Tom Nook was inevitable, and the leash of servitude was drawn around my neck faster than you could say something that can be said really fast.  I ran the errands that he wanted, and once it was over, I was free...to pay off the rest of my debt to his mafia lifestyle.

I'm having a lot of fun with the game so far.  However, it's unfortunate that I probably won't get online with the game very often, if ever.  My internet connection runs at a whopping fast 56k, and the nearest McDonald's is at least two bus rides away.  I suppose I could try some of the unaffiliated hot spot locations, but I don't know how often I'd be able to visit them, and there's no guarantee that their router would accept my DS anyway.  Still, if the DS game holds up as well as the GameCube version, I should get plenty of good time in by myself.