January 26th, 2012

Lots of details about Animal Crossing 3DS

204 Comments

In a preview for Animal Crossing 3DS, it has been revealed that, as you take on the role of the mayor of your town (rather than being a mere resident as in previous games), you’ll be able to decorate more of your village, with the specific mention that you can “add benches or street lamps to brighten the place up and make your villagers happier.”

But, because “being mayor can be a daunting task,” you’ll be accompanied by a secretary throughout the course of the game. She’s a dog-like character that’s new to the series who is described as “clumsy” and will point out parts of the town that look good, or may need work. The first thing that pops into my head is that damned Microsoft Word Paperclip, but supposedly, “chatting with her may be one of the game’s highlights”.

It’s also confirmed that it will be possible to “design every aspect of your house, right down to the design of the mailbox and the colour of fencing outside.” In terms of interior design, you can change your furniture by taking it to a special upholsterer shop, which allows you to tweak individual objects so they look like you want them to look. Character-wise, you’re able to have separate top and bottom designs for your clothing, so “if you want your little Animal Crossing boy to wear a t-shirt and a skirt then, odd as that may look, you can do it.”

The village itself is “said to be a lot bigger this time than ever with many separate section”, and you can see its general layout in the image above. There’s also a new section for “Model Homes”. These are homes designed to provide you with inspiration for your own designs. Plus, since the game supports StreetPass, when you pass someone with a save file for Animal Crossing 3DS, their house is added to this section.

So, who’s excited?

  • Mario

    THANK U SO MUCH DAVID. I CHECK THIS WEBSITE EVERYDAY JUST FOR ANIMAL CROSSING NEWS. ;_;

    • mason

      same here, im not alone i guess.

    • Mike S

      I want news on Luigi’s Mansion 2 ;(

    • sargntpi

      That makes 3 of us :)

    • Rebelore

      4!! :D!

    • JosiasCaignard

      with this artice, now we will be 5 :D

    • ebnu

      me too!

    • Jairo

      7 too… I guess! :D

    • Newah

      That makes 8!

    • Charlie

      Me eight!!! :D

    • Perrie

      8th!

    • Perrie

      More like 10th i think?

    • Charlie

      Or ninth… Ten now… :D

    • Gastrogenous

      David forgot to talk about the new Mall area, and the separated Beach area, where you will be able to walk barefooted and swim in the sea.

    • Linda

      Me too! We should start a club. :3

    • GamingFan99

      Wow, me too! (12th)?

      @MikeS: Yeah… sorry ’bout that. I wouldn’t expect more info until E3.

    • SockHead

      You guys should check out The Bell Tree Forums for Animal Crossing 3DS info.

    • Nathdnath

      lol i think everyone does mason.

    • formoreinfo

      no no check out animalcrossingcommunity.com best animal crossing site ever!

    • mr.p24

      Animal crossing loooooooooooooooooks good!!!

  • Rentaline

    Me.

  • Travis

    Aww i got excited when i saw this, but this is old news for me. i saw this in the recent Nintendo magazine.

  • Travis

    P.S. ONM said its ETA is summer 2012.

  • Danby

    YAAAAAAAAAAAAY, I’m so excited for this game! I played the crap out wild world. Can’t wait

    • 3DS Guy

      Wild World was THE SHIT! I miss that game…

    • Gastrogenous

      Most addicting game ever. Except for WoW.

  • Sept

    \(^o^)/

  • SPG

    jizzed in my pants like a boss

    • Zack

      But then you had to wipe it up… Like an ASSISTANT.

    • MrKoopan

      SSHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

    • GamingFan99

      ^^Damn. Someone tells it like it is! ; )

    • SPG

      or i could change my pants and throw them in the wash…….

    • Im Your Real Dad

      You mean you can throw them in the wash like a WOMAN.

  • Emily

    Sigh, if only there were a release date. I just want the damn game already!!

    • mason

      i agree

    • Darkwargreymon

      Summer 2012 ETA apperently?

    • GamingFan99

      Apparently it has an ETA of Summer 2012. We know it’s gonna be released in 2012 in Japan and the US anyways (I don’t think NOE has mentioned AC:3DS once though…)

  • ren

    i didnt know you were excited for this game david haha

    • GamingFan99

      I know, haha!

  • http://passid.ca/joshm Joshua

    Awesome! Can’t wait for this one.

  • Matt

    Sounds like a bunch of cool changes… too bad I’m not really interested in it.

    Hopefully, seeing as we’re getting news on a game we barely new about before… maybe we’ll get some Paper Mario 3DS news soon enough? Huh? HUH? Come ON!!! Throw me a BONE Intelligent Systems… you’re done with Pushmo, now make with the Mario.

    • Belinni

      The only Animal Crossing I ever played was the first one and it turned me off the series. I don’t dislike it, I just find it too calm.

      I agree about Paper Mario though, we need more info!

    • http://gravatar.com/jacknzack27 JacknZack

      For some reason i cant get into Paper Mario. its about the only nintendo game I’m not interested in :(

    • https://twitter.com/#!/ChrisJCantero chris

      YES YES AND YES !!.. absolutely cant wait for this game !

    • Xarreno

      @JacknZack

      What about Paper Mario doesn’t get you into it? Honestly the best part about that series (even though it’s only had 3 installments and SPM doesn’t really count) is the storytelling. The gameplay takes off of SMRPG and each has an engrossing plot compared to the usual Mario games (except for the M&L series). PM was great and you won’t find anyone who won’t agree that PM&tTYD was a home run.

      So what it is? The gameplay, story, scheme, graphics, puzzles, mechanics, etc…? What keeps you away? I could understand if it was an RPG (I have a number of friends who dislike back and forth combat).

    • Xarreno

      ^Ah, dang it! Using a different computer sucks sometimes.

  • protoave14

    Finally News! I thought we would hear about this until E3!

  • https://www.facebook.com/GetMeOffTheMoon Handlebar-Orion X.

    Oh my lord this sounds awesome! I want it already. I love creating shit!

  • DEVONMAXWELL

    I WANT IT NOW!!!

  • http://www.passid.ca/murphy blueeyes7

    Definitely me, haha! I love Animal Crossing and was introduced to the series with Wild World for the DS, which I seem to have lost somewhere around my room.. This looks like it greatly expands upon that game, while retaining the perfect amount of nostalgia from the old ones :)

  • Mike S

    I had City Folk for Wii, but it got boring because i had only one friend and once he traded it in, it got really boring. Maybe this one will be different since i have a lot more friends to play with :)

    • GamingFan99

      AC is so much fun… it shouldn’t be, but it is!

    • http://gravatar.com/jacknzack27 JacknZack

      I need more freinds with 3ds’ so i have more fun with this. you guys are lucky you got to trade f.c. before David banned it =(

    • DavidW

      @JacknZack you can still do it at the 3DS forums

    • Xarreno

      You can still do it here, but not blatently open. You have to be subtle.

    • http://www.serebii.net/rumble2/passwords.shtml Crazyhobo100

      @JacknZack go here if you want to add me http://www.3dsbuzz.com/games/animal-crossing/

  • Matt

    I hope that the secretary isn’t like Lyle from the previous games. Annoying as hell…

  • Robotortoise

    Man-skirt people, here I come!

    • DigitalKitsune

      It’s called a KILT. lol XD

    • DavidW

      ^that’s what I’ve been telling people

  • poisonedsodapop

    I’m super duper excited. I’m gonna steal EVERYONE’S fruit!

    • AlchoholicSemenThrower

      YOU BITCH

    • CaseyJay

      Quick! chop down the natives and replace them with exotic stuff!!

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

    “as you take on the role of the mayor of your town (rather than being a mere resident as in previous games)”

    I am going to be a Tyrannical leader. All the animals shall worship me and bring me their crops.

    • 3DS Guy

      I shall be a dictator, killing them based on my judgement of a “Perfect” citizen. Few shall remain. Then, once I’ve amassed the perfect army, I shall attack the surrounding villages.

    • Henry Anderson

      I’m going to build a shining utopia then slowly undermine it and leave nothing but ash and despair in my wake!

    • Belinni

      I’m going to give everyone a rock…

    • DavidW

      Agreed

  • DaveBrzozo

    Your secretary sounds like a Bitch :P Get it? Cuz shes… Nvm..

    • MrKoopan

      a dog! yeah!

  • http://www.moonkitty.net Brad

    Totally had the same paperclip image of that dog. Am really worried that she might ruin the game. I kind of like relaxing and living in a village. Not a fan of the mayor idea.

    • Nathan

      I agree

    • GamingFan99

      Nintendo confirmed that you can be a bad mayor or a lazy mayor; but if you’re a good mayor, you get better things in the game.

  • Gary

    Awesome i’m so excited

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

    “if you want your little Animal Crossing boy to wear a t-shirt and a skirt then, odd as that may look, you can do it.” I suppose that Nintendo power has never heard of cross dressers…

    • Mike S

      Cross dressers ARE odd, so, I think they got that spot on.

    • RAWR

      Yeah not all cross dressers are odd looking! XD

    • CaseyJay

      woot can’t wait to run around in a mini skirt and a tank top :P

    • CaseyJay

      honestly though i’m gonna run around like a samurai.. maybe cosplay or something

    • Belinni

      I expected someone to mention kilts.

      The lack of man-skirt saddens me.

  • http://twitter.com/#!/Kaboom_Krusader Kaboom

    I am going to get this game JUST for the ability to have a Zelda-themed house. Master Sword in the living room, bitches!

  • EpicLight*

    So awesome. finally some news on AC

  • vinny

    i want paper mario news!!!

  • SuperLuigi

    I am going to buy this game.

  • 3DS Guy

    Honestly, I like the original the best.

    • CaseyJay

      haha as if.. nobody oves the original best.. Wild World was the best!

    • Jacob

      I think you’re lying to yourself. You said Wild World was the SHIT near the top.

  • Artist D.

    hey this is off topic, does anyone remember the name of that one racing game, noy driver renegade but it looked kinda like twisted metal and had 3D at the end of it’s title.

    • millsy

      I think it’s called Crash Time 3D.

    • Artist D.

      Thanks I remember now it called Runabout 3D, but that game you mentioned is real too, wonder why I never heard about it…….

  • Bobzco

    :DDDDD YAY NEW INFO!!!! Finally. I was afraid they forgot about the game!

  • NoTheMama

    I tried Animal Crossing back in the Gamecube days & it bored me to tears. There doesn’t seem to be any point to it, & it simply wasnt fun.
    The graphics in this look exactly the same as the GCN version, in fact all the AC games tend to look exactly the same

    • CaseyJay

      You obv never got a chance to play wild world on the DS.. that was the best game!

    • DavidW

      Yeah, it isn’t the same on the console versions

    • GamingFan99

      Trust me, the graphics look different in this one. And it’s okay, not everyone likes Animal Crossing. :)

  • Mr Falsename

    Excellent news!

  • millsy

    OMG IT’S MYSIMS! Except MySims sucked.

  • MINECAR

    I WILL BE MAYOR OF ALL TOWNS!!! MUHUHUHAHAHAHA
    How could one not love AC

  • Money Bee

    Sounds cool. I’ll definitely get this.

  • Manny

    I got super excited for this but it’s old news so im dissapointed…

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/theicedude545 icedude545

    ah stuff i allrady knew

  • DigitalKitsune

    I hope the online is a bit more (…I dunno what to call it…) ‘flowing.’ Opening gates, and going through that whole process does get a tad bit tiresome once you’ve got multiple people playing.

  • Amber

    YAAYAYYAYAYA :D

  • Yes.

    Yes.

  • sportsben

    Awesome I can’t wait for this game! Ive been playing AC since i got my gamecube in like 2003. Also my friend made this video and posted it on youtube. It’s really funny and kinda cheesy. Could you guys watch it? You don’t have to i just want to see if you guys think its funny. Thanks.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgiEoiwAm40&list=UUXtfRF5lwhvwgaXeF9SToLA&index=1&feature=plcp

    • sportsben

      Also I’m sorry i posted this video i just wanted to see if anyone else thought it was funny…

    • millsy

      It was pretty funny.

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      It gets funny at part five, it’s pretty funny, stupid, but funny, also you should have taken Revengence…

  • jon

    I never played any of these games. I wud like to try it to see why ppl like it so much tho

  • MikeyTree

    I knew that like ages ago? like last october is when the news came out (I think)

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      September actually, it was shown after Nintendo’s pre TGS show…

    • LadidaRdam

      I know! when I saw this I just thought “FINALY!!!” but then after the first glance I saw that there is NOTHING NEW WHATSOEVER!! We heard this back in September for crying out loud!

  • Charlie

    Uh oh ninth! :P

    • kamkid

      actually forty-fifth, not counting the comments.
      …
      Wow I’m OCD.

    • kamkid

      I meant replies not comments.
      …
      f*** there it is again!

  • Cory

    Same same, I check everyday for Animal Crossing news, hoping in vain for something!! :( and I am glad that this was posted! :D I am so excited and ready for this game’s release! I can only hope that a release date surfaces soon! I am preordering is ASAP when a date releases!

  • http://www.facebook.com/TSWFTW Anthony Cappel-West

    I have bought every American Animal Crossing game so far, and I certainly won’t stop now.

  • Braig

    Wasn’t there supposed to be a conference on January 26th? I mean it is the 26th in Japan right now so is that true?

    On topic, I can’t wait for this game!

  • DaChosenUno

    I got a paper form GameStop and it said that AC 3DS is coming out on May 2nd this year. It may not be true but at least we have a date to guess around on. IM SUPER EXCITED 4 THIS GAAAAME!

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      Well it won’t come out on May 2, that’s a Wednesday and Nintendo always releases games on Sunday, I would say that May 6th is a possibility though…

    • Josh

      They also mentioned that it was to be released March 30th, 2011 and also January 2nd, 2012 so don’t get your hopes up.

  • John

    Most, if not all, of this was covered in the developer roundtable a few months ago. But any news on Animal Crossing is good, even if it’s old.

  • DinoCap

    finally some news! My most anticipated game of the year.

  • Lazykite

    looks like animal crossing is going to be fun on the 3ds! the others put me to sleep!

  • Rhi

    I am already having an awesome day but this just made my day sooo much better. SO EXCITEDDD

  • Drew

    Hooray……..im excited but im buying resident evil and an itouch ill be low on cash in march

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      It isn’t coming out in March, probably closer to E3, if not after, unfortunately…

  • Chris

    In all seriousness, can someone explain what’s fun/entertaining about this game? I’ve never played it before…

    • Total911

      It’s really hard to explain. It’s basically the most laid-back game ever, but it’s a lot of fun. The game mostly consists of collecting everything in the game. And yes, there’s a shit ton of stuff in this game. You can hang out with your friends through Wi-Fi, er-Nintendo Network, and sometimes you can make up your own little competitions and games to play with eachother. Like I said, it sounds really dull if you just ask somebody about it, but there’s a lot to see and do in AC.

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      Collecting stuff, and getting out from under the burden of mortgage …

    • CaseyJay

      trying to catch the biggest fish in competitions, making friends with the towns people, day by day watching as characters get closer to you and tell you more about themselves.. helping your town expand (eg nooks store) sending letters to friends, dressing up your character, expanding your house, visiting a friends town or having people visit yours.. there is so much content.. and every day, week and season is different! i’ve been playing AC:Wild World on and off for 6 years now.. it never really gets old

    • PineloTiile

      At the start of Amnesia, the game tells you to not aim to complete it, but to try and immerse yourself in the games atmosphere and storyline. Similarly, Animal Crossing is a game where you emerge yourself into the town, and everything you do is only for the purpose of having fun doing it. There’s not many things to do in terms of “completing the game”, except I suppose for collecting everything. You can just chill out in AC, chill out and have fun :D

  • http://2.gravatar.com/avatar/82d0121b56b948162fc26ff983ad5bfe?size=420 miguelman

    oh my goodness i neeeeeed this game you know how hard it is to live if i dont have my crack OH I MEAN ANIMAL CROSSING…well its pretty much the same thing XD

    (beside the topic) hi everyone im new here just wanted to say i love this community!!

    • LadidaRdam

      Welcome. But to get in you must tell me the password. What do you say is I say: “Foot in the door”

    • Belinni

      Hola miguelman, I’m likin’ the Monster Hunter Gravatar.

  • Not Emile/BlueYoshi211

    That bridge in the last photo kind of looks like the bridge in Mario Kart: DD!!’s Mushroom Bridge Track.

  • Bewoulf2000

    And the release date is….

  • gamma064

    … :/… i dont wanna be mayor Dx

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      You can choose to ignore your duties as mayor, according to the developers, of course this would lead to your town going downhill, but lets be honest we contributed more to those towns than Tortimer ever did…

  • knightboy

    whoa, david you cussed! anyway some of this is old btw. im happy that the town is going to be a lot bigger. hope it comes out in time for my b-day, may 6th!

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      Well that is a Sunday, maybe Nintendo will have a present for the world on your birthday :)

    • knightboy

      i hope so :)

  • Perry

    woohoo! My most anticipated game for 3ds!

  • Mariofan

    SOOOO NEED THIS! if i had a time machine i would TOTALLY go 2 when this comes out. hopefully it wont get boring fast like the other AC games but i dont think it will

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      The only one that didn’t keep me super interested was City Folk, hundreds of hours in both Population Growing(GCN) and Wild World…

  • Ty

    Maybe they should rename it Animal Cross(dress)ing.

    Lame joke, I know.

    • Perrie

      Ahaha good one!

  • Brett

    Well, I have every Ac game, except the n64 one of course, but I’m not really freaking out about this. it’s ANIMAL CROSSING. How can you guys be THIS excited for it?

    • Total911

      …Did you even read the article? It’s changing everything up.

    • Zimmer Remmiz

      Um, because it’s ANIMAL CROSSING!!!…

    • Free of Birth

      Dude, Animal Crossing wasn’t even on the N64…

    • JohnnySlice

      @Free of Birth: Animal Crossing was indeed on the N64. It was called Dōbutsu no Mori. It was only available in Japan though. It was later remade into Dōbutsu no Mori + which eventually became Animal Crossing on the Gamecube.

    • PineloTiile

      HOW ARE YOU NOT EXCITED FOR THIS!!!

    • http://gravatar.com/elffcc Big E

      @JohnnySlice It was more of a direct port with much more stuff added.

  • Ayane

    Y33EEWEEEEEEEEEEEE3EEEEEEREEEEE WOOOOPKOLLLK YAAAAAAAY

  • Total911

    I sure as hell am excited for this. My bro and I are getting two copies simply so we can play together. He’s not someone you’d expect to like Animal Crossing, but he loves it.

    • GamingFan99

      Yeah, all my siblings like it too! It’s so fun to play together, haha!

  • Johan

    I heard it comes out May 9. Its a rumor So calm down… I HOPE IT SUPPORTS JOIN GAME FEATURE THEN I CAN JOIN FRIENDS WHEN EVER I WANT :DDD

    • Donny

      That would be awesome! I want that feature!

  • Zimmer Remmiz

    This is my most anticipated 3DS game by far, unfortunately none of this is new, all of this was revealed back at Nintendo’s pre TGS show in a developer round table that was shown after the main show, it was in Japanese so most people didn’t understand any of this, but no new news yet, I’m really hoping that this comes out before E3…

  • JohnnySlice

    Just a little side note, the map forgot to point out the cave. Other than that, I can’t wait to explore this new village from end to end.

  • CrimsonalCore

    Holy shit, that was some good info. o.o This game is also on my top list, sitting with Kid Icarus Uprising<3 :3

  • SakuMo

    What magazine was this in? I’d love to read the whole article with the pictures and everything. c:

    And also, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! *fit of joy* lol

    • Dan

      Official Nintendo Magazine UK :)

  • Angelo

    From one side I’m really excited, but being the mayor might kind of spoil the atmosphere of the game to me, and the new look of the village, though more thought out, doesn’t feel consistent with the other games. After all the original title is “Animals of the forest”: the village should look like a small forest with houses in it. This looks like a village with a side dish of forest.

  • CaseyJay

    OMG!! WOOT!! *Dances*

  • Lachlan

    me too!!!!

  • PineloTiile

    Arrrrrrgggh i’m going insane I want this game so bad!!!!!!

    • Nathdnath

      I think everyone is……………GIMME IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Franziska

    13th!

  • Omarsonic9

    THANK YOU DAVID OMG THANK YOU!
    We have been waiting FOREVER for these news! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

    :D IM SUPER HAPPY SORRY CAPS!

  • Dan

    Not gonna lie us english people got that mag like 3 weeks ago… :P

  • http://hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

    at least they are making, a tiny bit, like i would make it. hopefully, which i doubt, they will be smart and the house you streetpass with, will be updated through spotpass. so that when you streetpass with someone, then a year later, you wont have a year old house. but im sure they wont do that though, or wouldnt have if i didnt post this. anyways, i hope it gets something so that i can talk to random people. like when i play cod online. or like flipnote studio. which reminds me, flipnote memo still hasnt came out yet.

  • http://gravatar.com/elffcc Big E

    My question is: Will we ever have mythical beast such as dragons in an Animal Crossing game? I’d love to be best friends with a dragon…

    • GamingFan99

      WHOA. I WANT!

    • Jacob

      You raise an interesting question my friend. They can have land octopodes (yes, that is the correct plural form of octopus), a mummified dog, a cat without a face, another cat that looks like an unmerciful deity, even another cat that ressembles an orange, an axolotl salamander (that’s what Dr. shrunk is), living snowmen, a ghost, a guy who wears a pumpkin on his head, etc… and they can’t give you mystical creatures like a jackalope, unicorn, or dragon or even something less mystical but probably impossible: a land shark!

      That would be sooooo TUBULAR!!

    • http://gravatar.com/elffcc Big E

      You forgot a faceless cat…that I usually leave blank.

  • person

    It looks okay but I think I’ll be getting the new harvest moon instead…

  • RaxonXVI

    I love these games cant wait =)

  • camcool

    Woooo! but also saw this in onm as well so that much of a suprise with the assistant and all but when i heaed this was coming to the 3ds i was sooooo excited but news on the game was very slow but hearing that it might ( will have to! ) be coming this summer is an ok release date but better be the best animal crossing eveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!!!!!!!

  • http://macromanjr.blogspot.com/ Brian Lockett

    Sweet, man. :) I love some Animal Crossing.

  • Luigi’sM

    This is the game I am looking forward to the most(along with Luigi’s Mansion 2), it looks fantastic with the improves that have been made, I read about most of this news in a recent ONM, great to see some news on here about it though. I can’t wait for the summer to eventually come as this is when it may be released, Nook is no longer a shop owner apparently he is an estate agent.

  • Morgan

    I’m actually very upset by this. I was thinking that maybe, JUST MAYBE we’d get a release date.

    Still no release date?

    That’s messed up. All of this content, a trailer, 10 minute panel discussion, screen shots, ect…. but no release date.

    Holding out for profit? Or what? It’s getting to be very irritating.

    Nintendo is getting on my poo poo list.

  • Bridget

    Could not agree more with the previous statement on the lack of release date.

    This isn’t exactly “lots of information” since it’s already on youtube. I’m very disapointed in this series now because of the lack of release date. This game has been advertised before the 3DS was even launched, and the release date still isn’t set in stone.

    It’s really a slap in the face to any fan. I’ll be pulling my preorder if there’s no release date by mid-Feburary. This is getting just pathetic. I can’t put money down on a game that I don’t even know is promised.

  • Katie

    I really hope it comes out soon! I’ve been excited for it for a while, but this new info makes me seriously need it. This is amazing progress compared to the original Gamecube Animal Crossing. So excited :):)

    • Ben

      every time i c a new site or article with AC info my heart beat doubles! YAHOO!

  • Elly

    I can’t wait, please give us that game :)

  • LordJabuJabu

    Omg Triforce…sold! xD

  • Dr. Galactose

    Apparently the release date (PAL region) is 2nd March 2012 (zavvi.com preorder). I HOPE it is true. I want this game so badly! Zavvi are usually always reliable. <3 Animal crossing. Especially the Gamecube version.

    • Ben

      that would be so gr8! XD

  • Annie Tyler

    Yeah, I’m not in a big hurry to go out and buy the 3DS, as I just got my $137 DSi about 5 years ago, and the main reason I did so is because my old $124 original DS was wearing out–the hinge was breaking, the battery wouldn’t hold its charge as long as it used to and the touch screen was unresponsive in most areas. That being said, I’ll wait until the model I have now becomes unserviceably useless to go out and buy the 3DS, especially at such an obscene pricetag as $169, which is high to me on an $854/month budget (the first two ones I got were birthday and Christmas presents).

  • Sara

    The only MAJOR part this is missing is THE FREAKING RELEASE DATE! I and countless others already knew 90% of the features, WHEN IS IT COMING OUT DANGIT!

  • Joe

    So did tortimer die? or what happened to him?

    • Ben

      Didn’t u hear? He’s now served at brewsters as the “Turtle Suprise”! JK – not really…. as far as i know…. lol

  • Ben

    I AM SO SUPER EXCITED! I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL IT COMES OUT! HURRY UP NINTENDO!!!

  • Ben

    I’ve had Animal Crossing since the gamecube! and evey other one since! … Out of the DS game and the wii game, which one do you guys like the best? … Personally, I liked the “AC: City Folk” much more.

    • Joe

      i like WW better because you had to discover alot of content like red and katrina but CF just gives it to you

  • Randon Arnold

    I just want the zelda room…..

  • animal crossing fan!

    hooray!.. still waiting for the release date though.

  • Felicity Turner

    i love the AC games and this one will be brilliant

    • Ben

      hooray! Finally, a release date! i went to gamestop and a guy told me it is March 2nd! They’re even taking pre-orders!

  • RequiredName

    I’ve used Windows all my life. What’s this damn paperclip you people keep whining about? Or are all of you so gullible as to pay for Microsoft Office even though you’ve already paid for a computer with Windows on it? “We’ll sell people a machine, but then we’ll separately sell them the utensils they need to make it do stuff!” Great plan, corporate world.

  • RequiredName

    Also, kilts? It’s about damn time. Animal Scotland, here we come. Still, so much more to have to improve, like the way real time limits when you can play, or the way you run out of things to do after a while.

  • http://youtube.com/the8guys Dylan

    MODEL HOMES!!!!!!!!!! THE MALL THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST AC EVER! AC3DS!!!!!!!<333333333