

It's just more fun that way.Īs well as yourself, there are up to eight co-inhabitants of your town, as well as a number of set NPCs that act as shop workers, like good old Nook, or town guard dog double act Copper and Booker. To be fair, he's a nice fellow really, who doesn't mind when you pay back your money and upgrades your house when you ask, but we like making him out to be some kind of capitalist pig/loan shark liable to snap and throttle you at any moment. See, he seems like a kindly, slightly old, slightly mad, raccoon who is helping you out by setting you up with your own house on your own, but the ludicrous amounts of money he requires for his poxy box homes aren't particularly kindly. Tom Nook may become a name synonymous with dread to you very soon after this first meeting.

Upon arriving to your new town in a taxi driven by Kapp'n, the sea-loving turtle from the first game who would ferry you to a hidden island, (avoiding flirtation along the way if you're playing as a girl.dirty old amphibian), you are met by a Mr. It's quite an adorable game, both in concept and implementation, in fact. Yes, we sometimes wonder how on earth somebody comes up with the ideas that appear in many Nintendo games, or how they get them past the shareholders, but there's no shortage of that familiar charm that many associate with the Big N. In this new town, which you name yourself, you live your life, speaking to, trading with, and engaging in friendly (and sometimes not-so-friendly) competition with the animals inhabiting the town. You move away from your comfortable surroundings and the loving arms of your parents, flying the nest at last, only to discover yourself in a world of talking animals where humans are in small supply. The concept of Animal Crossing is a simple one.
