ANIMAL CROSSING CITY FOLK DS GAME SERIES

On 14 September 2008, The regional name change for Animal Crossing: City Folk was spotted on the OFLC, where it had become Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City.

ANIMAL CROSSING CITY FOLK DS GAME SERIES

The E3 Trailer shows an earlier version of the Gracie Series with a slightly different color scheme.

Labelle had a higher pitched Animalese voice.

Labelle's Town Tune melody was slower in tempo.

The City's Town Tune was the same as the default Town Tune from Wild World.

The music for the City played when the bus arrived in the City, rather than after the player got out of the bus.

The sidewalks had a different color scheme.

The unread Bulletin Board icons were red instead of yellow.

The chat menu wasn't panned towards the player.

The paving around areas like Able Sisters and the Gate were more detailed, rather than being simplistic.

Ironically, one of the designs ended up being in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It could be that it was from a work-in-progress English localisation project, likely tailored for E3 since bells don't have commas in the Japanese version.

The date numbers on the clock were slightly bigger in size.

Īs the game was unveiled at E3 2008, there are several differences in this E3 footage. Reggie Fils-Aimé claimed that the game will be out by the 'end of the year'. After all of the rumors and fakes posted on various gaming websites, 2007 passed without a release for the Animal Crossing Wii title.Īt E3 2008, the Animal Crossing Wii title was fully unveiled as Animal Crossing City Folk, with a playable demo at E3. Īt E3 2007, Shigeru Miyamato claimed that 'The Animal Crossing team were busy handling other big projects, like the Mii Channel and would 'really wants to get back to work on Animal Crossing again', taking development slightly further. He also talked about WiiConnect24 functionality, that could have 'someone visit your town even when you weren't actively playing and maybe leave you a letter or a gift.' At that time, the game had a TBA release, and in February 2007, the Animal Crossing Wii title was listed on Nintendo's 2007 release window. While the game was still in development, Katsuya explained about how the Wii Remote would function as tools, like a Fishing Rod, Axe, and Shovel.

Īt E3 2006, the Wii was finally unveiled and the working title was simply changed to 'Animal Crossing'. What is noteworthy is that Katsuya noticed that the idea of shops closing at night seemed to be 'unpopular' and wanted to find a 'different way for people to stay active at night without limiting their choices and tasks'. In an interview with gaming website IGN, Katsuya discussed about the limitations that Wild World had to go through. That time, development took a slightly different direction and started to be built off of Wild World's engine. ĭuring the Game Developer's Conference in 2006 which was after the release of Wild World, Katsuya stated that he wanted to bring 'Wild World onto Revolution' because of how successfully about features all turned out. Katsuya Eguchi stated that they wanted to 'tie the Wii and Nintendo DS titles together' if Animal Crossing DS succeeds. When asked about the possibility of an Animal Island-like connectivity in the interview for Wild World, Katsuya Eguchi considered doing a similar feature for the Nintendo DS and Wii.īack then, the title was known as Animal Crossing Revolution. The first mention of a possible Animal Crossing game for the upcoming Revolution was mentioned in an IGN interview with Katsuya Eguchi. 28th - Animal Crossing: City Folk is finally released in South Korea. 5th - Animal Crossing: City Folk is finally released in Europe. 20th - Animal Crossing: City Folk is finally released in Japan. 16-17th - Animal Crossing: City Folk is finally released in North America. 23rd - Europe gets the Let's Go To The City name change. 14th - Animal Crossing: City Folk is renamed to Let's Go To The City in Australia, according to the OFLC rating board website. 16th - Animal Crossing: City Folk is finally revealed at E3 2008, with a release planned for later in the year. 11-12th - Development of Animal Crossing Wii is likely on hold, due to the developmental team being busy with other projects. At that time, the game had a 'TBA' date and few details were released. 'Animal Crossing Wii' is listed as a title in Nintendo's launch window. He also explained the details of what would become the concept for the final game. The placeholder title was changed to simply 'Animal Crossing'. May 8th - The Revolution is revealed, as the Wii.Eguchi wants to bring Wild World on to Revolution, and development presumably starts. 23rd - Animal Crossing: Wild World is released for the Nintendo DS in Japan. May 19th - Connectivity between Wild World and a possible Revolution title is considered by Katsuya Eguchi in an IGN interview.

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