Animal Crossing: Wild World

Yesterday I used a word that made me think of a character in my game Animal Crossing: Wild World. Why is this game so oddly addicting?

One goal players should feel the need to complete is their house debt. Yes, you have to buy a house, and they certainly are not cheap - especially when you start asking for extensions. That raccoon likes to keep you under his thumb; if he has his way, which I always for some reason give him, he'll end up making you pay a grand total of 3.56 million bells. Yikes. But if you want a good score when the Happy Room Academy evaluates your house, you'll want a big one with plenty of nice furniture.

Another goal that has always obsessed me in this game has been getting the golden tools - especially the golden watering can. The golden shovel is easy; the golden ax seems to be next to impossible for me; but the golden watering can... Its glorious presence is proof that you have cultivated the most perfect town ever, complete with well-placed trees, decorative flowers, and a weed-free environment. ♥ And besides that, if you manage to grow black roses, this watering can can turn them into gold roses.

Another thing many players may enjoy attempting is befriending the townsfolk and getting their pictures. Each picture, when placed in your house, gives your Happy Room Academy score a pretty nice boost. Plus it's just fun knowing you've reached that certain level of friendship with that animal.

Speaking of the animals themselves, perhaps I should actually mention what it was in my last post that made me think of this game. Blathers. He's an owl who runs the town's museum (which is completely empty until townspeople - namely, you - begin to donate to it) and will completely talk your head off about anything under the sun and moon. And if you really want to get him chatty, ask him to identify a fossil for you. Not only will he tell you what the fossil is, but he will beg - I repeat, shamelessly beg - for you to let him keep the fossil as a donation. And if you're feeling generous enough to give it to him (seriously, fossils sell for a lot of bells), he'll give you a rundown of the animal's history once the animal's body parts have all been donated. o_O

Anyways, I suppose this is long enough for now. Until next time!