Wii - Animal Crossing: City Folk + Wii Speak

[BarTopDancer]

It looks like a cross between SIMS and Second Life. I'm interested in it because I generally suck at skills games like Mario and Zelda, though I still want to play Twilight Princess and Mario Galaxy it's a huge waste of money for me to buy these games and then get frustrated and never play again.

I think I'll be picking it up for the Wii.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Tanget - Rock Band 2 for the Wii is getting close to release. There's a lot of weird conflicting info. Amazon shows Dec. 22nd as the release date for the software. I've seen Dec. 30th as the date for it bundled with instruments. And I've seen reference to a "special edition" bundle, possibly Jan 6th, but I don't know if there's anything "special" about that or if it's just the instruments.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Alex

I still have no idea what kind of game it is other than that it apparently lets to grown women gossip while sitting around their immaculate homes.

Close.

It lets grown women (and some men) sit around their homes while building their little virtual home and growing perfect gardens, collecting furniture and clothing, socializing with animal neighbors, catching fish, shooting balloons from the sky with a slingshot, catching butterflies and other bugs, and celebrating festivals, holidays, and seasons in real time.

It's like this perfect little addicting utopia that allows us to be kids again.

[blueerica]

Hmmm...

Alex... my sentiments almost exactly.

Off-topic, but only slightly: Do you (collectively, of course) recommend Rock Band or Guitar Hero (the one with the full band kit) for the Wii? What's the difference, if anyone's tried out/looked into both?

[Ghoulish Delight]

I don't know that there's particularly much gameplay difference, but I recommend Rockband for 3 reasons.

1) CP's brother who works the electronics department at Toys R Us says people are continually returning Guitar Hero drum kits because they keep breaking.

2) Rockband will have Beatles songs at some point (don't know if it will be this version, but even if it's a later version, if you want continuity of staying within the franchise AND Beatles songs, Rockband's your choice)

3) Rockband is developed by Harmonix, who originally developed Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero 2. Guitar Hero 3 and Guitar Hero World Tour are developed by Neversoft (Activision) who retained the rights but broke with Harmonix after disputes over hardware. Thus, while I have played neither enough to have any real grounds for this, I trust Rockband to have the edge in whatever ways the two are creatively/technically distinguished since it's the brilliant folks who conceived the idea to begin with working on it. (though I'm surely biased since my college roommate works for Harmonix).

[Lauragar]

This is NOT a rant!!!!! Please read on if you want to know why I haven't posted on LOT lately. I think an intervention is needed.

The new crack is AC Wild World. My husband and I sit for hours maintaining our little worlds. Its not Hi how are you? Its how much is your turnips selling for at Nook's? Do you fall into a pit fall seed today? Have you harvested today? How many bells do you have in the bank? Who visited your town today? Today, I have the Shrink, what emotion with I get today?

We don't have normal conversation anymore thanks to DP,our favorite friend in the world!!!!!!

And, NO we are not getting AC City Folks. If we did, our dogs would starve and I would need diapers. The little red light tells me its time to stop playing.

I have to schedule normal things to do. Like read a book, pay bills, let the dogs out. I have lost 2 months out of my life, thank God my house is paid for, and I only need two more fossils.

Do you know the secrets to Feng Shui the ACWW way? Just ask my husband. Do you want to catch the high bell fish? You will need to know about Feng Shui.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Lauragar

We don't have normal conversation anymore thanks to DP,our favorite friend in the world!!!!!!

And, NO we are not getting AC City Folks.

Oh, you'll assimilate... oh, yes you will.... I'll have to give you a City Folk tour sometime when you're over and least expect it. MUWAHAHAHA.

Oh, and may I interest you in a side of Harvest Moon?

[Capt Jack]

from our beloved Ms Ponine (having connectivity/log in issues)

Rumor has it that the Ponine household is getting ACCF w/ Wii Speak from Mr. Claus himself.
At which time, someone else from LoT will NEED to have Wii speak, ahem <DP> , so that they have someone to talk to.
After they install, the Wii Chat channell will be next.

[lizziebith]

Time to shake some trees and see what falls out!

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by Alex

The advertising on Animal Crossing doesn't seem that great. I still have no idea what kind of game it is other than that it apparently lets to grown women gossip while sitting around their immaculate homes.

Apparently you aren't the target market, because I hardly ever buy video games (except as gifts for Alex) and yet I find myself interested in this one.