SynopsisLive in a town where the relationships that you build with animals have as much impact on your life as those you build with humans. In Animal Crossing: City Folk, you can indulge in your favorite activities all day long. Time passes in this world at a real pace, so you can observe holidays and seasonal celebrations at just the right times. Feel free to fish all day or hang out with friends, just make sure that you maintain thriving connections with your neighbors. In Animal Crossing: City Folk, the heart of the action is found in building relationships with the animals in your town as well as with other players. Spend your time doing the activities that matter most to you, whether it's playing in the snow, catching fireflies or cultivating friendships with the creatures who move in and out of the town. Design clothes and patterns for the animals to wear. Exchange letters, gifts and favors with your neighbors to cultivate friendships. And remember to listen closely to the animals ~ they always have good stories to share.
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This game has many different goals to achieve. Some of them require that you have grass. Here's the problem, anytime you walk on your grass it dies and the only way to fix it is to not walk on it for 6 months. I loved this game at first, but all my grass died and it looked like I was living in a desert. It was so ugly that we decided to start over. The grass started dying immediately so I did some research and it's a feature Nintendo put in that thousands of players are upset about. If you want to keep your grass you have to put more work into keeping it than playing your game and it prevents you from making your goals. My daughter and I were in competition to see who got all the fish, bugs, etc first. But I found in my research that you should only load the game once a day to minimize grass death. The suggestion is that all players use the same character and don't turn the game off til you're done for the day. This makes the game frustrating and a bad choice for children. I now have a $50 game that neither my daughter or I play. I seriously suggest that people don't buy this game until after Nintendo fixes this design flaw. This "animal tracks" feature prevents you from playing the game the way it's supposed to be played. It should be a fun game, but it's not, it's just frustrating.
What's not so great: has a feature which defeats the purpose of the game