[Article translation] Animal Crossing Wild World celebrates its 15th anniversary today.

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"Animal Crossing: Wild World" celebrates its 15th anniversary.

The game published for the Nintendo DS took the world by storm reaching record-setting sales and introduced internet functionalities to the game.


"Animal Crossing: Wild World" first went on sale on November 23rd, 2005, in Japan. Today marks its 15th anniversary.

Published by Nintendo, the game presents itself as a communication game. 
This is the fourth game of the popular video game franchise, in which you interact with lots of unique animals, participate in various seasonal events, and enjoy a peaceful life.

Every Animal Crossing game before this one were updated versions of the first game, Animal Crossing: Wild World being the first entirely new game.

The game was an absolute hit throughout the world, maybe because it granted a wish fans had been holding for ages. 
It became a longtime bestseller, always topping the sales rankings with over 5 million copies sold in Japan, and over 11 million worldwide.

At the time, strategy books for the game published by various companies quickly became bestsellers too and the game became a widespread topic of conversation.

This year, 2020, "Animal Crossing: New Horizon" has been published for the Nintendo Switch and the same phenomenon started taking place, it was a somewhat moving thing to witness.

The hardware changed from the Nintendo GameCube to the Nintendo DS, its compatibility with a handheld console and the Nintendo DS's touchscreen was amazing. 

It can be thought that the huge popularity of the Nintendo DS Lite may have proved to be a favorable condition for the game's success, as many users bought the console alongside the game.

Now with two screens, the sky displayed on the upper screen while taking a walk, allowed the player to leisurely watch the stars and fireworks, or spot balloons and flying UFOs floating in the sky.

The lower screen would scroll as if it was a rotating cylinder, making it easier to see the entire village.

It really felt as if the player was living on a small planet.


Coinciding with the launch of Animal Crossing: Wild World, the "Nintendo Wi-Fi connection" was put into service for both the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS.

Being able to play with friends from far away, with up to 4 people in the same village at the same time thanks to internet must have been quite moving.


It was a thrilling experience to explore your friends' villages, and for some unknown reason, get caught up in the moment as you're having a fishing contest.


Players could also chat with together, they may have enjoyed having silly conversations . Players could also send messages in a bottle by correspondence, and sometimes they'd receive interesting messages.

As for now, the game is available on the Wii U's virtual console, so if you have one you can buy the Nintendo e-shop version.




Source article: https://www.famitsu.com/news/202011/23209792.html

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