fun and quirky till it isn't. i never understood how people could get so dedicated to this series when there's so little to do. paying your debts and getting the golden tools is the extent of objectives to complete. after that you're pretty much done unless you want to mindlessly grind out fossils/bugs/fish for the rest of your life
The best soundtrack of any animal crossing game. I think the simple models and sprites add to the charm of this one. I would say Wild World is able to remain distinct from the rest of the entries in the series thanks to it's unique features and holidays. While not my favorite, I would say this entry is still worth taking a look at.
Alot of people say there's no reason to return to the old animal crossings when the newest one is out since that's the one with the quality of life improvements and modern conveniences and while that is true in that aspect these older ones especially the original, this one & city folk clearly just have way more depth to every character, all the villagers have way more to them in the older ones they feel human they all have individual likes and dislikes they're all unique vs. the new ones were they are essentially just cute - not cute husks with eight different personality types spread across 300+ villagers with no little unique likes and dislikes for all of them just eight flavours of stock villager and that's it that you collect as decoration for your village / island.
It feels like in attempt for more mass appeal animal crossing had to eliminate most of it's soul to do so in new leaf onwards which is a damn shame the new games are clearly more free to customize everything to your will and it is fun more and convenient to design than the older ones but feel alot more hollow and lacking in personality than them at the same time, it's been really interesting for me to play this game now since it's my first time playing and I started with new leaf and I say alot of this confidencence and clearly no "older games were better cause I grew up with them!" bias.
It feels like in attempt for more mass appeal animal crossing had to eliminate most of it's soul to do so in new leaf onwards which is a damn shame the new games are clearly more free to customize everything to your will and it is fun more and convenient to design than the older ones but feel alot more hollow and lacking in personality than them at the same time, it's been really interesting for me to play this game now since it's my first time playing and I started with new leaf and I say alot of this confidencence and clearly no "older games were better cause I grew up with them!" bias.