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Lakitu is gunna be put out of his job at this rate

I'm glad the train station is back, I fuckin love trains

No, he found a new job.

He's a playable character.

I love all of the stuff I've seen so far of AC3DS (especially knowing the train is back. The taxi and the bus weren't good enough replacements for me). Animal Crossing has kind of gotten a bit stale with the Wii version being quite similar to the DS version, and now that I can use the online a lot better with the 3DS, I'm really hoping that there's enough new. But from what I've seen, and what is hinted at in that town picture that's been floating around (the one you posted), it looks like there's definitely going to be plenty of good stuff to go around.

Am I the only one that thinks it'd be awesome to have an AC interface on a console? Like you turn on the console and your town is right there (almost like PSHome... I think) on the main menu. If they did that with the Wii U, I'd definitely be a day 1 buyer.

But they probably won't do it since not everyone likes AC... but I still think it'd be cool.

I don't like animal crossing... Probably cause I haven't played any version of Animal crossing. Is it a good game?

I would quite like a 3DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. Right now, I am waiting till some good 3DS games come out, mostly in November due to Super Mario 64 Land and Cave Story 3D.

Not impressed.

Well I liked it.

You have to, according to your avatar.

I liked it, probably since I have played the original quite recently and it was mind blowing! It probably (basing this on nothing) depends if you're a fan of Cave Story or not.

It's probably nostalgia. I agree that some of the character models are slightly odd but it's only the (rather nice, in my opinion) backgrounds that you are stuck with forever.

Related: Nicalis are sticking with 'Bushlands' over 'Grasstown', despite little houses being visible in the background. Hm.

I think the backgrounds and 3D models look generic and that the music is not so good.

It depends. The game basically lets you run free reign over a town that's randomly generated. In the town, you get a small house (which you can expand by paying off your debt for each addition), and your neighbors are all animals (randomly selected out of over 100 different possible neighbors) with various personalities (snarky, nice, bossy, ditsy, etc.). The point of the game is basically to do what you want. You can fish, collect bugs, hunt for fossils/gyroids (little dancing cactuar-like things that make noises like instruments), or run errands for your neighbors. There's a museum where you can donate fish, bugs, fossils, and paintings to in order to fill it up and there's a store where you can sell your wares to buy new furniture/clothes or have cheddar to expand your house/better your town. Basically, it's an open world game where you can do as much or as little as you want, and it's based on a real-time clock (so when it's night where you live, it's night in your town (unless you live in the arctic or something)). There's holidays where you can collect special items/furniture that are valuable, occasionally a random NPC will visit your town and do something (like set up a black market with potentially fake paintings and rare items), and a bunch of other stuff to do. It's not a game that you'll beat easily (mostly because there's no way to "beat" it), and there's always more to do.

Plus, they have a singing dog that gives you music. You can't argue with that.

So if that stuff is something you're interested in (life simulators in general), this is a REALLY excellent series to get into, especially the DS version since you can load it up and play anywhere. The 3DS version has been rumored for a Spring 2011 release stateside though, so if you don't mind waiting, that may be more worth it to get in on that.

The only bad thing about the series (for me) is that leaving your town alone for extended periods of time can cause it to be overrun with weeds and cockroaches, and because of this, some of your neighbors may move out (and the odds are against those specific characters moving back in). So the game can make you feel like a bastard if you neglect it. Other than that, it's really good.

Is the dog called KK Slider? (I think that may be the singing dog that appears on the Animal Crossing stage in Super Smash Bros Brawl).

Sounds good, might try it if I find it cheap.

What about mr. Resetti?

Hey, I got a message this morning about getting 4 Swords, how do I go about this? I'm presuming one of you guys already got it or something, as well.

It's the same as the ambassador program. Go to the e-shop, then all the way to the left to settings I think. Then choose your downloaded files or however it's called in English. It's in the list there. Download it.