Animal Crossing: City Folk

Animal Crossing: City Folk (PAL: Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City) is the third and most recent installment of the Animal Crossing series. It received a 7.5/10 rating from [IGN.com], who described it as "mash-up between the DS and GCN designs". [GameSpot.com] also gave the game a 7.5/10. Animal Crossing: City Folk was also the first Wii game to support Wii Speak. It was released in America on November 16, 2008, in Canada on November 17, 2008, in Japan on November 20, 2008, in Australia on December 4, 2008, in Europe on December 5, 2008, and in South Korea on January 28, 2010. It is the sequel to Animal Crossing: Wild World.

Gameplay
The game has no plot (except from the beginning) and is a free-roamer. Players can decorate their town, their house and even themselves. The game lures you in by changing stock of shops each day and holding regular festivals and contests. Other animals interact with the player who can build a strong friendship with the animals and even take it to the extremes of sending them a Valentine's present to show they love them.

Controls
Using the wii remote and nunchuk, you can control the player, either with the nunchuk analog stick or by pointing and clicking with the wii remote. The D-Pad allows you to equip, remove, and cycle through any equipment you are carrying, such as the shovel or axe. C (on the nunchuk) and A (on the remote) will allow you to perform interactions like talking to another animal or shaking a tree. Z and B, will allow to player to secondary actions such as running or kicking dirt back into a hole. Plus and minus cycle through the bottom tabs while 1 takes a picture and 2 allows you to view the picture and save it to an SD Card. At the top of the screen are up to four emotions which you can perform after you have learned them from Dr. Shrunk at The Marquee. These can also be found on the keyboard.

Online Play
Some copies of the game came bundled with Wii Speak, a semi-circular microphone which allowed the player to talk to people they interact with online. A USB keyboard can also be used to replace the in-built point and click keyboard. Keeping with Nintendo's family friendly policy, the game supports friend codes (FC's), 12 digit codes that both users are required to input before online play can be acheived. In the HRA HQ, the spotlight room can be any of your friends, your neighbours, or your room and in the auction house, you can bid on your friends items or sell items to your friends. Nintendo also makes use of the Wii's WiiConnect24 feature to release DLC (Downloadable Content, items which you can receive by connecting your Wii to the Internet. These items are region specific, being released in either America, Japan, Korea, or Europe (or any combination of the four).