Animal Crossing: Wild World - Relay Version

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The North American Animal Crossing: Wild World - Relay Version Game Card

Animal Crossing: Wild World - Relay Version, known in Europe as Animal Crossing: Wild World - Broadcast Version, is a Nintendo DS Game Card that was used in DS Download Stations to distribute six exclusive monkey villagers and various Nintendo-themed items to Animal Crossing: Wild World through Tag Mode.

While the Game Cards were only intended to be used in DS Download Stations and were to be returned to Nintendo when the distribution period was over, some made it to the public and can function in a standard Nintendo DS. On the DS home menu, both versions are titled Animal Crossing: Wild World Relay Station. Both versions are compatible with both North American and European copies of Wild World.

Japan also received distributions via DS Download Stations and was the only region to receive all 16 Nintendo-themed items, but DS Download Stations in that region transmitted data from a computer connected to the internet rather than from a Nintendo DS, meaning there is no physical Game Card for Japan.

Functionality[edit]

The menu in the North American Relay Version

Animal Crossing: Wild World - Relay Version boots into a menu with six options: MNK00, MNK01, MNK02, MNK03, MNK04, MNK05, and RANDOM. When an option is selected with any face button, data will be broadcast wirelessly to any nearby copies of Animal Crossing: Wild World that are using Tag Mode. When a copy of Wild World receives the data, the chosen monkey villager instantly moves in[nb 1] from the town "Nintendo" and a note in a bottle appears on the beach. The bottle mail contains the following message from Katrina along with an exclusive item:

Dear Some Stranger,
The cards have spoken
again of the mystical
simian who visits only
the loneliest of villages.

Keee ha mo-tata, Katrina

Each option corresponds to a monkey villager, and RANDOM chooses a random one. The item sent with each monkey is the same each time, but it differs between the North American and European versions.

Distribution can be stopped by pressing any face button. On the bottom screen, a count is kept of how many times the broadcasted data has been received, which can be reset by pressing DS Select Button.svg and DS Start Button.svg simultaneously. Additionally, a timer showing how long the program has been running appears on the bottom screen.

Versions[edit]

There are two versions of Animal Crossing: Wild World - Relay Version: one for North America and one for Europe. Both versions work similarly but have different items from each other, and each version has exclusive features. Both the North American and European versions can send data to either the North American or European versions of Wild World.

North America[edit]

The Animal Crossing: Wild World - Relay Version Game Card (NTR-AM4E-USA), known internally as the ADME Relay Station, was used for distributions in the United States. On the DS home menu, the cart has a timestamp of "2005/12/22 11:44" in its title. This Game Card was used in DS Download Stations at Toys "R" Us stores in the U.S. from July 23 to 30, 2006, and at the Nintendo World store in New York City in July 2006.[1] It contains all six monkey villagers and six of the 14 Mario Theme items.

The villagers and items distributed are as follows:

Option Villager Item
MNK00 Champ ? block
MNK01 Nana 1-Up mushroom
MNK02 Simon Green pipe
MNK03 Tammi Flagpole
MNK04 Monty Fire bar
MNK05 Elise Starman

Exclusive to this version is the RELAY option, which sends the bottle mail message received by the Game Card from the previous player. No item is attached, and no monkey villager moves in.

Europe[edit]

The European Broadcast Version Game Card

The Animal Crossing: Wild World - Broadcast Version Game Card (NTR-AM4P-EUR), known internally as the ADMP Broadcasting Tool, was used for distributions in Europe. On the DS home menu, the cart has a timestamp of "2006/04/10 09:36" in its title. This Game Card was used in DS Download Stations across the United Kingdom and Ireland in July 2006 and January 2007.[1] It contains all six monkey villagers, seven of the 14 Mario Theme items, and the pikmin.

Exclusive to this version is the option to select a "1ST" or "2ND" mode, which changes which villager and item are distributed, with some options not containing a villager at all. There is also the option to choose between English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, which changes the language of the bottle mail. If the "1ST" mode is selected, the message from Katrina is sent. If the "2ND" mode is selected, the note in a bottle instead contains the following message from someone named Dawn:

Dear Some Stranger,
Recently a strange simian
moved into my village. All
of a sudden! Maybe this'll
happen to you one day!

Bye, Dawn

The villagers and items distributed are as follows:

Option Villager (1st) Item (1st) Villager (2nd) Item (2nd)
MNK00 Champ Flagpole - ? block
MNK01 - Super mushroom Nana ? block
MNK02 Simon Starman - ? block
MNK03 - Mushroom mural - Brick block
MNK04 Tammi Cannon Monty Brick block
MNK05 Elise Pikmin - Brick block

Item list[edit]

The following 11 items are obtainable between both the North American Relay Version and the European Broadcast Version:

The remaining five items—the Blue Falcon, block floor, coin, fire flower, and koopa shell—are not obtainable via these Game Cards. The coin and fire flower were instead distributed in North America and Europe, respectively, via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in 2006, while the Blue Falcon, block floor, and koopa shell were only ever distributed in Japan.

Gallery[edit]

Relay Version[edit]

Wild World[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. If there are already eight villagers in town, the monkey is added to a ninth queue slot and will move in after another villager moves out.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Liquefy (July 11, 2009). "Animal Crossing: Wild World – FAQ (Japanese)". GameFAQs. Retrieved December 17, 2022.