Huge wad of Animal Crossing: City Folk videos and information

1:19 PM on 10.26.2008   |   Jim Sterling

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If you're interested in Animal Crossing: City Folk, then you will want to pay attention, because one dedicated Youtube channel is hosting an utter bucketful of videos which showcase Nintendo's upcoming Wii title.

Animal Crossing is a game that aims to simulate the life of an unemployed person -- doing menial cash-in-hand temp jobs that no other wanker wants to do and only having woodland creatures as friends. The videos show off all of the features found in the series' Wii debut, so it should be of great interest to all AC fans out there.

The vids are being mined from the game's Japanese site and uploaded to Youtube for your viewing convenience. In other news, there is also a ridiculously huge list floating around the Internet which has collected information on most of the features found in City Folk. Hit the jump to have a peek for yourself.

[Thanks to Coldbrandplus]

Full list of AC: City Folk info, as found on NintendoMagic:

-You cannot place Fruit or Tools up for Auction.

-The highest you can bid on an item in the Auction House is 99,999 Bells.

-Actual small chirping Birds appear in your village.
-Clovers return from the DS version.

-When dropped on the ground, Fossils, Tools, Accessories and more all appear as actual 3D objects and no longer 2D flat images.

-Villages have at least 2 layers of land, much like the Gamecube version.

-Confirmed Tools include, Shovel, Axe, Net, Fishing Rod, Watering Can & Timer.

-The water in the ocean and rivers now has a shimmery effect to it.

-Stone Bridges are now wider, perhaps to accommodate 4 players during WiFi play.

-Mr. Resetti can sometimes appear in the City.

-Flowers are now 3D.

-Unlike the DS version, there is now alot more grass in your village than dirt.

-Nook’s Cranny and Nook & Go are 2 confirmed Nook upgrades.

-You can redesign the sleaves of purchased clothing.

-A Tom Nook Apron shirt is in the game.

-Talk to the shoe-shine Skunk to change the color of your character’s shoes.

-While wearing a Mii Mask you cannot place any accessories on your character’s face or head.

-The Museum’s Fossil section has steps leading up to at least 1 other floor.

-2 new Boy Hairstyles and 1 new Girl Hairstyle has been confirmed, more are probably included as well.

-Tom Nook’s Point System for buying goods at his store returns from the DS version.

-A Village’s locations consist of Nook, Town Hall, The Able Sisters and the Museum.

-The City locations consist of Crazy Redd’s Ally Shop, The Theatre, ATM Machine, HRA, Gracie Grace, Shoe-Shine and Harriet’s Beauty Salon.

-It seems that just by entering the H.R.A. you can actually go into a mockup version of a room in your friends house.

-Letters can be sent to another player’s village, an email address, a cell phone and even the Wii Message Board.

-You can once again get a Basement Upgrade to your house like in the Gamecube version.

-You can once again choose to show off a Fish or Insect like in the DS version.

-Holidays make a return to the Wii version.

-Bunny Day has players searching for buried Bunny Eggs.

-Halloween has players wearing a Jack mask and Trick-or-Treating to houses in the village.

-New Years is celebrated as it was in past games with a giant count down clock by Town Hall as well as fireworks.

-You can plug in a USB keyboard to your Wii and type letters and chat to other players over wifi with it.

-Unlike the DS version, animals will still wander around outside during WiFi play.

-Unlike the DS version, each player during WiFi play will see the same Fish shadows in the ocean, ponds and rivers.

-You can pan the camera up into the sky by pressing a certain button on the Wii remote.

-Like in the DS version you can fill in a hole in the ground by kicking dirt into it.

-You can now press a button on the Wii remote to instantly switch between the tool your character is holding.

-The Auction House has room for 9 items to be displayed at once.

-When you win an item in an Auction it shows up in your mailbox.

-You can bring over your character & catalog from the DS version by transferring your data to your Wii.

-Brand New items not already found in the game will be sent to players via Wii Connect 24.

-The City is not an area that multiple players can visit at once over WiFi.

-When a player uses the Timer item during WiFi play, the normal clock will turn int oa big stop watch in the top left of the screen.

-After the time is up on a Timer, the game will show how many insects and fish each player caught in the bottom right corner of the screen.

-The game currently features no motion sensing.

-Control options include Wii Remote alone or Wii Remote + Nunchaku.

- Zipper T. Bunny is a new character for ‘Bunny Day’

- About Downloadable Content: All DLC is free,  “We’re thinking of a service where you download new furniture, new wallpaper designs… that sort of thing,”

Animal Crossing City Folk(street Date Of 11-16-08) 11/14/2008

“We’re including Halloween, we’re bringing back Jingle, the reindeer that visits during the holiday event, and we’ve got some new events, too. For example, during spring we’ve got a special visitor who brings paint and eggs so you can have an egg hunt, and we also have a carnival that’ll introduces another new character to the Animal Crossing world.”
- Katsuya Eguchi (Interview can be found here)

-There are birds that fly in your town and will chirp. This is done “to relax you even more”

-WiiSpeak is sold separately for $29.99.

-Balloons are sold by a beaver named Valentino

-There are multiple variations of balloons, including a bunny.

-Mii masks change your skin color. This can be seen in this video at around 1:36

-Picture grabber takes pictures of the interface.

-Katrina owns a shop in the corner of town.

-The new beaver is named Phineas, he sells balloons.

-A mysterious Peacock is shown, but the holiday that they represent is unknown at this time.

-A kappa hat is shown as well.

-The Peacock is named Pavé, they run “The Festivale”

-One aspect of “The Carnivale” are games including “Number-guessing games, fake soccer matches, and tests of your innate psychic abilty”

-The Shoe Shine Skunk is named Kicks

-Chameleon named Nat is in charge of Bug-Off, Nat also sells nets.

-The Theater’s name is “The Marquee”

-There is a “Automatic Bell Despensor” in the city. This may replace the bank, or it may make it easier to get bells in your bank accout.

-America has a Thanksgiving event, Japan and Europe have respective events for their area.

-Franklin is back for Thanksgiving. He can be seen coming out from the left side from behind the museum on the boxart.

-There is a flag in front of your house. Note that this is not there in the starter house.