Courtney is borderline obsessed with New Leaf right now. If you happen to get a 3DS, let her know and you two can swap friend codes and play together!
Animal Crossing: an obsession
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 On 08/05/2013 at 12:23 PM by Ranger1 See More From This User » |
I have this love/hate relationship with the Animal Crossing series. I love the game, but I can get obsessed with it and I hate that. When I start feeling like I have to tune in every day and I start buying everything in sight trying to fill collections, it's time to stop and I go cold turkey. For a while...
I recently started up AC: Wild World after nearly a year away. I was stuck in the entrance booth at work for the afternoon shift and AC is a game that I can put down and pick up in between dealing with park visitors and answering the phone. I turned on the DS to find: My town of Nu Haba (phonetic pronunciation of the Maine accent for the town I grew up in) was completely filled with weeds, my house was infested with cockroaches, all my flowers were dead, and the only two residents I liked had moved away. Farewell Bones and Purrl, my towns people now consist of nothing but birds and rodents.
I spent that afternoon doing nothing but pulling weeds and reacquainting myself with the little town I'd abandoned a year ago. I may have caught a few fish and bugs and dug up a fossil or two (or maybe they were gyroids that day), as well. And I definitely gathered up a bunch of fruit and shells and sold them to that greedy raccoon Tom Nook. Over the course of the last week, I've spent an hour or so a day tending to my town. I've got a different approach this time, though. I'm catching lots of bugs and fish and digging up fossils like before, but my big focus is expanding my house to its biggest size first. And trying to fill up the museum, because that's just fun to do. I'm not sure if I care if my townspeople stick around, I can deal with them later. After my house is maxed out, then I'll start buying everything in sight and worrying about keeping the denizens of Nu Haba happy. Heck, maybe some of the annoying ones will finally get a hint and leave and cooler animals will move in.
In the week that I've been playing again, I have realized a few things:
- I really hate how if you don't spend time in game every day, you get penalized.
- My favorite parts of the game are catching bugs and fish,digging up fossils, and trying to get Brewster to become more talkative.
- I love the museum.
- Not overly fond of the neediness of my neighbors.
- Shooting balloons with the slingshot is almost futile for me.
- It's cool getting new fruit and growing new trees.
- Tom Nook is a price gouger.
- That mole Lyle is creepy as hell.
- Whenever I see a bug in my yard now, I mentally reach for a net.
- I almost want a 3DS now so I can play New Leaf.
I also wonder where it is that Tortimer goes when he's not out and about for festive occasions. I mean, does he have an underground bunker underneath Town Hall? Does he even live in the town that he's mayor of? Should we hold a special election to have him recalled?
I'm going to check in on Nu Haba, catch a few bugs and maybe a fish or two, and then shut it down and go do real life things. It's a beautiful day outside and I have things to do. Nu Haba will still be there later, even if it fills up with weeds and cockroaches infest my house again.
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