General Chit Chat

That's amazing that they were able to pull that off! Congrats! 

Oh wow! The N64 version of AC didn't even have the Museum? That's like 90% of the entire point of the game!

So they came through!  Nintendo have sent me through a black NN3DSXL, along with my original faceplates.  They’ve successfully transferred over my account, so I’ve still got my games too (they also threw in some Zelda stickers which my daughter’s happy about!). The only two issues I’ve found, which aren’t the end of the world, are: 1) Some games froze on the 3DS loading screen.  Deleting & redownloading them has fixed the issue though. 2) I’ve lost saved games from downloaded titles along with my Wii Plaza Puzzle pieces. A shame but if that’s the only thing then that’s a relief and I have a working NN3DS again! I wasn’t sure if Nintendo were going to be able to help, but great respect to them they’ve really pulled through for me.  I’m happy with the outcome.  Now, to finally finish Chrono Trigger!!! 😃    

Thanks for the offer S.C.G but I realised I could just use the case I had for my original Switch (which is still going strong nearly 8 years later - the case for my OLED barely lasted 18 months)  I wonder if it was just a glitch with the item I was buying, one of the Animal Crossing leaf design cases, it could well be out of stock but their system just doesn't show it. I was able to pre-order Xenoblade a couple of weeks ago without any issues. 

Animal Forest JP release: 14th April 2001 EU release: N/A NA release: N/A Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo N64 Magazine Score: 80% While what was released on the 64DD was a failure, the whole venture did end up resulting in a massive success story for Nintendo: the Animal Crossing franchise. The game was inspired by what the 64DD hardware could do, and was probably why some features (such as the clock) ended up being added to the GameCube. When the 64DD failed, the game was scaled back to release on a regular cartridge (with its own internal clock), and only released in Japan. It was originally intended to be a dungeon crawler with the social aspect being in choosing a part, but the focus became on the social aspect, which probably worked out for the better in the long run. While there is an English patch for the game, it’s still work in progress and crashes a lot, often getting to a state of having to delete saves and start again. As the game ended up releasing on GameCube, I just messed around a bit in this version. Animal Forest is a relaxing game where you move into a small village, and get given a house. In order to pay it off, you have to do errands for Tom Nook, the owner of the only shop in the town, even if you only need to work when you want to (although it’s the only way to upgrade your house). Outside of this, you can chat to all the villagers, make friends, collect insects, fish, paintings, and fossils, and enjoy events that happen on certain days. You can even write letters to the other animals in the village, or other players using the same cartridge. One thing that didn’t make it to the N64 version is the museum, which means the collection aspect in this version isn’t quite as compulsive, as you have no way of recording what you have or haven’t collected before. This (along with the Able Sisters design shop) were added to the GameCube version, and both are such a vital part of the game that they feel like they should have been there from the start. One interesting feature that did make it into the N64 version was the ability to play some NES/Famicom games by collecting coloured consoles in-game, although the library was expanded for the GameCube. The Animal Crossing series is a wonderful and unique kind of game, although the N64 version isn’t much more than a curiosity, as compromises had to be made, and the original intention was later brought to the GameCube, which I will look at in a lot more detail. Fun [Note: Takashi Tezuka, Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami are the main producers and directors behind Animal Forest] Remake or remaster? The game got its full potential on GameCube. Although it would be nice for it to get a re-release, as later games focus a lot more on online and aren’t as nice to return to. Official Ways to get the game There is no official way to play Animal Forest.