Animal Crossing Critic Reviews

While kids will love the bright and colourful characters and graphics, adults will love the subtle nuances of collecting, decorating, Feng Shui, natural history lessons and sheer delight of pleasures as simple as catching a huge bass in the nearby river.

A highly addictive and entertaining game, with hundreds of hours of depth available. The animals are cute, with their own personality quirks. And if they annoy you, just remember they can't read.

For fans of the genre, Animal Crossing can best be explained as a mix between "Harvest Moon" and "The Sims," and it's just so damn fun.

Addiction... The answer to the PC's hit simulation "The Sims," however you've got kooky little animals instead of real life looking people, and it's also a whole lot more fun.

Perhaps the deepest and most immersive game I have ever played. The community aspect is on a par with any MMORPG you care to mention, which is a hell of an achievement for an offline console game.

It's like a simple "Sims"...but it's a lot of fun, I swear.

Sounds stupid, I know. But once you start playing, you won't be able to stop.

It's an extremely satisfying experience...and the inclusion of the Game Boy Advance connectivity is absolutely brilliant and should not be missed.

Extremely addicting. This is the type of game that you get up early and stay up late for just to see what will happen next.

It looks plain on the surface, but once you've established yourself in your new town, you won't be able to put the controller down. Not for everyone, but very good.

The game that never ends... So why is it so much fun to play?

It's easy to see why everyone in Europe was importing this from the US; there is simply nothing else like it.

Amazingly addicting, completing charming.

The game is intended to be played every day, usually only for an hour or two, as opposed to the multi-hour sessions that are usually devoted to videogames.

This game does some things really poorly, and others exceptionally well...Just be careful... it could take over your REAL life.

The game is so cute, so catchy, and so compelling, that its appeal is truly universal.

It's in real time, so if you go a week without visiting your town, a week will have passed there and your neighbours will ask you where you've been.

One of those classic games that could have only have come from Nintendo, and we loved every bit of it.

A beautifully designed game that will appeal to all ages, and offer great opportunities for cooperative play between family and friends.

One of the most outstanding features, though, is that Nintendo has tucked away some classic games in Animal Crossing, such as "Mario Brothers" and "Exibike."