Animal Crossing To Be MMO?

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Strubes

Sure, it's just a rumor right now, but think of the possibilities.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/24/rumor-animal-crossing-going-the-mmo-route/

Could Nintendo's Animal Crossing for the Wii take the form of an MMO? Well, of course it could, but will it? Well, we don't really know for sure, but how cool would that be?

Next-Gen joins in the rampant speculation with some tiny tidbits that they feel point to the inevitability of an as-yet unannounced Wii Animal Crossing MMO with social networking elements. We don't exactly share their utter confidence in that point, so either they know something we don't, or they're just heavily invested in the scraps of information collected thus far.

In addition to the fact that Animal Crossing's universe fits well into massively-multiplayer conventions, Next-Gen reminds fans that Katsuya Eguchi -- the man heading up the game's development team -- has previously gone on record expressing a desire to expand connectivity to mobile phones and computers. Again, not the hard-hitting evidence we were hoping for, but we'll honor their enthusiasm for the sake of solidarity (and as an excuse to use the above image).
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Interconnected towns? Actually going past the gate to another on your own? Return of the train? I hope so.
 
Animal Crossing IS going the MMO route!

Reputable European publication Edge magazine is reporting that the upcoming Animal Crossing for Nintendo Wii is indeed going the MMO route, as previously rumored by fellow Future Publishing siblings Next-Gen. "A Japanese source has confirmed to Edge that the upcoming Wii iteration of Animal Crossing is set to be a social networking MMO," reports the magazine.

No other details are known at the time, Nintendo has not provided any official confirmation. The article is found on page nine of the latest issue, which prominently features the PlayStation 3 on both the front and back covers.
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Wow, that's cool. Edge is pretty reliable so if they are printing it, it's probably true. Animal Crossing MMO! That's going to be awesome. I wonder if they will make it free like Guild Wars or if they will try to charge, like WoW does.
 
Strubes said:
It's Nintendo, I doubt they'll charge. At least I hope not. :)
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Nah, their motto for online is 'You already paid for the game, so you get all the features' or something to that extent.
 
I've never been into Animal Crossing to be honest. I tried Wild World for the DS, put quite a few hours into it and realized it was all very, very pointless. An MMO might give it what it needs though.
 
If they do this... I REALLY REALLY REALLY (emphasize really) that they can make the game 10X more expansive then. In what you can do and all.

Animal Crossing has a lot to do... but I really feel it can be improved on (even though the 1st couple months I played the original Gamecube version, I was amazed at all you could do). Even better, they could have update of new content done via an update.

Anyway... I have to say, I hope they put a lot of time and quality into this game. They have a gem (in regards to Animal Crossing)... hopefully they create it just right this time around.

†B†V† :hat
 
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