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This thread has been linked to the game 'Animal Crossing'.
I have done quite a bit of research on my most wanted game. Yes, you heard. More than Zelda. More than Metroid. And Resy0, Final Fantasy or anything else. If you don't know, Animal Crossing is a quirky but immensley enjoyable nintendo game not alot like anything else (possibly Harvest Moon?) You live in a town, events happen daily featuring a real time clock. The game links up to the GBA, E-reader and E-cards, and comes with it's own memory card. It is currently out in the US and Japan.
NGC gave it 90% and pleaded for a PAL release in issue 74 and CUBE gave it 8.5/10 in issue 12, and they now have a monthly diary feature on the latest exploits of the game.
The news of an apparent Australian release of Animal Crossing has definately brought smiles onto many peoples faces who, like me have long awaited this gem. Although Australia is the other side of the world and it is a PAL territory, this means Freeloader or Action Replay discs / a modded cube, which both still need an NTSC compatible TV will not be needed (which is just as well, as neither Freeloader or Action Replay show no signs of imminent release.
Yet you might as well just wait as an Australian release is only TBA on the Ninty of Australia site, as it was on the Ninty of Europe site before all the Animal Crossing pages and content (in fact any evidence it existed) was taken off the site ;'(
Unfortunately, Nintendo long ago said animal crossing would never come out in europe, as we would get Doshin and not Animal Crossing (an infinitely better game), while the US would get it the other way around.
See interview with Ninty of Europe guy, (sorry it's Google cache, but if you visit the real page it just asks you to register - delete spaces):
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:mfWMWAcR7GIC: [SPACE] www.dreamcastmagazine.co.uk/t/article/id79787/ [SPACE]style/doshinhitseuropebutanimalsnotcrossing.htm [SPACE]
+PAL+animal+crossing+-confirmed!&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Here he says: "Animal Crossing? No. We have no plans currently to release in Europe. I'm not saying we're not releasing it. I'm saying we currently have no plans. When you check out a schedule we have for your coming week, it's quite crowded. There is no need for this game in a moment. We'd like to see how it goes in America first. Then we can consider it for launch in Europe."
Well mate it's done very well in the US. SO RELEASE IT HERE!!! It genarates lots of money there beacuse:
1) The game is bought
2) Some people buy GBA cord to link Cube to GBA
3) Some people buy an E-Reader and some Animal Crossing e-cards
4) People buy more cards, and more, and more.... (sorry, 1999 pokémon flashback)
Because of this, neither territory got both games (and japan got both as well as Animal Leader - which may come out in the US under the title "Cubivore". As for a release here... well don't hold your breath.)
However in September some guy who works at Edge emailed one of his friends at Nintendo Europe who was apparently testing the game in London the next day. Yet since then, the 2003 Nintendo release list for Europe has been and gone and there was no sign of Animal Crossing.
And now the news of an Australian release. This for me seems very unlikely. There are some Major flaws which will probably mean the game will never get a release. Usually Australian releases of games are based on the European PAL version, same language, same TV system etc, and since Europe and Australia combined is a large market it is usually in the interest of the game company to make a version available.
But here no European version is availaiable. I'm sorry, but I can't see Nintendo making a PAL game just for Australia. It's always the other way round. The game is made for Europe, then, if it sells well, it gets released in Australia.
The game is almost hampered by its brilliance. Because it happens in real time ie: one day in the real world is one day in AC there is a pretty apparent problem. The US version has date triggers for seasons which start on the solstice and equinox, not every three months like the UK and in AU.
And now for the big problem: the US version was made with the monthly season dates with weather happening and the environment changing as seasons pass (eg. snow in winter, brown leaves on the ground in autumn).
Because Australia is in the southern hemisphere they would be the opposite, meaning blistering winter heat outside but snow in the AC. world.
Essentially what I'm getting at is there will have to be a specifically reprogrammed version for the southern hemisphere, with the australian dates, seasons and calendar. Do you think Nintendo considers this worthwhile?
If, though by some miricle, Nintendo manages to re-program the game (which just won't happen) do you really want to import it next summer and find snow on the ground in the game?
Will Animal Crossing or Cubivorecome out in Europe? I emailed Nintendo of Europe with that very question a week ago. What did they say? Nothing.
Please help. If your a Nintendo VIP put something in the thread on their retarded but ok message board. There is a petition on it here (delete spaces):
http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/ [space]
community/thread.jsp?forum=1&thread=28329 [space]&addThreadWatch=true&start=1
or a petiton on petitons-online here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/aceurogc/petition.html
NGC gave it 90% and pleaded for a PAL release in issue 74 and CUBE gave it 8.5/10 in issue 12, and they now have a monthly diary feature on the latest exploits of the game.
The news of an apparent Australian release of Animal Crossing has definately brought smiles onto many peoples faces who, like me have long awaited this gem. Although Australia is the other side of the world and it is a PAL territory, this means Freeloader or Action Replay discs / a modded cube, which both still need an NTSC compatible TV will not be needed (which is just as well, as neither Freeloader or Action Replay show no signs of imminent release.
Yet you might as well just wait as an Australian release is only TBA on the Ninty of Australia site, as it was on the Ninty of Europe site before all the Animal Crossing pages and content (in fact any evidence it existed) was taken off the site ;'(
Unfortunately, Nintendo long ago said animal crossing would never come out in europe, as we would get Doshin and not Animal Crossing (an infinitely better game), while the US would get it the other way around.
See interview with Ninty of Europe guy, (sorry it's Google cache, but if you visit the real page it just asks you to register - delete spaces):
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:mfWMWAcR7GIC: [SPACE] www.dreamcastmagazine.co.uk/t/article/id79787/ [SPACE]style/doshinhitseuropebutanimalsnotcrossing.htm [SPACE]
+PAL+animal+crossing+-confirmed!&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Here he says: "Animal Crossing? No. We have no plans currently to release in Europe. I'm not saying we're not releasing it. I'm saying we currently have no plans. When you check out a schedule we have for your coming week, it's quite crowded. There is no need for this game in a moment. We'd like to see how it goes in America first. Then we can consider it for launch in Europe."
Well mate it's done very well in the US. SO RELEASE IT HERE!!! It genarates lots of money there beacuse:
1) The game is bought
2) Some people buy GBA cord to link Cube to GBA
3) Some people buy an E-Reader and some Animal Crossing e-cards
4) People buy more cards, and more, and more.... (sorry, 1999 pokémon flashback)
Because of this, neither territory got both games (and japan got both as well as Animal Leader - which may come out in the US under the title "Cubivore". As for a release here... well don't hold your breath.)
However in September some guy who works at Edge emailed one of his friends at Nintendo Europe who was apparently testing the game in London the next day. Yet since then, the 2003 Nintendo release list for Europe has been and gone and there was no sign of Animal Crossing.
And now the news of an Australian release. This for me seems very unlikely. There are some Major flaws which will probably mean the game will never get a release. Usually Australian releases of games are based on the European PAL version, same language, same TV system etc, and since Europe and Australia combined is a large market it is usually in the interest of the game company to make a version available.
But here no European version is availaiable. I'm sorry, but I can't see Nintendo making a PAL game just for Australia. It's always the other way round. The game is made for Europe, then, if it sells well, it gets released in Australia.
The game is almost hampered by its brilliance. Because it happens in real time ie: one day in the real world is one day in AC there is a pretty apparent problem. The US version has date triggers for seasons which start on the solstice and equinox, not every three months like the UK and in AU.
And now for the big problem: the US version was made with the monthly season dates with weather happening and the environment changing as seasons pass (eg. snow in winter, brown leaves on the ground in autumn).
Because Australia is in the southern hemisphere they would be the opposite, meaning blistering winter heat outside but snow in the AC. world.
Essentially what I'm getting at is there will have to be a specifically reprogrammed version for the southern hemisphere, with the australian dates, seasons and calendar. Do you think Nintendo considers this worthwhile?
If, though by some miricle, Nintendo manages to re-program the game (which just won't happen) do you really want to import it next summer and find snow on the ground in the game?
Will Animal Crossing or Cubivorecome out in Europe? I emailed Nintendo of Europe with that very question a week ago. What did they say? Nothing.
Please help. If your a Nintendo VIP put something in the thread on their retarded but ok message board. There is a petition on it here (delete spaces):
http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/ [space]
community/thread.jsp?forum=1&thread=28329 [space]&addThreadWatch=true&start=1
or a petiton on petitons-online here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/aceurogc/petition.html
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Joe Dark wrote:
> I sent my e-mail about 2 months ago. My reply wasn't automated, you
> could tell that it was typed and it took about 2 weeks for a reply!
If what you say is true I think they are hiting something in that email ;-)
> I sent my e-mail about 2 months ago. My reply wasn't automated, you
> could tell that it was typed and it took about 2 weeks for a reply!
If what you say is true I think they are hiting something in that email ;-)
Me want game.
Indeed.
Indeed.
JC>941 wrote:
> They may have a few different replys
I sent my e-mail about 2 months ago. My reply wasn't automated, you could tell that it was typed and it took about 2 weeks for a reply!
> They may have a few different replys
I sent my e-mail about 2 months ago. My reply wasn't automated, you could tell that it was typed and it took about 2 weeks for a reply!
Tphi wrote:
> i've already sent them an email demanding a definate yes/no answer.
Go you!
> i've already sent them an email demanding a definate yes/no answer.
Go you!
i've already sent them an email demanding a definate yes/no answer.
Parr wrote:
> I meailed them! I got this:
sounds familiar. they're not going to say anything of importnace, are they?
> I meailed them! I got this:
sounds familiar. they're not going to say anything of importnace, are they?
They may have a few different replys
I e-mailed them and got the reply of something like
We are not certain whether this game will be released in Europe but if it was it wouldbe in the first quarter of 2003.
We are not certain whether this game will be released in Europe but if it was it wouldbe in the first quarter of 2003.
I meailed them! I got this:
Thank you for your email. We have no official release date for Animal
Crossing. Please keep checking www.nintendo-europe.com
for the latest info when we have it.
Regards,
Nintendo Customer Support
-----Original Message-----
From: Unjust Hero [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 4:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Animal Crossing?
This game looks amazing! However, there is a lot of rumours that the
European Gamers will not get Animal Crossing. I was wondering whether us
Europeans gamers will actually see the game hit our shores.
Thank You very much
William Parr (A big Nintendo Fan)
Thank you for your email. We have no official release date for Animal
Crossing. Please keep checking www.nintendo-europe.com
Regards,
Nintendo Customer Support
-----Original Message-----
From: Unjust Hero [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 4:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Animal Crossing?
This game looks amazing! However, there is a lot of rumours that the
European Gamers will not get Animal Crossing. I was wondering whether us
Europeans gamers will actually see the game hit our shores.
Thank You very much
William Parr (A big Nintendo Fan)
Monkey_With_Attitude wrote:
> Something like that.
>
> If it didn't pick up those words it would of sent you something like
> "Sorry bla bla bla".
>
> You could try again saying you didn't want to know that etc
>
> But then again I don't think anything will get a proper reply.
i have sent them another mail asking for a yes/no reply on crossing so we will be able to see if the response is automated.
> Something like that.
>
> If it didn't pick up those words it would of sent you something like
> "Sorry bla bla bla".
>
> You could try again saying you didn't want to know that etc
>
> But then again I don't think anything will get a proper reply.
i have sent them another mail asking for a yes/no reply on crossing so we will be able to see if the response is automated.
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