Well, in terms of shock value, the announcement of Animal Crossing: City Folk didn’t really even register, seeing as how it was predicted and hinted at prior to E3. What is shocking however, is the fact that the game looks like it was ported directly from the Gamecube.

Don’t get me wrong, there should be a lot of fun stuff to do in the city, and no doubt all sorts of new conversations have been written for the neighbors, but what else? Is that it? I would buy it if it was a direct port of Animal Crossing: Wide World, but I was hoping for something a little bit more substantial. Besides the 4-player gaming at the end of course.

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Nintendo has been kind enough to release some images of the anticipated title. Click over to see several screens of the game in action, as well as some characters. I’m just glad to see that Saturday nights will most likely be populated by the famous K.K. Slider once again. Nintendo’s official word about the game along with the screens when you click over.

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