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Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005)

Nintendo EAD

Nintendo DS · Wii U

3.92 from 1291 ratings

2508 members have it in their collection · 42 playing now · 212 backlogged · 198 wish listed

How long? · 100% 100h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Players move into a living, breathing world inside the Nintendo DS...and then invite their friends to visit from anywhere on earth. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the sequel to the popular Nintendo GameCube game, players and up to three friends can hang out in the same village and interact in real time -- either through wireless LAN or over Nintendo … Read more
Players move into a living, breathing world inside the Nintendo DS...and then invite their friends to visit from anywhere on earth. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the sequel to the popular Nintendo GameCube game, players and up to three friends can hang out in the same village and interact in real time -- either through wireless LAN or over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Players can visit a friend's village from thousands of miles away. The touch screen makes item management and world navigation a breeze. Typing letters and designing patterns are now just stylus strokes away. Days and seasons pass in real time, so whether players want to decorate their homes, catch bugs or fish, collect brand-new items like hats and sunglasses or just chat with the wild and wacky characters in their villages, there's always something to do. Read less
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Details

Developers
Nintendo EAD
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Simulator
Themes
Business, Open world, Sandbox
Franchises
Animal Crossing
Series
Animal Crossing
Event
Nintendo E3 2005 Press Conference

Release dates

  • Nov 23, 2005 (Full Release) (Japan) Nintendo DS
  • Dec 05, 2005 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo DS
  • Dec 08, 2005 (Full Release) (Australia) Nintendo DS
  • Mar 31, 2006 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo DS
  • Dec 06, 2007 (Full Release) (Korea) Nintendo DS
  • Nov 19, 2015 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
  • Oct 13, 2016 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
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AndyLearnsToDraw

Status AndyLearnsToDraw Jul 9, 2026

I love Blathers so much. I will save up as much bells as I can so he can go back to the city and finish his doctorate. I hope in AC for Switch 2 or 4DS or whatever the next console it's releasing for, it'll finally be canonical that he finished his doctorate. I mean, have you seen his #SKILLZ …

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I love Blathers so much. I will save up as much bells as I can so he can go back to the city and finish his doctorate. I hope in AC for Switch 2 or 4DS or whatever the next console it's releasing for, it'll finally be canonical that he finished his doctorate. I mean, have you seen his #SKILLZ when he identifies a fossil just by looking at it?

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AndyLearnsToDraw

Status AndyLearnsToDraw Jun 8, 2026

Happy birthday to the always cute and lovely, Peanut!

”Growing up is fun. But I wanna be gut-wrenchingly cute forever!”

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AndyLearnsToDraw

Status AndyLearnsToDraw May 18, 2026

Why does Nook even ask you to do marketing for him? He's literally the only convenience store in town. He's basically a monopoly

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thepixiebella

Status thepixiebella Apr 13, 2025

funny story: me compré este juego original hace poco como por 5 dólares lol, por lo que no lo he jugado demasiado. comprendo que al ser un cartucho con menos espacio con el que tenía que trabajar los desarrolladores, pues hay una menor cantidad de contenido y vecinos. los vecinos son SALVAJES eso sí, los amoo jajaja. le daré 3 …

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funny story: me compré este juego original hace poco como por 5 dólares lol, por lo que no lo he jugado demasiado. comprendo que al ser un cartucho con menos espacio con el que tenía que trabajar los desarrolladores, pues hay una menor cantidad de contenido y vecinos. los vecinos son SALVAJES eso sí, los amoo jajaja. le daré 3 estrellas por los momentos porque personalmente prefiero el city folk aunque sé que es un take medio controversial, pero sí le doy puntos por la portabilidad y entiendo por qué es un fan favourite.

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cagebox

Review cagebox 5/5 · Feb 22, 2024

Personal Favorite Animal Crossing

This game is a significant step up from the GameCube version, though it mostly follows the same structure. It is hard to explain what makes Animal Crossing games so great, but they are simply loads of fun and a game that you can play for a long, long time and not get tired of. Wild Word is the best Animal …

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This game is a significant step up from the GameCube version, though it mostly follows the same structure. It is hard to explain what makes Animal Crossing games so great, but they are simply loads of fun and a game that you can play for a long, long time and not get tired of. Wild Word is the best Animal Crossing, and also one of the best DS games.

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maimegidola

Status maimegidola Dec 15, 2020

A status not related to any virtual rebellion in 20xx:

I just want to say how much I miss the pelicans in Animal Crossing (；′︵` )
An image of Phyllis the pelican from Animal Crossing: Wild World mocking the player character for having 0 bells. Phyllis: "Your balance is 50 billion Bells! Just kidding! It's actually 0."

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Phantomjest

Status Phantomjest Oct 30, 2015

Collected all the Mush furniture and got the 2nd floor to my house. Working on paying that awful loan.

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Phantomjest

Status Phantomjest Oct 7, 2015

Paid off the last loan and I am now getting the second story on my house built. I decided on a grey roof instead of an orange one.

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Phantomjest

Status Phantomjest Sep 28, 2015

About halfway through to paying off the mortgage on my current house. Focusing on finding all the fossils for the museum.

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b_n

Review b_n 4/5 · Jan 12, 2015

1001 Games - #639

Pros: wi-fi connectivity [disabled], smaller map reduces tedium of traversing, large number of items available, handheld system makes daily play more accessible

Cons: lacks some features from predecessor (NES games & holidays), limited activities permitted while playing online

Recommendation: as a life simulation game, I believe that including online play is a huge improvement. It was …

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1001 Games - #639

Pros: wi-fi connectivity [disabled], smaller map reduces tedium of traversing, large number of items available, handheld system makes daily play more accessible

Cons: lacks some features from predecessor (NES games & holidays), limited activities permitted while playing online

Recommendation: as a life simulation game, I believe that including online play is a huge improvement. It was always a pain to visit a friends village in the original Animal Crossing, and Wild World made it much easier. Also, I felt the DS made it easier to play in short bursts, as it could be played anywhere (like the bus). However, now that the online play is no longer possible on the DS or Wii, I'd have to recommend either playing the newest title, or going back to the Gamecube version to enjoy the emulated NES classics.

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