Animal Crossing: Wild World

Animal Crossing: Wild World (known by the working title "Animal Crossing DS" during development) is a life simulation game for the Nintendo DS, and a follow-up to the 2002 title Animal Crossing for the Nintendo GameCube.

Online play
Wild World the second Nintendo title to utilize Nintendo's Wi-Fi feature: it allows players to visit each other's towns, no matter where they are in the world, wirelessly, as long as an access point is available. It also allows players to send bottle-messages called Tags. If a nearby player is also in Tag mode they can visit each other's town. Up to four players can be in a town at one time.

Release
Wild World was released in Japan on November 23ed, 2005. It is to be released in North America on December 5th, 2005, in time for the Christmas holidays. A specific European release date has not been announced, though Nintendo has made an estimation of "2006."

Gameplay
You start out as a human in a town with little money and you earn money to pay off your house. You can collect fruit, fish, insects, paintings, fossils, furniture, etc. and play infinitely.

New additions

 * The DS's Touch Screen will be used
 * Use of the DS's double screens
 * Constellations
 * Wi-Fi connectivety
 * a town gate
 * four players in the same house
 * more items and collectibles
 * more villagers
 * more buildings
 * might connect with Animal Crossing for the Revouloution
 * there may be DS games within the game!
 * telephone in Animal Crossing!
 * a drawing board
 * briefcases (possibly)
 * new visiting animals
 * the ability to use patterns on the ground of your town
 * New items (Slingshot, Watering Can)
 * New holidays (Yay Day,La-Di day...)

Changes

 * some characters out
 * some items and collectibles gone
 * some buildings gone (post office almost certainly, maybe police station)
 * acre system is gone in the way the world is more spherical than flat!
 * multiple characters can live in one house
 * journal has been taken out
 * you can no longer save patters at the Able Sister's shop
 * the town dump is gone, replaced with a recycle bin in the town hall