"Earlier today, IGN.com had a chance to sit town with the lead producer and project manager behind Animal Crossing: City Folk, Katsuya Eguchi, to pick his brain on the latest Wii-specific life sim. We talk online play, new additions to the game, and more.
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"Animal Crossing Wii is expected at E3 2008. Since developer Nintendo hasn’t revealed any of their second half of 2008 lineup, the community-building & sharing life simulator could be making an appearance on the Wii in late 2008. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has openly said the company has unannounced games up its sleeve for E3 2008, where they usually do their surprise unveilings at a pre-E3 keynote. Let’s take a look at what Nintendo has said about Animal Crossing Wii in th..."

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2. Animal Crossing: Wild World - 436,875 connections
3. Mario Kart DS - 327,546 connections
4. Metroid Prime Hunters - 244,065 connections
5. Pokémon Battle Revolution - 220,051 connections
6. Mario Strikers Charged Football - 150,201 connections
7. Transformers: Autobots & Deceptions - 129,435 connections**
8. Jump! Ultimate Stars - 122,446 connections
9. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker - 78,580 connections
10. The Legend of Zelda: Pha..."

"Schoolgirl Khloe Leslie was horrified when her favourite computer game took her to a vulgar new level – and called her a '*bleep**** cow'.

The 11-year-old was playing Animal Crossing on her Nintendo DS when one of the colourful animal characters swore at her.

Her mother Leeanne, 28, of Inverbervie, Angus, has now banned her from playing the game, which is branded suitable for children aged three and upwards."

"With all the stuff coming out based on the Animal Crossing movie in Japan, you can play Animal Crossing for real-- by buying a whole bunch of adorable items and displaying them in your house! NCSX is selling new playsets, each featuring an animal, two matching pieces of furniture, and a house. There are also two special sets containing characters like Wendell and Tom Nook, and, of course, some more furniture.

NCSX is also stocking some Animal Crossing plush toys and coffee mugs. We are awa..."