' is a life-simulation game developed by Nintendo for its own portable system, the Nintendo DS. It is the sequel to the 2002 Nintendo GameCube title . shares many similarities to its predecessor, but also contains many improvements, both big and small. The most prominent difference is the DS title's ability to utilize the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection for online play. It is the second Nintendo-developed title to do so, following .
Current information
* The sky will be shown on the top screen, and the ground on the bottom. The view of the sky will enable you to see balloons carrying items, the mail delivery pelican, and stars at night. You can even create your own constellations for your town.
* The graphics are reminiscent of itsGameCube predecessor.
* Supports both local wireless multiplayer and Internet play using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
* K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, and Officer Copper, among others, are returning from the previous GameCube game.
* You can now change hairstyle and wear hats, unlike the GameCube edition.
* New villagers together with the old favorites.
* New furniture together with the old favorites.
* All buildings (houses, shops, etc.) have been updated from the GameCube edition.
* The graphical power of the game has been adjusted to suit the DS.
* The internal clock of the Nintendo DS will enable events, just like the GameCube edition, and can be modified to suit a person's needs. (If a person generally plays the game at night, he/she may change the in-game clock to be daytime if he/she wishes.) Major holidays like Christmas and Halloween are also no longer in the game, because of the conflicts it may start. Instead, there are now more Animal Crossing specific holidays.
* When visiting other towns, the local time zone for all players will match the visited town.
* Using wireless LAN or the newly announced Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, up to four players (the resident and three visitors) can be in a town at any given moment.
* The game will be fully usable without the Internet.
* There is a possibility that players will be able to create their own computer-controller character to visit other towns and tell the human players about your town.
* You may only visit a player's town if the player is online.
* You may send letters and items to a friend via Nintendo WFC, regardless of their online status.
* A friends list will be available to either manually enter names or upload those of LAN players. This can be used to prevent pranksters.
* There will be no NES games to play or collect.
* Up to four players can share a single DS card of the game, and live in the same residence. And the first player to move into a village can put their home anywhere in the village.
* In recently released pics, cliffs and lakes have been shown to still be in the game.
*The town has multiple bridges, and instead of a dump, there's a recycle bin at town hall instead.
* The map is the same except with no grids and is pixelated (and you can access it from the item screen).
* New character- Dr. Shrunk. (Blurted out at a Camp Hyrule Chat.)
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
Wi-Fi capabilities will allow players to visit other players' villages no matter where they are in the world (assuming access to a compatible wireless access point is available). In the GameCube version there was a train station to visit the another persons' town. In the DS version however, there is a gate in a similar location to where the train station was located and at the gate is Copper from the GameCube version who is now a gatekeeper. Here, you can tell them that you want someone to come visit, and he will open the gate up to allow people to visit your town. You can also tell him that you want to go and visit someone else's village, and the game will then search out available villages, and if it finds one, it will let you out. When you appear in someone's village, that person will get a message telling them that you have arrived. The screen will cut away, the gate will appear, and they'll see you arrive in their village.
Awards
* In Electronic Gaming Monthly's Opinionated Guide, got a rating of , the second best rating.
