Animal Crossing: City Folk overview

I wrote this overview for The Nintendo Pipeline, thought I'd post it here, because I did promise an overview once it was revealed.

There were some announcements today as E3, but few stood out as much as Animal Crossing: City Folk for the Wii, apparently coming sometime this year.

Animal Crossing: City Folk, as the name implies, adds a City to normal gamplay, where you can go to see The HRA Building, Gracie's fashion studio, among other things.

AC: CF brings back some of the classic holidays we missed in Wild World, such as Halloween, and brings back an updated version. Other holidays include Bunny Day, where you dig up eggs. And of course, New Years was also shown.

A new element of online play, Wii Speak, was introduced. Wii Speak is a speaker that goes on top of your sensor bar, rather than a headset, which lets everyone in the room talk into it.

On the subject of homes, there probably is a home for every playe, like there was in the origianl. My inference coming from the bedroom only has roomfor one bed. From what I've seen, the size/shape of the homes has stayed the same, and that probably means no backyards. Or, at least none in the house they showcased.

Sadly, there was no glimpse of Tom Nook's store in the showcase, but there was a brief glance into the Able Sister's, which sadly hasn't changed. Also, you can buy masks that look like your Mii.

You can look forward to Animal Crossing: City Folk sometime this year.