Topic: Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival

I actually enjoy this game. It may not be mechanically demanding but it is a fun relaxing experience that I can enjoy with my wife. I don't think party games should be mechanically demanding. Mario Party 4 is probably the most mechanically demanding I would want a party game.

Also, there are worst games that have release recently that have already gotten reviews, but people were more excited about Star Wars: Battlefront so the review could take priority. lol

I'm glad someone is enjoying it. It's depressing to see everyone so upset over it. I actually am keeping an eye on it myself cause I think it has aspects I could enjoy. It doesn't especially need many reviews anyway. It's a party game, it does what it does and actually does it.
Lol if you think MP4 is the most demanding you'd want, stay away from Wii Party U. It's like got the DNA of Wii Fit U in there.

I haven't ever really been interested in Wii Party U. It just didn't seem like fun. I am kinda confused by "It's like got the DNA of Wii Fit U in there." Is that a bad thing?

Actually they did. Same thing that happen with Pokemon release now as well do the worldwide release date. I actually bought the game as many people hating on it due not being an actual Animal crossing game, based on the main series. But its a spin off. Who cares. It's just like with Triforce heroes where that really is a great game. And I actually enjoy both games. It may not be what you wanted but I'm glad they exist. All we can do is wait for the next one. Which Zelda Wii u is coming and they just did Majora's mask 3D. however I do wish that there were other games getting the HD treatment like Earthbound or Dog hunt. Some many IPs they have and they barely use them. That's my only concern.

Glad to see some other people enjoying the game.

I got it for free when Nintendo did that giveaway for everyone like a year or two ago in digital form. It's fun if you have people to play it with, but by yourself, not so much. I don't think it'd be fun unless you're an "adult" either. Not saying you're a child or w/e but it def hits for the older players or people who don't really know or care about Nintendo things I think, since it widely lacks any Nintendo characters besides Miis and it's not as goofy as Mario Party. It was mostly given 7s for ratings. Having Wii Fit U DNA isn't bad but there's several mini games where you're digging or rowing or flinging things where you really need to do some special motion controls sometimes. Wii Wagglers need not apply because that doesn't really work in that game. At least a couple times the groups I played with were huffing and puffing after a couple of the games.
Lol I don't see it for sale in the stores anymore unless it's used.

Straight 8s from Famitsu! Not too shabby.

Wii Party U and MP10 are great for kids or drunk adults....

@GrailUK: Yeah but Famitsu like always gives out such good scores, to japanese games that is. Just look at the score and their justification for it of Mario Party 10 and you'll understand. I still remember a quote, it goes something like "Bowser is so overpowered, it's hilarious.". Yeah, it's hilarious - when you are Bowser.

Or people who never played a proper party game in their life.

Wow, this game is getting even worse reviews than Mario Tennis
The average (though with just 5 reviews) is 37%/40%.
http://www.gamerankings.com/wii-u/168674-animal-crossing-amii...
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/animal-crossing-amiibo-f...

NintendoEnthusiast seems kind of salty tho.

@Lastaofpizza: maybe that's it.... But I still had fun with it.

Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/animal-crossing-amiibo-f...
One reviewer said: "Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival is the sort of game that should have been free. It holds such little content that is actually interesting that most players will find it a waste of their time to play, especially when the far superior Mario Party series already exists. It is a nice way to actually use those Animal Crossing Amiibo figures that you might feel the need to collect, but their function is so forced that it detracts from the experience rather than enhances it. " - http://attackofthefanboy.com/reviews/animal-crossing-amiibo-f...

That's my main complaint so far. This expensive game requires me to open my expensive amiibo, and even then it's not that great of a game. This Should have been free, and then it wouldn't seem like a ripoff to buy an amiibo or two to play it with. As it is, I'm keeping my copy sealed, not even going to bother with it. I expect the game to bomb, and I can find a cheap used copy eventually to play it. They should just patch some of the more annoying amiibo implementation OUT of the game, and put up a digitial copy for cheap on the eshop. As it is, I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone.

I got this today. You can play without Amiibo to a limited extent. You may need 1 minimum but other players can play as a guest on the board game. That does mean , however, that those characters don't save their happy points and cannot level up.

@riChchestM: Getting my copy by the end of the week. Apparently you can play the board game against AIs, but I can't find that verified anywhere. Do you know if that's true?

@the-madprofessor: I launched a quick game this morning to check something and when playing as 1 player the game populated the other 3 slots with AI villagers. Not sure if you can make that happen with 2 players. I'm also not convinced that it's worth playing alone except to level up an amiibo.

Not sure if anyone is interested but Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival Bundle have been decreasing and sometimes increasing cent by cent every few minutes since last week, like a Stalk market fluctuation. Currently it's at $37.63 but I seen it go as low as $34.64 one point on Saturday and high? as $38.7* yesterday.

I brought it at $35.60 to take advantage of the free shipping and to return it back to target since it's around $12 cheaper than what I pay there. If you think about it, with the 2 figures and 3 cards alone at standard msrp, it will come up to almost $30. So the game alone is less than $10. Unless you buy/import Isabelle and Digby separately, in which case is more costly.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ZSHRPN0?redirect=true&...

Amazon also have the Animal Crossing Series 3-pack for $24.88 and Tom Nook and Mabel for less than $10

Hm, so I ended up buying this because it's so cheap (19 dollars) and my brother wanted the Isabelle amiibo.

It's completely fine, not exactly a must play, but far, very very far, from being the worst thing I played... Though...

When will the mini games appear? I bought a pack of amiibo cards in preparation to be able to play them all, and to populate the town, but I don't seem to be able to play anything other besides the board game. Do I like need to play the board games multiple times? It's a bit long to play...

each time to play you unlock something i think