Rumour: We May See a 3DS Animal Crossing Next Week

I so desperately want this to be true it's not even funny.

I bet 10000 bells this may be a launch title!

Please, please, PLEASE let this be true!

Oh.....my.....GOD! Please please please please let this be true!!! I hadn't even considered a 3DS Animal Crossing but it would make so much sense for it to be a launch title! Now all they need to do is announce Pikmin 3, the next Zelda, and the next Kirby and I will be the happiest person alive!!

If this is true, I now have to buy my mother, wife, and two nieces a 3DS. Damn. Maybe I can convince Nintendo that we need 5 review units. LOL.

I like these games, but they suck you in a never let you out.
Although, it would be cool to see how they implement 3D in this if it's real.

It would be awesome if they had a completely revamped online setup and had this game headlining it with video chat support! The more I think about it, the more it seems very likely!

Kirby Wii, New Zelda, Pikmin 3, Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded, Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, and now this as a rumor? I want answers!

I hope this is true because the animal crossing games are awesome on handheld consoles but they don't work on home consoles.

I just want a 3d paper mario it was pretty much made for it.

If they make another Animal Crossing, they better please god change something. I want something bigger, and better and at least a surprise. The entire series hasn't changed enough.

I remember when Wii was announced everyone was talking about Animal Crossing MMO, where'd that dream go?

I think it'll be at least five years before we see a serious Animal Crossing reboot. For now Nintendo's probably happy introducing more furniture, new villagers and hopefully beefing up the online support a bit.

@bboy2970 Although I doubt video chat is very likely - after all, that's why you have your in-game character - I would expect this game to lead on the 3DS's new online features. A built-in system messageboard and ability to send photos online perhaps?

So we get to play the same game again but in 3D?

Damn hurry up E3!
@16. Because of course you would know it will be same game, right?

Not that I'm not enthusiastic about a new Animal Crossing, but is that really a game that is crying out for 3D? Aren't there plenty of launch titles that would better showcase the technology?

OH MY GOSH! THIS NEEDS TO BE TRUE!!

There go my hopes of launching with a monochromatic-red Wario Land game.

Ummm, NO, this isnt the kinda game I was hoping for to be the first game on the system. My wants for this sytem I really hope change come Teusday!

@Burning Spear - Although I share your idea, I'd certainly advise holding back until we see the game in motion. The "rolling log" on the DS and Wii versions were quite cool and, in 3D, I can see Nintendo coming up with some awesome effects.

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I just hope that they add lots of new things to this one (stares at city folk)

I agree that they need to do something with it. City Folk just didn't offer that much new. I want some whole new gameplay ideas. Maybe a way to start your own business so that you aren't subjected to being Tom Nook's puppet for the entire game?

This'd be awesome, especially considering the fact that I can't find anyone who has City Folk... =(

Why doesn't NL list the time of viewing for GMT so that it's easiest to work-out when to watch the conference in any part of the world? I can't figure out when the conference is being aired based on my local time (+10:00, Brisbane time).

Oh, and I also wish for a new Animal Crossing game on 3D-Empowered Handheld from Nintendo. If it turns out to be true then I might just refrain myself from obtaining Wild World!

Should I hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm YES
Yes
On Topic yea I would love this.

Ew, no, I'd rather not. I'm not a fan of Animal Crossing.

I love AC, but I wouldn't expect it to be a launch title...

My ideal first party launch titles for 3DS:

F Zero 3DX

2D (but... 3D, if ya get me) Metroid

Paper Mario

I loved Wild World back in '05, and I would love this to be true if they finally make it easier to hook up with a friend online and introduce the other changes that City Folk was lacking. An easier, more robust online system is all this game needs to keep me playing for months.

I do not want. Sorry, but they aren't going to change anything besides having more control on the z-axis.

Even though I'm a huge fan of the series, it would take something special to make me buy another Animal Crossing game. The DS version is already excellent and Wii added very little of consequence. Somehow I doubt that 3DS will really improve on the formula either.

Nintendo, you just released City Folk not long ago.
Come on! You're using Animal Crossing as your marketing ploy?
What's wrong with a new IP? I like Animal Crossing (especially the one with NES games) but not now!!
Give me a portable Pikmin 3 or Luigi's Mansion sequel or I don't know something like METROID DREAD at launch, you're doing 2 years ago again. Give us a Twilight Princess type intro not a casual intro!!

I agree, Animal Crossing needs more pictures of puppies.

I've been a fan of Animal Crossing since it made it's debut on the Gamecube. I really hope that this rumor turns out to be reality! Hurry up E3!!!

Yippee!

I guess that's cool. The AC series was never my thing though.

I was extremely disappointed with the Wii version's lack of content. The fact that it was a port of a handheld game released 3 years prior without any new features is inexcusable (and the pathetic "city" doesn't count as it was largely a composite of old features). The biggest disappointment for me though was the inability to import photos/music for use in the game. Plus, the experience could have been so much more enjoyable with split-screen local multiplayer. Even if interactivity between players would have been limited, I would have appreciated the option for two players to play simultaneously. A shameful, wasted opportunity.

I'll admit that I'm excited about this and it may just be enough to coax me into rushing out and buying a 3DS at launch, however, I will approach Animal Crossing 3DS with caution given the history I've had with the series. Unless they completely revamp the game with a ton of new features/content, Nintendo can count me out.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

This is SO funny. I was actually thinking about an Animal Crossing game on the 3DS. I hope this is true. City Folk was kind of a let-down and I hope those ideas the developers talked about bringing over to the Wii carries over to this version instead- oh, and keep the holidays- please. And maybe bring over that ability to make your own furniture.. It was supposed to happen for the Wii version.

I feel like Animal Crossing is INDEED well suited for handheld gaming

Even IF this is true, if it still doesn't include many (good) new things I'm not going to get it. I was so disappointed in City Folk (which is called Let's Go to the City here, I mean wtf is up with that?). What I want is more interactivity with the furniture. I mean, for one, you can get a slide, but you can't use it? Bah, I say!

So, either they improve this, and other stuff perhaps, too, or I won't be getting it.

Personally, I think the series has gone about as far as it can, and that they'd be better off leaving it alone until it can feel fresh and new again.

Great. Now if this turns out NOT to be true I'm going to be all upset. I mean it makes so much sense--not only could it potentially be a great showcase of the 3DS' graphical capabilities (Animal Crossing is in need of a artistic rethinking anyway) but it could show it's deeper online capabilities and, obviously, 3D (although right off the top of my head I can't think of anything particularly compelling about 3D animal crossing).

AC seems like the perfect fit. I can see 3D being awesome in it.

don't think I could do another AC, but will probably be sucked back in if I saw Mitzi or Dizzy!

damn it.

I told myself after Let's go to the City that I wouldn't buy another AC game, but then I see this article and I find myself drooling all over it.

Just... damn.

Sweet.

Like other people have said, unless they update the series properly I'm not interested.

This is a given. Every new system gets Animal Crossing.... N64 (Japan only), Gamecube, DS, Wii.... ok maybe GBA got skipped but I love my AC bring it on!!!!!

This'd be cool.

OMG!!! I will totally buy Animal Crossing on the 3DS!!! That would be so cool!!!

OMG! I love Animal Crossing! Wild World is in my XL right now!

If this is true, then it will verify a day one 3DS purchase. :]

Hmm, I loved Wild World, but after City Folk, not interested.

If this is true, I'm going to cry tears of joy.

Ned Needs New...Awwww! "Animal" and "Crossing" don't start with N! (And my name isn't Ned, either).

30 minutes!!!!!! one half hour and we will know!!!!!