Animal Crossing Plaza and Miiverse Community Open on Wii U

@skywake?

Nintendo IS targeting 3DS owners for the Wii U.

I never played Animal Crossing before. I rented it from Gamefly, and I can say I still don't get it... but I may play around with this feature on my Wii U though.

I still don't see the plaza on my eshop, been refreshing the past half hour.

Having to transfer SD cards between the 3DS and Wii U seems archaic. If you can transfer Miis between the systems, it seems like you should be able to transfer Animal Crossing pictures, avatars, etc.

They showed Audrey Drake during the presentation. lol Well not her, but her Animal Crossing character. I don't think there is another Aminka, so it must have been her.

I didn't see the Direct. Where does the AC Wara Wara Plaza appear? Does it replace the existing one on the Wii U main screen, or is it something you load while in Miiverse?

I thought they were gonna announce a new Animal Crossing for Wii U after they announced the AC plaza. Ah well lol

Guys, you probably have to eshop dat stuff.

they should let us customize waru waru plaza with themes like these! I'd love a Mario, Metroid or a Zelda style wara wara plaza when I boot up my Wii U.

Awesome!!!!!

@Shaqazooloo That would be fun. The problem is that it is meant as a way to advertise other games you may not have, but that could still happen.

With this service ending late 2014 I'd imagine they will try to transition these plaza folks to a new Animal Crossing game for Wii U - coming out late 2014/early 2015? ...

@tchaten I am with you. I read that as Animal Crossing Wii U is on the way which really makes me happy. For such a simple game, their is nothing quite so relaxing as fishing in the ocean on it (at least for those of us that cannot fish in real life, I guess).

@Darknyht Personally I think the 3DS and portables in general are more suitable for this type of game - can't imagine not having my town with me on business trips and vacations.

That said it'd be cool to see what they come up with for the Wii U

art academy community in europe is also available!

So, is it a plaza skin or a separate and useless app?

First thing I did after the direct was download AC Plaza

All this made me think was "we're never getting Miiverse on the 3DS, are we Iwata?"..

^^^ Please understand.

This is one of those things that effects my personal mood about a Nintendo Direct. While I watch im like this is cool, I like this, and wow I didnt realize Rayman looked like so much fun.

Then the last thing to be shown is Animal Crossing Plaza. I know im bias because I have no intrest in the game. For me, when the last thing, minus Wonderful 101 upcoming Direct, doesnt have my intrest it effects my overal mood of the whole presentation.

Logically, its about content. Some youll like, others ya wont. But as marketing strategy goes, I know im not the only one who reacts this way.

My question is for all the Animal Crossing fans. Was this a high note to end the presentation on?

The message is Just get a Wii U. And I am telling you: Just get a Wii U!
I love this innovative Gaming-Internetbrowsing-Miiverse-Machine and have more games then time to play them at this point already!

All this does is make me want to see a full HD Animal Crossing game on Wii U and soon...

well, the plaza is downloading for me I really enjoy the game on the 3DS and I am hoping that a community on the Wii U and the plaza is an indication that an Animal Crossing for the Wii U is being made

I like this. Of course, Nintendo couldn't get better with an Animal Crossing title than downloading Animal Crossing on a handheld system. It's genius, it is a title that you must play everyday, and if you forgot to bring your New Leaf Game Card somewhere, and you also forgot to do your daily chores, then your doomed.

However, since I could download New Leaf, I could play everyday without forcing myself to go through my 14 3DS Game Cards (15 if I had New Leaf as a game card) and looking for the game to pop in and play, then pop back out to play another. I can't wait to download Animal Crossing on my Wii U! Might not play as much as New Leaf since the Wii U's a console, but I know that it would be amazing.

@zionich The AC Plaza is most definitely a welcome update!
To the uninitiated: Animal Crossing must be owned to truly appreciate it. I never expect to see a demo show up in the eshop because one cannot really form an accurate opinion of the game without experiencing the development of the town over a week or two. @element187 your experience is typical. Unless you kept the game for a good long while, you wouldn't get it.
This was an awesome Direct! Much love Nintendo!

Cant wait to see if they make other wara wara plaza skins!

awww isabelle gave me this wonderful news... DIRECTLY!!!

I won't be downloading this. I had to stop playing the GC version when I realised I was developing a crush on a cat. I couldn't bear bumping into her again.

This looks so amazing!

Sweet! I was hoping they'd add a AC:NL community but this is so much more, i love it. Here's hoping that they will someday be able to add true Miiverse functionality to AC:NL because it'would really benefit from an integrated online community.

For reference, you have to download this from the eShop. It's a separate app on your home menu

I really hope we one day get an Animal Crossing game on Wii U with these graphics and lighting effects! It looks really nice!

So, does this mean an Animal Crossing U is coming?
I mean, Animal Crossing Plaza/community on Wii U, the Smash Bros. trailer starting with what looks like a real Animal Crossing world (on Wii U).
Get this game on Wii U! I really enjoyed it on Wii.

Edit to last post.
Aminka was only shown in the Japanese one. ^^;

I quite like the Animal Crossing Plaza. It is nice to spot animals who live in my town or once lived there. (Cube and Drift. ;_; ) I only own City Folk, though, so I don't have much to do there.

I can imagine Audrey (Aminka) jumping ALL OVER this. She was IN LOVE with Animal Crossing. I'd imagine her enthusiasm would follow her to her new employment and Nintendo. Personally, being hopelessly addicted to Animal Crossing myself, I can't blame her.

@DePapier ...or Nintendo is prepping bringing Miiverse to 3DS and stepping toward blurring the lines while unifying the console/handheld brand.

This is how I imagined Animal Crossing would look if they'd actually expanded it and not made the same game 3 times over.

This looks very cute, and it's a nice way of having the two machines work together, though I'm slightly unimpressed by having to move the photos with the SD card, rather than transmitting them wirelessly.

I imagine a stunt like this is more likely to foster sales of New Leaf among existing Wii U owners than the opposite scenario.

All this has done for me is to realise how nice AC's basic art style looks on Wii U especially with lots of animals on screen at one time. I need Animal Crossing Wii U now!

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Seriously wish they'd let you swap out Miiverse Plaza for this. It's really neat to see this on the big screen though. Also makes me crave a 3DS version of Super Gameboy.