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Which Game Do I Want?

Not sure which game to buy? Here are some of the pros and cons of each game in the series.
If a feature is listed under a specific game, assume it’s a console or game-specific feature and was not continued into the next game, i.e. traveling to the island with GBA link cable, unless specified.

GameCube:

  • Biggest town (15 neighbors)
  • Four individual houses for players in one shared area
  • Acre system
  • The most amount of holidays/celebrations out of all games
  • Neighbors actually participate in holidays (not just walking around/talking)
  • Tom Nook runs a raffle on the last day of the month
  • Ask neighbors for jobs
  • Cooper and Booker have a police station
  • Train station
  • Igloos/tents neighbors set up during specific months
  • Island you can visit if you have a GBA link cable
  • Original town charm
  • Most varied/creative conversational content
  • Can take a train between games saved on memory cards

Wild World:

  • Smallest town (8 neighbors)
  • Updated graphics
  • One house shared by four players
  • No more acres
  • Holidays are not related to the real world/barely any at all
  • Don’t have to mail fossils away to have them checked
  • Able Sisters sell clothing instead of Nook
  • Accessories/hairstyles added
  • More bugs/fish/fossils
  • Players can now learn emotions from Dr. Shrunk
  • Wi-Fi
  • Portable 

City Folk:

  • Larger town (10 neighbors)
  • Upgraded graphics
  • Four individual houses for players scattered around town
  • Decent amount of holidays are back
  • DLC items from Nintendo
  • Neighbors will not have something new to say unless you leave the area
  • More clothing/hair/accessories 
  • Player can go to the city
  • Auction House lets you sell things to other players
  • Grass disappears with wear
  • Essentially Wild World for the Wii with upgrades
New Leaf (this will be continuously edited)
  • Megaphone feature (allows you to find neighbors)
  • Player is town mayor; town projects allow you to customize town (shrubbery, benches, lamp-posts, etc.) town projects can be funded by player or friends over wi-fi
  • Can visit other towns through StreetPass/”Dreams”
  • Grass wear (improved from City Folk)
  • More ability to decorate interior/exterior of house
  • Important buildings have been moved to “Main Street”, similar to City Folk’s city feature, meant to separate player’s uniquely designed town from necessary buildings
  • Can sell unwanted items through town’s Re-Tail shop
  • Can create your own individualized exhibits in museum
  • More than four emotions
  • More villager interaction (going into buildings, doing activities)
  • The island returns, with the ability to go diving for more fish and summer insects year-round
  • More than six neighbor personalities

So what do Population Growing, Wild World and City Folk have in common?

  • Nook’s store upgrades
  • Nook has Stalk Market
  • Player must pay off debt to upgrade house
  • Neighbors ask players to do errands 
  • K.K. Slider plays music on Saturdays
  • Player can complete collection and donate fish/bugs/fossils to the museum
  • Player can make custom clothing designs
  • Same fruits in every game
  • General look of town stays about the same
  • Towns all have individual layouts
  • Many of the same NPCs in each game
  • All games begin with preconceived story (Train/Cab, work for Nook… etc.)
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