Animal Crossing: Wild World

In Animal Crossing: Wild World, players move into a living world on the Nintendo DS. It is the sequel to the Nintendo GameCube game. Players and up to three friends can hang out in the same village and interact in real time, either through wireless LAN or over Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and a player can visit a friend's village from anywhere. The touch screen handles item management and moving around the world, and typing letters and designing patterns are done with the stylus. Days and seasons pass in real time. You decorate your home, catch bugs, fish, collect items such as hats and sunglasses, and chat with the animal villagers. You start by taking out a loan from the shopkeeper to buy a house, then pay it back by selling fish, bugs and fruit for bells. Shops in town sell furniture, clothes and tools, and a museum collects the fossils, fish and bugs you find. Special days and holidays bring events.