November 19, 2008 - If you're interested in the authentic Animal Crossing experience, you can pick up the original for about twelve dollars now. If you don't care about being an uber-Animal Crossing nerd, you will find a tremendous amount of enjoyment in this one as well.

November 18, 2008 - Animal Crossing: City Folk looks, sounds, and plays a little too much like its predecessor on the DS to be worthwhile if you already own that game. With all of that said, City Folk is every bit as engaging and entertaining as its predecessors.

November 17, 2008 - Ultimately, Animal Crossing: City Folk doesn't take any meaningful risks, sticking to essentially the same formula we've seen in the previous GameCube and Nintendo DS games. While those games were quite entertaining, and this newest version doesn't debut anything meaningful, we'd have liked to see something new from Nintendo this third time around.

November 21, 2008 - If you're new to the series or skipped the portable version, it's a charming game that can become addictive for those who like to collect things. But if you've played Animal Crossing in the past and got your fill before moving on, both you and your wallet will feel an overwhelming sense of déjà vu.

November 16, 2008 - Animal Crossing: City Folk is a good game, but it is not a very good effort as a follow-up or sequel. Its foundation is definitely solid but it doesn't pay enough respect to the millions of gamers who were involved in making the franchise a successful one.

November 24, 2008 - It's hard to be down on a game that, when judged on its own merits, is great fun and addictive, but it's equally hard to look past the fact that this is essentially the same game we've been playing since it belatedly arrived on the GameCube.

November 16, 2008 - Ultimately, it comes down to this: Do you really wanna spend the time doing all of the things you already spent so much time on in Wild World? And do you want to do them in almost the exact same ways?

November 17, 2008 - In broadening Animal Crossing's borders, Nintendo has done nothing to add to its depth, and as such this is arguably still the best cutesy Japanese life-sim on the market and a solid buy for newcomers, but for series fans it's in no way a life worth reliving.

November 18, 2008 - Ultimately, Animal Crossing: City Folk doesn't take any meaningful risks, sticking to essentially the same formula we've seen in the previous GameCube and Nintendo DS games. While those games were quite entertaining, and this newest version doesn't debut anything meaningful, we'd have liked to see something new from Nintendo this third time around.

December 29, 2008 - If you've stayed away from the series for any serious length of time, you'll probably still be able to enjoy yourself. But the formula hasn't changed, and for a lot of repeat players, it'll probably wear thin quickly.

December 5, 2008 - Shallow gameplay and a failure to offer much new content leaves City Folk feeling like an insulting holiday offering that could have been far better.