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Animal Crossing Wild World (DS) It’s often said the most impactful fiction is that which hits closest to home. So rather than blasting Nazi Zombies why not try making friends, completing little jobs about town and paying off your mortgage. Animal Crossing Wild World is a game about all these things, more than these things and none of them… You start the game by taking a taxi to your new village home. Like any good cabbie many questions are asked about you and where you are going, so you can customise yourself a little and plant a name on your new town. Once you arrive gainful employment is provided in Tom Nooks corner shop as his new Granville. It’s not mentioned what happened to his previous assistant, we can only gather they “Dilly Dallied” a little too much for the Racoons liking. With a few errands out the way, serving as a nice introduction to the folks and important locations about the town, you’re on your own. With your only real formative goal, to pay off the mortgage on the ho...

Here at the Maa Gamer offices, we often have lively discussions about the realism of various video games. The journeys of small children across strange lands with only captured wildlife for companionship, as realised in the Pokémon series of video games, leaves us with little doubt as to game’s feasibility. However, one small aspect of this game series never quite added up in our fevered minds. Nurse Joy cannot possibly heal your Pokémon that quickly, she must be killing and replacing them! Today, we look at the evidence. One: Instant Healing. As mentioned, you can’t heal animals at the press of a button, that’s ridiculous. More so, when you consider some of the injuries we’ve inflicted on our furry chums in the name of fame and glory. From Iron Tail concussions to nervous system damage caused by Thunder shocks we’d be surprised if The Incredible Dr. Pol would give our furry pals a 2nd look. Two: Disk Space. Nurse Joy is clearly a sophisticated trainer who has collected every type of P...