{"id":158,"date":"2013-03-08T09:10:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/?p=158"},"modified":"2013-03-08T09:11:12","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:11:12","slug":"158","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/2013\/03\/08\/158\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamecube and the adventures of the modern world"},"content":{"rendered":"

In all\u00a0Animal Crossing<\/i>\u00a0games, the player assumes the role of a human character, who moves into a\u00a0rural<\/span>\u00a0village<\/span>\u00a0populated with\u00a0anthropomorphic<\/span>\u00a0animals and lives there indefinitely. Gameplay is\u00a0open-ended<\/span>: players have no defined objectives, but are instead encouraged to spend their time in the village performing any number of activities, which include\u00a0collecting<\/span>\u00a0items,\u00a0planting<\/span>\u00a0plants or other items, and socializing with the village’s residents. All\u00a0Animal Crossing<\/i>\u00a0games are played in\u00a0real time<\/span>, utilizing thesystem<\/span>‘s internal\u00a0clock<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0calendar<\/span>. Thus, passage of time in the game world reflects that in reality, as well as the current\u00a0season<\/span>\u00a0and time of day. Some in-game events, such as\u00a0holidays<\/span>\u00a0or the growth of a\u00a0tree<\/span>, occur at certain times or require some duration of time to have passed.
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One notable feature of the\u00a0Animal Crossing<\/i>\u00a0series is the high level of\u00a0customization<\/span>\u00a0available, some of which affects the outcome of the game.The\u00a0player character<\/span>\u00a0is both named and gendered, and its appearance can be modified by buying or designing custom clothes and\u00a0accessories<\/span>\u00a0or changing the\u00a0hairstyle<\/span>\u00a0(introduced in\u00a0Wild World<\/span><\/i>). The player’s\u00a0house<\/span>\u00a0can also be furnished, decorated, and later expanded: the player can purchase and collect furniture from\u00a0Tom Nook<\/span>, the village\u00a0merchant<\/span>, and place it anywhere\u00a0in the house<\/span>, as well as change both the\u00a0wallpaper<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0floor<\/span>\u00a0designs. While its\u00a0terrain<\/span>, building locations, and initial residents are randomly generated when the game is first begun, the village’s name and\u00a0anthem<\/span>, as well as some of the residents’\u00a0catchphrases<\/span>, are also determined by the player.
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Collecting<\/span>\u00a0items is a major facet of\u00a0Animal Crossing<\/i>: the player can explore the village and gather objects, including fruit from trees,\u00a0seashells<\/span>, and discarded items. Nearly all objects can be sold to Tom Nook for Bells, the in-game\u00a0currency<\/span>. A number of specialized tools are available for other activities such as\u00a0fishing<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0insect collecting<\/span>. Special items, such as\u00a0fossils<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0paintings<\/span>, may be donated to the village\u00a0museum<\/span>. The player can choose to socialize with the other animal residents by engaging in conversation, sending and receiving\u00a0letters<\/span>,\u00a0bartering<\/span>, or playing\u00a0hide-and-seek<\/span>. Residents may move in or out of the village depending on the player’s actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

All installments of\u00a0Animal Crossing<\/i>\u00a0allow some form of communication between players, both offline and\u00a0online<\/span>. A single village can house up to four human players, though only one can be exploring the village at any given time.The players can interact via written messages through the village\u00a0post office<\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0bulletin board<\/span>. The\u00a0Nintendo GameCube<\/span>\u00a0iteration allowed players to travel to other villages by\u00a0trading<\/span>\u00a0memory cards<\/span>\u00a0written with the game data\u00a0but all subsequent installments allow players to\u00a0travel<\/span>and interact online via\u00a0Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mortal Combat<\/p><\/div>\n

one of the coolest games for gamecube.\u00a0it is super fun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In all\u00a0Animal Crossing\u00a0games, the player assumes the role of a human character, who moves into a\u00a0rural\u00a0village\u00a0populated with\u00a0anthropomorphic\u00a0animals and lives there indefinitely. Gameplay is\u00a0open-ended: players have no defined objectives, but are instead encouraged to spend their time in the village performing … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":1,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"Ezequiel","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/author\/ezeo\/"},"qubely_comment":1,"qubely_category":"Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"In all\u00a0Animal Crossing\u00a0games, the player assumes the role of a human character, who moves into a\u00a0rural\u00a0village\u00a0populated with\u00a0anthropomorphic\u00a0animals and lives there indefinitely. Gameplay is\u00a0open-ended: players have no defined objectives, but are instead encouraged to spend their time in the village performing … Continue reading →","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/407"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}