4. Animal Crossing (GameCube)
Animal Crossing on GameCube was the very first game in the series. It was essentially a port of the N64 game that had only released in Japan, and it didn’t take long for players to fall in love with their anthropomorphic villager friends. Not to mention the ever-compelling grind to pay off your loans.
Despite being a good game, the fact that it’s the first title in the series more or less means it’s the foundation that every single game that followed it developed from. There was no crafting, the world was fairly small, and the amount of bugs and fish wasn’t quite as extensive as it was in future iterations.
Even in terms of shops, the GameCube game was far more limited than its successors. That being said, it doesn’t get the bottom spot, simply because City Folk just felt like such a disappointment when it released, compared to the breath of fresh air that the GameCube title was.
If you’re wanting to check out where this crazy life sim series started out, then give the GameCube game a try. If you’re looking for the very best Animal Crossing game, look towards the more recent titles.
