With the release (finally!) of Animal Crossing Wild World looming for Europe, fans of the Gamecube incarnation are thrilled to see it making it's way to the DS. It's released in the UK this Friday 31 March, a good few months after its release stateside. Still, this doesn't quell the excitement for those that never imported. One of the reasons fans of the title are excited is the level of customisation the DS version now allows. With the characters now able to collect not only clothing, but also hats and accessories, the skies the limit with regards to customisation.

Some people have taken this idea even a step further by re-enacting famous scenes or persons in the Wild World, much to the amusement of others. Some gamers have even made up back stories to the seedy underbelly of their Animal Crossing townships and the people that reside there. The Animal Crossing games have always held a strange quirky appeal that has led a lot of fans to become almost addicted (in a healthy way of course, except perhaps for the person responsible for the pic to the right) to playing it, checking it once a day to see what Nook has in store, or to ensure no weeds blight the landscape. Whatever it is that makes Animal Crossing the great game it is we'll perhaps never know, given it's extremely repetitive, which is often a pet hate of many games reviewers. The UK release is expected to bring a lot of positive reviews and plenty of sales.

(And no, we aren't encouraging you to go out there and create a little animated Hitler)