Animal Crossing gift available for download

by David Hinkle { Jul 18th 2006 at 8:00PM }

Nintendo and Toys 'R Us are teaming up to hand out some virtual gifts through Animal Crossing: Wild World. The gifts available, which are implied to include Mario in one way or another, number six, however only one will be available to download per town. You'll have to trade for the others. The process with which to acquire one of said six items goes:

Insert your Animal Crossing: Wild World Game Card into your Nintendo DS. Power up.
Purchase Bottle Mail at Tom Nook's Shop.
Write a message and release your Bottle Mail into the river or at the beach. Save and end your game.
Visit the specially marked Animal Crossing: Wild Word promotion in the video-game section of your nearest Toys 'R Us July 23-30. At the main menu, tap Tag Mode.
Watch and wait for something to arrive in your town!
Restart your game and comb the beach for Bottle Mail containing a special rare item!

Let us know what you get!

[Thanks BPM Omega]

Tags: animal, crossing, ds, nintendo, r, toys, us, wild, world

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Disco D @ Jul 19th 2006 12:30AM

I'm really tempted to, but our Toys R' Us is ghettoly scary and not worth it for me to drive to.

Still cool

Enomi � @ Jul 19th 2006 1:10AM

Awww..only one per town!!!
:(

linknin01 @ Jul 19th 2006 2:01AM

I have 2 ACWW towns! LOL!

I hope its somthing good!

Holden @ Jul 19th 2006 4:13AM

This makes me "need" to get my DS Lite.

Rob @ Jul 19th 2006 4:13AM

US only or can us Brits get some of this?

BPMΩ @ Jul 19th 2006 5:01AM

Now, nowhere does it specify you can only get one item, period.

Seeing as how it works through Tag Mode, you could only find one item inside of a bottled message, anyways. My guess is that you can keep sending out your own bottled messages, and keep doing Tag Mode, to be able to get more than just one item.

I'm also curious if this applies to Canadian TRU, as well. NOA's site doesn't specify if it's US-only, so it might be available for Canadians, as well. Hmm...

Shinn @ Jul 19th 2006 5:22PM

I dobut Canadians can get it as well. We always get the low end of the stick.

Martin P @ Jul 23rd 2006 5:00PM

Tried it twice today, and got a starman and a 1-up mushroom. Good luck!

webbie Bud @ Jul 23rd 2006 10:06PM

Unfortunately, no go in Canada. =/ I asked, and the response readeth:

Hello and thank you for contacting Nintendo,

Please note that, at this time, the Animal Crossing: Wild World "Free Download Week" promotion is not available at Canadian Toys 'R Us stores. Nowever, if that should change, you'll read about it at www.nintendo.com.

Sincerely,

Nintendo of America Inc.
M. Michel Grimaldi

Kev @ Jul 24th 2006 3:34PM

Thanks for the info, webbie Bud. You saved me a long trip to TRU. :)

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