Animal Crossing is fun, though its considered a "kiddie" game. I have the action replay cheats so I don't have to wait to build up my house and belongings, but cheating ruins the challenge of the game. I only try to use cheats in one of my towns so I can play the original nintendo games right away. It can take months to get them without cheating. I haven't even plugged my gamecube in since last winter though.