Animal Crossing: City Folk

Animal Crossing: City Folk
Developer(s)	Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Animal Crossing
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	NA November 16, 2008 JP November 20, 2008 AUS December 4, 2008 EU December 5, 2008 KO January 28, 2010
Genre(s)	Life simulation
Mode(s)	Single-player, Online (4)
Input methods	Wii Remote + Nunchuk, USB Keyboard, Wii Speak, Nintendo DS
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	RUUE01, RUUP01, RUUK01, RUUJ01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Animal Crossing: City Folk, known in European and Australian markets as Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City, is a life simulation video game for the Wii video game console. It is the follow- up to Animal Crossing: Wild World, released for the Nintendo DS in 2005, and is the third game in the Animal Crossing series.

Emulation Information

Shut Down

This game's online functionality has been shut down as of May 20, 2014 and works in neither Dolphin or on Wii hardware.

DS Connection Support

While Dolphin does emulate the IOS modules for broadcasting and connecting to the Nintendo DS, there is no infrastructure to actually connect to any emulator or hardware unit.

Problems

Hanging Saves

If you have WiiConnect24 enabled, the game will hang when saving and exiting. This can be disabled before entering the world in the in game "Other Things" menu. Refer issue 10200

Enhancements

Pattern Editor Blur

Setting "Texture Filtering" to "Force Linear" blurs the Pattern Editor.

Blur example

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Texture Filtering	Default	Causes blurs in the pattern editor if set to "Force Linear"

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Animal Crossing: City Folk since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

r7695

4.0.2

4.0-8329

5.0

5.0-2849

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5.0-20519 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
r7695	Windows 7	Intel Pentium E5200 @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	58-60FPS	DevWAR
3.0-183	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X4 840 @ 3.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	48-60FPS	Bwilliy
3.0-204	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.2 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6970	60FPS	Fake-Messiah
3.0-638	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.1 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6570	60FPS, game runs great.	Emcitement
3.0-681	Windows XP	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4800	55-73% speed outside or in the city, 100% speed in buildings.	coczero
3.0-735	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 7850	60FPS	Mathijs
3.0-735	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X4 970 @ 3.5 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6870	60FPS	Mathijs
3.0-749	Windows 7	Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6 GHz	Intel HD Graphics	Ran well, there were bugs on water texture, the meant pattern issue was not found. Recent test	EblfIYH
3.0-868	Windows 7	AMD Turion X2 Ultra @ 2.1 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT	30-60FPS	GigaToni
3.5-367	Windows 7	AMD FX-6100 @ 3.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6670	60FPS, running really smooth.	SlimStyle
3.5-1313	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.7 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT	30-60FPS	GigaToni
3.5-1313	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.7 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	60FPS, perfect emulation	Megamew28
3.5-1393	Windows 8	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 4830	60FPS, Runs perfect, even the telescope works!	ce
4.0.2	Windows 7	AMD A4-5300B APU @ 3.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD	Works perfectly!	71.229.35.236
4.0.2	Windows 7	Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6 GHz	Intel HD Graphics	SFX sounds high pitched and music slightly distorted in HLE, but other things well.	EblfIYH
4.0.2	Windows 7	AMD A4-5300B APU @ 3.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD	Works, but will not save. WiiConnect24 has not been set up.	71.229.35.236
4.0-330	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	56-60FPS, almost perfect. Everything works, including online play, surprisingly.	coreyfaure
4.0-330	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.6 GHz	AMD Radeon R9 290	60FPS, no glitches or errors spotted.	MatthewDratt
4.0-6144	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-480M @ 2.67 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	50-60FPS, no glitches, minor audio errors	TimberWolffe
4.0-8122	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-4930K @ 4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780	60FPS, minor FPS drop in menu when AA is turned on (Especially noticeable with 8x SSAA.)	Cuyler
4.0-8329	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-4570K @ 4 GHz	AMD Radeon R9 280X	60FPS, graphical glitch: Invisible fish in the sea.	SirBanjo
4.0-8358	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.2 GHz	AMD Radeon R9 390	60FPS, graphical glitch: Fish are invisible in the sea.	44trent3
4.0-9292	Mac OS X 10.11.4	Intel Core i7-4600MQ @ 2.4 GHz	Intel HD 4600	60FPS, graphical glitch: Fish are invisible in the sea.	1byte_
5.0	Windows 7	Intel Celeron B815 @ 1.6 GHz	Intel HD Graphics	35 - 60FPS(Mostly 60FPS). Everything works!	angeloanan
5.0	Windows 7	Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6 GHz	Intel HD Graphics	Everything fine, fish and distorted sound issues solved somewhere before 5.0	EblfIYH
5.0	Windows 10	Intel Core i5-7200U @ 2.5 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GT 920MX	60FPS with no lag / problem whatsoever. Tried with 2 times native resolution and still 60FPS.	angeloanan
5.0	Windows 10	Intel Core i3 5020U @ 2.2 GHz	Intel HD Graphics 5500	Mostly 60FPS,(as long as you use native resolution), Stuttering now and then when entering new areas, but very playable.	Sourbit
5.0-1858	Windows 10	Intel Q8200 @ 2.33 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	60FPS, no graphical errors present, slight stutter on entry to houses sometimes.	DarkRaider8701
5.0-2849	Windows 7	Intel Celeron G1610 @ 2.6 GHz	Intel HD Graphics	No stuttering or something look-alike found. 60FPS all game. Enabling WC24 and exiting will saving last forever and ever.	EblfIYH

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0 - Animal Crossing: City Folk (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii

Animal Crossing: Lets go to the City on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator (720p HD)

Animal Crossing: City Folk Wii HD Gameplay (Dolphin 5.0-17950)

• Animal Crossing: City Folk (4K / 2160p / 60fps) - Dolphin Emulator 5.0-15837 - Nintendo Wii