Animal Crossing New Leaf (Nintendo 3DS) XL 2DS Game
Dec 03, 2016
Sweet family fun
Animal Crossing New Leaf is not an action game. The game play is fairly slow, in that you build up your town slowly and have certain requirements of befriending the villagers, building work projects, etc. But it is very engaging and entertaining! My son started playing around age 5, before he could read (you have to read conversations with the animal villagers, rather than hearing them, since they talk "Animalese" instead of English). He's now 9 and still plays it off and on. He's abandoned it several times for more action-packed games, but he always comes back to it.
As a grown-up, I also play it. I've been more of a steady player, and have built several towns. If you're in to online interactions, you can find an Animal Crossing Facebook page and play interactively with other people, but it's just as fun if you don't do that.
Overall, we've enjoyed it very much, and I highly recommend it!