BURTON'S BYTES - Insanely addictive animal antics.

(From The Northern Echo)

Byline: NIGEL BURTON

ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD Formats: Nintendo DS Publisher: Nintendo Price: GBP24.99 Family friendly? age 7 plus

INTERACTIVE art collecting hardly sounds like a recipe for gaming nirvana in these bloodthirsty days of marauding zombies and first-person shoot 'em ups.

If that doesn't float your boat then how about foraging for fossils, writing a letter or just chilling out at the local museum?

Sounds rubbish, I know, but in common with so many off-the-wall Nintendo games over the years Animal Crossing: Wild World is insanely addictive.

Like all the best ideas, the thought behind this game is very simple: you start the game in a cartoon-esque Japanese town with animals for neighbours. …