Animal Crossing WW - HACKED!

Unscrupulous hackers are managing to lock Animal Crossing: Wild World gamers out of their own virtual villages.

The Nintendo DS game, which was released in the US last year, allows gamers to invite three friends to hang out in their village through the magic of the handheld's WiFi capability, but this can only happen if the DS users are all registered on one another's friends list.

But unsuspecting Animal Crossing fans who have revealed their details on websites have fallen prey to hackers who have managed to remove the gates of any villages they visit. This has left gamers trapped offline if they have saved after the hack has taken place.

Fortunately, any changes the hackers implement can be rectified with use of an Action Replay cartridge, but this hacking demonstrates how cautious DS users should be with their friends list.

Credit: Gamesradar.com

Deary me, hope nintendo improves this issue in the European version.

I doubt it. This is the work of hackers, they'd get around it whatever.

And this is why you shouldn't let people you don't trust run around in your town...

It's annoying that there is such complete losers on the internet who have nothing better to do with their time but to hack, of all games, Animal Crossing!! This doesn't really put me off purchasing the game that much though, I'd hope Nintendo could find someway of disabling those hackers Wi-Fi ability though.

I'd hope Nintendo could find someway of disabling those hackers Wi-Fi ability though.

Well, if this was xbox live and a proper paid service it wouldn't be a problem.

im not quite sure what the hack does. So people cant get back online? Or they can get online and are vulnerable to people comming in and out of their villages???

Gees I hope that hasn't happened to me... I've never seen a UK AR for DS anywhere!! I hope My game is still OK