I've really enjoyed this game so far. I bought it for a around $35. If you like board games you may enjoy this. Don't expect an Animal Crossing though. It's closer to playing The Game of Life board game in the Animal Crossing universe. Younger kids will get the most enjoyment out of this. Older players will find the Turnip (stock) Market enjoyable because it adds a small amount of complexity to an otherwise straight forward roll-the-dice game. Data gets saved to the Amiibo statues but so far not the cards. (Still have to unlock some mini games. Need more in-game Happy Points and physical cards to progress.)



Nice features:

- You can play the board game as 1 player. (It's long however...you have to play with 3 NPCs which is over an hour easily of game time.). 6 of the 8 mini games are single player accessible. 4 mini games can be played with more than one player. 2 need at least 2 players.

- You can set a time limit on the board game.

- You can change your outfit b4 a game starts after you unlock them with happy points stored on the Amiibo.

- You don't need to register the amiibos to your Wii U to use them.

- You can see the amiibos that have played in your plaza.

- NPCs can be renamed.

- The board game host changes.

- The board game art changes based on month/season. Also different months add different holidays to the game.

Cons:

- No off screen play. So it gets played less in our house.

- Board game space cut-scenes can get repetitive. As a digital game they should have added some more variety.

- The three cards that come with the game are dissapointingly baseball card like. Since you have to use the cards to essentially log into the other mini games ... they could very easily get damaged by younger kids or adults for that matter. Credit card type cards would have been best. A thin plastic top and bottom protective glossy film at minimum really would have been nice. Personally, I will be buying hard plastic sleeves to protect them.

- The biggest disappointment is that some of the other mini games need 6 cards to gain access to them. So you have to buy more cards because the box comes with 3. I took off a star in the review because of that. So essentially your paying for the game + Amiibo statues (at least 1 Animal Crossing Amiibo statue is needed to get past the start screen) + Amiibo cards. If I'm forced to buy a bundle...have everything included. Maybe this bugs me because I would have preferred a digital download which is not available. Also the cards and statues are not interchangeable. Board game uses statues. Mini games use cards. Both can only be Animal Crossing.