AC:CF gets name change in Australia

[Meltd0wn]

While a launch date has not been set yet, Nintendo of Australia has applied for and received a game rating from the Australian OFLC board.
BTW it will have a G (General) rating their.

Here is the info.
----------------------------------------
ANIMAL CROSSING LET'S GO TO THE CITY Game (Nintendo Wii)
Classification G (General)
Consumer Advice Gaming experience may change online
Category Computer Games
Version ORIGINAL
Duration variable
Date of Classification 12 September 2008
Author HISASHI NOGAMI
Publisher NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Production Company NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Country of Origin JAPAN
Applicant NINTENDO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
File Number T08/4040
Classification Number 4156400B

----------------------------------------

Im most puzzled about the name change though. I have friends from Aus. and I know many words have different meanings from country to country, but I dont recall an alternate meaning for the word "Folk".
I am aware that some words in one country have much different and vulgar or condescending meanings in other countries

Or maybe the Australian branch of Nintendo thinks that a longer name makes it sound more distinguished? I do know that this also means all different packaging, programing, and manual construction.

I am very curious now to find out what disgusting thing the word "Folk" means in Australia though. heh heh



(Source: Classification.gov.au)

[Zea]

This is a guess on my part, but I really don't think it was renamed because of any word/phrase that could have been offensive.
When I first saw "Animal Crossing:City Folk" I saw in my mind the acww "Village" turned into a "City", but in fact it is villagers traveling to the city. The new name clarifies that, I think.
Just my 2 cents worth, lol.

[Meltd0wn]

That makes sense, but then why only in one country?

and I'll add for argument sake that I didn't think the game change to take place in a city. just like I didn't think the DS version of the game changed to cover an entire world. heh heh

Although maybe the Aus branch of Nintendo doesn't think their population is smart enough to figure it out with out help. LOL

I know past experience that game, movie, TV show, etc names have been altered because of change in meaning.

But we also have the name change of the original game when it came to North America and then the rest of the world outside of Japan.

Originally the name was "Animal Forrest". and at least here in North America I know of no reason it had to be changed to "Animal Crossing". and they never gave a reason for the change either.

So we probably wont ever know the real reason this was changed either. heh.