Animal Crossing
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| First release | Dōbutsu no Mori April 14, 2001 (Japan) |
| Latest release | Animal Crossing: New Horizons March 20, 2020 |
Animal Crossing[a] is a social simulation video game series made by Nintendo.[1][2][3][4][5]
Throughout the Animal Crossing series, the player character is a human who lives in a village with many anthropomorphic animals (animals who act like people). The player carries out various activities such as fishing, bug catching, and fossil hunting. The series is known for its open-ended gameplay and use of the video game console's internal clock and calendar to show real passage of time. The first game in the series was originally only released in Japan for the Nintendo 64. The first Animal Crossing in other areas was released on the Nintendo Gamecube in 2001. The most recent entry in the series is Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which was released in late March of 2020. It's one of the best selling games for Nintendo.[6]
Games
[change | change source]Games of the main series
[change | change source]- Dōbutsu no Mori (lit. Animal Forest), Nintendo 64, April 14, 2001 (only in Japan)
- Dōbutsu no Mori+ (lit. Animal Forest+), Nintendo GameCube, December 14, 2001 (Japan)
- Animal Crossing, Nintendo GameCube, September 15, 2002 (North America, English version of Animal Forest+ with additions)
- Dōbutsu no Mori e+ (lit. Animal Forest e-Plus), Nintendo GameCube, June 27, 2003 (Japan, Japanese version of Animal Crossing with the additions and for example more holidays)
- Animal Crossing: Wild World, Nintendo DS, November 23, 2005 (Japan), December 5, 2005 (North America)
- Animal Crossing: City Folk (in some regions: Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City), Nintendo Wii, November 16, 2008 (North America), November 20, 2008 (Japan)
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Nintendo 3DS, November 8, 2012 (Japan), June 9, 2013 (North America), June 14, 2013 (Europe), June 15, 2013 (Australia)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo Switch, March 20, 2020 (worldwide)
Spin-Offs
[change | change source]- Sweet Day as part of Nintendo Land, Nintendo Wii U, November 18, 2012 (North America)
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Nintendo 3DS, July 30, 2015 (Japan), September 25, 2015 (North America), October 2, 2015 (Europe)
- Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, Nintendo Wii U, November 13, 2015 (North America)
- Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Android and iOS, October 25, 2017 (Australia), November 21, 2017 (worldwide)
Notes
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Knezevic, Kevin (April 6, 2020). "How Animal Crossing Was Born From One Of Nintendo's Biggest Flops". GameSpot. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Learn more about the development of the Animal Crossing series in our interview!". Nintendo. November 25, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
- ↑ Andrew H (March 27, 2014). "While Animal Crossing may never see a mobile game, there could be companion apps on the way". DroidGamers. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Stephen Totilo (June 8, 2013). "No Retro Games in Future Animal Crossings—With One Possible Exception". Kotaku. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ Brett Elston (July 15, 2008). "E3 08: Nintendo Press Conference". GamesRadar+. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
- ↑ updated, Emma Boyle last (2020-03-16). "Animal Crossing: New Horizons review". TechRadar. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
