Animal Crossing Video Game Series
Created and developed by Nintendo, a series of simulation games in which we control the life of our avatar. All titles in the series are available only on Ninntendo consoles and mobile devices.
The first part, Animal Crossing, was released in 2002 for the GameCube console. It was intended to be a title with no restrictions and no storyline, allowing the player to do whatever they wanted. Three years later, the sequel hit the market, Animal Crossing: Wild Worlds, in a version for the Nintendo DS. In 2008, it had its premiere Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii), in 2012 AC: New Leaf (3DS). In 2015, two spin-offs of the series were released: AC: Happy Home Designer (3DS) and AC: Amiibo Festival (WiiU). Two years later, the series arrived on mobile devices with the release of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (iOS and Android). The next installment has already hit the Nintendo Switch, and it was Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020).
W Animal Crossing we take on the role of a self-created character, leading a life in a quiet location (usually a town, but a summer camp or an abandoned island also happened) inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Depending on the title, we either control our avatar in a pre-imposed environment, which we change only cosmetically, or we build our place to live from scratch. Each installment of Animal Crossing allows many interactions and activities: we can fish, farm, construct buildings, cook food, take care of other characters and much more (not all options are available in each title, but some set of them). A distinctive feature of the series is its real-time gameplay - the time in the game is always the same as in the console. This means that if we play at night, the game will also be night, etc. The goal guiding the developers in designing all parts is to relax the viewer, hence the gameplay always has a relaxed pace.
The series stands out as one of the biggest sellers when it comes to brands in the Nintendo portfolio. The itself New Horizons has sold more than 30 million copies, making this installment the second best-selling game on Nintendo Switch.
Animal Crossing Series Evolution
2024
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
2020
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2015
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
2015
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
2008
Animal Crossing: City Folk
2005
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Simulation
November 29, 2024
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is a summer camp manager simulator developed for mobile devices. The player creates his or hers character and must care for the needs of the visitors, become friends with them and gather resources in order to construct new objects.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Simulation
March 20, 2020
Animal Crossing is the next installment of the hit simulation series from Nintendo, which allows the player to try life in a fairytale village inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise November 5, 2021
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
Party
November 13, 2015
Spin-off to the popular Animal Crossing series, designed as an electronic board game, set in the universe of the series that has been developed since 2001 by Nintendo. During the game, we use amiibo figurines and cards, transferred into the game world via special NFC reader. As we play, we throw virtual dices and move over a special board, full of various mini-games, prizes, and sometimes traps, which will cause us to lose, for example, virtual money. The goal of the game is extremely simple: to make our character the happiest resident of the village. The title, like most digital board games, is designed primarily to be played in multiplayer mode. Notable features of Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival include extremely colorful, 3D graphic designs and interactive board game that changes with each successive seasons, as was the case in previous full-fledged installments of the series.
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Simulation
July 30, 2015
A spin-off of the popular Animal Crossing series by Nintendo. Unlike the other titles in the franchise, Happy Home Designer is not a life simulation game, but a software for designing interiors of the virtual characters' houses. In the game you find a range of options and items allowing you to customize the house according to the character's desires. On the floor you can place carpets, while the rooms can be furnished with bookshelves, benches, tables, wardrobes, or other objects. The gameplay mechanics are very simple, focusing on choosing objects and placing them at the desired spot. The game supports the amiibo cards, which you can scan and invite other characters to the house to chat or to play. The game features the same visual style as the latest Animal Crossing productions.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Adventure
November 8, 2012
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a life simulator in which we play the role of a resident of a village inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. In this environment we can undertake various works, get to know the stories of other characters, explore the surroundings and influence the environment. One of the novelties in this part of the series is the option of becoming a mayor.
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Adventure
November 16, 2008
Animal Crossing: City Folk is the next installment of the series, which began in the glory of the Nintendo 64 console. The new game uses the WiiSpeak microphone.
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Adventure
December 5, 2005
This is the official continuation of the Animal Crossing hit, released in 2003 on GameCube console. You live among your animal friends in a fictional world full of diverse villages and cities.
Animal Crossing (2002)
Adventure
September 15, 2002
Animal Crossing has been described by Nintendo as a "communication game", a communication game. It has been designed as a game with no limits and no storyline, making it possible for the player to live in this virtual world literally as he or she likes.
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