Nintendo explains why Animal Crossing is not a fit for smartphones
Animal Crossing is best-suited for portable systems, but the series producer says it's more complex than people realize and therefore wouldn't be a good fit on smartphones.
READ MORE >Animal Crossing on Wii too formulaic, says Nintendo
Animal Crossing: City Folk, the Wii version of the game that followed the hit DS version, was too much like prior games, and helped encourage the company to try more new ideas in New Leaf.
READ MORE >Animal Crossing: New Leaf has sold 7 million
Animal Crossing: New Leaf has now crossed 7 million copies sold worldwide, more than a year after its initial Japanese release.
READ MORE >"That's a a whole lot of sold games. Never really played an Animal Crossing game, but I keep ..."
see all 2 commentsAnimal Crossing Plaza for Wii U announced, out now
Animal Crossing is on Wii U! Well, sort of. Nintendo has announced Animal Crossing Plaza for Wii U, which is available to download off the eShop right now.
READ MORE >Animal Crossing: New Leaf review: owing a debt
Animal Crossing: New Leaf attempts to mix up the formula by giving you mayoral power over your bustling town. Does it liven up the life simulator series? Our review.
READ MORE >"So... I should be glad I skipped the Wii version so as to make this feel more fresh. Gotcha."
see all 23 commentsAnimal Crossing's Mr. Resetti made optional because he made players cry
The development team of Animal Crossing: New Leaf talks about why they revised the game to make Mr. Resetti optional and reduce Tom Nook's role.
READ MORE >"That's pretty funny. He was annoying, though. I'm going to be enabling him for old times sake, ..."
see all 7 commentsAnimal Crossing: New Leaf coming June 9
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is coming June 9, Nintendo announced during its Nintendo Direct presentation today.
READ MORE >Animal Crossing: New Leaf finally gets a US trailer
Fishing! Catching butterflies! Moving furniture! Picking flowers! Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 3DS brings back the relaxing activities franchise fans have come to expect.
READ MORE >"My favorite past-time is completely messing up trying to catch bugs, how did they know?"
see all 2 commentsAnimal Crossing coming to 3DS in early 2013
Nintendo's beloved living-in-debt simulator is coming back in "early 2013," the publisher has announced.
READ MORE >"the problem with both of those games was that there was nothing to do. play it for 2-3 hours ..."
see all 8 commentsAnimal Crossing 3DS: customize town as the mayor
While Animal Crossing games traditionally cast the player as little more than a wandering vagrant, beachcombing and shaking trees for money, Animal Crossing for 3DS will cast you as mayor--and you'll get to make a few changes around town.
READ MORE >"I skipped the last one or two but I'll probably end up picking this one up :("
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"I guess you don't play a lot of Nintendo games to be making that statement."
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