Animal Crossing series

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Animal Crossing

どうぶつの森
Dōbutsu no Mori

Creator:	Takashi Tezuka
First game:	Dōbutsu no Mori (2001)
Best-selling game:	Animal Crossing: Wild World (11.73 million copies)
Latest game:	Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival (2015)

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The Animal Crossing (Japanese: どうぶつの森 Dōbutsu no Mori, literally Animal Forest) is a series of games developed by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 and Nintendo GameCube in 2001. Released initially as Dōbutsu no Mori for the Nintendo 64, Animal Crossing has since expanded to include an animated film, manga, a trading card series, and several applications for the Nintendo DSi.

The series focuses on the player living their own virtual life in a village populated with anthropomorphic animals. The series also take place in real time, such as the current time and year.

History

Animal Crossing began as Animal Forest, a video game initially planned for the Nintendo 64DD, later on moving to the Nintendo 64 due to the delays of the Nintendo 64DD. Takashi Tezuka, the Director for Animal Forest, thought Animal Forest to be a a communication-type game. Katsuya Eguchi, the Producer for Animal Forest, wanted to create an easy game that people of all ages can play. He has also stated that he wanted to have a game that he and his family can play together whether or not he is there to be with the family.

Afterwards, the first game, Animal Forest was released on April 14, 2001 in Japan. Since the Nintendo 64 was near its end and with the game's success, the game was later ported as Animal Forest + onto the Nintendo GameCube and released on December 14, 2001 in Japan. On the first week, Animal Forest + had over 90,000 copies sold. Animal Forest + had new material included onto the game such as the use of GameCube's internal clock, for the game take place in real time. Eventually, an American version of Animal Forest +, named Animal Crossing, was developed; it was released on September 15, 2002 in North America. Animal Crossing had much more material translated and added than Animal Forest +, it had taken over six months to complete it. Impressed by this translation, Nintendo of Japan decides to release this game. Dōbutsu no Mori e+, was released on June 27, 2003 in Japan, this game sold over 90,000 copies. In addition to the content in the American version, Dōbutsu no Mori e+ also featured over 80 new villagers.

With the success of the series, a sequel was made onto the Nintendo DS. Animal Crossing: Wild World was released on November 23, 2005 in Japan. The game had sold over 325,460 copies in its first week. Wild World was later released in North America on December 5, 2005. The sixth installment of Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: City Folk, was released in Japan on November 20, 2008 and November 26, 2008 in North America for the Wii. The seventh installment of the series, Animal Crossing: New Leaf was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on November 8, 2012, and in North America on June 9, 2013.

Games

Game	JP release	NA release	EU release	AUS release	KOR release	Platform
00 Main series
Dōbutsu no Mori	2001	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo 64
Dōbutsu no Mori+	2001	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo GameCube
Animal Crossing	N/A	2002	2004	2003	N/A	Nintendo GameCube
Dōbutsu no Mori e+	2003	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nintendo GameCube
Animal Crossing: Wild World	2005	2005	2006	2005	N/A	Nintendo DS
Animal Crossing: City Folk	2008	2008	2008	2008	2010	Wii
Animal Crossing: New Leaf	2012	2013	2013	TBA	TBA	Nintendo 3DS
00 Spin-offs
Animal Crossing Plaza	2013	2013	2013	2013	N/A	Wii U
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer	2015	2015	2015	2015	N/A	Nintendo 3DS
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival	2015	2015	2015	2015	N/A	Wii U
00 Nintendo DSi applications
Animal Crossing Clock	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	DSiWare
Animal Crossing Calculator	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	DSiWare

Future

Nintendo announced at an April 2016 investors meeting that an Animal Crossing game will be among their properties released on mobile devices^[1]. The game was initially slated for a fall 2016 release^[2], but was pushed back to the next year due to the December 2016 launch of Super Mario Run, intended to launch before the end of March 2017.^[3]

External links

References

↑ "More #Nintendo apps are coming to smart devices, including Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing!" Nintendo of America (Twitter, April 27, 2016). Retrieved April 27, 2016.
↑ Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing Franchises Are Heading to Smart Devices. Nintendo Life (April 27, 2016). Retrieved October 25, 2016.
↑ 'Animal Crossing' and 'Fire Emblem' mobile apps delayed to 2017. Engadget (September 8, 2016). Retrieved October 25, 2016.

Main games	Doubutsu no Mori • Doubutsu no Mori+ • Animal Crossing • Doubutsu no Mori e+ • Wild World • City Folk • New Leaf • New Horizons
Side games / applications	Clock • Calculator • Happy Home Designer • amiibo Festival • Pocket Camp