Surprise! The fan favorite mayoral assistant, Isabelle, from the Animal Crossing franchise is joining Nintendo’s upcoming Super Smash Bros Ulitmate. Her reveal footage actually starts off like an actual Animal Crossing game – misdirecting fans to think that they were actually watching the reveal trailer for a brand new entry in the series. It is only once she receives an official letter asking her to join the grand melee is it obvious that she is the latest...
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Animal Crossing on Switch – What we’d like to see
It’s hard to believe that Animal Crossing has been around for nearly 20 years. The original game was released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan on April 14th, 2001. Can anyone say “Animal Crossing Day?” The game was enhanced and re-released for the GameCube in December 2001 and was later released in North America on September 15th, 2002. With Nintendo’s planned Nintendo Direct scheduled for tomorrow, there are bound to be new game announcements for the back half...
Continue reading...Maintenance Tuesday for Pocket Camp ahead of new features
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be undergoing some scheduled maintenance early next week. The maintenance will take place starting February 13th at 11am ET and run until later that day, wrapping up around 6pm ET. Since Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is an online only game the game will be offline during that time, so you will be unable to play Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. The maintenance is certainly to bring in a few new features to the...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing update happening this week?
Last week there was a notice posted in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp that a big update was coming soon. That update may be almost upon us. The game has been updated to version 1.1.4 in the Google Play store and upon installing the update the game prompts to download a large update (around 60MB or so) to your device. This is undoubtedly the content for the newest update, which is certainly right around the corner. Updates...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Coming to Mobile Devices in Late November
One of Nintendo’s most enduring franchises, Animal Crossing is coming to mobile devices for the first time in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. The new smart device game allows players to decorate and expand their camper home, and learn more about the community they are part of. In the first Animal Crossing game for mobile devices, you can interact with animal friends, craft furniture items and gather resources while managing a campsite. It’s a slight departure from the core Animal Crossing gameplay but...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing Direct coming Tuesday
Nintendo announced this morning that there will be a special Nintendo Direct planned for tomorrow. The Direct will be focused solely on the Animal Crossing mobile app. A mobile app based in the Nintendo franchise was announced long ago with no details aside from being dated for 2017. The presentation tomorrow should give us all the information we need including release date, pricing, as well as just what the app will be about. Will this be a...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing amiibo just $5 at Walmart in Canada
Okay so the Animal Crossing amiibo haven’t been a huge success when it comes to the rest of Nintendo’s figures. Part of that is likely due to the lackluster reception of last year’s Animal Crossing amiibo Festival and the resulting over-saturation and under-selling of the figures. But if you haven’t completed your collection of amiibo of the Animal Crossing nature, and you live in Canada, now is your time. Walmart Canada is now selling Animal Crossing amiibo...
Continue reading...Retail release Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo pushed back
For those who didn’t pick up Animal Crossing: New Leaf before and are waiting for the updated retail release Welcome amiibo to hit stores, you may have to wait just a bit longer. Originally scheduled to be released on Friday, December 2nd, Nintendo.com now lists the release date just shy of a week later on December 8th. The move could possibly be to spread out Nintendo’s releases, with Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS also releasing on...
Continue reading...Nintendo plays it smart with Animal Crossing update
Now Nintendo could have gone the money route and made a brand new Animal Crossing game. Animal Crossing: New Leaf was released for the Nintendo 3DS back in back in 2013, so it’s been three years since its release. And when you consider that this is the forth game in the main series, and the games have been released about every three to four years apart, it wouldn’t have been at all surprising if they had. Sure...
Continue reading...Update and amiibo arrive in Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Animal Crossing: New Leaf got its long awaited free update today, which was announced in a special new Nintendo Direct video presentation. The free update launched this morning alongside the Nintendo Direct, and will also launch as part of a packaged version with the full game called Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo for theNintendo 3DS. The updated version of the classic Animal Crossing: New Leaf game adds amiibo functionality, which opens up a whole neighborhood of new possibilities. By...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing Welcome amiibo and new cards coming in December
Nintendo unveiled that there is an update coming for Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS. Nearly four years after the release, Nintendo is releasing a free update for the game. The update, which will come this November, will bring amiibo functionality to the game. Animal Crossing: New Leaf will support all four series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards, which consist of 400 cards in total. According to the amiibo website, tapping an Animal Crossing amiibo...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing: New Leaf update coming to support amiibo
Nintendo unveiled this morning that there is an update coming for Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS. Nearly four years after the release, Nintendo is releasing a free update for the game. The update, which will come this November, will bring amiibo functionality to the game. Animal Crossing: New Leaf will support all four series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards, which consist of 400 cards in total. According to the amiibo website, tapping an Animal...
Continue reading...Nintendo: Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem apps on the way
Get ready for at least two more Nintendo apps for your smart phone this year. Nintendo announced that its next two mobile apps will be based on Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing franchises. Nintendo plans to release both of these applications this fall. For Fire Emblem, Nintendo plans to make it more accessible in comparison to the Fire Emblem games for Nintendo’s gaming systems. Nintendo said that it aims to offer the great value of a role-playing...
Continue reading...Animal Crossing was released 15 years ago
It’s hard to believe that Animal Crossing is fifteen years old as it only seems like yesterday I was sitting in my room playing the first game in North America on my Nintendo GameCube. It’s also hard to imagine that the game took up an entire memory card, which is why the original game came packaged with one. The very first Animal Crossing game was released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan on April 14th, 2001. Since...
Continue reading...Sweet Animal Crossing Deals in Canada this week
If you’re an Animal Crossing fan and don’t already have all of the games and amiibo this might just be your week. Several Canadian retailers have select Animal Crossing amiibo, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and Animal Crossing amiibo Festival on for some pretty awesome deals! And when I saw awesome, I mean it. Some of the deals include 50% off the three-pack amiibo sets, buy one amiibo get one free. There is also a deal for...
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