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Animal Crossing is a simulation video game series created by Nintendo. Within the series, the player assumes the role of a new resident to a town populated by animals, and works to repay their debt and settle in to the daily routine of the town. The series has gained popularity on a number of websites, spawning a large fandom.
History
The first Animal Crossing game was a Japan-only release on the Nintendo 64, titled Animal Forest, and was released on April 14, 2001. Due to the success of the game in Japan, the game was later ported to the Gamecube for release in the US on September 15, 2002, where it received favorable reviews. A sequel titled Animal Crossing: Wild World was released for the DS on December 5, 2005. The game utilized DS features such as a real-time clock and Nintendo Wi-Fi connection, to allow users to visit each other’s towns wirelessly. A third game titled Animal Crossing: City Folk was released on the Nintendo Wii on November 16, 2008, this time allowing players to visit a new city area, filled with a number of different shops and other services for the player to utilize. The fourth game in the series, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, was released for Nintendo 3DS on June 9, 2013 and featured a wide variety of new features, most notably the ability to become mayor of your town, and let you adjust it’s features. An anime film based of the second game in the series, titled Dōbutsu no Mori was released exclusively in Japan, and was released on December 16, 2006. As well as this, the Animal Crossing series has been featured in a number of other games series, such as Super Smash Bros., Wii Music and Nintendo Land.
Online Relevance
The Animal Crossing series has a significant fan following on a number of sites, such as DeviantArt[1], Reddit[2], 4chan’s /v/ video game board[3] and Fanfiction.net[4]. As well as this, there are two Animal Crossing wikis dedicated to recording the series[5][6], as well as an Animal Crossing fan site, titled Animal Crossing Community[7].
Search Interest
External References
[1]DeviantArt – Animal Crossing
[2]Reddit – r/Animal Crossing
[3]4chan – /v/ Video Games
[4]Fanfiction.net – Animal Crossing