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Animal Crossing

Help your animal neighbors, get a job, dig holes, celebrate holidays and more in Nintendo's off-beat life simulation game. It's fun for the whole family!

Animal Crossing Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: Well, these are more like letters than your standard impressions, but Animal Crossing has lots of letter writing so consider this a warm-up....

by Daniel Bloodworth - September 19, 2002

Animal Crossing Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: What's this? "Grumpy pants" Adam loves a game? Could it be?...

by Adam Kontras - September 18, 2002

Animal Crossing Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: Billy gets his paws on an advance copy of Animal Crossing. Could this be the next big Nintendo franchise in North America? Check out these in-depth impressions!...

by Billy Berghammer - September 3, 2002

Animal Crossing Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: If catching bugs, fishing, and playing Excitebike on your GBA doesn't sound like a good time, I don't know what does!...

by Nathan Christianson - May 24, 2002

Animal Crossing Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: So much work went into translation of this title. How well did it work out?...

by Zosha Arushan - May 23, 2002

Animal Crossing Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: Miyamoto's communication games is finally crossing over to the rest of us, and you better be prepared to spend a few years on this one....

by Andres Rojas - May 22, 2002

Animal Crossing Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: Details and impressions on Nintendo's "communication game," another fine example of the Nintendo Difference....

by Bakudan Yoshinoya - January 28, 2002

Animal Crossing Hands-on Preview

HANDS-ON: Miyamoto's communication games is finally crossing over to the rest of us, and you better be prepared to spend a few years on this one....

by Andres Rojas - May 22, 2000

Smashterpieces Podcast Episode 35: Animal Crossing

I'm so tired of hearing about adorable nieces who want a fish....

by Joe DeVader and Matthew Zawodniak - July 28, 2021

GDC 2014: Animal Crossing Developers Discuss Franchises, Communication, and Diversity.

Katsuya Eguchi and Aya Kyogoku Explain 'How to Turn a New Leaf at the Animal Crossing.'...

by Aaron Kaluszka - March 23, 2014

NWR 15th Birthday: The Best Game of the Past 15 Years: Round 1 - Mushroom Kingdom Region Part 1

Super Mario Galaxy is probably going to dominate here....

by Neal Ronaghan - March 11, 2014

Nintendo Launch Windows Through the Ages

Every system's launch window is just shy of a year, right?...

by Neal Ronaghan - November 1, 2013

BLOG: Stop and Smell the Roses: My New Appreciation for Animal Crossing's Plodding Pace

After logging 100 hours in 2 weeks, Tom explores what sustains his crippling addiction to New Leaf and suggests why it can be important to break the Bell-farming rut....

by Tom Malina - July 3, 2013

Neighbors in Namforth - Part 1

I'm a former resident. He's never played. Now we're sharing a town....

by Nate Andrews and Scott Thompson - August 8, 2012

The Music of GameCube

The Cube saw a generous helping of great music in its time....

by Nate Andrews - November 17, 2011

The GameCube 10: Animal Crossing

Living the quiet life was never more fun. ...

by Pedro Hernandez - November 14, 2011

GC/GBA Connectivity: Precursor to the Wii U?

Finally—the ability to play as Tingle....

by Pedro Hernandez and Zachary Miller - November 14, 2011

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Genre Simulation
Developer Nintendo
Players1 - 4

Worldwide Releases

na: Animal Crossing
Release Sep 15, 2002
PublisherNintendo
RatingEveryone
jpn: Doubutsu no Mori Plus
Release Dec 14, 2001
PublisherNintendo
RatingAll Ages
eu: Animal Crossing
Release Sep 24, 2004
PublisherNintendo
Rating3+
aus: Animal Crossing
Release Oct 17, 2003
PublisherNintendo
RatingGeneral
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