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Friday13th Jan 2023
Random Fans Create 'Nuzlocke-Style' Mode For Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Can't keep a good fan down
It has officially been one year, two months, and nine days (and counting) since Nintendo has made any significant content updates to its second-most successful game in history — Animal Crossing: New Horizons. So, on January 4th, YouTuber NintenTalk released a challenge to their viewers to "Make Animal Crossing: New...
Wednesday9th Nov 2022
News Switch Is Most Popular With 22-Year-Olds, Nintendo Says
Well, that rules us out then
Update [Wed 9th Nov, 2022 14:20 GMT]: After the below article went live, it came to our attention that the data supplied by Nintendo might actually be more inaccurate than we'd initially believed. As pointed out by Colm Larkin over on Twitter (and indeed by a few of our own clever community members), the sharp spike at...
Wednesday14th Apr 2021
News Nintendo Unveils Beautiful Animal Crossing Soundtrack Collection
Update: Now available on Amazon US!
Update: It appears the Animal Crossing soundtrack collection is also launching in the US, as it's just popped up on Amazon. If you fancy pre-ordering it, you can grab it below. <products id="14908,14921,14922" style="grid"> Original Article: As you may already be aware, Animal Crossing / Dōbutsu no Mori...
Anniversary The Animal Crossing Series Is Now 20 Years Old
And we're still paying off our loans...
While Animal Crossing still feels like a relatively new Nintendo franchise, today actually marks its 20th anniversary. Yes, the series started out in Japan on 14th April 2001 as a Nintendo 64 title. While Dōbutsu no Mori (otherwise known as Animal Forest) was never released in its original form here in the...
Wednesday1st Aug 2018
That's a lot of Bells
Animal Crossing: Wild World on the Nintendo DS is no longer the best-selling title in the lifestyle simulation series. Despite there being far less 3DS systems in the wild compared to the Nintendo DS, the odds have been defied. As of Nintendo’s latest financial report, Animal Crossing: New Leaf for 3DS has sold 11.78...
Thursday13th Oct 2016
Nintendo Download 13th October (North America)
Disney Magical World 2! Chase Investigations! Gurumin 3D! More!
It's that time again for the North American Nintendo Download Update, and this week has some tempting options. The Wii U eShop line-up includes a roguelike that we rather, well, like; in addition the home console has two rather nice DS arrivals on its Virtual Console. The 3DS has a high...
News Kirby Canvas Curse and Animal Crossing: Wild World Hit the Wii U VC This Week
Double trouble
Over the past few weeks, it seems that Nintendo of America has been keen to play catch up with the European Virtual Console. That trend looks set to continue, as this week's update will be including not one, but two DS games that are arriving nearly a year later on from their initial eShop debut. As always, better late than never,...
Thursday14th Apr 2016
Poll The Utterly Charming Animal Crossing Series Is 15 Today, But Which Is Your Favourite?
Turning a new leaf or heading to the city? Let us know
The Animal Crossing series turns 15 today, and to celebrate this occasion Nintendo has released a special video. The first game in the franchise launched in Japan on the Nintendo 64 15 years ago, and since then we've seen entries on the GameCube, DS, Wii, 3DS and Wii U. The GameCube version was...
Monday16th Nov 2015
Nintendo Download 19th November (Europe)
Mario Tennis! New Style Boutique 2! Typoman! DS Animal Crossing! More!
Another week begins, and therefore we have the European Nintendo Download Update details to consider. This week brings notable retail releases on both Wii U and 3DS, along with a surprising DS Virtual Console arrive and a particularly promising Nindie release. There are some...
Wednesday7th Aug 2013
News Animal Crossing Plaza and Miiverse Community Open on Wii U
Available now, and is essentially an AC WaraWara Plaza
Today's Nintendo Direct broadcasts across multiple territories may have been focused on providing details of previously revealed titles, but there was still the occasional surprise. One of these is the Animal Crossing Plaza on Wii U, which will be available today for free, and serves as a...
Wednesday26th Jun 2013
News Treat Your Ears to This Awesome K.K. and Friends Animal Crossing Album
An alternative soundtrack for your town
With Animal Crossing: New Leaf currently the game of choice for many, it's pretty hard to get enough of the utterly charming franchise. Who thought that living in a town with talking animals and carrying out manual labour for a fictional currency would be fun? Nintendo did, and it was right. An important part...
Sunday9th Jun 2013
News Don't Expect Retro Games to Play in New Animal Crossing Releases
Now go virtually play outside!
Back in the days of the GameCube Animal Crossing, when friends swapped memory cards and Tom Nook in a sweater vest was only a vague wisp that haunted the edges of our dreams and/or nightmares, players could find virtual NES consoles that contained emulated classics such as Pinball and Balloon Fight. Since then,...
Monday7th May 2012
News Let Animal Crossing be the Soundtrack to Your Day
Music 24/7
One thing that you may think about occasionally is that, unlike characters in video games, movies and TV shows, we don't have a music soundtrack following us through our daily lives. Animal Crossing on GameCube, meanwhile, followed the same clock as us and its characters had an active soundtrack for every hour of the day. Courtesy of a...
Wednesday9th Jun 2010
Rumour We May See a 3DS Animal Crossing Next Week
Chug chug chug goes the E3 rumour mill
You know the deal by now: until we have this confirmed, please treat the following as a rumour. Robot-worshipping games website Destructoid recently posted an intriguing piece of news, suggesting that one first-party launch title for the 3DS could be the next instalment in Nintendo's Animal Crossing franchise...
Thursday20th Jul 2006
News Get Your Virtual Gift Only At Toys "R" Us
Nintendo's July newsletter has stated that your local Toys "R" Us store will be giving you a special gift, that will only be available from July 23, 2006 - July 30, 2006.
Nintendo's newsletter and official website has stated the following: One of six very unique Animal Crossing: Wild World virtual gifts are awaiting you at your nearest Toys...
Thursday13th Jul 2006
News European Wild World Gets Flower Power
Nintendo are encouraging all European Wild World players to use their Wi-fi connection by offering a free item.
European players of Nintendo's hugely successful title Animal Crossing Wild World are going to be in for a treat when they use their game online between the 17th - 23rd of this month. Those lovely people at Nintendo will give each player...
Thursday13th Apr 2006
News Animal Crossing Easter Eggs
Nintendo set to don the Bunny Suit and deliver some Easter Eggs into the Wild World.
Drop your chocolate eggs, Nintendo have a present for you. Well, only if you've managed to get your hands on Animal Crossing: Wild World on the Nintendo DS. Exploiting the online features of Wild World, Nintendo's easter bunny will be delivering special goodies to...
Friday31st Mar 2006
News Animal Crossing: Wild World Released In Europe
Nintendo have today released the totally alternative game; Animal Crossing on the Nintendo DS.
As always the Europeans get the latest games games latest, Nintendo have released Wild World on the DS, the latest in the Animal Crossing line. If your frustrated by the amount of violence and restrictions in today's video game, maybe Animal Crossing is...
