Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) News Articles
Monday4th Feb 2013
Nintendo Direct Animal Crossing Developers Reply To Fan Feedback
Read our translation of events right here
Because of the overwhelming response to the Animal Crossing: New Leaf in Japan, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and some of the game's staff decided to have a another special Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct to share some of the comments they've received about the game. We start with game producer Eguchi...
Thursday10th Jan 2013
News South Korea Is Getting Animal Crossing: New Leaf Before North America And Europe
Grumble, grumble
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is doing pretty brisk business in Japan, a fact which makes us western players all the more anxious to get our hands on it. So far, Nintendo has refused to give a solid release date for the game in this part of the world, instead vaguely stating that North America will get it "Q1/Q2" and Europe "Q2". Just...
Monday7th Jan 2013
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf Has Been Downloaded Half A Million Times In Japan
Iwata reveals that smartphones have played a huge part in the game's success
Animal Crossing: New Leaf has become something of a smash hit in its native Japan; as of December, it has sold 2 million copies, becoming one of the most popular 3DS games yet and illustrating just how massive Nintendo's console is in the far east. Download sales haven't...
Friday28th Dec 2012
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf Hits 2 Million Sales In Japan
Not even Mario or Monster Hunter could win the race
Animal Crossing: New Leaf has been doing extremely well in Japan since its release at the beginning of November this year. A couple of days after hitting stores the game had sold out across Japan, leaving many fans disappointed who never managed to grab a physical copy. Not long before the month...
Wednesday5th Dec 2012
News Pikmin 3 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf Drop Into Q2 2013
Localisation and development to blame
During today's Nintendo Direct broadcasts in North America and Europe, Nintendo showed fairly brief glimpses of Pikmin 3 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, with the Wii U title getting a little longer to flex its HD muscles. There was disappointing news, however, as Nintendo of Europe boss Satoru Shibata confirmed...
Wednesday28th Nov 2012
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf Surpasses One Million Sales
E.X. Troopers has an underwhelming start
When Animal Crossing: New Leaf was released in Japan, demand was so high that physical copies of the game sold out, while eShop download sales returned some rather impressive results. Subsequent weeks have remained solid, with the latest Media Create results showing that the title has passed the one million...
Monday12th Nov 2012
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf Already Sold Out In Japan
Iwata reassures fans on Twitter
Animal Crossing: New Leaf is one of the most anticipated games in the West right now, with fans of the series foaming at the mouth at the prospect of becoming the mayor of their own little town in 2013. Japanese gamers have had the game for a few days now, and it appears they loved it so much it has already sold out...
Friday9th Nov 2012
Out Now Animal Crossing: New Leaf Starts Life in Japan
Time to get envious
So, Animal Crossing: New Leaf is out now in Japan, released on 8th November. Once we got over the irritation of discovering that we were a day late, we thought we'd look at what we know so far, point you to previous articles that have stacks of information, compile some nice gameplay footage and look at the reaction to the game...
Monday29th Oct 2012
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf Will Not Have "Unwholesome" Paid DLC
No 99 cent purchases from Tom Nook, then
Nintendo's spent a fair bit of time and effort this year taking steps forward in its download business on 3DS, with one notable area being in-game paid DLC. It's not as if extra add-on content is entirely new for the big N in 2012, but its profile undoubtedly increased with Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy and...
Thursday25th Oct 2012
News Animal Crossing: New Leaf Turns Over Some New Footage
Prepare to spend a lot of time on 3DS
As part of today's Nintendo Direct broadcast, it was confirmed that the new Animal Crossing title due to arrive on 3DS next year will be called Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It seems like an apt title as the new entry will, of course, introduce new features and mayoral duties. There was a decent amount of new...
Thursday18th Oct 2012
News New Animal Crossing 3DS Details Reveal Streetpass Mode
More reasons to become a recluse
Fresh information about Animal Crossing: Jump Out has been updated on the Animal Crossing 3DS official website. A new Streetpass mode is included, where other players can view your badges that you obtain from Palotini, who rewards you for your hard work — that includes catching fishes, gathering a variety of stuff...
Monday8th Oct 2012
News Our Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct Translation Awaits Forest Folk Within
A complete summary of the Japanese presentation
Last week there was a special Japanese Nintendo Direct presentation covering the forthcoming Animal Crossing: Jump Out on 3DS. As usual, we've got a summary of the entire video, saving you the bother of having to actually learn Japanese in order to understand it. Iwata starts out by introducing us to...
Friday5th Oct 2012
News Watch The Japanese Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct Here
Not hosted by Tom Nook, sadly
Today, Nintendo Japan ran a special Animal Crossing-themed Nintendo Direct, which you can watch using the video link below. The video was devoted to the forthcoming 3DS release Animal Crossing: Jump Out. The game is released in Japan on November 8th.
Wednesday3rd Oct 2012
News Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct Confirmed for Japan
Remember to breathe
If Nintendo has one focus this week, it seems to be to remind us about 3DS. The handheld is only in its second year, after all, and has its share of big releases due in the coming months. One upcoming title that's high on a lot of 3DS wish-lists is Animal Crossing: Jump Out, which isn't due in North America and Europe until...
News Japan Is Getting These Awesome Animal Crossing and New Super Mario Bros. 2 3DS Bundles
Bundles of joy
Nintendo has confirmed that it is releasing new 3DS XL hardware bundles in Japan, with Animal Crossing and New Super Mario Bros. 2 themed consoles expected to hit store shelves in November. At the start of November Nintendo will push the all-black 3DS XL onto store shelves for 18,900 yen ($240 / £150). That's just the console on its...
Wednesday8th Aug 2012
News Fresh Animal Crossing 3DS Details Emerge
Gardening store confirmed
The latest issue of Famitsu magazine is packed with details relating to the forthcoming 3DS installment of Animal Crossing, including news that the game will showcase a gardening store, thrift outlet and raccoon housing project — the latter being run by everyone's favourite exploitative landowner, Tom Nook. You'll also...
Friday22nd Jun 2012
News New Animal Crossing 3DS Trailer Straight from Japan
Serene mode engaged
Angry that Animal Crossing won't reach Europe until 2013 and North America until... well, who knows when? Watch this new Japanese trailer for the game and all your stress might just melt away or, perhaps, become more strongly amplified. The video shows tonnes of new touches like solar panels to install outside, new shops and...
News Animal Crossing 3DS and Fire Emblem Hit Europe in 2013
Lazy days
Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata just confirmed two much-anticipated Nintendo 3DS titles, Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem: Awakening, will not reach 3DS until next year. Nintendo had previously announced Fire Emblem for 2012, but Shibata said Nintendo wants to work hard on developing the best games possible. Animal Crossing and...
Friday27th Apr 2012
News Iwata: "Animal Crossing 3DS Won't Rely on Add-On Content"
Get what you pay for
To some, Animal Crossing on 3DS sounds like the ideal opportunity to sell as much digital add-on content as possible, but Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has again stated the company's strong opposition to this model. Iwata told investors Nintendo will stick to its ethos of not selling products that consumers would deem...
Saturday21st Apr 2012
News Animal Crossing Tobidase Reaches Japan This Fall
Come inside
Animal Crossing 3DS has an official title and release window for Japan, those lucky blighters. Its full Japanese title is Doubutsu no Mori: Tobidase. Tobidase means 'jumping out' of something, a phrase often used to describe the 3DS's 3D capabilities but which Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says also refers to the game's wireless...
Friday27th Jan 2012
News Big 3DS Release Dates Still to Be Determined
TBD strikes again
The latest Nintendo release schedule doesn't narrow the release windows for many highly anticipated 3DS games. Mario Tennis and Luigi's Mansion 2 are both labelled up as 2012 releases. Animal Crossing and Paper Mario are down for 2012 in Japan but are both listed as "to be determined" for North America and E
Friday2nd Dec 2011
News Customise Your Home Inside and Out in Animal Crossing 3DS
Developer interview inside
Things have been a little quiet on the Animal Crossing 3DS front so far, with Nintendo dropping new information as often as rare furniture falling from a tree. However we now have an officially translated version of a recent developer roundtable, revealing some juicy new details. One of the more interesting updates is the...
Friday16th Sep 2011
News Animal Crossing 3DS Looks Suitably Relaxing
Screens and trailer inside
Nintendo is finally starting to open up about Animal Crossing on 3DS, with a set of new screenshots and a short trailer unveiled at the Nintendo Conference this week. AC aficionados will be pleased to hear the game is due for release in 2012, with new features letting you become head of the village to lead its development,...
Tuesday7th Jun 2011
News Animal Crossing 3DS Trailer Rings a Few Bells
Subtle changes afoot
Animal Crossing for 3DS is unlikely to drastically revamp the series' template established by previous outings on the Gamecube, Wii and DS, but more of the same endearing characters and surprisingly compelling gameplay would go down well with many. Here's this year's footage of the game direct from Nintendo, complete with new...
Sunday23rd Jan 2011
First Impressions 3DS Video Round-Up
Eyes-on with a whole lot of titles
Regrettably not all the best-looking titles at the Discover 3DS event were available to play, with many games only visible in rolling footage. We spent plenty of time touring the cinematic areas of the events in Europe and New York to see how some of the non-playable games were shaping up. One of the best-looking...
Tuesday15th Jun 2010
E3 2010 Animal Crossing Confirmed for 3DS
First screenshots of the life sim
Rather like Retro Studios' stab at revitalising Donkey Kong, this is another rumour from last week that turned out true: Animal Crossing is heading to 3DS, as these screenshots prove. Although the core graphical styling is unchanged from previous outings, the graphical improvement over the DS's A
