Animal Crossing Mobile Game Delayed Until Later In The Year

First! Yes!!! I wont play it so I'm not concerned haha. Did I mention first?

I just hope it will be good.

I didn't expect it before April anyway 😂 The summer would be better. Then announce a full Switch game for 2018?? 🙃

I'm actually interested in this one though...

I'm fine. But give us AC Switch Nintendo

Makes a lot of sense to push it back, don't want to saturate the market too much so people buy less Nintendo mobile games.

@Nintendofan83 Thanks for telling us you were first. Your contribution to the discussion is invaluable.

No problem to me since i'm an Android user and will be getting both FE Heroes and SMR in March, and let's not forget Switch! So plenty of content in upcoming months

@Dtbahoney Do you know how valuable first is? It's much more valuable than 7th. FIRST!!!! Ok, i'm good now.

Honestly, AC should be a hit on mobile for it's casual nature and the ability for everything to be hidden behind micro transactions. New Leaf did well in North America so perhaps that helps get the franchise a wider audience.

WTF?! Nintendo said FIVE mobile titles in between Dec. 2015 and Mar. 2017. We are receiving THREE.

@Nintendofan83
Now you are 9th. 😝😝😝

@LegendOfPokemon
They may have also considered Pokémon Duel, which just released, but had a quiet release.

Makes sense. I always thought it weird and crowded that all of the announced mobile were supposed to be released in a few months radius of each other.

This boils down to what sort of game AC mobile is. Is it a happy home spinoff? A match-3 puzzler? Or an actual proper AC game?

Didn't Nintendo say that AC Mobile will be compatible with an upcoming console version?

Please, Nintendo. Announce proper Animal Crossing for Switch, same as Fire Emblem did.

Instead of an AC phone game give us one for the Switch

I'm good with the delay. Pokemon Duel being released last week, Fire Emblem Heroes release in 2 days, Mario Run (android) a month later with the Nintendo Switch. I'm not used to this type of pace, especially with backlogs.

I imagine it's being held back to closer coincide release with Animal Crossing Switch. A move that will help to cross promote and get those casual mobile people interested in the new console.

Awwww

Ugh, mobile games.
Now an Animal Crossing for Switch, on the other hand, would have me losing my mind.

While the reasoning they gave is sound, it seems more like a move to get it released closer to the reveal of a new console game. Seems like their current strategy for mobile, a new console entry usually isn't too far behind.

What a load of poop

Fire Emblem being freemium makes me think AC will be as well. Its too bad - I'd have played them otherwise

I wonder if they will announce it in an Animal Crossing Direct similar to the FE one. They spend the last half of it talking about the game, but then reveal that there is one coming for the Nintendo Switch, and maybe (or not) something related to the 3DS one.

That's just fine. I'm still having fun with Pokémon GO (every day but in small ways) and Super Mario Run. Will give FE a try. I'd rather have heard that it is delayed to make it a more robust and deep game, but it's meant to redirect towards the 3DS/Switch versions. I'm with others in that I think they may want to release it closer to an Animal Crossing for Switch release. And just to back that up, it's exactly the kind of game Nintendo wouldn't show at launch. The balance of quirky stuff would have been a little too heavy.

This way Fire Emblem can coincide with more revealed about Warriors, a fun but dedicated gamer style game before unveiling Animal Crossing games.

So will it have a english support then? Might be good, but I hate microtransactions...