Nintendo Reveals Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

I'g sure when Nintendo first released Animate being Crossing back in 2001 on the Nintendo 64/GameCube the company wasn't certain how well it would be received. How many people want to play a community situation video game set in a village inhabited by animals, anyway?

Iv games and 30 meg sales after and it'southward clear Nintendo knew what it was doing 16 years ago. Now Animal Crossing is heading to mobile devices, and the player count is sure to surpass 30 million in no fourth dimension at all.

Revealed yesterday, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is heading to Android (4.two+) and iOS (9.0+) devices in belatedly November. The game has been in development for two years at Nintendo's Amusement & Planning Partition and will be free-to-play with in-game item purchases bachelor.

If you lot've played an Animal Crossing game earlier, Pocket Military camp is going to feel very familiar. It looks as though Nintendo successfully made the transition to costless-to-play while retaining the core gameplay everyone loves. But of course, the game needs to generate acquirement, and that's where Foliage Tickets come in.

The goal of the game is to "create the campsite of your dreams" forth the way "exploring nature, making friends, and collecting absurd items." Those items are purchased with Leaf Tickets which can be acquired for complimentary through gameplay, but also purchased using microtransactions. 20 Leaf Tickets price $0.99, 45 cost $ane.99, 100 cost $3.99, and 200 cost $7.99. Regular discounts for buying more also seems likely.

Nintendo is ad the game every bit suitable for all ages, so information technology will exist up to parents to regulate those Leafage Ticket purchases for younger players. There will also be nine language options spread between English, French, Spanish, Italian, High german, and Japanese.

The exploration, collecting, crafting, and customization elements of the game are certain to proceed players entertained for months. Merely Nintendo is also pushing the social aspects of the game. You can run across up with friends, visit each other's campsites, and trade. Expect regular seasonal events, costumes, and other express time items/offers to continue you coming dorsum (and buying ever more than Leafage Tickets).