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Read More »Nintendo Direct E3 highlights: new Zelda in development and Animal Crossing delayed
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Read More »Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will arrive on smartphones this week
Nintendo has dated its next smartphone title. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be released on both iOS and Android this week on November 22nd. Visually the game will be very similar to anyone who has ever played previous entries in the series. The main difference is the camping theme, although …
Read More »Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem pushed back to 2017 on smartphone
Mario’s iOS debut has come at a price. Nintendo has confirmed that both Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem, both of which were due to debut on smartphones before the end of the year, will now not be released until next year. Said the company: "After the launch of Super Mario …
Read More »Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem will be free-to-play on smartphone
Nintendo has confirmed that its next two smartphone titles will be free-to-play. Smartphone outings for Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem were confirmed last month. Now Wall Street Journal reports that both DeNA chief executive Isao Moriyasu and a Nintendo spokesperson have confirmed that both will be free to download. Nintendo’s …
Read More »Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing smartphone games confirmed by Nintendo
Nintendo’s next two smartphone titles will, as promised, be based on two of its more recognisable IP. Games based on Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing are both on the way, although neither will arrive until the autumn. Nintendo says the Fire Emblem game will be more accessible” in comparison to …
Read More »New round of Animal Crossing Amiibo to hit shelves in January
Nintendo has announced that the next wave of Animal Crossing Amiibo figures will be coming to stores in UK very early into 2016. Via the Animal Crossing Twitter account (below), the platform holder revealed that the toys-to-life figures would be launching on Friday, January 29th. Four figures have been confirmed …
Read More »Super Robots overthrow animals as Animal Crossing slips to second place in the Japanese charts
A menagerie of robots, animals, ghosts and squid battled it out at the top of the Japanese games charts last week. Bandai Namco’s next instalment in its long-running Super Robot Taisen turn-based strategy series blasted to the number one spot in the software rankings, knocking Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: Happy Home …
Read More »Animal Crossing stays strong at top of Japanese charts, sells over 170,000 units in third week
Zoological lifestyle simulator Animal Crossing has held strong at the top of the Japanese charts in a week dominated by Nintendo. The latest entry in the casual franchise, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, sold more than 172,000 units in its third week on sale – nearly triple the 60,832total of …
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