Animal Crossing is a video game series developed by Nintendo, in which the player lives their own virtual life in a village populated with anthropomorphic animals. The game takes place in real time, reflecting the current time of day and season. The individual games have been widely praised for their uniqueness and innovative nature,[1] [2] [3] which has led to the series becoming one of Nintendo's leading franchises. It was reported in 2007 that 7,000,000 units of games from the Animal Crossing series had been sold.[4]
| Title | Author | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's manga series based on the Animal Crossing series. It was published in Japanese in Japan by Shogakukan,[5] and in Spanish (simply titled Animal Crossing) by Norma Editorial.[6] | |||
| Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Kokonasu Rumba | Children's manga series based on the Animal Crossing series, with the original manga published in Japan by Shogakukan.[7] The English version was published by Viz Media in the United States,[8] and by Shogakukan Asia in Singapore.[9] | |
| Animal Crossing: The Bestest Island | Ryuhei Osaki | Children's manga series based on the Animal Crossing series, published in Japan by Shogakukan,[10] with the English version published by Shogakukan Asia in Singapore.[11] | |
| Assemble! Animal Crossing : News from the Carefree Island | Children's manga series based on the Animal Crossing series, published in Japan by Shogakukan,[12] with the English version published by Shogakukan Asia in Singapore.[13] |
| Game | Format | First released | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Crossing Clock | DSiWare | 4 May 2009 (US, EU) | A themed clock for the Nintendo DSi that can change from Analog to Digital. | |
| Animal Crossing Calculator | DSiWare | 4 May 2009 (US, EU) | A themed calculator for the Nintendo DSi. | |
| Animal Crossing Plaza | Wii U eShop | 8 August 2013 (Worldwide) | A free WaraWara Plaza-like app/community for Wii U owners, where they could interact and publicly share content from New Leaf. Service was discontinued and the app was delisted on December 22, 2014. | |
| Photos with Animal Crossing | Nintendo 3DS eShop | 2014 (Japan), 10 July 2015 (EU) | An AR-photo App which allows for photos of Animal Crossing characters to be taken in real environments via. the use of themed AR Cards. Distributed via. mailing list and competition only in EU regions. Available with Animal Crossing themed e-Shop cards in Japan. |