Franchise file / Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami

Animal Crossing

Life moves at your pace

Nintendo's real-time life sim began in 2001 as Doubutsu no Mori on Nintendo 64. You move into a village of talking animals, pay off a loan and make the place your own.

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2001
First game: 1
Series: Katsuya Eguchi, Hisashi Nogami
Creator

In the frameAnimal Crossing: New Horizons

One world. Many eras.

Choose your chapter

Into the forest. Doubutsu no Mori launched in Japan on Nintendo 64. An expanded GameCube version then took the idea worldwide as Animal Crossing.

Start with Animal Crossing

Your next late night

The essentials

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 52020

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.22012

Chapters

Series (1)

Fish, fossils and friendly debtAnimal CrossingNintendo's gentle life sim, running on a real-time clock since 2001. Each game gives you a home among animal neighbours, a loan from Tom Nook and no fixed goal.

A legacy worth revisiting

A village that keeps its own time.

Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami built a game with no real ending. The clock and calendar match your own, so seasons turn, shops close at night and neighbours notice when you stay away. Fishing, fossils and furniture fill the days.

2001 to 2002
Into the forest: 2005 to 2012
Towns on the go: 2015 to 2020
Island life

Scenes that stay with you