Animal Crossing is a social simulation computer game collection created and released by Nintendo. The collection was conceived and produced by Satsuma Gucci and also Hisashi Noemi. In Animal Crossing, the player personality is a human that stays in a town occupied by numerous humanlike animals and also can do various activities like angling, bug catching, as well as fossil hunting. The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and use the video clip game console s body clock as well as schedule to simulate genuine flow of time. Considering that its initial release in 2001, five Animal Crossing video games have been released worldwide, one each for the Nintendo 64/pique Player (improved and also editioned for the Gamete), Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS as well as Nintendo Switch Over. The series has actually been both seriously and also commercially effective and has sold over 60 million systems worldwide. Three spin-off games have actually additionally been launched: Animal Crossin...