What is Animal Crossing?
{{italictitle}} {{about|the video game series|the first game in the series|Animal Crossing (video game)}} {{Infobox video game series | title = '''Animal Crossing''' | image = Animal Crossing Leaf.svg | caption = | genre = {{Unbulleted list | [[Social simulation game|Social simulation]]}} | creator = {{ubl|[[Katsuya Eguchi]]|[[Hisashi Nogami]]<ref name=knezevic/><ref name=developmentinterview/>}} | developer = {{Unbulleted list | [[Nintendo EAD]] {{small|(2001–2015)}} | [[Monolith Soft]] {{Small|(2015)}} | [[Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development|Nintendo EPD]] {{small|(2015–present)}} | [[NDcube]] {{small|(2015-2017)}} | [[DeNA]] {{small|(2017)}}}} | publisher = [[Nintendo]] | platforms = {{Unbulleted list | [[Nintendo 64]] | [[iQue Player]] | [[GameCube]] | [[Wii]] | [[Wii U]] | [[Nintendo DS]] | [[Nintendo 3DS]] | [[iOS]] | [[Android (operating system)|Android]] | [[Nintendo Switch]]}} | first release version = ''[[Animal Crossing (video game)|Dōbutsu no Mori]]'' | first release date = April 14, 2001 (Japan) | latest release version = ''[[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]'' | latest release date = March 20, 2020 }} {{nihongo foot|'''''Animal Crossing'''''|どうぶつの森|Dōbutsu no Mori (Animal Forest)||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a [[social simulation game|social simulation]] [[video game]] series made by [[Nintendo]].<ref name=knezevic>{{cite news |last1=Knezevic |first1=Kevin |title=How Animal Crossing Was Born From One Of Nintendo's Biggest Flops |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-animal-crossing-was-born-from-one-of-nintendos/1100-6475342/ |access-date=May 14, 2020 |work=[[GameSpot]] |date=April 6, 2020}}</ref><ref name=developmentinterview>{{cite news |title=Learn more about the development of the Animal Crossing series in our interview! |url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2016/November/Learn-more-about-the-development-of-the-Animal-Crossing-series-in-our-interview--1159916.html |access-date=May 14, 2020 |publisher=Nintendo |date=November 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{c