What is Animal Crossing (video game)?
{{italictitle}} {{more sources|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox video game series | collapsible = | state = | image = Animal Crossing Fink Heavy.png | width = 250px | title = Animal Crossing | genre = [[Life simulation game|Life simulation]] | creator = [[Katsuya Eguchi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.droidgamers.com/index.php/apps/7395-while-animal-crossing-may-never-see-a-mobile-game-there-could-be-companion-apps-on-the-way|title=While ''Animal Crossing'' may never see a mobile game, there could be companion apps on the way|author=Andrew H|website=droidgamers.com|date=March 27, 2014|access-date=February 22, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072130/http://www.droidgamers.com/index.php/apps/7395-while-animal-crossing-may-never-see-a-mobile-game-there-could-be-companion-apps-on-the-way|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/no-retro-games-in-future-animal-crossings-with-one-poss-512085493|title=No Retro Games in Future ''Animal Crossings''—With One Possible Exception|author=Stephen Totilo|website=kotaku.com|date=June 8, 2013|access-date=February 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/e3-08-nintendo-press-conference/|title=E3 08: Nintendo Press Conference|author=Brett Elston|website=gamesradar.com|date=July 15, 2008|access-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref> | developer = [[Nintendo]] | publisher = Nintendo | platforms = [[Nintendo 64]], [[iQue Player]], [[GameCube]], [[Wii]], [[Wii U]], [[Nintendo DS]], [[Nintendo 3DS]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]] | platform of origin = Nintendo 64 | year of inception = 2001 | first release version = ''Animal Crossing'' | first release date = April 14, 2001 | latest release version = ''[[Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]'' | latest release date = March 20, 2020 | spinoffs = ''[[Animal Crossing: Happy