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- Create your own happy place - As the mayor, you get to make the big decisions that shape your town.
- New discoveries await every day - Time passes in Animal Crossing just like it does in the real world, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Decorate your house inside and out - Choose from furniture new and old, carpets, wallpaper, and enhanced design tools to customize your house inside.
- Is your passion fishing? Fashion? Fossil digging? Gardening? YOU can decide where you spend your time, whether it's on your own or interacting with the animal townsfolk.
- E; Everyone w/Comic Mischief
Description
Nintendo Selects highlights a variety of great games at a great price, including this one.
Publication Date: August 26, 2016
Global Trade Identification Number: 83
UPC: 045496744083
Compatible Video Game Console Models: Nintendo 2DS, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DSi XL
Release date: August 26, 2016
Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.3 x 4.8 inches; 0.01 ounces
Type of item: Video Game
Language: English
Rated: Everyone
Item model number: CTRPEGD3
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Item Weight: 0.01 ounces
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Date First Available: August 9, 2016
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My 11-year-old daughter is a huge Animal Crossings fan. I was intrigued and she was the one to convince me to get this game and I'm glad I did. It was a 2022 Christmas gift and I am hooked. It's deals with a lot of reading but it's very relaxing and fun to play. I recommend for all ages.
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2023 by Ashanta K
I already had two copies since the game first released, but I just ordered two more since it's cheaper with Nintendo Selects now! And since I have Prime, I got both copies for $15.99 each and release date delivery. Honestly probably should have only gotten one more copy... but the Prime price was too tempting. I think that deal is over now though, sorry. (For a casual player, you definitely do NOT need more than one copy of this game. I'm just a bit obsessed). Anyway, I love this game to death. If my house were burning down and I could only grab one thing, it would be my 3ds pouch. All because of this game. Or technically, my FOUR copies of this game. I played ACGC when I was a kid, then played ACWW, then got this game (ACNL) when it released in 2013. It was my first year in college and it really made me feel like I had real [animal] friends who were excited to hang out with me and talk to me and send me gifts. I'm the type of player who isn't afraid to time travel in game, so I never ran out of things to do. I could play this game all day and night. In fact, I probably have! My 3DS activity log says I've played this game for 984 hours, but that's only the activity log of my main copy. My second copy only has 280 hours on it. Probably because that's just my Cycling Town. For each copy of this game, I make a different themed town. I really love how peaceful this game is compared to others. I've played competitive games and FPS games before. Sure they can be fun, but they always end up making me frustrated and angry. With this game though, I've never experienced that kind of anger. There's literally no losing in this game. It's win-win-win all around. A+, Nintendo. There's an endless amount of cute villagers that can move into your town. An endless amount of possibilities when decorating your house, both inside and out. This game celebrates all kinds of holidays and even your birthday! You can visit your friend's towns, and play mini-games with them. You do all the landscaping and hybrid flower breeding and outside decor. You can fish, catch bugs, find fossils, and fill up the museum. You can personalize so many things about this game and it is so fun to see your town come together and really make it Your Own. I'd also like to mention that I've even made some great [real human] friends from playing this game online. Even though the game is three years old now, there are still plenty of people who play, and are helpful in trading and selling items and villagers. There is also a big update coming in December, so I don't think this game's online community will die out anytime soon. TL;DR This game has literally given me life. I strongly recommend it.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2016 by Samuel Cho Samuel Cho
I love this game so much that I purchased a second cartridge so I could have two towns! I love that this has the Welcome Amiibo update already installed. With “New Horizons” announced to be released in May of 2020, my excitement for this game was rekindled. I’d recommend this game to pretty much anyone— it’s great for kids who are learning how to read, it’s great for older people who want to try video games either for themselves or to connect with their kids/grandkids, etc. I’m an adult with no children, but I love playing because it’s such a gentle game (the most frustrating thing in the entire game is trying to catch those fast deep-sea creatures or dragonflies), and you’ll have fun with it, no matter how much or little strategy you use to plan your town. Most of the neighbors in my first town have been with me since 2014 when I bought my first copy of Animal Crossing, and I’m quite attached to them. If you’re thinking about trying Animal Crossing, I highly recommend that you do!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2019 by Merry
Much better than animal crossing wild world! Love that you can choose the layout of your town and the exact location of your house. In the original animal crossing you couldn't do that. Upgrading your house seems to be more expensive but oh well. In this one you can choose the look of your roofing, outer walls, fencing, front door, your mailbox and the type of pavement to surround your house. Sooner of the characters have slightly different roles like lyle doesn't sell insurance anymore he's the head of the happy room academy. There's a different store for nook he sells housing stuff while there's another store called nookling junction which is like nooks cranny from the original. You can also go on an island vacation with the old mayor and fish, catch bugs, dig up matching treasure. There's more things but it's much better than the original. Love animal crossing and I just bought amiibo for it so hopefully that goes well
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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2019 by Kelsey Shae
THIS GAME ROCKS
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2025 by Sonic the Quick
Oh, if my college-age kid had not gotten me hooked! He knew just what I'd like when he pestered me to join his town. Now I have my own town so I can play it whenever I want without tying up his! This little gem has many things I would have loved to use if I had been homeschooling or working with my kid when he was a younger gamer: persistence, managing money, decor, polite social habits, and dealing with both annoying and endearing requests and interaction, as well as when's enough playing time. This is a good relaxing fun game, I love the decorating and the landscaping. Now if only it was that easy to do things in my house and garden!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017 by mbc