Animal Crossing is a social simulation computer game series established and published by Nintendo. The series was conceptualized and also developed by Katsuya Eguchi and also Hisashi Nogami. In Animal Crossing, the player character is a human that stays in a town occupied by various humanlike animals and can do different activities like fishing, bug capturing, as well as fossil hunting. The series is remarkable for its open-ended gameplay as well as use the video clip game console s body clock as well as schedule to replicate real flow of time. Since its first release in 2001, 5 Animal Crossing video games have been launched worldwide, one each for the Nintendo 64/iQue Player (boosted and also editioned for the GameCube), Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS as well as Nintendo Change. The collection has actually been both seriously and readily successful and has sold over 60 million systems worldwide. Three spin-off video games have actually likewise been launched: Animal Crossing: Happy ...