One notable feature of the Animal Crossing series is the high level of customization available, some of which affects the outcome of the game. Some in-game events, such as holidays or the growth of a tree, occur at certain times or require some duration of time to have passed. Thus, the passage of time in the game world reflects that in reality, as well as the current season and time of day. Animal Crossing games are played in real-time, utilizing the video game console's internal clock and calendar. Gameplay is open-ended: players have no defined objectives but are instead encouraged to spend their time in the village performing any number of activities which include collecting items, planting plants, insect catching, fishing, and socializing with the village's residents. In the Animal Crossing games, the player assumes the role of a human character who moves into a rural village populated with anthropomorphic animals and lives there indefinitely. A paid DLC for the Nintendo Switch game Animal Crossing: New Horizons was also released, named Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Happy Home Paradise. Three spin-off games have also been released: Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer for Nintendo 3DS, Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival for Wii U and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for mobile devices. The series has been both critically and commercially successful and has sold over 72 million units worldwide.

Since its initial release in 2001, five Animal Crossing games have been released worldwide, one each for the Nintendo 64/ iQue Player (enhanced and reissued for the GameCube), Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch.

The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and use of the video game console's internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time. In Animal Crossing, the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals and can do various activities like fishing, insect catching, and fossil hunting. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami.

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo.

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