Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing (どうぶつの森), is a community simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo, in which the player lives in a village inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, carrying out various activities. The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the game systems' internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time.

Four Animal Crossing games have been released worldwide, one each for the Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, Wii, and the Nintendo 3DS. The series has been both critically and commercially successful and has sold 16.5 million units worldwide.

Relationship with the Monster Hunter Series


Animal Crossing made a collaboration with Monster Hunter.

MH4U x Animal Crossing: New Leaf


The collaboration was announced on September 20, 2014, and was simultaneously confirmed for Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on the same day. In Japan, it is a part of Monster Hunter 4G's collaboration with 7-Eleven alongside Metroid: Other M content. It features Animal Crossing-themed Guild Card Backgrounds, and Palico Armor Sets fashioned after Isabelle and Resetti.