List of Animal Crossing media

Animal Crossing is a video game series developed by Nintendo, in which the player lives their own virtual life in a village populated with anthropomorphic animals. The game takes place in real time, reflecting the current time of day and season. The individual games have been widely praised for their uniqueness and innovative nature, which has led to the series becoming one of Nintendo's leading franchises. It was reported in 2007 that 7,000,000 units of games from the Animal Crossing series had been sold.

Games

Main series

Title	Details
Dōbutsu no Mori Original release date(s): JP: April 14, 2001	Release years by system: 2001 – Nintendo 64
	Notes: Title translates literally as "Animal Forest". First game in the series, released only in Japan.
Animal Crossing Original release date(s): JP: December 14, 2001 NA: September 15, 2002 AU: October 17, 2003 EU: September 24, 2004	Release years by system: 2001 – GameCube 2006 – iQue Player
	Notes: Known in Japan as Dōbutsu no Mori+. Enhanced version of the Nintendo 64 game. Bundled with a Memory Card 59 due to the game's required 58 blocks of save data. The North American version adds additional content, such as new holidays and items. This version was in turn re-released in Japan in 2003 as '.
Animal Crossing: Wild World Original release date(s): JP: November 23, 2005 NA: December 5, 2005 AU: December 8, 2005 EU: March 31, 2006	Release years by system: 2005 – Nintendo DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Animal Forest: Come Over. The first game in the series to support online play (via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection).
Animal Crossing: City Folk Original release date(s): USA: November 16, 2008 CAN: November 17, 2008 JP: November 20, 2008 AU: December 4, 2008 EU: December 5, 2008	Release years by system: 2008 – Wii
	Notes: Known in Japan as Animal Forest: Let's Go to the City and the PAL region as Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City. Features an explorable city area located outside the village. Supports the Wii Speak accessory for voice chat during online play.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Original release date(s): JP: November 8, 2012 KOR: February 7, 2013 NA: June 9, 2013 EU: June 14, 2013 AU: June 15, 2013	Release years by system: 2012 – Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Animal Forest: Jump Out. The player additionally takes the role of the village mayor. Supports online play via Nintendo Network.

Spin-offs

Title	Details
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Original release date(s): JP: July 30, 2015 NA: September 25, 2015 EU: October 2, 2015 AU: October 3, 2015	Release years by system: 2015 – Nintendo 3DS
	Notes: Known in Japan as Animal Forest: Happy Home Designer. The player takes the role of a Nook's Homes employee, designing homes for the animal villagers.
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival Original release date(s): NA: November 13, 2015 EU: November 20, 2015 JP: November 21, 2015 AU: November 21, 2015	Release years by system: 2015 – Wii U
	Notes: Known in Japan as Animal Forest: amiibo Festival. Heavily incorporates the use of Animal Crossing-themed Amiibo figurines in game play. As of December 20, 2015, is the lowest critically reviewed Animal Crossing franchise game, with an aggregated score of 43 on Metacritic.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Original release date(s): AU: October 25, 2017 WW: November 21, 2017	Release years by system: 2017 – iOS, Android
	Notes: Known in Japan as Animal Forest: Pocket Camp. A free-to-play game with in-game purchases.

Other media

Film

Title	Original release date
	Japan	North America	PAL region
Dōbutsu no Mori	December 16, 2006	none	none
Notes: Feature-length, theatrically released animated film produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho. Primarily based on Animal Crossing: Wild World. Earned an estimated ¥1.7 billion (approximately $16,216,000) at the box office.
An Animal Crossing Tale	December 13, 2020	September 23, 2014	none
Notes: Short Film, Television release animated film produced by Twisted4kStudios and distributed by Nintendo. Primarily based on Animal Forest. Earned an estimated $126.52 million

Manga

Title	Author	Notes
Dōbutsu no Mori Hohinda Mura Yori	Abe Sayori	Children's manga series based on the Animal Crossing series, in Japanese only.

Applications

Game	Format	First released	Notes
Animal Crossing Clock	DSiWare	4 May 2009 (US, EU)	A themed clock for the Nintendo DSi that can change from Analog to Digital.
Animal Crossing Calculator	DSiWare	4 May 2009 (US, EU)	A themed calculator for the Nintendo DSi.
Animal Crossing Plaza	Wii U eShop	8 August 2013 (Worldwide)	A free WaraWara Plaza-like app/community for Wii U owners, where they could interact and publicly share content from New Leaf. Service was discontinued and the app was delisted on December 22, 2014.
Photos with Animal Crossing	Nintendo 3DS eShop	2014 (Japan), 10 July 2015 (EU)	An AR-photo App which allows for photos of Animal Crossing characters to be taken in real environments via. the use of themed AR Cards. Distributed via. mailing list and competition only in EU regions. Available with Animal Crossing themed e-Shop cards in Japan.