Nintendo has already put such fears to rest. Given Nintendo's work with Miitomo and Animal Crossing's naturally casual, social tone, you might be a little worried that Nintendo is going to create a super-cute gameified social network of sorts.ĭon't fret. We also have a few vague clues as to the direct Nintendo is taking with it.īut exactly what would an Animal Crossing mobile game look like? Let's start with what we know and go on from there. Now it's the turn of everyone's favourite social community builder, Animal Crossing.Īlong with Fire Emblem, we know that Nintendo is definitely making an Animal Crossing game. So far we've considered Zelda and Fire Emblem. Lest we forget about it in all the Nintendo Switch kerfuffle, Super Mario Run is all shades of exciting, and it's got us to thinking about what mobile iterations of the other Nintendo IP will look like. Not only will its next big console be an almighty handheld hybrid, but it will be releasing its first fully fledged mobile game in a little over a month. Nintendo is really stepping up its pocket gaming efforts at the moment. It arguably makes more sense as a mobile experience than any other Nintendo IP.

It's safe to say we've been looking forward to Animal Crossing Mobile for a while.

This was before Fire Emblem Heroes and Super Mario Run had even landed. With that in mind, we thought now would be a good time to revisit this speculative piece we wrote a year ago - almost to the day. UPDATE October 23, 2017: Nintendo has announced that it will be holding a 15-minute Animal Crossing Mobile Direct event on October 25 at 7am UK time to discuss the long-delayed mobile game.

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