We knew it was coming in late November,Watch Boarding House Hungry Wolves 2 Online and now it's here.
Nintendo's next mobile game, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, arrived early on Tuesday morning, Eastern Time. Nintendo's Monday tweet announcing the release date said "11/22," and it seems that release timing operates on Japan time; the game arrived in U.S.-based Android and iOS app stores right around midnight on Nov. 22 in Japan.
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Pocket Camprethinks Nintendo's enduring series about building a quiet, rural life in a small village filled with adorable talking animals. While the core ideas remain the same -- you customize your living space, travel to other living and social spaces, and gather resources -- your home base is a campsite rather than a town.
Also, in a new twist that aims to foster more social play, visiting campsites and being visited by others strengthens in-game relationships.
More practically, the free-to-play Pocket Campplaces limitations on your progress through the use of timers and resource availability. Spending an in-game currency called Leaf Tickets -- which can be earned by completing certain tasks or purchased outright with IRL cash -- allows you to sidestep those constraints.
Pocket Campfollows social sim Miitomo, endless runner Super Mario Run, and -- most recently -- tactical role-playing game Fire Emblem Heroesas Nintendo's fourth mobile release so far.
A rumor surfaced in May of this year -- before Pocket Campwas announced -- suggesting that Nintendo's fourth mobile game would be based on Animal Crossing, and then a fifth would be based on The Legend of Zelda. Half of that rumor has already come to pass, so it's looking like the Zeldagame may be next.
UPDATEDNov. 21 at 12:40 p.m. ET with the news of Pocket Camp's release.
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