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Animal Crossing is a series of simulation games about being a [[human]] living in a town (or island, in the newest entry) of [[anthropomorphic]] [[animal|animals]] and performing chores to earn money and pay off a debt, while making friends and learning along the way.<br />
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== History ==<br />
'''''Animal Crossing''''' is a video game series which first appeared on the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo_64|Nintendo 64]] as Doubutsu no Mori (Japanese: どうぶつの森, English: ''Animal Forest'') on April 14, 2001 and was later ported the the [[Wikipedia:GameCube|Nintendo GameCube]] as ''Animal Crossing'', released in December the 14, 2001, in Japan, known in that country as ''Doubutsu no Mori+'' (Animal Forest+) and was re-localised back to Japan as ''Doubutsu no Mori e+'' (Animal Forest e+) on June 27, 2003, as an enhanced version of the game. Animal Crossing was followed by the sequels, ''Animal Crossing: Wild World'' on the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo_DS|Nintendo DS]], first released in Japan in November 23 2005, and ''Animal Crossing: City Folk'' (''Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City'' in PAL regions) on the [[Wikipedia:Wii|Wii]] first in the USA on November the 16, 2008.<br />
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The next game in the series was ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'' on November 8, 2012 in Jpaan, and the most recent main series game is ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'' on March 20, 2020, as a global release.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
* '''[[Tom Nook]]''' - A [[male]] [[Tanuki]] [[character]] who runs the shop commonly referred to as "Nook's Cranny", until ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'', where he became the CEO of a company called Nook Inc. and runs the Resident Services center on the island.<br />
* '''Isabelle''' - A [[female]] [[dog]] character from the Animal Crossing games since ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf''. She assists the player with their duties as mayor in that game, and in the newest game, ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'', she acts as the head of the Civic Consultation Counter and Tom Nook's assistant for Nook Inc..<br />
* '''K.K. Slider''' - A male dog character who is a famous musician, and composed many of the songs heard in the world of ''Animal Crossing''.<br />
* '''Blathers''' - An [[owl]] who runs the local museum in all the games except ''Doubutsu no Mori''. He is known for blabbering (or "blathering") which is reflected in his name.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[:Category:Animal Crossing characters|Animal Crossing characters]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.animal-crossing.com/ Official site]<br />
* [[wikipedia:Animal Crossing|Animal Crossing]] on [[Wikipedia]]<br />
* [https://nookipedia.com/wiki/Animal_Crossing_(series) Animal Crossing (series)] on Nookipedia<br />
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