1 ANIMAL CROSSING A smiling human villager runs through a colorful cartoon town On the banks of a river the villager watches a butterfly slowly fly by The villager's net swoops down on the bug Hooray He has caught a tiger butterfly The villager gives the butterfly to a town resident a talking frog named Tad In return Tad gives the villager a shirt Nintendo's Animal Crossing is a life simulation video game series In Animal Crossing games there are no levels to beat There are no enemies to fight And the goal is not to win Instead players live a virtual life in a small community They gather items decorate their homes and build relationships with the town's talking animal residents Animal Crossing was one of the first life simulation video games themed around friends and community It is also one of the most popular For decades players have loved the Animal Crossing franchise for its fun relaxing gameplay
Many video games feature battles violence or complex gameplay Animal Crossing's simpler more cheerful gameplay makes it appealing to a variety of people worldwide
2 ANIMAL FOREST Animal Crossing's creator is Katsuya Eguchi He was born in Tokyo Japan in 1965. Eguchi was raised in Chiba Japan In 1986 he got a job working for the video game company Nintendo Eguchi moved 500 miles 805 km from home to work at Nintendo in Kyoto Japan Eguchi missed his family and friends after moving These feelings inspired him Eguchi wondered if he could create a video game around the ideas of family friendship and community In the next years he worked on many games for Nintendo But Eguchi never forgot his idea In April 2001 Eguchi brought his idea to life That year Animal Forest debuted for the Nintendo 64 N64 in Japan Each player navigated the game as a human character who moves to a small town filled with talking animal residents The character takes out a loan for a house from a resident named Tom Nook
Animal Crossing creator Katsuya Eguchi He wanted his game to mimic the experience of moving to a new place and building a life there Each player could also talk to the town's residents and build relationships with them The player would collect items such
