'''Animal Crossing''' (''Dōbutsu No Mori'', lit. "Animal Forest" in the original [[Japanese language|Japanese]]) is a community simulation [[video game]] series developed and published by [[Nintendo]], in which the human player lives in a village inhabited by anthropomorphic [[animals]], carrying out various activities including fishing, bug catching, fossil hunting, etc. The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the game systems' internal clock and calendar to simulate the real passage of time. | '''Animal Crossing''' (''Dōbutsu No Mori'', lit. "Animal Forest" in the original [[Japanese language|Japanese]]) is a community simulation [[video game]] series developed and published by [[Nintendo]], in which the human player lives in a village inhabited by anthropomorphic [[animals]], carrying out various activities including fishing, bug catching, fossil hunting, etc. The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the game systems' internal clock and calendar to simulate the real passage of time. |