Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. In Animal Crossing, the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals, carrying out various activities such as fishing, bug catching, and fossil hunting. The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the video game console's internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time. Notable for its open-ended gameplay and extensive use of the video game console's internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time, it was released on Nintendo 64 in Japan as “Animal Forest” (later remastered for GameCube and western markets). The latest iteration, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, is currently available on switch https://www.keeleyflack.com/