Animal Crossing: New Leaf
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Animal Crossing New Leaf Cheats and Secrets
Here's our guide to all the Animal Crossing New Leaf cheats and secrets you can uncover in the 3DS game.
Critics are Missing the Point of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
You can build hedge mazes, you can pretend to be Freud, but if you expect Pocket Camp to give you a "real" Animal Crossing experience, you're going to be disappointed.
15 Years Later, Looking Back on Animal Crossing's Sugarcoated Dose of Reality
With debt, neighborhood drama, and more, Animal Crossing's world was always incredibly familiar from the first step of its North American debut.
Nintendo's Animal Crossing Update Turned Out to be Perfectly Timed
Who could have guessed a week ago how precious the dream of civil civic government would become?
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo Update Goes Live
Today's Nintendo Direct was all about inviting Amiibo to your Animal Crossing town.
Nintendo Changes Its Mind, Will Update Animal Crossing: New Leaf for amiibo Support
Belatedly, but better than never.
Time, and a Word About Animal Crossing
As a new season descends upon the world of New Leaf, the sounds and sights of summer stir powerful memories.
Why Does Everyone Keep Playing Animal Crossing?
New Leaf has been out for months. Why do so many gamers keep coming back?
A Life Less Ordinary: Living a Virtual Life
"Life sims" are an interesting spinoff of the strategy and RPG genres, and with the current popularity of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, they're at the forefront of the public's attention at present. Pete investigates some of the most intriguing examples over the years.
Animal Crossing: New Leaf Review
To (mis)quote Poe, the latest Animal Crossing has you "toiling for the bells / For the bells, bells, bells, bells / Bells, bells, bells" -- again. Is that enough?
Local Color: An Animal Crossing New Leaf Interview
There's far more to localizing Animal Crossing for America than simply changing Japanese words into English.
Metatext: Separating the Player from the Character
Ever get the feeling your video games are talking to you? You may not be crazy after all....
In Animal Crossing's World, I'm the Veal Calf
The town of Telebuni has me penned in tightly, waiting for the slaughter.
Why Play Animal Crossing, Anyway? (A Primer)
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