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Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is a sandbox game for the Nintendo 3DS released in 2015. It is spin-off entry in the where the player designs homes for clients. It is also the first entry in the series to be compatible with amiibo, utilizing a series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards that were released alongside the game.

Gameplay
In, the player works for Nook's Homes and takes on clients who request a home to be designed for them.

Release
was released in Japan on July 30, 2015, and it was released internationally two months later, on September 25 in North America, on October 2 in Europe, and on October 3 in Australia.

Reception
received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Nintendo Life and IGN were mostly positive, praising the game's designer tools and sandbox nature, but criticizing it for a lack of challenge or a sense of progression. GameSpot was more critical of the game, criticizing the lack of content present in main series Animal Crossing games, while also sharing the criticisms of its challenge. On Metacritic, the game received an aggregated score of 66 out of 100, from 60 critic reviews.

Scores

 * Metacritic (aggregate) – 66/100
 * IGN – 8/10
 * GameSpot – 5/10
 * GameRadar+ – 4/5
 * Nintendo Life – 7/10

Sales
According to a weekly sales report by Media Create, sold 523,000 units in Japan during its first four days of release, selling through 76.29% of its initial shipment. In comparison, sold over 600,000 units during its launch window with a sell-through rate of 96.09%. topped the weekly charts again in its second and third week of sale, moving an additional 181,377 and 140,235 units respectively before dropping to second place in its fourth and fifth week with sales of 65,904 and 48,978 units respectively. As of the week ending August 30, 2015 the game had a lifetime total of 959,049 copies sold in Japan. As part of their earnings release statement, Nintendo reported sales of 3.04 million units for during the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2016.