Editing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

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{{Infobox Video Game
|title          = [[File:Animal Crossing Pocket Camp logo.png|200px]]
|image          = [[File:PC Key Art 5.0.0.png|275px]]
|caption        = Key art since version 5.0.0
|theme          = [[File:Main Theme PC.mp3|Main theme]]
|developer      = [[Nintendo]]<br>[[DeNA]]<br>[[NDcube]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndcube.co.jp/#works|title=エヌディーキューブ株式会社|site=NdCube|retrieved=April 12, 2021}}</ref>
|publisher      = Nintendo
|released       = {{Flag|AUS}} October 25, 2017<ref name=AUS>{{Cite Twitter|author=NintendoAUNZ|date=October 25, 2017|url=https://x.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/923149701611847680|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115014055/https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/923149701611847680|archive-date=November 15, 2020|quote=Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, out now on MOBILE devices in AUS}}</ref> <br> {{Flag|JPN}} November 22, 2017<ref name="releasedate">{{Cite Twitter|author=animalcrossing|date=November 19, 2017|url=https://x.com/animalcrossing/status/932443429337948160|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013023637/https://twitter.com/animalcrossing/status/932443429337948160|archive-date=October 13, 2022|quote=I’m so excited to share this news with you… Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will be coming to mobile devices worldwide on 11/22! I can’t wait! #PocketCamp}}</ref> <br>{{Flag|USA}} November 22, 2017<ref name="releasedate"/> <br>{{Flag|EUR}} November 22, 2017<ref name="releasedate"/> <br>{{Flag|KOR}} March 29, 2021<ref name=KO>{{Cite web|author=Nintendo Korea|date=March 25, 2021|url=https://www.nintendo.co.kr/news/view.php?no=dmFoQWo1N0Z5Z1FzTnJlam9KUlJHdz09|title=스마트폰용 앱 『동물의 숲 포켓 캠프』가 3월 29일부터 한국에서 배포 시작|site=nintendo.co.kr|retrieved=March 24, 2021}}</ref>
|genre          = Simulation,<br>Free-to-play
|ratings        = '''iOS & iPadOS:'''<br />{{Rating|iOS=4+}}
'''Android:'''<br />
{{Rating|ESRB=E|PEGI=3|USK=0|ACB=G|ClassInd=L|IARC=3+}}
|platforms      = iOS, iPadOS, Android
|media          = App Store / Google Play download
|requirements   = 
|input          = Touch
|strategywiki   = Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
}}
'''''Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp'''''{{Note|{{Nihongo foot|どうぶつの森 ポケットキャンプ|Doubutsu no Mori: Poketo Kyanpu|Animal Forest: Pocket Camp}}}} is a free-to-start<ref>{{Cite web|author=Joe Skrebels|date=May 11, 2016|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/11/nintendos-next-two-mobile-games-are-free-to-play|title=Nintendo's Next Two Mobile Games Are Free-to-Play|site=IGN}}</ref> mobile application in the {{SER}} that was released on Android and iOS mobile devices on October 25, 2017 in Australia and in 40 other territories on November 22, 2017. The game's visuals, graphics, AI, and sound effects are derived from {{NL}} and the dropped item icons and models come from {{CF}}.

The app was originally a part of Nintendo's initiative to bring five mobile applications to market by March 2017 in cooperation with mobile developer [[DeNA]]<ref>{{Cite web|author=Mitchel Broussard|date=May 8, 2015|url=http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/08/nintendos-smartphone-game-this-year|title=Nintendo's First Smartphone Game Due This Year, 5 Planned by March 2017|site=MacRumors}}</ref> but faced a series of delays.

Online services for {{PC|nolink}}—which are required to use the app—were announced to end on November 28, 2024 at 3:00 PM UTC, but an offline paid version is currently being developed with details planned to be shared in October 2024.<ref>{{Cite Twitter|author=Pocket_Camp|date=August 22, 2024|url=https://x.com/Pocket_Camp/status/1826502311830860094|quote=We have an important announcement for everyone playing the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp app. Please see the following page for details as well. https://faq.ac-pocketcamp.com/hc/en-us/categories/35735633685657}}</ref>

==Announcement and release==
An ''Animal Crossing'' mobile game was announced on April 27, 2016, as part of [[Nintendo]]'s earnings report for its full fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. Originally set for release in fall of 2016<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nintendo UK|date=April 27, 2016|url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2016/April/Nintendo-provides-updates-on-mobile-NX-and-The-Legend-of-Zelda-along-with-annual-earnings-1102529.html|title=Nintendo provides updates on mobile, NX and The Legend of Zelda along with annual earnings|site=nintendo.co.uk}}</ref> alongside the then-untitled ''[[fireemblem:Fire Emblem Heroes|Fire Emblem Heroes]]'',<ref>{{Cite Twitter|author=NintendoAmerica|date=April 27, 2016|url=https://x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/725302450714857472|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911020711/https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/725302450714857472|archive-date=September 11, 2022|quote=More #Nintendo apps are coming to smart devices, including Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing!}}</ref> the title went on to be delayed several times.

In order to give priority to its second mobile game, ''[[mariowiki:Super Mario Run|Super Mario Run]]'', Nintendo announced in early September 2016 that the ''Animal Crossing'' mobile game would release sometime before March 2017, instead of during the fall 2016 time-frame.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Allegra Frank|date=September 7, 2016|url=https://www.polygon.com/2016/9/7/12837184/animal-crossing-fire-emblem-android-ios-delay|title=Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem mobile games won't make it out this fall|site=Polygon}}</ref> The game was delayed a second time in late January 2017, with the announcement coming as part of Nintendo's earning report for the third quarter of its 2017 fiscal year. This time the game was pushed to the next fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Owen S. Good|date=January 31, 2017|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/1/31/14452610/animal-crossing-mobile-launch-date-delayed|title=Animal Crossing mobile title delayed again|site=Polygon}}</ref> However, in June 2017, Nintendo of America president [[Reggie Fils-Aime]] confirmed that the game would launch before the end of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Sickr|date=June 23, 2017|url=https://mynintendonews.com/2017/06/23/nintendo-reconfirms-animal-crossing-mobile-will-launch-this-year/|title=Nintendo Reconfirms Animal Crossing Mobile Will Launch This Year|site=My Nintendo News}}</ref>

The game was described in Nintendo's 2017 earnings report for the full fiscal year as a "pure game application" that would "have more prominent game elements"<ref name="kotaku">{{Cite web|author=Brian Ashcraft|date=April 27, 2016|url=https://kotaku.com/animal-crossing-and-fire-emblem-are-getting-mobile-apps-1773316255|title=''Animal Crossing'' and ''Fire Emblem'' Are Getting Mobile Apps|site=Kotaku}}</ref> than ''[[nintendowiki:Miitomo|Miitomo]]'', Nintendo's first smartphone application, which launched in March 2016. The report also noted that the application would be designed to "be connected with the world of Animal Crossing for dedicated gaming systems,"<ref name="kotaku"/> suggesting that the application would offer some sort of cross-title connectivity with existing or yet to be released ''Animal Crossing'' titles. When Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima was asked why ''Animal Crossing'' was chosen as one of the first two Nintendo properties to make its debut on mobile, he stated that each property targets a distinct segment of Nintendo's audience, noting that the {{SER|nolink}} "has been played by a wide range of consumers including children and women."<ref>{{Cite web|author=Tim Mulkerin|date=May 4, 2016|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/why-animal-crossing-is-going-mobile-2016-5|title=Here's why Nintendo's first smartphone games don't star Mario|site=Business Insider}}</ref>

On October 24, 2017, a 15-minute ''Animal Crossing'' Mobile Direct was released, showing gameplay footage, revealing the game's name, and revealing a release window of late November 2017.<ref name="Shutdown">{{Cite web|author=Nintendo Mobile|date=October 24, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bowLE5PHLw0|title=Animal Crossing Mobile Direct Oct.24.2017}}</ref>

{{PC|nolink}} first released in Australia on October 25, 2017, and it released in 40 additional markets<ref>{{Cite web|author=Justin|date=October 25, 2017|url=https://animalcrossingworld.com/2017/10/can-play-animal-crossing-pocket-camp-minimum-device-requirements-plus-available-countries/|title=Can you play Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp? The minimum device requirements, plus available countries|site=Animal Crossing World}}</ref> worldwide on November 22.<ref name="releasedate"/> The game was released in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau in July 2020 preceding a planned update to add traditional Chinese language support to the game on July 29.{{Citation Needed}} The game was released in South Korea on March 29, 2021,<ref name=KO/> after Korean language support was added to the game on March 26, 2021. Coinciding with the launch of version 5.0.0 on January 27, 2022, the game became available in 36 new markets.

On August 27, 2019, {{PC|nolink}} was delisted in Belgium following a new law that banned video games with {{Wp|loot box}} mechanics.<ref>{{Cite web|author=A. Khalid|date=May 21, 2019|url=https://www.engadget.com/2019-05-21-nintendo-pulls-two-mobile-games-in-belgium-due-to-loot-box-laws.html|title=Nintendo pulls two mobile games in Belgium due to loot box laws|site=Engadget}}</ref>

===Shutdown and offline version===
On August 21, 2024, Nintendo announced that online services for {{PC|nolink}} will be shut down on November 28, 2024, at 3:00 PM UTC, making the app unplayable.<ref name="Shutdown"/>

Alongside the announcement of the shutdown was the announcement that a paid, offline-only version of the app would be released later. This version will support save-data transfer from the original app and all in-app purchases, subscriptions, and online features will be absent. Nintendo plans to announce further details about the offline app in October 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nintendo of America|date=August 21, 2024|url=https://faq.ac-pocketcamp.com/hc/en-us/articles/36353725150489-What-is-the-paid-version-of-the-app|title=What is the paid version of the app?|retrieved=August 22, 2024}}</ref>

==Gameplay==
{{PC|short|nolink}} revolves around staying at and customizing a [[Campsite (Pocket Camp)|campsite]]. Future updates will offer seasonal events as well as limited time furniture and outfits. Players are able to visit the campsites of other players by sharing Player IDs. Random player avatars will also visit campsites from time to time.

===Characters===
[[File:Giovanni, Beppe, and Carlo.png|thumb|right|[[Giovanni]], [[Beppe]], and [[Carlo]], who are new to the series.]]
The player can create a personalized character that serves as the campsite manager. The character, like previous ''Animal Crossing'' games, can be a boy or a girl, and have various skin, hair, and eye colors.
These can be changed at any time through the settings menu.

===Villagers===
{{Main|List of villagers in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp}}
When the game was first made available, a total of 40 villagers could camp at the player's campsite, the least amount of villagers in any game in the {{SER|nolink}}. However, more villagers have since been added through game updates. Additionally, whilst not villagers, special characters such as [[K.K. Slider]], [[Tom Nook]], [[Celeste]], [[Brewster]], [[Jingle]], and [[Sable]] can camp at the player's campsite, and can be acquired by buying their signature piece of furniture via Leaf Tickets.

Since 1.2.0, player can change a villager's outfit. This becomes available once the player has reached a certain level of friendship with a villager, which is always the level directly after a villager's required friendship level in order to be able to be invited to the player's campsite. For example, [[Tia]] requires friendship level 3 in order to be invited to the player's campsite, which means that the player can change her outfit starting at level 4.

===Crafting ===
The player can [[Crafting|craft]] furniture, decorative items, and clothing for the player's campsite, RV, and character out of resources such as fabric and wood by speaking to [[Cyrus]]. These materials can be gained by exchanging requested items such as fruit or bugs with villagers.

===Leaf Tickets===
[[Leaf Ticket]]s are earned through regular gameplay or purchase through real-world currency. Tickets can be used for a variety of things in-games, including shortening crafting times and more easily acquiring materials. Some items such as special furniture can only be purchased using leaf tickets.

===Membership plans===
{{Main|Pocket Camp Club}}
The game offers three [[Pocket Camp Club|paid membership plans]] of which the player can choose to purchase individually. The plans differ in both price and benefits.

==Characters==
{{Main|Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp/Characters}}

==Locations==
There are a total of nine in-game locations that can be visited on the map, all serving different purposes. The player's camper travels with them to all locations they visit.

===Campsite===
{{Main|Campsite (Pocket Camp)}}
[[File:Campsite PC Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
The [[Campsite (Pocket Camp)|campsite]] is the main area in {{PC|nolink}}. The player can customise the Campsite with furniture and amenities. A total of eight villagers can stay at the Campsite at any one time, and the player can freely choose which villagers they want to stay at the campsite once they have accepted the invitation.
The garden can also be accessed on the left side of the screen. It contains two patches of soil with 10 flower spaces in each.
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===Market Place===
{{Main|Market Place}}
[[File:Market Place PC Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
The [[Market Place]] is an in-game shopping area ran by [[Isabelle]], [[Timmy and Tommy]], the [[Able Sisters]], [[Kicks]], and [[Reese]]. Furniture and clothing can be bought and sold here, among other things. The 1.4.0 update introduced [[Fortune Cookie|Fortune Cookies]] that could be purchased from the Fortune Cookie cart that Timmy and Tommy operate alongside their furniture shop. This Cart can also be accessed directly from the map.
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===OK Motors===
{{Main|OK Motors}}
[[File:OK Motors PC Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
[[OK Motors]] allows players to customize their [[camper]]. [[Giovanni]], [[Carlo]], and [[Beppe]], who are new to the {{SER}}, run the shop and allow the player redecorate or upgrade their camper. The camper upgrades work similarly to Tom Nook's usual business, with the interior of the camper increasing in size in turn for a loan. This is payable via the "Loan" option in the bottom right menu.
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===Breezy Hollow===
{{Main|Breezy Hollow}}
[[File:Breezy Hollow PC Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
[[Breezy Hollow]] is one of the four locations where collectible items can be found to trade to villagers in exchange for craft materials. Apples, cherries, peaches, oranges, and pears can be found growing here, along with either lychees, lemons, or grapes.
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===Saltwater Shores===
{{Main|Saltwater Shores}}
[[File:Saltwater Shores PC Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
[[Saltwater Shores]] is one of the four locations where collectible items can be found to trade to villagers in exchange for craft materials. Sea fish are the primary items found here, but the player can also obtain shells, coral and coconuts.
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===Sunburst Island===
{{Main|Sunburst Island}}
[[File:Sunburst Island PC Map Icon.png|left|65px]]
[[Sunburst Island]] is one of the four locations where collectible items can be found to trade to villagers in exchange for craft materials. Bugs and coconuts can be found here. Additionally, [[Gulliver]] resides here, with the player able to give him furniture and clothing in exchange for treats, as well as the possibility of meeting an exclusive villager to invite to the player's campsite.
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===Lost Lure Creek===
{{Main|Lost Lure Creek}}
[[File:Lost Lure Creek PC Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
[[Lost Lure Creek]] is one of the four locations where collectible items can be found to trade to villagers in exchange for craft materials. River fish, as well as three fruit trees with fruit randomly selected at the start of the game, can be obtained here.
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===Shovelstrike Quarry===
{{Main|Shovelstrike Quarry}}
[[File:Shovelstrike Quarry PC Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
[[Shovelstrike Quarry]] is run by [[Lloid]], and can only be accessed by receiving help from friends or paying twenty Leaf Tickets. The player can smash rocks to obtain minerals, which are then given to Lloid for Bells, crafting materials or Gyroidites.
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===Cabin===
{{Main|Cabin}}
[[File:Cabin PC Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
The [[cabin]] is a location that was introduced in the 2.0.0 update on November 28, 2018, and is unlocked once the player reaches Level 15. Like the Campsite, the player can decorate the Cabin with furniture and clothing, as well as wallpaper and flooring, and can invite up to 8 villagers to reside at the Cabin. In a newer update, the cabin has a second floor, which unlocks at Level 50.
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===Happy Homeroom===
{{Main|Happy Homeroom}}
[[File:PC Happy Homeroom Map Icon.png|left|64px]]
The [[Happy Homeroom]] is a location introduced in version 2.2.0 where the player takes classes to design a room for a character.
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==Other map icons==
===Blathers's Treasure Trek===
{{Main|Blathers's Treasure Trek}}
Players can select [[Blathers's Treasure Trek]] by tapping the icon of Blathers on the map. This then brings up a menu allowing selection of a "map" for the player to explore. These maps can be acquired through multiple means including challenges and Gulliver's Ship. The player must take part in a mini game to win the reward at the end of the trek, but must pay a fee to progress. This fee can be Bells, resources or essences.

===Pete's Parcel Service===
Available once further into the game, Pete's Parcel Service allows players to deliver requested items to animals so they do not have to deliver them themselves. Pete will only deliver items to animals the player has met before, with the game advising the player to "go and introduce yourself" before using the service.

===Gulliver's Ship===
{{Main|Gulliver's Ship}}
Whilst this amenity may be accessed from the map, it may also be accessed by meeting Gulliver beside his ship on Sunburst Island. The player is presented with three islands that refresh every other day. Items must be shipped to the islands to fulfill their individual export quota. Exported items are given a value of 1-1,200 depending on their rarity and individual island preferences, and points required to Begin the Voyage also varies with each island but are usually 150 points but up to 1,200 points for three special islands with a golden HH voucher, 2 lotsa leaf tickets maps, and a leaf tickets map each.

Once the ship is loaded up, players choose to send the ship off which returns after a set time with souvenirs on board. Once all souvenirs have been collected—this often takes multiple trips—the island is marked as completed.

==Achievements==
{{PC|nolink}} has six achievements via {{Wp|Google Play Games}} on Android and {{Wp|Game Center}} on iOS.
{| class="styled color-gameplay" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Achievement
! Description
! XP (Google Play Games)
! Points (Game Center)
|-
| Planting the Seed
| ''You reached level 5!''
| 500 XP
| ???
|-
| Putting Down Roots
| ''You reached level 10!''
| 1,000 XP
| ???
|-
| Growing Tall
| ''You reached level 15!''
| 1,500 XP
| ???
|-
| Branching Out
| ''You reached level 20!''
| 2,000 XP
| ???
|-
| Adding Rings
| ''You reached level 25!''
| 2,500 XP
| ???
|-
| Touching the Sky
| ''You reached level 30!''
| 3,000 XP
| ???
|}

==Update history==
:''For detailed changelogs see [[Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp/Update history]]''
{{:Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp/Update history}}

==Connectivity==
Players can receive rewards if they have both {{PC|nolink}} and {{NH}} linked on the same Nintendo Account. The rewards can be redeemed using the My Nintendo screen. Doing so will add 50 [[Leaf Ticket]]s to the player's account and show a 16-digit download code for the Nintendo eShop in order to access special furniture and clothing items in {{NH|short}}.

==Gallery==
{{Gallery}}
<gallery>
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp craft.png
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp fishing.png
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp fruits.png
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp miyama.png
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp obje.png
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp OKmotors.png
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp opening.png
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp pool.png
Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Saltwater Shores.png|The player at Saltwater Shores
</gallery>


==Trivia==
* No villagers who debuted in {{HHD|nolink}} appear in the game.

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|ja=どうぶつの森 ポケットキャンプ
|ja-r=Doubutsu no Mori: Poketto Kyanpu
|ja-m=Animal Forest: Pocket Camp
|ko=동물의 숲 포켓 캠프
|ko-r=Dongmul-ui Sup Poket Kaempeu
|ko-m=Animal Forest: Pocket Camp
|zh=
|zht= 動物森友會 口袋露營廣場
|zh-r= Dòngwù sēnyǒu huì kǒudài lùyíng guǎngchǎng
|zht-m= Animal Forest Camping Plaza Pocket Club
}}

== External links ==
* [https://ac-pocketcamp.com/ Official website]
* [https://apps.apple.com/app/id1179915619 App Store listing]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nintendo.zaca Google Play listing]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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