Animal Crossing
Honestly, we don’t know how this hasn’t been announced yet. Almost every single time a Nintendo Direct is announced to be taking place, the internet takes to creating unnerving Animal Crossing pentagrams in the hope they can finally will the game into existence. Sadly, nobody has succeeded as of yet.
Animal Crossings’ life sim gameplay is kind of perfect for the Nintendo Switch. It’s got that pick-up-and-play factor that makes it easy to stop in for 15 minutes, catch a few fish, pay off some of your loan, and buy some new threads before switching off. Or you can binge it for several hours at a time on a nice big screen, inviting your anthropomorphic friends round to check out your house, actually paying off your full debt, and then getting yourself into debt all over again when that home improvement gets too tempting.
Each new entry in the Animal Crossing series has continued to expand the size of the town, as well as the amount of control over how it grows and changes over time. Long-term fans will just be eager for another mainline entrance in the series following the 2012 3DS release, while now seems about the perfect time to capitalize on the popularity of last year’s more casual mobile experience, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.
