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| title = Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
| image = File:AnimalCrossing_AmiiboF_boxart.png
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'''''Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival''''' is a [[party video game]] for the [[Wii U]], developed by [[Nintendo]] and [[Nd Cube]].<ref name="nd cube games"/> The game is a spin-off of the ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' series, and was released worldwide in November 2015.
'''''Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival''''' is a [[party video game]] for the [[Wii U]], developed by [[Nintendo]] and [[Nd Cube]].<ref name="nd cube games"/> The game is a spin-off of the ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' series, and was released worldwide in November 2015.


== Gameplay ==
== Gameplay ==
[[File:AnimalCrossingAF GameplayE32015.png|thumb|left|250px|Gameplay Screenshot at [[E3 2015]] ]]
[[File:AnimalCrossingAF GameplayE32015.png|thumb|left|250px|Gameplay Screenshot at [[E3 2015]] ]]
''Amiibo Festival'' is a virtual [[board game]] similar in style to the ''[[Mario Party]]'' series.<ref name="Polygon: announce">{{cite web |url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/16/8789807/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival-wii-u |accessdate=June 16, 2015 |title=Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival coming to Wii U, plus four new Animal Crossing amiibo |last=Sarkar |first=Samit |date=June 16, 2015 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6ZKjjsmrE |archivedate=June 16, 2015 |deadurl=no }}</ref> Playable ''Animal Crossing'' characters include Isabelle, K.K. Slider, [[Tom Nook]], and Mable—four of the eight characters to have [[Amiibo]] based on them. The game also supports the Amiibo cards first being released alongside ''[[Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gonintendo.com/stories/235998-animal-crossing-happy-home-designer-cards-work-on-wii-u#comments|title=Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer cards work on Wii U|work=GoNintendo}}</ref> and requires [[Amiibo]] for play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendofeed.com/2015/06/e3-2015-animal-crossing-amiibo-festival_17.html|title=E3 2015: Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is a Free Download but Requires amiibo to Play|author=Josh M-J|work=nintendofeed.com}}</ref>
''amiibo Festival'' is a virtual [[board game]] similar in style to the ''[[Mario Party]]'' series.<ref name="Polygon: announce">{{cite web |url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/16/8789807/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival-wii-u |accessdate=June 16, 2015 |title=Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival coming to Wii U, plus four new Animal Crossing amiibo |last=Sarkar |first=Samit |date=June 16, 2015 |work=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6ZKjjsmrE |archivedate=June 16, 2015 |deadurl=no }}</ref> Playable ''Animal Crossing'' characters include Isabelle, K.K. Slider, [[Tom Nook]], and Mable—four of the eight characters to have [[amiibo]] based on them. The game also supports the amiibo cards first being released alongside ''[[Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gonintendo.com/stories/235998-animal-crossing-happy-home-designer-cards-work-on-wii-u#comments|title=Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer cards work on Wii U|work=GoNintendo}}</ref> and requires [[amiibo]] for play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendofeed.com/2015/06/e3-2015-animal-crossing-amiibo-festival_17.html|title=E3 2015: Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is a Free Download but Requires amiibo to Play|author=Josh M-J|work=nintendofeed.com}}</ref>


== Development ==
== Development ==
Director Aya Kyogoku stated that the game was conceived as a vehicle for the creation of the first ''Animal Crossing'' Amiibo: "[H]onestly, we just wanted ''Animal Crossing'' Amiibo. We wanted the company to make ''Animal Crossing'' Amiibo, so that's why we made a game that works with them."<ref name="Eguchi interview"/>
Director Aya Kyogoku stated that the game was conceived as a vehicle for the creation of the first ''Animal Crossing'' amiibo: "[H]onestly, we just wanted ''Animal Crossing'' amiibo. We wanted the company to make ''Animal Crossing'' amiibo, so that's why we made a game that works with them."<ref name="Eguchi interview"/>


The game was announced during Nintendo's June 2015 [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]] press conference for release in Q4 2015 during the [[holiday season]],<ref name="Polygon: announce"/> later specified as November 2015.<ref name="twitter date"/> Kyogoku distinguished the game from ''Mario Party'' by stating that the latter is more focused on minigames, while ''Amiibo Festival'' is more of a board game. The game uses Nintendo's [[Amiibo]] to insert characters into the game, with eight different Amiibo bundled with the game's release.<ref name="NL spin-offs"/> The characters each have personal characteristics, including a house associated with the character as designed in ''Happy Home Designer''.<ref name="NL spin-offs"/>
The game was announced during Nintendo's June 2015 [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]] press conference for release in Q4 2015 during the [[holiday season]],<ref name="Polygon: announce"/> later specified as November 2015.<ref name="twitter date"/> Kyogoku distinguished the game from ''Mario Party'' by stating that the latter is more focused on minigames, while ''amiibo Festival'' is more of a board game. The game uses Nintendo's [[amiibo]] to insert characters into the game, with eight different amiibo bundled with the game's release.<ref name="NL spin-offs"/> The characters each have personal characteristics, including a house associated with the character as designed in ''Happy Home Designer''.<ref name="NL spin-offs"/>


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
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''Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival'' received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to video game [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name=metacritic/> [[IGN]] rated the game at 5 out of 10, saying that the Amiibo integration is "cumbersome" and "hard to play with" and that the gameplay is a boring and slow "snooze fest"—having actually fallen asleep while playing. The game was praised as "undoubtedly charming", relaxing, and best played with friends.<ref name="ign review"/> Nintendo World Report gave the game a 4.5 out of 10, citing "Boring, repetitive gameplay" and "Taking an hour to get anything good."<ref name="nwr review"/> [[GamesBeat]] gave the game 3.3 out of 10 and condemned it for being "a blatant attempt to get you to buy more Amiibo, and it’s not even a good one at that."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/17/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival-is-a-boring-random-mess/|title=Animal Crossing: Amiibo festival is a boring, random mess|author=Clark, Willie|publisher=[[GamesBeat]]|date=November 18, 2015|accessdate=November 18, 2015}}</ref> Not all reviewers were so critical; ''[[Famitsu]]'' scored the game 32/40, with each of the four reviewers giving it a score of 8.<ref name="Famitsu rating">{{cite web|url=http://gematsu.com/2015/11/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1407|title=Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1407|work=Gematsu|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
''Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival'' received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to video game [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name=metacritic/> [[IGN]] rated the game at 5 out of 10, saying that the amiibo integration is "cumbersome" and "hard to play with" and that the gameplay is a boring and slow "snooze fest"—having actually fallen asleep while playing. The game was praised as "undoubtedly charming", relaxing, and best played with friends.<ref name="ign review"/> Nintendo World Report gave the game a 4.5 out of 10, citing "Boring, repetitive gameplay" and "Taking an hour to get anything good."<ref name="nwr review"/> [[GamesBeat]] gave the game 3.3 out of 10 and condemned it for being "a blatant attempt to get you to buy more amiibo, and it’s not even a good one at that."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/17/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival-is-a-boring-random-mess/|title=Animal Crossing: amiibo festival is a boring, random mess|author=Clark, Willie|publisher=[[GamesBeat]]|date=November 18, 2015|accessdate=November 18, 2015}}</ref> Not all reviewers were so critical; ''[[Famitsu]]'' scored the game 32/40, with each of the four reviewers giving it a score of 8.<ref name="Famitsu rating">{{cite web|url=http://gematsu.com/2015/11/famitsu-review-scores-issue-1407|title=Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1407|work=Gematsu|accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:49, 3 May 2016

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival
File:AnimalCrossing AmiiboF boxart.png
Developer(s)Nintendo EPD
Nd Cube[3]
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Aya Kyogoku[4]
Producer(s)Hisashi Nogami
SeriesAnimal Crossing
Platform(s)Wii U
Release
  • NA: November 13, 2015
  • EU: November 20, 2015[1]
  • JP: November 21, 2015
  • AU: November 21, 2015[2]
Genre(s)Party
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is a party video game for the Wii U, developed by Nintendo and Nd Cube.[3] The game is a spin-off of the Animal Crossing series, and was released worldwide in November 2015.

Gameplay

Gameplay Screenshot at E3 2015

amiibo Festival is a virtual board game similar in style to the Mario Party series.[5] Playable Animal Crossing characters include Isabelle, K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, and Mable—four of the eight characters to have amiibo based on them. The game also supports the amiibo cards first being released alongside Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer,[6] and requires amiibo for play.[7]

Development

Director Aya Kyogoku stated that the game was conceived as a vehicle for the creation of the first Animal Crossing amiibo: "[H]onestly, we just wanted Animal Crossing amiibo. We wanted the company to make Animal Crossing amiibo, so that's why we made a game that works with them."[4]

The game was announced during Nintendo's June 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo press conference for release in Q4 2015 during the holiday season,[5] later specified as November 2015.[1] Kyogoku distinguished the game from Mario Party by stating that the latter is more focused on minigames, while amiibo Festival is more of a board game. The game uses Nintendo's amiibo to insert characters into the game, with eight different amiibo bundled with the game's release.[8] The characters each have personal characteristics, including a house associated with the character as designed in Happy Home Designer.[8]

Reception

Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival received "generally unfavorable" reviews, according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[9] IGN rated the game at 5 out of 10, saying that the amiibo integration is "cumbersome" and "hard to play with" and that the gameplay is a boring and slow "snooze fest"—having actually fallen asleep while playing. The game was praised as "undoubtedly charming", relaxing, and best played with friends.[10] Nintendo World Report gave the game a 4.5 out of 10, citing "Boring, repetitive gameplay" and "Taking an hour to get anything good."[11] GamesBeat gave the game 3.3 out of 10 and condemned it for being "a blatant attempt to get you to buy more amiibo, and it’s not even a good one at that."[13] Not all reviewers were so critical; Famitsu scored the game 32/40, with each of the four reviewers giving it a score of 8.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nintendo of Europe on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Japanese Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival introduction trailer, release date". Nintendo Everything.
  3. ^ a b "Kaihatsu Jouhou" 開発情報 [Development Information]. Nintendo Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015. {{cite web}}: Invalid |script-title=: missing prefix (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b Eguchi, Katsuya; Kyogoku, Aya (July 9, 2015). "Nintendo's Aya Kyogoku on Evolving The Series" (Interview). Interviewed by Jeremy Parish. US Gamer. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Sarkar, Samit (June 16, 2015). "Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival coming to Wii U, plus four new Animal Crossing amiibo". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer cards work on Wii U". GoNintendo.
  7. ^ Josh M-J. "E3 2015: Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is a Free Download but Requires amiibo to Play". nintendofeed.com.
  8. ^ a b Nintendo Life. "Animal Crossing Series Director Explains the amiibo Focus of Happy Home Designer and amiibo Festival". Nintendo Life. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 30, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ a b Plagge, Kallie (November 18, 2015). "Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival Review". IGN. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  11. ^ a b Ronaghan, Neal (November 18, 2015). "Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival (Wii U) Review". NintendoWorldReport. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1407". Gematsu. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  13. ^ Clark, Willie (November 18, 2015). "Animal Crossing: amiibo festival is a boring, random mess". GamesBeat. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
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