This time the game was pushed to the next fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. 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. In order to give priority to its second mobile game, 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.

Originally set for release in fall of 2016 alongside the then-untitled Fire Emblem Heroes, the title went on to be delayed several times. 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 but faced a series of delays.Īn 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. The game's visuals, graphics, AI, and sound effects are derived from Animal Crossing: New Leaf and the dropped item icons and models come from Animal Crossing: City Folk. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is a free-to-start mobile application in the Animal Crossing series that was released on Android and iOS mobile devices on Octoin Australia and in 40 other territories on November 22, 2017.

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