<P> Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer is a community simulation game for the Nintendo 3DS and the first spin - off of the Animal Crossing series . It was released in Japan on July 30, 2015, North America on September 25, 2015, Europe on October 2, 2015, and Australia on October 3, 2015 . The game revolves around designing houses for villagers based on their requests . By scanning amiibo cards, players can unlock the ability to design special characters' houses . The game has a score of 66 out of 100 on Metacritic, which signifies "mixed or average reviews". </P> <P> Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is a party game for the Wii U released in November 2015 that heavily utilizes amiibo . It has a score of 46 out of 100 on Metacritic, signifying "generally unfavorable reviews ." </P> <P> During a financial meeting in April 2016, Nintendo announced that Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem Heroes will become Nintendo's second and third mobile games, respectively . In September 2016, Nintendo announced that the apps will be released worldwide in early 2017 in favor of the then recently announced Super Mario Run . In January 2017, Nintendo announced that the Animal Crossing game was delayed in order to focus on the Android version of Super Mario Run, and stating they expect to release the game in the next fiscal year that starts in April . </P> <P> However, in June 2017, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils - Aimé confirmed in an interview with Vice that the game will be launched by the end of 2017 . </P>

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