Animal Crossing

Famitsu proclaims Animal Crossing GOTY and lists 35 best-selling Switch games in Japan

Chris WatsonMarch 7, 2021Animal Crossing, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, News, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Pokémon Espada Pokémon Escudo, Splatoon 2, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The New Horizons itself has also swept sales and tops a list with more than a dozen “million-sellers” in the land of the rising sun. The Japanese magazine Famitsu has just celebrated its awards to commemorate the best games of the year (Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards) and Animal Crossing: New Horizons has risen as the […]

Almost 20 years with Animal Crossing, an adventure full of life and charm

Chris WatsonDecember 29, 2020Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing Switch, Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Wii U, Reports, Subgéneros videojuegos, Videoconsolas

The year 2020 has been the year for Animal Crossing with its latest installment, and we wanted to review the entire saga near its 20th anniversary. If we think of a life or social simulation video game, multiple games may come to mind, but if we think specifically of an island or a village, inhabited […]

The origins of simulation: from real life to the video game

Chris WatsonJuly 20, 2020Age of Empires, Animal Crossing, Caesar II, Civilization, Populous, Reports, Sims, Streets of Sim City, Theme hospital, Theme Park Inc.

When replicating real life it can be just as or more fun. The history of simulators. Flight, driving, social or strategy simulators. They are some of the examples that are currently grouped within the genre. But how did the simulation start? If we go back to its beginnings, the concept of simulation has in fact […]

Animal Crossing and the possible utopia after the coronavirus

Chris WatsonMarch 24, 2020Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing Switch, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Covid-19, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Reports

Animal Crossing: New Horizons recovers a saga from which we must learn to build a more collaborative and sustainable society after quarantine. No one doubts it. Even those who question the artistic value of ludofiction do not question it: video games change lives. Pikachu, Kratos, Bayonetta and many other heroes lead a cultural industry with […]

Kazumi Totaka, composer of Animal Crossing and voice of Yoshi

Chris WatsonMarch 11, 2020Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing Switch, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Estilo vida, Estrategia en tiempo real, GameCube, Hardware, Industria, Informática, Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Ocio, Plataformas videojuegos, Reports, Subgéneros videojuegos, Videoconsolas, Videojuegos, Videojuegos gestión, Videojuegos Vida virtual

We review the trajectory of Kazumi Totaka, another of Nintendo's great composers, known for composing the Animal Crossing soundtrack, creating the song Totaka and lending his voice to Yoshi. Usually, when we stop to think of great composers who work for Nintendo, names like Koji Kondo quickly come to mind, acclaimed for creating such memorable […]