GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Localizing video games can be challenging, and in the case of Animal Crossing, bringing the distinctly Japanese social-sim to the West in 2002 proved ...

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Late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata laughed at the prospect of localising the original Animal Crossing, as he believed the game was so specific to Japan it would be too difficult. In an interview ...

Years before Animal Crossing became a global success, Nintendo warned its localisation team how "difficult" it would be to make the game work outside of its native Japan. Speaking to Time Extension, ...

We didn’t get an Animal Crossing announcement in today’s Nintendo Direct, but we might have gotten something even better. Pokémon Pokopia essentially looks like Animal Crossing with a Pokémon skin, ...

The Barn Owl is a pet and 1 of 10 pets available in Grow a Garden's Fall Update, added on September 13, 2025. If you're hoping to add the Barn Owl to your collection, here's a breakdown of all the ...

Adventure Games As cult classic GameCube release Chibi-Robo finally makes its way to Switch 2, co-director says he made the platformer "while imagining a 'Zelda but without the battles'" Pokemon ...

Animal Crossing is seemingly dormant for now, with no concrete news of a New Horizons successor in sight. The recent September 2025 Nintendo Direct could have been the venue to reveal this next ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Owl House is now streaming with Disney+, and the final season’s three episodes were actually ...

BC SPCA’s Vancouver Island-based animal rehab centre Wild ARC, typically sees a spike in owl admissions in the fall. Last ...

Tim is an Australian Senior Editor based in Germany who has been passionate about video games since he first picked up a PlayStation 1 controller to play Crash Bandicoot as a kid. He started out with ...