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Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a Nintendo 3DS life sim social game. Players take control of a customizable human character who serves as the mayor for the anthropomorphic villagers. The game centers on building, customizing, fishing, forming relationships, and much more.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Franchise
Animal Crossing
Platform(s)
3DS
Released
June 9, 2013
Developer(s)
Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s)
Nintendo
Genre(s)
Simulation
ESRB
E For Everyone due to Comic Mischief

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