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Nintendo to Launch Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete Offline Paid App on December 3
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Nintendo revealed more details on Monday about Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete, the new paid app replacing its Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp smartphone game that will end service on November 29. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete is slated for release on December 3, with an introductory price in the U.S. of US$9.99 until January 31 at 6:00 a.m. UTC (1:00 a.m. EST). The app's regular price is US$19.99. Nintendo released a 12-minute video explaining the new app and its features on Monday.
In the new paid app, players can continue or start a job as a camp manager, travel in a camper van, befriend animals, and invite animals to the player's campsite. Seasonal events will also continue in the new paid app.
Existing players can transfer their current saved data after purchasing the new paid app. Players will need to link their Nintendo Accounts to the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp game in order to transfer data to the new paid app.
Data that can be transferred to the new paid app include:
- Player level and owned bells
- Animals befriended and friendship levels
- Inventory and warehouse items
- Player's campsite, cabin, and camper layouts
- Current and saved outfits
Features that will discontinue in the new paid app are:
- Leaf Tickets
- Paid monthly subscription Pocket Camp Club
- Online Play with Friends
The Leaf Ticket will be replaced with Leaf Tokens, which are earned through Bell exchanges or Goal Rewards. Leaf Tokens can also be used for purchases. The new paid app will include some features that were previously part of the Pocket Camp Club monthly subscription.
The new paid app's friend feature will use Camper Cards that show the player's information. Players can export their Camper Cards as QR codes that others can scan on their mobile phones. Friends can gather at the new location Whistle Pass.
The game became available worldwide in November 2017. The title is a free-to-play game (with in-game transactions). The game allows players to create and customize the appearance of their own in-game avatar. The game runs in real-time, with time being tracked, and with scheduled in-game events and items for holidays and other special dates.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the latest entry in the Animal Crossing franchise and the first game in the series for Nintendo Switch. The game was originally slated to ship in 2019, but was delayed to March 2020. The game sold 1.88 million copies in Japan in its first three days, the highest ever number of first-week copies sold for a Switch game in Japan. As of June 30, the game has sold 45.85 million copies worldwide. The game received its last major free update in November 2021, alongside a paid DLC update.
Sources: Press release, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp game's website, Nintendo Mobile's YouTube channel via VG247
