{"id":48824,"date":"2017-10-26T05:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=48824"},"modified":"2017-10-26T05:48:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:48:15","slug":"animal-crossing-pocket-camp-first-is-already-nintendos-best-mobile-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/games\/animal-crossing-pocket-camp-first-is-already-nintendos-best-mobile-game.html","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp first is already Nintendo\u2019s best mobile game"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp first is already Nintendo\u2019s best mobile game<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp first is already Nintendo\u2019s best mobile game:- Even before it makes its official worldwide launch, the eagerly awaited Animal Crossing mobile game feels like it\u2019s going to be a smashing success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Nintendo famously redefined caution with its approach to mobile, waiting for what seemed like forever before taking the plunge. And while Super Mario Run was a misstep in several ways, the company has gotten better with each successive release, which is why Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has been on the wishlist of many gamers for some time now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Well, that and the fact that Animal Crossing is a perfect franchise to make the jump to phones and tablets. That matters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Though the game isn\u2019t making its official debut worldwide until late November, it\u2019s already live in soft launch in some markets. One of those countries in Australia, and since we just so happen to have access to an Australian App Store account, we were able to spend some time with Pocket Camp without worrying about delayed gratification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">As seen in this week\u2019s Nintendo Direct, the narrative that drives the mobile game is that you are in charge of a campsite and tasked with making it the best possible destination for various Animal Crossing characters. That means balancing your personal style tastes (natural, sporty, cute, etc.) with the desires of your potential guests, who are, as you might expect, animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">To convince them to stay, you\u2019ll need to make friends with them by gathering fruit, catching fish and trapping bugs. Trading these to the characters increases your friendship levels with them and also earns you crafting materials to make the items that convince them to check out your camp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">The animals ask for increasing types and amounts of items as you progress, and they only have new tasks for you every few hours. It\u2019s an interesting way of limiting gameplay sessions without resorting to a strict energy system like many mobile games do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">As well, there\u2019s also a huge customization element to Pocket Camp since you can make your avatar, camper and campsite look exactly how you want. New items pop up in a marketplace on a rotating basis, and you have plenty of ways to earn both regular and premium currency \u2014 the latter used for speeding up task completion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">What isn\u2019t as easy to gauge this early on is the social aspect, though it\u2019s apparent in almost every phase of the game that you can make friends and help each other out. One area, the Shovelstrike Quarry, explicitly rewards teamwork unless you decide to spend premium currency to go it alone. Nintendo has already promised ongoing content updates and events, and it will be interesting to see how many of these emphasize the social component.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is permeated by the cute and accessible franchise style in everything from the visuals to the soundtrack, and this might be its greatest strength of all. As one colleague noted, Fire Emblem Heroes is a good mobile game but serves a specific niche audience. Pocket Camp should end up casting a much wider net.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">It\u2019s important to note that with the game still in soft launch, it could receive any number of tweaks and changes before late November. But since it feels like a winner already, we\u2019re thinking Nintendo won\u2019t alter all that much and plenty of people will flock to it this holiday season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/fansided.com\/2017\/10\/25\/animal-crossing-pocket-camp-first-impressions\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/games\/animal-crossing-pocket-camp-first-is-already-nintendos-best-mobile-game.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp first is already Nintendo\u2019s best mobile game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp first is already Nintendo\u2019s best mobile game:- Even before it makes its official worldwide launch, the eagerly awaited Animal Crossing mobile game feels like it\u2019s going to be a smashing success. 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