new animal crossing game, spoilers
Apparently, Nintendo botched region locking for Australia, so the new Animal Crossing game is “available” for Australian accounts and in APK form.
Giving it a try on my Android device, it is cute! And impressive that they ported the ACNL experience to mobile using Unity.
Though, I still feel conflicted about it having micropayments. At least Nintendo decided to use Tom Nook to take real money. It just seems appropriate.
new animal crossing game, spoilers
Also, not posting the link because Nintendo is sure to take it down and send a flurry of cease-and-desist letters. But The Next Web is currently linking the Australian Apple App Store link and current Android APK, with instructions, for the interested.
I couldn’t get the iOS details to work, because Apple demands a regional payment provider, and I didn’t have the patience to use the gift card workaround. So I went with the Android version instead.
new animal crossing game, spoilers
Also, micropayments on the Android build work with US Google Play. Also, literally everything has a timer now. Also, they expect ~$5-10 apiece to unlock each current limited time item. Huh.
I probably won’t get in too deeply, because the timer management seems difficult to impossible while also having real world responsibilities (unlike the main series’ once per day). And even cold hard cash doesn’t improve that.
But, at least they finally released this thing!