{"id":7745,"date":"2015-06-16T22:44:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T02:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=7745"},"modified":"2015-06-16T22:45:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T02:45:07","slug":"new-wii-u-animal-crossing-game-and-amiibo-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/06\/new-wii-u-animal-crossing-game-and-amiibo-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wii U Animal Crossing game and amiibo Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of newly revealed games were unveiled during Nintendo&#8217;s Digital Event at E3 on Tuesday, including a brand new Animal Crossing for the Wii U. The new game looks to take a page out of the Mario Party playbook and features the animal residents from Animal Crossing in a board game type game.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival<\/em> players are challenged to collect the most Happy Points by the end of a dynamic board game. The board layout can remain the same, but the spaces and even the environment change, depending on which month players choose for their game. As in other <em>Animal Crossing<\/em> games, players can buy turnips and use strategy to decide when to sell them for big money. <\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Along with the game are coming a bunch of new Animal Crossing amiibo figures. The game will also support the upcoming Animal Crossing amiibo cards, which are a big feature in the upcoming 3DS <em>Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>The game is scheduled to launch during the upcoming holiday season. The game will launch as a bundle that includes the game, two amiibo figures and three amiibo cards.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/121723015570\" data-did=\"b255f5f7e107c1067d27db36b7aa0ab26e16a89e\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/121723015570\/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/121723015570\/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/secure.assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/121722662140\" data-did=\"0b2c2b6c083ce60f73a229615c62ec486dd22b31\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/121722662140\/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/121722662140\/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/secure.assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/121722436465\" data-did=\"b255f5f7e107c1067d27db36b7aa0ab26e16a89e\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/121722436465\/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/121722436465\/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/secure.assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/jQUko9niqkGxW6XoVVWQ4w\/121722166590\" data-did=\"735cff03bcc6b958cebfb971199506ad756af7de\"><a href=\"http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/121722166590\/animal-crosing-amiibo-festival\">http:\/\/darkainartsgamers.tumblr.com\/post\/121722166590\/animal-crosing-amiibo-festival<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/secure.assets.tumblr.com\/post.js\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bunch of newly revealed games were unveiled during Nintendo&#8217;s Digital Event at E3 on Tuesday, including a brand new Animal Crossing for the Wii U. The new game looks to take a page out of the Mario Party playbook and features the animal residents from Animal Crossing in a board game type game. 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