Animal Crossing’s Most Underappreciated Game Deserves A Switch 2 Release

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has become one of Nintendo's most beloved franchises thanks, in large part, to its cozy atmosphere, adorable villagers, and compelling gameplay loop. However, not every game in the series is as fondly remembered nor as commercially successful, with particular entries ending up being flops comparatively. The majority of these unsuccessful games failed because of poor gameplay or for being uninteresting spin-offs.

However, one of them was a genuinely good experience, one that has a small following but is largely left an underrated classic deserving of more love. Fortunately, the perfect opportunity for it to make a return is looming on the horizon, as it could come back as a first-party Switch 2 game, at least with a discount. While it may have failed the first time around, the Nintendo Switch 2 could end up being the best platform for it and see it finally get the recognition it deserves.

launched for the Wii in 2008, marking a return to the home console format. Unlike its predecessor,, and successor,, performed poorly, despite the Wii being the seventh best-selling console of all time. sold 4.32 copies according to Statista, which, when compared to the 11.75 million copies managed a few years before, and the subsequent 13.05 million sold, feels meager at best. ranks as the fourth worst-selling game in the series, just above the GameCube release and two spin-off titles.

Of course, sales aren't everything, but also performed poorly with critics. Compared to glowing reviews, feels like its from an entirely different series, garnering 73 on Metacritic, putting it just above and. The biggest problem reviewers had with was its lack of innovation. While there were new features, such as the inclusion of the city — which made events that were once sporadic more easily accessible — for the most part, felt like a port of .

It also didn't help thatwasn't a portable experience. and — both handheld games -sold over 10 million copies each, more than tripling the lifetime sales