"This Broke My Heart": Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Players Celebrate Their Final Anniversary In The Game

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won't be around much longer, but before it goes offline the game is celebrating one final bittersweet anniversary. Back in August, Nintendo announced that the mobile game would be shutting down its servers. Fortunately, the title isn't leaving for good, and will instead return in December as a one-time-payment game instead of a freemium model. Despite this, the shutdown of the original marks the end of an era, and it's not leaving without thanking its most loyal fans.

will be going offline on November 28, and one of its final events is to celebrate its 7-year anniversary. Players who logged in over the past few days were treated to a banner featuring Isabelle and a few villagers standing around a massive cake, with text that reads "" Redditors joined Ok_Chip_6299 in bidding the game a final farewell as it celebrates its final month. The Redditor shared a screenshot of the celebration image, saying ""

For some players, the anniversary of the game is also the anniversary of their camp. "" says FarkasIsMyHusbando/Reddit. Several other fans have chimed in with their stories of what the game means to them and just how much they'll miss the social aspects.

With Pocket Camp Complete on the horizon, fans of Animal Crossing should be very excited about all the new content coming to the game on December 2.

Redditor DOA-FAN shares a particularly poignant story, saying that their daughter got the game when she was a little girl. They say that as she grew up, she forgot about the game, but DOA-FAN has been playing with her account since then, instead. They continue: "" This incredibly sweet story is justone of the many ways that has touched the lives and hearts of many players in the past seven years.

had one final parting gift for its players: the massive cake pictured in the 7th anniversary banner art. The anniversary gift cake stands at about twice the height of players and features a little campground at the top. This gift is a fitting way to bring the game to an end, by