Animal Crossing, known in
Japan as , is a
life simulation video game developed by
Nintendo EAD and published by
Nintendo. It was originally published for the
Nintendo 64 in Japan on April 14, 2001. It was enhanced and re-released on the
GameCube in Japan later the same year as . It was then released in other countries in 2002-2004. Finally a third version, , was released only in Japan in 2003.