Nintendo has announced its plans to shut down the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp app in November.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will no longer be active on iOS and Android as of November 29th. Seven years following the launch of the mobile game, Nintendo is pulling the game from the App Store and Play Store, taking it offline. However, a new offline version of the game will be launched in its place.
“Since service began on November 21st 2017, for approximately seven years we have been honored to see everyone’s lovely, diverse campsites grow and flourish,” Nintendo says on a FAQ page. The news confirms that as of November 29th, 2024, players will “no longer be able to play Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.”
As for Leaf Tickets and the Pocket Camp Club subscriptions, both will be going away ahead of the Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp shutdown. Players will no longer be able to purchase new Leaf Tickets as of November 26th. Redemption of said tickets will stop on November 28th. A month prior to the shutdown, Nintendo will cease all automatic renewals and service for the Pocket Camp Club subscriptions. On October 28th, players will no longer be able to subscribe to the membership. Those who have memberships extending after that period will be refunded.
Nintendo is developing a “paid version” of the app in which you’ll be able to transfer your save data. This new version of the app will be released “during the same period” as Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is taken offline. Nintendo has not clarified how much the new version of the app will cost. However, it does state that it’ll be released as a “flat-fee paid app”. The current version of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp operates under the freemium model with players making in-game purchases.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp launched on iOS and Android on October 25, 2017. The game quickly became Nintendo’s second-largest mobile game launch. Sensor Tower states that as of 2021, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp amassed over $250 million in lifetime player spending. At the time, it surpassed Mario Kart Tour, Super Mario Run, and was only shadowed by Fire Emblem Heroes.
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