Animal Crossing: Pocket Campwon’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 originalPocket Campmarks the end of an era, and it’s not leaving without thanking its most loyal fans.
Pocket Campwill 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 abanner featuring Isabelle and a few villagers standing around a massive cake, with text that reads “Thanks for 7 years!” Redditors joinedOk_Chip_6299in bidding the game a final farewell as itcelebrates its final month. The Redditor shared a screenshot of the celebration image, saying “This broke my heart.”
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Fans Reminisce Over Seven Years Of Playing
Some Fans Have Been Playing Pocket Camp From The First Day
For some players, the anniversary of the game is also the anniversary of their camp. “I’ve been playing since the start,” saysFarkasIsMyHusbando/Reddit. Several other fans havechimed in with their stories of what the game means to themand just how much they’ll miss the social aspects.
Everything New In Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete
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.
RedditorDOA-FANshares 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: “She is 15 years old right now, most of the times I show her our progress in the game so that way she can remember those good old times that she had with this title when she was younger.” This incredibly sweet story is justone of the many ways thatPocket Camphas touched the lives and hearts of many playersin the past seven years.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Gives Fans One Final Wholesome Gift
Players Will Be Able To Import Their Data To The New Game
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camphad 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 making it a wonderful and festive occasion instead of a sad one.
Many fans, likecoconut_donutson Reddit, are using the cake as a focal point in theirend-of-serviceAC: Pocket Campparties. Luckily, current players will be able totransfer their data from the free gameto the new paid mobile title, allowing them to continue from where they left off when the new version ofAnimal Crossing: Pocket Campgoes live on December 3.
