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Animal Island

14 December 2001

Animal Island is a simulator developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 14 December 2001 on Game Boy Advance.

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What Animal Island is

Animal Island is a simulator game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2001. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Animal Crossing series

Animal Island is the third of 85 entries we hold in the Animal Crossing series. It arrived 8 months after Doubutsu no Mori: Controller Pak Bundle Edition. The next entry was Doubutsu no Mori+ in 2001.

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What it launched against

Animal Island launched on 14 December 2001, within three weeks of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams and Ikaruga.

Released around the same time: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga.

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When did Animal Island come out?
Animal Island was released on 14 December 2001 for Game Boy Advance.

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