Sad day, Villagers. Nintendo is scrapping Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp support after running just shy of seven years. The mobile game will be replaced with a paid version for existing players.
Nintendo shot out announcements surrounding the shut down, explaining what’s going on, what happens to Leaf Tickets, and how players can keep playing. You will no longer be able purchase Leaf Tickets on November 26 and they will stop being redeemable on November 28.
Pocket Camp Club, the game’s subscription service, will cease new enrollments after its October 28 planned maintenance. Existing members will get an in-game badge that will let them continue to reap the benefits of the membership until the service ends.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp to be a premium experience
As Nintendo assures, they are working on a paid version of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp to satisfy those who still want to play the game. They will even let you transfer your save data to the new version.
The paid app, will let you play the game offline for a flat fee. Online dependent features will not be added, unfortunately.
Stuff like visiting other campsites or Market Boxes won’t be part of the offline experience. This raises the question of how much of the game will actually be available to those who still want to play.
While the writing has been on the wall, with its last update being back in March, it’s still bitter to see it happen. Pocket Camp is a freemium experience, meaning people could enjoy it without spending a dime, but more realistically they’ve probably splurged a little here and there.
The standing plan is that more info about this paid version is planned to be revealed in October, closer to the closure of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Sometime then we’ll learn the price as well as its concrete release date through a service notification.
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