Nintendo will sell the upcoming paid version of its smartphone Animal Crossing app for £18 ($20) after the closure of its current free-to-play edition next month.
However, to start with, an introductory offer will see Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete sold for half price – £9 ($10) – for its first two months.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp’s current free-to-play version shuts down on 28th November, Nintendo announced this summer, after seven years of cosy campsite building and the selling of now-removed grubby gacha-style loot boxes, in-game currency and various subscriptions.
Nintendo will launch Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete shortly afterwards, on 3rd December, which offers no in-game purchases and the ability to play offline. Its half-price launch offer will run until 31st January next year.
In a press release on the new version, Nintendo states that players will be able to “retain access to a majority of the items and events” from Pocket Camp’s free-to-play version, with account progress transferrable – though only until 2nd June 2025.