She was originally introduced in New Leaf, where she served a similar purpose as assistant to the player character. In New Horizons, Isabelle makes an appearance as the town community manager and secretary to Tom Nook. This was seen by some fans as support for music piracy, although Nintendo denied that it was intended as social commentary. Afterwards, he gives the player a free copy of the song played, saying that his music 'wants to be free'. Slider is a canine traveling musician, based on series composer Kazumi Totaka, who plays on certain nights in the player's town. Due to a new autosave function, he was 'laid off' from his job in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, although he has secured a new job as the Rescue Service operator.

Resetti is a mole character who appears from underground whenever players shut off the game without saving, berating them for circumventing one of the game's systems. Tom Nook is a tanuki character who functions as both a shop owner and real estate broker, giving the player a loan for their house and various upgrades while allowing them to pay it back with no interest. While the series features various villagers for each title, certain prominent characters return in each series installment. Main article: Characters in the Animal Crossing series Four spin-off games have also been released: Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer for Nintendo 3DS, Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival for Wii U, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for mobile devices and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise for the Nintendo Switch. The series has been both critically and commercially successful and has sold over 60 million units worldwide. Since its initial release in 2001, five Animal Crossing games have been released worldwide, one each for the Nintendo 64/ iQue Player (enhanced and reissued for the GameCube), Nintendo DS, Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. The series is notable for its open-ended gameplay and use of the video game console's internal clock and calendar to simulate real passage of time. In Animal Crossing, the player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals and can do various activities like fishing, bug catching, and fossil hunting. The series was conceptualized and created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo.

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