{"id":66899,"date":"2024-08-22T09:31:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T09:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/pocket-camp-shutting-down"},"modified":"2024-08-22T09:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T09:55:14","slug":"pocket-camp-shutting-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/animal-crossing\/pocket-camp-shutting-down","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Shutting Down, New Version With No MTX in Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp was a huge hit for Nintendo in the mobile market, giving players a bite-sized version of the franchise&rsquo;s charm. While the game has been criticized for some of its microtransactions (MTX), that hasn&rsquo;t stopped it from making plenty of money for Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that Pocket Camp is going through some rebranding, as the mobile app will soon be closing and relaunching. This is a major change for the mobile game, and fan reception should be interesting, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>The official Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pocket_Camp\/status\/1826502311830860094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter account<\/a> announced that services for the current free-to-play version will be ending this November 28. A new paid version of the game is in development, which will require no internet and can carry over existing save date from the previous version.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rsp-embed-container\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<div style=\"left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.5%;\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ynixemuPuVk?feature=oembed\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ynixemuPuVk?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ynixemuPuVk\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Completely removing microtransactions for a one-time payment is a noteworthy move, since Nintendo made plenty of money through them. However, keeping an offline version of the game that only requires a one-time payment is more ethical, especially since a lot of mobile titles that shut down don&rsquo;t do this.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can still download Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for free and even partake in upcoming events. More news about the paid version will be shared by October, so fans won&rsquo;t have to wait too long before getting their Pocket Camp fix again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp was a huge hit for Nintendo in the mobile market, giving players a bite-sized version of the franchise&rsquo;s charm. 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