Last night Nintendo finally lifted the veil on Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, the new Animal Crossing game coming to iOS and Android at the tail-end of November. The presentation was a huge hit with the Animal Crossing faithful. No shortcuts or cash-ins here; this is a legitimate Animal Crossing game with unobtrusive microstransactions, and a more involved effort from Nintendo than most of us were expecting.
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And don’t worry! You don’t have to wait until the end of November to play if you don’t want to. If you’re determined, and you know where to look, you can start playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp today! I have the game downloaded and running on my phone right this moment, and it didn’t take long at all to figure out how to download it.
So where can you find the game, and what do you have to do to download it? We have you covered. There are slightly different steps for Android users and iOS users, so keep scrolling to see what you need to do, and share this post with a friend who loves Animal Crossing!
iPhone Users
If you’re playing on an iPhone, the process is a little more involved. Here’s the deal: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp saw an immediate soft launch in Australia, so the full game is actually available on the Australian iTunes app store! This isn’t a leak or a pirated version of the game. It’s the full game, and you can find it right here.
In order to access the Australian iTunes app store from your phone, however, you’re going to have to make a new Apple account and set your location to Australia. There are VPN apps you could download and use to disguise your phone as accessing the store from Australia, but in truth, it’s easier just to make a separate Apple account.
Once you do, you’ll be able to access the store listing linked above and download Pocket Camp as you would any other game.
Android Users
If you’re an Android user, the process is much simpler, assuming you know where to look. By now the apk file you’ll need to install Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has been shared widely. We’re not going to link to it directly right here, but it’s not that hard to find if you just look. We hear there’s a tool out there that you can use to search for things on the internet.
There are also plenty of communities out there talking about the game and how you can go about procuring it on your phone. Once you download the apk, just make sure you go into your phone’s security settings and allow installation of games and apps from third parties. That’s all you need to do. The game will download and run normally.
