Animal Crossing · Shipped across the EU
Animal Crossing is the series without hurry: the game runs on the real clock — shops close in the evening, it snows in December, and your village lives on while you are away. Every cartridge and disc here is an original, personally tested by a Dutch retro Nintendo specialist, and one of the safest gifts in gaming.
Originals, tested by hand
Cartridges save-tested, discs read-tested — the product page tells you exactly what arrives.
Kid-safe by design
A calm, non-violent life sim rated PEGI 3 — no time pressure, nothing that can fail.
Tracked EU shipping, 30-day returns
Sent from the Netherlands — no customs charges anywhere in the EU.
Each entry stands on its own — they differ mostly in the role you play. Choose by the console you own:
Animal CrossingGameCube
The European debut of the series. One thing to know: it saves to a memory card, and it wants a lot of blocks — we state per unit whether one is included.
Animal Crossing: Wild WorldNintendo DS
The first handheld entry — you are a villager, and the save lives on the cartridge itself. A used copy may still hold someone’s old village; starting fresh is easy.
Animal Crossing: Let’s Go to the CityWii
Europe’s name for City Folk. The living-room entry of the series, playable on Wii and the GameCube-compatible Wii models.
Animal Crossing: New LeafNintendo 3DS
The beloved handheld classic where you become mayor. Our most-stocked entry, and it plays on every 3DS and 2DS model.
Animal Crossing: Happy Home DesignerNintendo 3DS
The interior-design spin-off — you decorate homes rather than run a village. A calm companion piece to New Leaf.
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsSwitch
The island entry that became the biggest game in the series — the most complete version, and the easiest recommendation for newcomers.
From the GameCube original to New Horizons — every unit tested, every unit a one-off.
Nintendo 3DS XL - Animal Crossing: New Leaf Edition
€361.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Animal Crossing: Wild World
€50.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
€47.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
€44.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
€42.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
€44.95
Personally tested · Good condition
Animal Crossing: Wild World
€44.95
Personally tested · Good condition
We ship exclusively from the Netherlands. Your parcel therefore crosses a border: it takes longer than a domestic delivery, and shipping costs more than it would at a seller in your own country.
Inside the Netherlands a single game fits through the letterbox — €4.40, tracking included. That service stops at the border. Anything leaving the country goes with PostNL as an international parcel, which is a different and considerably more expensive service. That is where the €14.95 – €19.95 comes from: the border itself is not what costs money, the cheap service simply ends there.
That amount covers the PostNL rate to your country plus the packaging: bubble mailer or box, an antistatic sleeve for the cartridge, and tape. We never drop the tracking — on a parcel that crosses a border, shipping without proof of delivery is a risk for both of us.
New Horizons (Switch) is the most complete and popular entry; New Leaf (3DS) is the beloved handheld classic where you play mayor. The older DS and GameCube entries are charming collector pieces. Every entry stands alone — there is no story to catch up on.
Yes — it is a calm, non-violent life simulation rated PEGI 3, with no time pressure and nothing that can fail. That makes it one of the safest gift choices in gaming.
The game follows the actual date and time: shops keep opening hours, it snows in December, and events follow the calendar. That is the series’ signature — it rewards visiting daily rather than playing for hours.
No. Animal Crossing saves on the cartridge itself, so a second-hand copy sometimes holds a previous village — starting your own fresh one is easy and built into the game. We test every save before listing.
The GameCube original needs a GameCube (or a GameCube-compatible Wii) plus a memory card. Wild World plays on DS, DSi, 3DS and 2DS; New Leaf and Happy Home Designer on any 3DS or 2DS; New Horizons on every Switch model.
