Hourly App Store category rankings from Sensor Tower App Intelligence show Nintendo’s third mobile game, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, off to a strong start in its Australian soft launch on iOS. According to the data, the game reached No. 1 among all iPhone apps faster than Nintendo’s previous mobile releases, Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes, hitting the impressive milestone within 12 hours of its launch on October 25.

By comparison, Super Mario Run was No. 2 after 12 hours, reaching No. 1 on the Australian App Store 14 hours after its launch there last December. Fire Emblem Heroes was the No. 35 ranked app 12 hours following its release in February and only made it as high as No. 13 on the store. Currently, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is ranked at No. 117 among top grossing iPhone apps on Australia’s App Store.

Meanwhile, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is ranked at No. 1 on Google Play’s Top New Free chart in Australia and No. 595 grossing.

Nintendo has announced that Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will launch worldwide in late November. We’ll bring you analysis of its global release then.

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