After months and months of hoping from fans, Nintendo has finally confirmed Animal Crossing is coming to Nintendo Switch. It will be released in 2019.

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Animal Crossing for Switch

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Nintendo initially faked out fans during the Nintendo Direct with an introduction video from Isabelle from the franchise, which led to the announcement that Isabelle will be a fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . The Direct then segued to a message from Tom Nook, showing his support for Isabelle's fighting career.But more than that, the announcement trailer made sure to note that Tom had to make sure everyone had a place to return to after all the fighting and camping from Smash and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp.The trailer offers no other information from Nook, who will likely be looking for plenty more bells, other than a logo for Animal Crossing for Switch (working title) and a 2019 release window.There are no other details about what new additions the Switch's Animal Crossing entry will make to the franchise and what it will retain from prior entries.This mainline entry is the first since Animal Crossing: New Leaf debuted in 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS. IGN gave Animal Crossing: New Leaf a 9.6 , calling it "a whole new world full of lovable characters and insurmountable charm."Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp brought the series to mobile devices last year, offering a new spin on the series, as well.The DIrect was packed with other information about upcoming Nintendo Switch releases, including a Luigi's Mansion 3 announcement , a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch hardware bundle , and a new look at Yoshi's Crafted World

Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's News Editor and PlayStation lead, talk to him about how excited he his for a new Luigi's Mansion on Twitter @jmdornbush