who made animal crossing

The Animal Crossing series was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. Eguchi got the idea for Animal Crossing from his experience of feeling lonely when he moved away from his family and friends to work at Nintendo in Kyoto. The game was designed around themes of family, friendship, and community, offering players an open-ended social simulation experience living in a village inhabited by animals. The first game in the series was released in 2001 for the Nintendo 64 in Japan and later internationally on the GameCube.