"...And in this sense, Zelda became the inspiration for something very different, Animal Crossing. This is a game based soley on communication and cooperation, and is virtually without competition. And as I said earlier, even my wife agreed to try it because it was designed to be friendly and non-threatening. Our team was looking for elements that would make the player happy simply by moving their character around the game world. But the interesting thing was that Animal Crossing was also enjoyed by many who were hard-core gamers. So what I learned from this was that what gamers are looking for in games isn't necessarily always the best graphics or better audio, or better production. And now world-wide the Animal Crossing games have sold over seven million players. And they have invited quite a few gamers into the Forest.
