Hello,
Thanks for contacting us. I can certainly understand your disappointment that Animal Crossing was not talked about further at the recent E3 conference. I’ll be certain to document your feedback about Animal Crossing and about your lack of interest in any of the games presented at E3. This will include your feedback on us releasing too many Mario games, and will be sent to the appropriate departments here at Nintendo.
While I'm not sure why it wasn't discussed at E3, I want to assure you that Animal Crossing will be released at some point. While I wish I could tell you more about the game, I'm afraid that our game developers haven't given us any information about it.
I can assure you that we don't hate Animal Crossing fans. The Animal Crossing franchise and its fans are very important to us. This is why an Animal Crossing game is featured in the upcoming Nintendo Land game for the Wii U (
http://e3.nintendo.com/games/#/wiiu/nintendo-land). Animal Crossing for the Nintendo 3DS is also important to us as a company.
While I can't speculate on why we announced the game back in 2010 and haven't released any information since then, you can be sure that our game developers are highly talented and will release a high quality game only when it is ready. I can assure you that the game has not been cancelled.
Believe me, we are every bit as excited as you are to learn more about what’s coming. Eventually, we will pull back the curtain and share all the new and exciting details on our website (
www.nintendo.com), but I’m unable to say when we might release more details to the public.
While I know this wasn’t the answer you were hoping for, I appreciate your enthusiasm for the Animal Crossing series and hope for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
Ben Weekly
Nintendo of America, Inc.