Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp will no longer be a free-to-play (with subscription service) mobile game. Instead it will become a standalone full single-player mobile game. Its live online service model will cease on November 28, 2024. It will become a complete paid app afterward which is a good way to end things off to this 7 year old mobile game.

There had been numerous content added to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp that it's ironic that it has about 7 years worth of added content compared to the main entry of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. New Horizons 2.0 was released on September 2021. But it would be an utter shame to have all of Pocket Camp content cease to exist, right? So Nintendo will make it a paid game instead for the mobile platforms -- which is honestly a good move despite a last ditch effort for some revenue. A welcome move, even. With absence of network play of course.

I'll buy Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete. I've been a late adopter of the game in 2020 since I've been playing New Leaf around the time it released. I haven't subscribed though. But I welcome the game as a solid and full game for my mobile. Oh the irony again, the reason why I staved off from it is I'm not much of F2P mobile spin-offs for my Nintendo game. And now it has become a paid game instead. Full circle.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete pre-order is live. Early discounted price is at $9.99 with planned release on December 3, 2024. The discounted preorder price will apply until January 5, 2025. The app will then be set on its regular price of $19.99 on February 2025. Read more details on its official page.