Nintendo console, which released in North America in 1985, and in Europe throughout 1986 and 1987. The console was initially released in Japan as the Family Computer (abbreviated as Famicom) in 1983. The best-selling gaming console of its time, the NES helped revitalise the US video game industry following the video game crash of 1983. With the NES, Nintendo introduced a now-standard business model of licensing third-party developers, authorising them to produce and distribute games for Nintendo's platform. The NES was bundled with "Super Mario Bros.", one of the best-selling video games of all time, and received ports of Nintendo's most
Animal Crossing (video game) Role-Playing Game of the Year and was nominated for Console Game of the Year, Console Role-Playing Game of the Year, Game of the Year, Innovation in Console Gaming, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, and Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering all by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Animal Crossing (video game) Animal Crossing is a life simulation video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo. "Animal Crossing" is a localized version of "Dōbutsu no Mori", a Nintendo 64 title that was released in Japan on April 14, 2001, and enhanced and re-released on the GameCube in Japan later