<s>
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
:	I-Application
amiibo	I-Application
Festival	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2015	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
and	O
NDcube	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
series	O
that	O
moves	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
series	O
traditional	O
format	O
,	O
instead	O
being	O
a	O
party	O
game	O
that	O
primarily	O
integrates	O
amiibo	B-Device
figures	O
into	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
8	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
amiibo	B-Device
character	O
figures	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
:	I-Application
amiibo	I-Application
Festival	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
and	O
received	O
negative	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
who	O
criticised	O
the	O
repetitive	O
gameplay	O
,	O
poor	O
amiibo	B-Device
integration	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
innovation	O
;	O
though	O
its	O
presentation	O
was	O
praised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
amiibo	B-Application
Festival	I-Application
is	O
a	O
virtual	O
board	O
game	O
similar	O
in	O
style	O
to	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playable	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
characters	O
include	O
Isabelle	O
,	O
K.K.	O
</s>
<s>
Slider	O
,	O
Tom	O
Nook	O
,	O
and	O
Mabel	O
—	O
four	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
eight	O
characters	O
upon	O
which	O
amiibo	B-Device
toys	O
had	O
been	O
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
amiibo	B-Device
cards	I-Device
which	O
had	O
debuted	O
alongside	O
Animal	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
:	I-Device
Happy	I-Device
Home	I-Device
Designer	I-Device
,	O
and	O
generally	O
requires	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Amiibo	B-Device
toys	O
for	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
Aya	O
Kyogoku	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
vehicle	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
amiibo	B-Device
:	O
"	O
Honestly	O
,	O
we	O
just	O
wanted	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
amiibo	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
wanted	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
make	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
amiibo	B-Device
,	O
so	O
that	O
's	O
why	O
we	O
made	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
works	O
with	O
them.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Kyogoku	O
distinguished	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
Mario	B-Application
Party	I-Application
by	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
more	O
focused	O
on	O
minigames	O
,	O
while	O
amiibo	B-Application
Festival	I-Application
is	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
board	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
amiibo	B-Device
protocol	O
to	O
insert	O
characters	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
eight	O
different	O
amiibo	B-Device
toys	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
characters	O
each	O
have	O
personal	O
characteristics	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
house	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
character	O
as	O
designed	O
in	O
Happy	B-Device
Home	I-Device
Designer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
:	I-Application
amiibo	I-Application
Festival	I-Application
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
as	O
a	O
retail	O
product	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
digitally	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
in	O
any	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
:	I-Application
amiibo	I-Application
Festival	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
to	O
negative	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
of	O
46	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
5	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
the	O
Amiibo	B-Device
integration	O
is	O
"	O
cumbersome	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
hard	O
to	O
play	O
with	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
a	O
boring	O
and	O
slow	O
"	O
snooze	O
fest	O
"	O
—	O
having	O
almost	O
fallen	O
asleep	O
while	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamesBeat	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
3.3	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
and	O
condemned	O
it	O
for	O
being	O
"	O
a	O
blatant	O
attempt	O
to	O
get	O
you	O
to	O
buy	O
more	O
amiibo	B-Device
,	O
and	O
it	O
’s	O
not	O
even	O
a	O
good	O
one	O
at	O
that.	O
"	O
</s>
