<s>
Animal	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
Plaza	I-Device
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
free	O
to	O
play	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spin-off	O
of	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Leaf	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
series	O
,	O
Plaza	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
tie-in	O
to	O
Miiverse	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
now-defunct	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
actively	O
supported	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animal	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
Plaza	I-Device
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
game	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
:	I-Application
New	I-Application
Leaf	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
connected	O
with	O
New	O
Leaf	O
via	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
post	O
and	O
archive	O
New	O
Leaf	O
screenshots	O
,	O
and	O
share	O
in-game	O
clothing	O
designs	O
using	O
QR	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
overworld	O
was	O
populated	O
by	O
non-player	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Animal	B-Application
Crossing	I-Application
series	O
,	O
who	O
users	O
could	O
interact	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animal	B-Device
Crossing	I-Device
Plaza	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
in	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
Direct	O
on	O
August	O
7	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
digitally	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
that	O
same	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
posts	O
within	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
removed	O
on	O
December	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plaza	O
remains	O
accessible	O
to	O
users	O
who	O
downloaded	O
the	O
application	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
removal	O
from	O
eShop	B-Application
,	O
though	O
its	O
social	O
features	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
usable	O
.	O
</s>
