The best of the week, I'll tell you right away, is Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, which brings the franchise of its adorable little animals to mobile devices. But it's not the only one! We also have a magical forest, alien invasion, and a bit of adventure. Pick the game you like most.
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Ahead of its announced date, Nintendo released Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (Free Game), its new game for mobile devices that brings the franchise of its adorable little animals with mechanics similar to The Sims to smartphones running Android and iOS. The game invites you to build your own campsite as you interact with computer-controlled characters and other app users. Using the best of the series, adding features from other mobile classics like Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector and a mode similar to Facebook games, Pocket Camp could become an unmanageable success. Developed by Nintendo, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is available on iOS and Android.
Dungeon of the Endless
Your spaceship has crashed and is being invaded by hostile aliens. Dungeon of the Endless is a procedurally generated dungeon crawler where you and your team must defend your ship's crystal core from enemies while exploring to find a way out. As you progress, you'll unlock new ships and new crew members with different stats and abilities, as well as the ability to deploy more crew members on exploration missions and protect the crystal, gathering resources to keep them alive. Developed by Amplitude Studios, Dungeon of the Endless is available exclusively on iOS.
Forest Spirit
Forest Spirit: Unless you've already played Forest Spirit, you haven't played a tower defense game like Forest Spirit. The forest is being attacked by unpleasant insects, and you are the benevolent druid whose job is to save your kingdom by using a series of powers to plant upgradeable defensive flora that will keep insects away from the heart of the forest. You also have the help of other plants that generate energy, which you can use to plant trees or cast spells, all in the middle of a lush green forest. Developed by ForceField s.r.o, Forest Spirit is available on iOS and Android.
Gathering Sky
Gathering Sky: If there's one word to describe Gathering Sky, it's joy. The goal is to control a flock of birds as it rises through the sky, following air currents and picking up stray birds, gradually growing the group, avoiding obstacles over the changing landscape. The music was created especially for this experience by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the result is an exciting escape to a place far from worldly worries. Developed by A Stranger Gravity, Gathering Sky is available on iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle Fire.
Whispering Willows
Whispering Willows: This game comes with a small warning: the floating controls are a bit hard to handle and probably better suited for a larger screen, like a tablet or an external Bluetooth controller. That said, Whispering Willows is a charming side-scrolling adventure game with a fun mechanic. You control Elena, a teenager looking for her missing father. Along the way, you discover she can separate her spirit from her body, which leads you to use "Elena's ghost" to solve puzzles in a creepy, seemingly abandoned mansion. Developed by Akupara Games, Whispering Willows is available on iOS and Android.
