Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp just got loot boxes in its latest update. Thanks, I hate it!

A month ago, I proclaimed that Nintendo's Animal Crossing mobile game lacked heart and soul. Repetitive dialogue, rote gameplay and the sleazy undertone of it all - Pocket Camp dilutes the series' charm. But it's confession time: I'm here today to partially eat my words.

Gardening has come to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp today, and with it more things to spend Leaf Tickets on.

Have you been playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp on your phone a little bit each day? Were you enjoying helping out your friendly neighbours with frivolous tasks, crafting your favourite style of coffee table and generally just vibing along to it all? Well the director of NieR: Automata is here to tell you just how messed up Pocket Camp actually is.

The villagers in Animal Crossing are pretty much the best part. Although Pocket Camp only has a select few, some of them are the best of the series' weird and lovable animals. Which one are you?

So far, Nintendo's mobile offerings have been pretty good. They're also frustrating.

As far as live-action Animal Crossing parodies go, this one will be hard to top.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, the new sequel of Nintendo's cute neighbourhood series for mobile phones, is Animal Crossing but a bit more stressful. I love it and hate it at the same time.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's first, Christmas-themed event is now live. I spent a couple of hours playing, and came away with some cute new winter boots, and 15 fewer Leaf Tickets.

It's like clockwork. If people are playing a game, then you better believe there is fan art. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is no exception.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp players have been getting really attached to their villagers. They love Apollo, the surly eagle, and Goldie, the cute dog. Which villager is the best of all? I can definitively say it's Beau.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has a couple of weird rules about furniture, and players are using those to make some really creepy camps.

Making money isn't the point of Animal Crossing as a series. It's more about taking it easy and making friends in the forest. But if you are interested in making some quick cash in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, here's what you should be doing.

Supermodel Chrissy Teigen, who is excellent at Twitter, is playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and has some thoughts about it.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is a perfectly serviceable entry into the series, until the game reminds you that could be spending money on it.

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp isn't supposed to be out until November, but for some reason Android and iOS users in Australia can download and play the game right now. And hey, I'm an Android owner in Australia, so let me show you how this thing actually works.

It probably wasn't meant to be out this soon, but you never look a gift villager in the mouth.