Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival is a 2015 party video game developed by Nintendo and NDcube for the Wii U. Similar to the Mario Party series the game is a spin-off of the Animal Crossing series that moves away from the series traditional format instead being a party game that primarily integrates Amiibo figures into the gameplay. Alongside the release of the game 8 Animal Crossing Amiibo character figures were released for use in the game. It was released worldwide in November 2015. Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival was a commercial failure and received generally unfavorable reviews from critics who criticized the repetitive gameplay poor Amiibo integration and lack of innovation though its presentation was praised.